How does Xiaomi 9 shoot the snow scene?

Unconsciously, it's winter again, and now the first snow has quietly fallen in many places in the north. Ice and snow photography is also the photographer's favorite creative theme, and it is also one of the shooting themes that will encounter the most problems. I'm afraid the reason is that I haven't mastered the essentials of shooting and don't know much about the particularity of ice and snow photography. Then how do you shoot snow with your mobile phone? Today, Bian Xiao brings you the skills of shooting snowflakes and snow scenes with mobile phones. Let's have a look.

How to shoot snow with a mobile phone?

Shooting snowflakes means flashing!

If you have a mobile phone, just turn on the flash and shoot.

When the light hits the falling snowflake, it will have a strong reflection and it is easy to be photographed.

However, if the mobile phone's own fill light is not strong enough and it snows heavily, it may cause the snow near the screen to be large and shiny, and the snow in the distance is small and dark, which is quite uncoordinated. . .

So it will be better to shoot snow at night, because the small black snowflakes in the distance can't be seen at all . . In addition, compared with the daytime, the flash will be more effective. . .

But it seems more urgent to shoot at night on mobile phones, orz

You can also use strong light to shine where you want snowflakes, without a flash. . . If the phone is shooting at night, it is best to adjust the shutter speed in manual mode.

Here are the detailed steps.

A camera with photographing function;

At present, there are basically many camera functions on the market. It is recommended to choose a mobile phone with high camera pixels and good screen color. Although not as good as a professional SLR camera, it can still compete with ordinary digital cameras.

Download the APP software for processing photos in advance:

Just using the camera that comes with the mobile phone may not meet our requirements (such as the fixed color we want), but we can go to the software store to download it, and it is best to try it out in advance to see which software is more suitable for you.

Pay attention to the background when shooting snowflakes:

It is no problem to shoot immediately when it snows, but you can observe whether there is a black background around you, such as buildings, trees and so on, because the snow is white and it will be more obvious and intuitive in a dark background.

How to measure light when shooting snow;

Taking pictures of snow on the ground is different from taking pictures of snowflakes. The most important thing to shoot snow is to measure the light, and you will find the same snow. Everyone filmed it. Some people are discerning, and some people are dark and ugly. In fact, this is a question of measuring light. When shooting snow, find a dark place nearby, shoot with a camera, and then move to the snow.

Pay attention to the proportion when shooting:

When shooting, many mobile phone cameras have their own shooting scale settings, such as ordinary photos. You can choose the shooting mode of 1: 1, and you can try 16:9 for vertical photos, and the effect will be better. This function is not unique to SLR cameras.

Use text added later:

After taking photos, I want to add words to the pictures, but uploading them to the computer for editing feels particularly troublesome. Now many mobile apps can also be added. Let's add some words to this beautiful snow scene.

Upload to social platforms and share with you:

After adding text, you can also add a border to the photo, which will look more beautiful. After the photos are made, you can find a social platform to share, which will make the photos look better than ordinary people.

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Skills of shooting snow with mobile phone

1, shooting time

Don't think this is nonsense. Do you take it for granted that the shooting time I said is when it snows? At this time, you need to learn to think with the photographer's thinking: when will it be beneficial to shoot the light during the whole snow scene? When snow covers the earth, the cover will reflect light from many angles after being irradiated by the sun, so we should avoid the strong light of the sun and choose around sunrise or evening in sunny morning, when the light can better capture the texture and layers of snow.

Step 2 shoot along the light

Try not to follow the light, because you rarely see shadows when shooting along the light, and the effect will be very dull.

3. Backlight shooting

You can choose to shoot against the light to make the snow crystal clear. Backlight will give the ice and snow a shiny outline, and the texture of the ice and snow will be very prominent. In addition, if you shoot when snowflakes are falling, in addition to backlighting, if it is a dark background, the effect of snowflakes will be more prominent.

However, if you are shooting a portrait of a snow scene, it is best to avoid shooting against the light, because people's skin is too different from the exposure value of snow, which means that if you take care of people, the snow will overflow with highlights and look pale without layering; On the other hand, if you take care of snow, people will be underexposed and the color will be dark. Of course, if there is a reflector to fill the light for the characters, the effect of backlit portraits is still wonderful.

4. Side light shooting

Include forward light and backward light. Although winter feels soft but lacks details, in order to break the dullness, we can balance the light and shade of the white picture by using the shadows generated by the side light, and the modeling of the shadows can also increase the three-dimensional sense of the scene.

5. Scattered light shooting

In fact, many times, snowy days are mostly cloudy or scattered light without direct sunlight. This kind of lighting has few shadows, and it is white and very dull. In this case, how to change this white and dreary situation? Only when choosing the scene, take some scenes with strong color contrast with white ice and snow into the picture, and make the ice and snow look cleaner visually in color contrast.

In particular, embellishing some red can not only make the red scene jump out of the white, but also become a visual interest point, forming a prominent effect of a little red in the white cluster, and can also play a role in correcting the "Lan Xue".

6. Avoid using flash.

This applies to any subject except, of course, water meters. If you use a flash when it snows, the snowflake will form a light spot on the picture, and it will also affect the theme of the photo if it is not beautiful enough.

7. Pay attention to the adjustment of white balance.

In the snow, the influence of the surrounding special environment often makes the automatic white balance function of the mobile phone camera not very accurate, so we should pay attention to adjusting the white balance in the later stage, so that the color of the photo can be restored correctly and truly.

8. The slow door is dynamic.

In addition, when it snows, you can shoot with a slow shutter, so that the snowflakes form lines and have the feeling of falling snow. Of course, your machine must be stable, and it is best to support it with a tripod or other substitutes.

9. Focus tracking effect

Snowy days are most suitable for shooting the focus-chasing effect. Since it is the focus of "chasing", the subject must be moving, otherwise, why talk about "chasing"? For example, when we shoot a car on the road, the main point of shooting is to turn the body, keep the mobile phone and the subject relatively still, press the shutter and continue to turn until the car opens the picture. The effect of this lens is that the car is clear, while the background is blurred and dynamic.

10, macro shooting snowflakes

The macro lens of snowflakes is usually shot outdoors, and it is best to shoot when the snowflakes fall, otherwise the shape of snowflakes will be destroyed after a long time. The original lens of this theme is not competent, and a macro lens needs to be configured separately. However, the edge quality of the macro lens of the mobile phone is not very good, so don't arrange snowflakes on the edge of the picture when composing. In addition, the macro lens has a shallow depth of field and the focus must be very accurate. To train a pair of iron hands, it is best to hold your breath during shooting and try to reduce the shaking of your mobile phone.

1 1, keep the phone temperature.

The performance of the battery at low temperature will be reduced and the service time will be greatly reduced. Some mobile phones will crash in low temperature for a long time. In this case, the mobile power supply is used to charge the mobile phone, and then it is turned on and restored. If you need to shoot outdoors for a long time, it is recommended to put it back in your clothes pocket to keep warm after shooting for more than ten minutes.

12, creating minimalism

It's easy to find a minimalist picture in a snowy world. A relatively independent subject stands out in a large area of snow. You just need to put the subject where you think it is appropriate.