It has nothing to do with appearance. A brief discussion on how to take good portraits of boys. SLR camera photography articles

With the popularization of digital cameras, it has become quite common for tourists to travel with digital cameras, so travel photography has become the most common photography theme. Many friends also hope to use their digital cameras when traveling. The camera is here to capture the beautiful scenes of the journey. Many people want to leave their own memories amidst beautiful scenery. Next, let’s talk briefly about how to take good landscape portraits while traveling. First of all, we roughly divide travel portrait photography into two categories based on the different purposes of shooting. One is a "visit here" style of travel commemoration; the other is an artistic portrait that uses scenery to set off the subject. Shoot. Let’s first take a look at the cameras in our hands. Generally speaking, most tourists use card cameras. There are two points to pay attention to when using card cameras: First, whether the battery power is sufficient. It is best to have a fully charged backup battery; The second is to see if the capacity of the memory card is enough. Some friends keep all the photos they like to take in the camera's memory card. If I take another photo this time, there is not enough space in the memory card. Delete it. Some photos are useful. Delete it, there is no way to continue shooting, so you have to check the camera's memory card before going out. Of course, it is also good to have a backup memory card. If you also have a portable tripod, if your physical strength allows, bringing a tripod may bring great convenience to your shooting. Now that the equipment is ready, we can start the next step of shooting. When taking landscape portraits, the first thing to consider is scene selection. Generally speaking, the selected scenery is the most representative or distinctive scenery of a certain tourist attraction. In each tourist attraction, there will be one or several iconic scenic spots, which are the signatures of these scenic spots. For example, in our ancient city of Suzhou, there are Tiger Hill, Humble Administrator's Garden, Panmen, etc.; in Beijing, there are the Great Wall, Tiananmen, Temple of Heaven, etc.; in Hangzhou, there are the Three Pools Reflecting the Moon and the Liuhe Pagoda in the West Lake; in Shanghai, there are the Bund and the Oriental Pearl Tower. etc... Even some small tourist attractions in small places have their own unique scenery. In this way, it is required to arrange the subject in this representative scenic spot when shooting to take commemorative "visit here" photos. Of course, in addition to scenic spots and historic sites worth taking pictures of, buildings with local characteristics such as stations, docks, and airports in various places are also places worthy of taking pictures. When taking photos that combine people and scenery, the position of the subject is very important. Some photos place too much emphasis on the completeness of the scenery. As a result, the position of the people in the photos is not only very marginal, but also very small, so small that it is difficult to see clearly who the people in the photos are. On the other hand, in some photos, in order to highlight the characters, the positions of the characters block the most distinctive things in the scenery, so that everyone cannot appreciate the distinctive scenery in the photos. Therefore, when taking photos of landscapes and people, the position of the people must be arranged just right. When the object (or person) being photographed is closer to the lens, the image will be larger, while the landscape image will be smaller. The main subject of landscape portrait photos is people, and scenic spots can only be used as backgrounds. However, the background is not only a foil, because these backgrounds have certain meanings or commemorative significance, so we try to maintain its integrity. Based on this principle, we usually arrange the ratio of people and scenery in this way: scenic spots account for about two-thirds of the picture, while the characters account for about one-third of the scene. It can also be arranged in the left third, or the right third. Generally, people are not placed in the middle of the picture, but this is an exception when taking group photos. Of course, this is not a dead dogma. The composition must be appropriately adjusted according to the characteristics of the scene to ensure that the commemoration and appreciation of the picture are perfectly balanced. In addition, during the shooting process, the subject The expressions of the characters should not be uniformly smiling. Every time you take a photo, say "smile, smile" to the person being photographed. Over time, the expression will become stiff. At this time, the photographer should let the person being photographed fully relax. At this time, telling a joke or doing a funny action to induce the other person can fully relax the other person's expression. In addition, there is a better way, which is to let the characters in the picture just carefully appreciate the scenery in front of them according to the characteristics of the scenery. The photographer chooses the appropriate angle in advance, and once the expression of the characters in the picture is in place, he can capture it. Press the shutter at the right time to fully express the natural expressions of the characters. Such photos are of great commemorative significance. In addition, many natural scenic spots often have large scenes, and every detail of all the scenic spots in front of you does not necessarily need to enter the picture. The picture is too full, and the viewing effect is not very good. It is just like painting. , where there should be blank space, there must be some blank space. When shooting, sometimes I choose to shoot some typical parts or details, and the resulting pictures are often more artistically appealing. There is another situation that often occurs in landscape portrait photography, that is, the scenery in the photo is bright and clear, but the face of the person is dark. This situation is usually caused by shooting under backlight conditions. When we travel, most of the time is during the day. The light for travel photography is generally natural light, and the source of natural light is the sun. But the sunlight's illumination also changes with the seasons and time. For example, the sun rises from the east in the morning and sets from the west in the evening.

We divide sunlight into six types of light according to the direction of sunlight: forward light, backlight, side backlight, front side light, top light, scattered light, etc. When taking landscape photos of people, under the backlight and backlight, a large shadow will appear on the front of the person. At this time, you need to turn on the flash to fill in the light. Many friends can’t understand why the sun is so bright and the camera’s automatic metering shows that there is no need to use a flash. Why do you still want us to use a flash to fill in the light? This is because in general card cameras, the camera is set to average metering. When the background is very bright, the camera's metering system averages the shadows of the person's face into the entire frame, so the camera will measure it. A decision that “doesn’t require a flashlight.” But in fact, the face is prone to shadow deformation due to insufficient brightness, but the card machine will not automatically turn on the flash at this time, so we need to manually set the function to turn on the flash - the "forced flash" function. This function is also called the "forced flash" function of some cameras. In most card cameras, there is a lightning symbol to represent it, but there may also be different symbols, so it is recommended that everyone take a good look at the camera they are using. Please read the instruction manual to master the "forced flash" function. This function is useful when taking portraits while traveling, because the light at scenic spots cannot change according to your shooting needs. Then, the "forced flash" fill light function is used when taking portraits while traveling. When shooting with backlight and side backlight, it will be of great help in eliminating the shadows on human faces. In recent years, many talented cities have been engaged in lighting projects, and the night scenes of the city are brightly lit. However, when shooting in the automatic mode of a card machine, the camera will usually automatically turn on the flash, so that the people who are closer to the camera are correctly exposed. However, due to the limited flash range of the camera and the short exposure time, the original flash in our eyes is gorgeous. The incomparable night scene appears dark in the photo. This is because distant night scenes require a long exposure time to leave a good effect on the photo, while nearby people only need a short exposure time due to the flash. Therefore, when shooting, it is best to use the manual mode of the camera, slow down the shutter, and force the flash to open at the same time. After the flash flashes, it is recommended that the person maintain the original posture until the exposure is over, so that you can take photos with normal exposure of the person and the background night scene. Some more advanced digital cameras have a night scene portrait shooting mode, which is also set up using the principles of slow shutter and forced flash. The basic shooting method of landscape portraits is briefly introduced here. Compared with card cameras, telephoto cameras and SLR cameras The various manual functions are more abundant. When taking photos of landscapes and people, you cannot stick to theoretical dogma. You have to combine theory with practice in actual shooting, take more photos and compare more, in order to continuously improve your shooting level.