Try to break the seven rules of portrait photography

Lead: There are some conditions for portrait shooting methods to make people look good, but photographer Robert KBags pointed out that there are several modes that can be used as new attempts to break through the law of ordinary portrait shooting and wrote an article to share. The following are the main points of photographers.

Seven laws of portrait photography try to break 1.hdr.

HDR is generally used for landscape photography, while portrait photos are relatively rare, because we often want to take soft photos (such as children, girlfriends or small animals). Photographers point out that HDR can be used moderately when shooting sports or other pictures that need to show courage, which will bring you new senses.

2. Overexposure/Underexposure

Many people will ask for the correct exposure of photos, and they are afraid that overexposure will lose the details of photos, and underexposure will make photos ugly. But in fact, these two methods can also be used to take pictures. Like the following two photos, we can see how to adjust the exposure to create a different atmosphere.

Don't pat your eyes.

The eyes are the windows to the soul. In portrait photos, the eyes of the characters will become the focus, so many photos will pay great attention to the eyes. Photographers suggest that the model's eyes can be photographed without any means (such as shadows or props), so that viewers can pay attention to the whole picture, and at the same time, it is also a good challenge to express their concepts without photographing the model's emotions. (But this may be more fashion photography.)

Use a wide-angle lens

Generally speaking, 50mm to 200mm is often the best lens range for portrait shooting, but wide-angle lenses can show interesting/dramatic feelings like cartoons, so if you want to try new things, you can try different focal lengths when shooting portraits.

5. Let the model wear eye-catching clothes.

Portrait shooting usually has a very stable color scheme to achieve' harmony' on the screen, but is it okay to use bright and colorful elements? You can also use this method to greatly enhance the sense of existence of characters.

6. A messy background

The general advice is to avoid messy and busy backgrounds. It is best to have beautiful scattered scenes when shooting people, but if you add backgrounds, even backgrounds with many props, you can make the photos more story-telling.

7. Try using various light sources.

"Lighting" is not necessary. Natural light can also be used to take beautiful photos. In addition to using flash or other professional lighting equipment, you can actually use various light sources, such as street lamps? Candlelight? Sunshine outside the window? Even the lights of the mobile phone.