What should newbies pay attention to when learning photography?

Photography Tips Many times, people buy a digital camera out of impulse and take 3,000 photos because of the novelty at first. After that, most of the cameras are shelved. Why? One important reason is: you didn’t take exciting, admirable photos. If you don’t have a good PP to upload to China, you can’t let your friends share it, so you lose confidence and therefore lose interest. We cannot rule out that you have tried hard: you will read the "Operation Guide" that comes with the camera when you have time, and you have also gone to many Chinese websites to collect a lot of professional techniques or tips... but this rarely helps you. Especially for those who want to maintain the "point and shoot, simple and happy" experience, those professional skills or equipment requirements are obviously too far away from you. Always remember there is a saying in the photography world: first-rate photography relies on ideas, second-rate photography relies on technology, and third-rate photography relies on equipment. So don’t be frustrated because you only have a point-and-shoot digital camera. That’s not an excuse for not being able to take good photos. All you need to do now is: return your mentality to zero. Start by avoiding common-sense mistakes (correcting those you don’t know about or haven’t cared about), and then master some successful experiences or classic techniques of “gaining vision, pointing and shooting”. Photography is not as difficult as you think. Instead, take photos that are vivid, interesting, or inspiring, and anyone can do it. It doesn’t matter if you have no photography experience. It’s no longer a luxury to pursue concise, to-the-point, fast and easy-to-use operations. The following content is compiled just for you. How are good photos taken? Pressing the shutter is both the beginning and the end. The beginning is always simple, but the ending is very different. How are those compelling, long-lasting photos taken? What are their unique secrets to success? "New York School of Photography Textbook" gives us an answer: those works with the photographer's vision are always so classic and fascinating. More specifically, if the photo you take meets the following three standards, then it can be considered an outstanding work even if it is not a classic. The first tip: Let your photos have a clear and distinct theme (is it a person, a still life, or an event?) You need to express it clearly, rather than being ambiguous or exhaustive. The second trick: A good photo must draw attention to the subject. You need the audience to notice your subject at once, because this subject is the core of what you want to express. The third tip: Make your photos more concise. All elements that cannot highlight your subject or even distract your attention should be compressed or eliminated. Digital Photography Tips for People There are many photographers in the world who are famous for photographing people. In their photos, you feel that the subjects are "telling" a story or expressing an emotion for you. Why are the photos we often see around us unappealing? In many cases it is for this reason. Whether it’s a single portrait or a multi-person shoot, before we make the characters come alive (or tell a story), we should first look at the mistakes we often make and try to change them. 1. Single portrait 1) A simple way to prevent the portrait from being deformed: Some top photographers deliberately deform the portrait when taking portraits of important people. That is a high-level artistic expression. For mass photography, portrait deformation is a low-level and fatal mistake. The fourth tip: A simple way to keep the portrait from being deformed is to keep as far away from the subject as possible, and try not to use a wide-angle lens. Portraits are best taken with a 0-90mm lens. 2) How to obtain a shallow depth of field to highlight the characters: If the surrounding scenes of the characters cannot help or complement the subject's "storytelling", we try to delete or blur the background. Tip 5: The way to obtain a shallow depth of field (blurring the background of the subject) is to try to use a large aperture, a long focal length (if possible), and make the character stand as far away from the background as possible. 3) Make your subjects more natural “When I photograph someone, I always want to avoid the way they look like they are being photographed.” The famous photographer John Loengard said. Obviously it's important for people to be relaxed during the shoot. Characters will reveal emotions more naturally when they are relaxed. If it is not a candid shot (or a candid shot), characters in real life are usually awkward (unnatural) when facing the camera. This requires communication to make him/her forget about shooting. 4) POSE essentials: Using environmental props and posing can help make the image more vivid and avoid making the picture dull. Step 6: Ask the subject to stand, bend, lean, sit or lie down according to the scene. Tip No. 2: Pay attention to the flexible use of the overall posture, allowing the subject's hands to move, such as touching the head, combing the hair, stroking the face, removing the cheeks, pressing the corners of the mouth, touching the neck, pulling the skirt, raising the arms, placing arms on the waist, and resting the thighs , lift the feet (such as pulling shoelaces), in short, the hand movements can be freely explored all over the body. The core is to keep it natural and help express emotions. In addition, the hands can also hold props, such as hats, glasses, scarves, books, cigarettes, footballs, flowers, etc., to activate the photos and make the image more vivid. Tip No. 1: When taking a single portrait with POSE, you should pay special attention to the subject’s head and shoulders. Generally, the head and body should be kept out of a straight line as much as possible, and the shoulders and feet should not be parallel. Tip 9: When taking single portrait photography, the photographer should keep a distance from the subject to avoid deformation of the subject. In terms of composition, the diagonal approach is usually the safest. Tip No. 10: If the subject is really difficult to pose, or is poorly dressed or has a good body shape, then please try to take a bust or headshot. At this time, the subject's expression is the only thing you should capture.

5) Portrait shooting under special light (scorching sun, night, bright background) The first tip: When shooting under strong sunlight, you need to pay attention to shading the subject to avoid unnatural eyes, and use side light to make the subject as sharp as possible; Avoid using backlighting when photographing people. Sunlight hitting the lens may degrade the optical components, thereby diminishing the effect of the image. When you need to shoot with backlight, you only need to block the shadow on the lens and prevent shading objects (such as hats, palms, etc.) from entering the frame. It is more difficult to shoot portraits in night scenes. Poor PP is either the face of the person is too dark to be seen clearly, or the face of the person is too bright and the background is dim due to the blunt flash. For beginners, simplicity can alleviate conflicts in three ways. Tips 1 and 2: First, increase the sensitivity and turn off the flash (forcing no flash, unless the camera’s flash system is very bright); second, try to keep the subject as still as possible in a brighter environment (such as under a street light); When taking the final shot, use a slow shutter speed (preferably with a tripod) to ensure adequate exposure for the image. Tips 1 and 3: The background light is usually supplemented by flash to make the foreground portrait brighter. If you can use diffused flash, the effect will be softer. When taking indoor photos, set the exposure to a bright background without turning on the flash, and the subject will be dark and unclear; if you set the exposure only to the subject and turn on the flash, the subject background will also be underexposed. To achieve a natural effect, you can first measure the light outside the window. The background exposure is one/one two 5, f bar, and then use the diffuse flash of f bar on the subject (shoulder position) to balance the indoor and outdoor exposure. Snap shots and group photos 1. Why are snapshots more attractive? The expression of a person in a natural (or casual) state is the most real. In the eyes of photographers, some people call it "truth." Many outstanding photography works are completed using snapshots, whether they are single photos or group photos. In real life, many photographers are confused because there is nothing to take pictures of. That is because beginners have not really opened their minds and turned their lenses to their surroundings and life. Tips 1 and 4: Go to the streets, event venues or emergency scenes and capture the expressions and relationships of people inside and outside the incident. Be careful not to use flash and shoot quietly. Use telephoto lenses for better ambush shooting effects. The speed of snapshots can be trained, but the true meaning of capturing touching works lies in consciousness, feeling and discovery. Natural poses and creative poses 1) In daily life, friends gather, relatives reunite, and children grow up. It is inevitable to take photos to commemorate and record the atmosphere. In this kind of conscious shooting activity, the key to letting the subjects pose naturally is natural. Tip No. 15: When taking group photos in daily life, not only is your first priority to create an atmosphere by taking natural poses, but you also need to pursue a most vivid reflection of the relationship between the characters. 2) In addition to photos in natural poses, all dramatic and creative pose photos can have a refreshing and refreshing effect.

Successful creative poses are inspired by the understanding of life and creativity. There is no one model that teaches everyone how to do creative poses, but you can try it more