Professional Photographers Decipher the Solution of How to Take Beautiful Portraits of Young Girls (Part Two)

First, try shooting from different angles.

A photographer once said that the works taken by photographers at the most comfortable or awkward shooting time are often good works. The former can be understood as natural and ingenious, while the latter represents the choice of other perspectives different from the usual comfortable posture.

Through the camera position analysis and shooting, the branches of ginkgo tree are guided to present a sense of upward line aggregation, which makes the model lift the scarf and form a consistent trend with the line curve of the branches and leaves, naturally making the audience's eyes converge on the model's arm along the line, and then slowly move to the model's face, which makes the appreciation of the picture more interesting. The most important thing is that this way of shooting breaks the sense of similarity that ordinary models have when they just stand and shoot, and can add many features to the picture through some simple physical props.

From the scene, the two areas with the richest colors are the crown of trees and the ground covered with yellow leaves, which can not be fully displayed by ordinary standing photography. Photographers and models need to adjust their angles to get the display of these two areas. Both of these works are for models to sit on the ground and shoot. It can be said that the composition is very simple, but the highlight of the work is the natural naughty expression of the model.

Beginners like to let the subject put some gaze or a fixed smile to shoot, which is easy and unnatural. Chat with the model during the shooting process, create a relaxed shooting atmosphere, and take a snapshot when she smiles naturally. Don't miss the unique moment. For example, in the picture below, the moment when the girl sticks out her tongue is a naughty action that the photographer told her when she finished shooting, but the photographer's lens did not leave her, so she captured such an interesting moment.

Low-angle shooting under the guidance of position resolution can obtain a unique visual experience different from the usual perspective. Pay attention to the shooting scene. The girl sits on the dividing line between light and dark on the ground, so that the outline of her body is brightened by the sun and better separated from the background.

You can observe the outline of the girl's boots, fingers and hair in the finished picture. These are the outlines of light, seemingly accidental. In fact, they were carefully arranged after observing the light conditions at the scene. Without the details of these lights, the picture would be much duller.

Second, capture the dynamics

In the static film, the dynamic picture sense is easy to jump out, because it is more vivid and infectious, and it is easier to express the true temperament of the model. If you want to break through portrait shooting, it is a good choice to try more dynamics.

In the first photo, the model's tilted body brings movement to the picture, and the relaxed expression brings cheerful and natural emotions to the picture. Deliberately choose the backlight position to depict the flying hair of the model, making the picture more vivid.

The second photo was taken at the moment when the model tidied up the scarf, immersed in a relaxed and natural state, without feeling the involvement of the photographer's lens, and overcoming the rigidity of posing.

Pay attention to the shooting scene, which is a representative open space with rich colors, but it is difficult to combine with portraits in the actual shooting process. General shooting is often limited to posing with the model standing alone in the scene. We will see many such films, all of which are familiar, but we can't leave any impression. In any scene shooting, the most important thing in portrait works is the emotional expression of the characters, so that the emotions of the characters can be naturally released and combined with the color lines of the scene to form an impressive work.

The composition of these two photos is not too complicated, but what infects people is the cheerful smile and relaxed state of the model. When shooting this kind of work, don't set a fixed action pattern for the model. Modeling with stylized gestures can be stiff. Give the model a rough action space, let her walk naturally, have some interaction with her in the process, guide moderately, and shoot a distinctive moment shot in the dynamic process.

Third, make full use of live props.

Props from the scene can make the character quickly integrate with the environment, and the props in the hands of the model will also make up for the monotony and emptiness that may be brought by directly facing the camera.

The dynamic snapshot guided by position resolution shooting will make the picture full of vitality. The focus of shooting is on the model's face. At this time, pay attention to the manual focusing mode, because the fallen leaves will grab the focus of the lens, resulting in the face of the character out of focus.

The position of the model moves forward, and the dividing line of light and dark behind it enters the picture, which increases the change of light and dark of the background ground, which is much richer than simply having a golden plane.

Fourth, let the model do some special postures to get different effects.

Lying posture is a posture that can greatly improve the shooting range. It is suitable for large and short planes and can fully show the texture and color of the ground.

The golden leaves, like a huge carpet, set off the girl's bright sweater. Letting the girl lie down quietly will make people feel that the whole picture is quiet and private. Especially the accumulation and softness of fallen leaves give people a psychological feeling of wanting to touch.

Pay attention to the fuzzy leaves in front of the model, which are chosen on purpose. The fuzzy leaves with slightly convex foreground increase the level of the picture, which is richer than the straightforwardness from the ground plane to the model. Notice where the model lies down again. At the junction of light and shadow, all the bodies of the model in the picture get subtle silhouette light.

Fifth, use lenses with different focal lengths to create different visual effects.

The application of lenses with different focal lengths can make the same scene appear differently. Knowing the difference of different focal lengths in portrait shooting and making full use of the characteristics of different focal lengths can obtain richer visual effects.

This photo uses the 24 ends of a 24-70mm lens, which basically belongs to a small wide-angle focal section. The reason for choosing the model's standing position when shooting is the grating formed by fallen leaves on the ground near the fence behind her. The position of the model just brightens the face with a beam of light in the grating, which is also the lighting technique repeatedly emphasized before. The illuminated part will naturally become the main body or visual center of the picture. What needs to be shown here is the picture properties between different focal lengths of the lens. From this wide-angle work, we can see that the trees in the distance show a perspective effect of being near big and far small, and the farthest blue wallboard becomes very small due to the perspective relationship, and the distance between trees is very obvious. The characters are not very prominent in the picture, and they are basically integrated with the environment.

According to the camera position analysis, this work is changed to a 70-200mm telephoto lens. By comparison, we can clearly feel the characteristics of compressed depth of field of telephoto lens. The gap between the trees is basically invisible and compressed by the lens. The blue wallboard in the distance is also obviously larger than the shooting area at the wide-angle end.

At the same time, the characters and background are obviously separated, which is the different effect of using lenses with different focal lengths on the screen. It is difficult to simply judge which is good and which is not, but this example can help to enhance everyone's understanding of the focal length of the lens, so as to use it more flexibly in actual combat.

The camera position analysis shooting guide changed the angle, slightly tilted the angle, and the sun shone on the branches and leaves of the ginkgo tree on the side against the wall, showing yellow-green color, which made the picture warmer. Show the light and shadow characteristics that can't be reflected by low-angle shooting at ordinary times, which is the different effects brought by shooting at different angles.

It should be noted that although both telephoto shooting scenes saw the flashing lights erected, they were not actually used, but they were not taken down. At such a long distance, it is useless to fill the light. It is entirely up to the model to stand in the position where the face shines to get brighter light. Selected from China Youth Publishing House, Deciphering Aesthetic Portrait Photography-Photography and Later Tips that Photographers Never Tell You.