Four taboos in portrait photography

Lead: The skill of portrait shooting is a common topic among friends who like photography. This topic is hard to say, but it is not easy to shoot well. Below, I summed up four taboos in portrait photography for novice photographers, which novices can avoid and veterans can revisit, hoping to help you reduce the possibility of shooting mistakes.

Avoid large backlights.

The back of the main body is illuminated by backlight, and the strong light on the back of the main body is commonly known as? Big backlight? The most typical way to shoot portraits is to use frontal light. Take the positive light as 0 degrees, and the light from the side of 45-60 degrees can highlight the outline of the figure, but there will be more shadows. Will fashion photography use strong positive light? The advantage of anti-traditional lighting is that the subject is clear and the color is bright, but the disadvantage is that positive light causes the effect of flat plate, so it is also called positive light? Flat light? If the model of fashion photography wears heavy makeup, positive light is ok; But is the backlight really not good? Not exactly. The backlight is very dramatic. When shooting, you can add a reflector or fill the light with a flash, but the premise is that you can't shoot the lens directly with a large backlight, which will make the lens jump, make the color fade and reduce the contrast.

Full-length photos should not be taken from above.

The best shooting angle of full-length portrait is waist-level angle, that is, the camera is about the middle or slightly higher than the height of the model, and it is shot at a horizontal angle. This means that other portraits can be photographed at any suitable angle as far as the shape showing the whole body standing posture is concerned.

Avoid messy backgrounds.

If the background of the photo is chaotic, it is easy to distract the viewer. This is not the original intention of portrait photography. A good background is to embellish the effect rather than steal the mirror. Proper blurring effect also helps to adjust the background of the characters.

Avoid improper proportion of subjects.

The theme of this portrait is, of course. People? In order to highlight the main body, the proportion of people in the picture should not be too small. Moreover, the smaller the proportion of the subject, the deeper the depth of field, and the more difficult it is to highlight the subject. It is suggested that novices take more half-length or even larger photos when taking portraits, so that the subject is clear and the background is blurred, giving people the appearance of being good at shooting. If relatives and partners ask for photos, they should be able to handle it completely.