Wenwenji photography

There are more and more people taking pictures now, but not many people can take good pictures. In fact, there is only one reason why the photos are good or bad. What kind of reason can you give yourself when you press the shutter? Now, brother Kay will tell you five reasons. You can write them down and ask yourself every time you press the shutter.

First, does this picture have a story?

To be an excellent photographer, every photo always leaves a story. When a photo is recording the story of a person or a period of time, you add life and meaning to the photo. Photos with stories are no longer just under a photosensitive element? Image? , but an emotional exchange between the subject and the audience. So before shooting, ask yourself, will this photo be there? Stories? Really? Shoot? Can talk? The photographer of the photographic work is the real master. The works of famous photographers in history, such as Bresson, are all telling the feelings of the subject. For a long time, photography has been objectively understood as a cold and silent copy record. In fact, the choice of angle, the expression of language, the choice of moment, and even the clipping of viewfinder can always bring stories to the picture. The photos with stories are full of humanistic care and the photographer's emotional temperature to the subject. Is such a work true? Is it worth it? The work of.

Second, are the current lighting conditions suitable?

Light is a necessary condition for photography. If the light is insufficient, the shot picture will lose a lot of details and can't be seen clearly. In order to get more exposure, you have to slow down the shutter speed or increase the ISO value, but this may also lead to your inability to shoot by hand or noise. So when taking pictures, you need to know what light illuminates the subject. From which direction? Is the light intensity enough? Do you need to use flash or other lights to fill the light? If you can't fill the light, you can only lengthen the exposure time, whether you need to shoot with a tripod, etc. If these problems can be considered clearly in an instant, the chances of making good works will be greatly improved. Moreover, the light is hard and soft, so we need to consider different light factors to match different situations or express different inner feelings. In short, we should pay attention to and learn to use light. Why do you want to take this photo? Can the light under the current conditions be created accordingly? Then your work is half finished.

Third, what is the visual subject in the picture?

After thinking about the content and lighting conditions that this picture wants to convey, think about the composition, so that it can convey the information you want to express well. At this time, determining the visual subject is the first problem. This visual subject is related to the presentation of the subject of the picture and often affects the audience's first impression of the work. When you decide where to focus according to the composition, you can manually select the autofocus point to ensure accurate focusing. After determining the visual subject, it's time to check whether there are any other unnecessary elements in the lens picture that may steal the limelight of the protagonist. If so, try moving your feet or changing your angle to avoid them. Or we can use shallow depth of field to make them less obvious, thus highlighting the main body. Make the subject the most eye-catching visual center in the picture. When there are two favorite subjects in the picture, don't be insatiable and want to shoot them at once. Might as well shoot separately. Looking at most well-known photographic works, the composition and pictures are generally simple and intuitive. Extra elements will destroy the purity of your picture and make your shutter look good? Worthless? .

Fourth, can you shoot from some unique angles?

Facing the same scene, more than half of 10 people may shoot the same picture. If it is exaggerated, 10 people may shoot the same picture. Take some popular scenic spots as examples. A keyword in a search engine, a lot of pictures may all look the same. Do they all look the same? Map? This feeling. To create excellent works, exploring different angles is a compulsory course. Facing the same theme, try to capture it from many different angles, and you will certainly find a different new world. For documentary photography, besides making some changes in the plane position, you can also make some changes in the shooting position, which will make your work more unique. For example, shooting a series of documentary works about family gatherings can shoot two sets of works at the same time, one from the perspective of the elderly and the other from the perspective of children. The two groups of works shot in this way can not only form a more complete story chain, but also make photographers feel the changes brought about by different identities, and the works are more dramatic.

5. Why did you take this photo?

This is a very important question, which must be considered in order to make your shooting accurate. In short, that's why you have to press the shutter. Is this picture nice? Interesting, right? Reminds you of special memories? Or what story do you want to present? Or just want to practice a shooting skill? Give yourself a reason to press the shutter and give the picture a clearer meaning. No matter whether the picture is good or bad, at least your thoughts are in it, not a puzzling work without soul. If you don't know the reason for continuous shooting's photo, then this photo will definitely be deleted or remain dusty on the hard disk in the later film selection process. Figuring out why you took this picture is equivalent to putting forward a proposition in your mind in advance and establishing a central idea for your work. Only this painting can have real artistic value and life.