What are the skills of figure photography on the stage of drama?

All we need is a backlight from behind the subject. The light distribution requirements are very low, but the exposure control requirements are high. Whether using aperture priority or other modes, just remember the most important secret of taking silhouette photos. Without exposure, we can easily get silhouette photos.

It is worth noting that in automatic mode, you only need to select your metering point to measure the highlight area of the whole picture. If it is the average light value or dark part of the metering screen, we must pay attention to the weakening adjustment of exposure compensation.

2. Use the stage backlight to shoot a classic nostalgic style.

The light of various colors on the stage is very complicated, but the metropolis has classic warm yellow light. If you are watching a drama of the times, the actors are wearing retro clothes and there are warm lights on the stage, it is even more powerful to take nostalgic photos.

Therefore, we need two kinds of light sources. A beam of backlight behind the object but facing the camera is used to outline the overall outline of the object; Another light source needs to supplement the main light with smooth light or side light.

Finally, the key step is to adjust the white balance of the camera. Remember never to use automatic white balance, or the nostalgia of the whole picture will be lost to the camera? Accurate white balance correction? Destroy. At this point, you should use manual preset to adjust the white balance, such as adjusting the high color temperature to make the whole picture yellow, so that the photo will have a strong sense of nostalgia.

3. Close-up of people

Whether it is a stage play or a concert scene, as long as there are human factors in it, it is necessary to take close-ups of people, usually busts. Sometimes, we only pay attention to the control of ambient light and composition, but ignore the most critical point of shooting people? Angle selection.

4. Overall control, showing the plot

Overall control is the most basic requirement of shooting scenes, and it is also the most basic information record of the whole drama activity. The shooting requirements and technical difficulties of this kind of photos are low, and the composition should not be too crooked. Overall exposure would rather be slightly underexposed than overexposed (because there are many concentrated beams on the stage, even underexposed can achieve a better minimalist effect).

5. Follow the plot, improvise and be flexible? Catch? The wonderful moment of the next actor

In the process of watching the drama, with the development of the plot, the actors will have a lot of interaction. Their joy, anger, sadness and joy are all the catharsis of their emotions on the stage. As a photographer, grasping these emotions will make your photos more vivid.