What is the best background for portrait photography?

Lead: Although portrait shooting is mainly based on portraits, a good background will make people stand out and increase the layering of the picture.

Background plays a very important role in photos with people as the main body, and the relationship between people and background can reveal people's inner world.

From the practice of portrait photography, the background may be varied, including plane, depth, indoor and outdoor. Background How to describe the personality characteristics of the subject can be considered from the following aspects:

First of all, according to the theme that the photo wants to illustrate, choose the background of the photo of the person. Photographers usually have a very clear creative theme. Because of the different themes, photographers should make reasonable choices according to the specific circumstances when choosing the background. For example, if you want to show the professional characteristics of the subject, you can take the work site as the background, shoot with natural light on the spot to create a normal atmosphere in the picture, take the environment as an important part of the picture, set off the characters with the environment, and remind them of their inner world with the environment.

If the photos reflect the appearance and temperament of the characters, the background should be simple and simple, which can greatly strengthen the subject and make the characters vivid.

In order to depict the characters' personalities and artistic achievements, the photographer chose an abstract painting background to set off the characters' images in a prominent and unforgettable way.

Second, choose different apertures according to the background content. Once the background content is determined, how to express the background becomes a key issue. The specific expression of the background depends on the content of the background. If the background is the whole picture, an organic and important part of the picture, which can convey a lot of information that helps the audience understand the subject, then the aperture should be reduced to make the details of the background quite clear. If the background is only used to appear in the picture as a tone component different from the main object, you can use the method of enlarging the aperture to make it appear blurred in the picture.

Third, grasp the proportion of the background in the picture. How much position should the background occupy in the picture? There are no rules, but some principles can be referenced. For example, if you take an environmental portrait showing the subject's occupation, you can use a larger background. As long as it doesn't occupy too much space, you can take a travel photo of the person. When there are places of interest in the picture, the background can occupy as many positions as possible to avoid taking incomplete scenery. Also, there should be more backgrounds for taking full-length portraits of characters, so as not to cause embarrassment, while there should be less backgrounds for taking chest photos and head photos, so that the audience can concentrate more on the subject.

Fourth, avoid some bad backgrounds. A good background can set off and beautify the subject, while a bad background will affect the beauty of the picture. In photography, there are some scenes that are generally not suitable as backgrounds:

1. The scenery is messy and complicated.

2. The bright blocks in this scene usurp the role of the host.

3. Cool scenery (because when reflected on the subject's face, it will make the characters look disgusting).

4. Scenery with unusually strong contrast.