Shooting skills of family photos

Lead: Spring Festival, especially for friends who go out to work, is a very rare family gathering. If you want to leave a beautiful photo at such a happy and warm party that people want to cry every time they look back, how will you use the photography skills you have learned to treat it? The author failed on such a rare occasion several years ago, and now I look back with inexplicable feelings. After several years of hard work, I found it not difficult to take a family photo. I will share the key skills with you.

Shooting skills of family photos: the choice of camera lens

First of all, if you want to take a beautiful family photo without going astray, you have to have a good SLR or mirrorless camera. The author told me very carefully and responsibly, don't treat it carelessly just because I think it's a family photo. When you realize the value and significance of the photo, you will know why you didn't choose a good equipment to take this photo.

Then the problem is coming. What photographic equipment is not bad? 1000 yuan is not good for a small DC? Is the cell phone broken? If you already have a SLR or no flip-flops, my friend, please look directly at the second point. If you haven't bought a SLR, or have no problem with your friends, I really suggest you buy a full-frame camera, such as the cheapest full-frame camera (to avoid advertising suspicion, everyone knows which one). The author will use the following picture to tell you why you choose a full-frame camera.

To put it simply, when we start APS-C SLR or mirrorless cameras, there will be insufficient wide angle when taking wide-field photos. Because the indoor space is narrow in most cases, it is difficult to go further when taking family photos. Of course, if you have a wide-angle lens like 10-20mm, that is another matter. But in fact, a wide-angle lens is not as good as a full-frame camera, because your high sense is not good enough. As for how important a high sense is, I will state it later.

The main points of shooting a positive film

Technically, it can be divided into indoor and outdoor situations. In terms of composition, whether horizontal or vertical, try to make room and don't make the photos look too compact. Moreover, a tripod is needed to make the camera have stable shooting support, whether indoors or outdoors. Then turn on the countdown shooting mode in the fuselage (otherwise how can you put yourself in) and use the shutter remote control. It is easy to do it outdoors. There is plenty of light, and the framing is free, as long as the background selection is not too ugly. Ordinary entry-level SLR camera, if the place is like my hometown, move a few stools to shoot outdoors during the day, increase the exposure value by 0.3-0.7, use the aperture mode, use the maximum aperture of the second gear, and shoot perfectly. If you connect to a printer, you can really buy Wi-Fi printing.

When composing a composition, the gray gradient part should be integrated into the outside as much as possible.

The difficulty is indoors. First of all, if you choose an APS-C camera with a wide-angle lens, when you have to use an ultra-wide-angle focal length of 8mm- 10mm when shooting, you should pay considerable attention to the deformation of characters at the edge. Try to avoid wide-angle distortion, or simply shoot in a different environment. When shooting formally, the ISO value should be increased as much as possible (1600-3200) to ensure the shutter speed. Remember to take more photos. This is because if the shutter speed can't reach at least 1/30, then one or two people will probably blink or have other expressions in the photos taken. And remember, without the help of the flash, you have to press the shutter countdown password to make everyone consciously freeze.

If there is a family of playful children, just put on hot boots and flash outside. The flash is hung on the ceiling, and I don't worry about the impact on children's glasses (although some experts deny it, even the brightness of the built-in flash has no effect on children's eyes). The ultimate trick to avoid getting burned is to flash back, even if it may cost you a little more money.

Just like a cell phone.

If you think what I said above needs certain photographic equipment, but you really don't want to buy it, but you really want to take a good family photo, then I will tell you how to take a good family photo with your mobile phone. Of course, the mobile phone is a mobile phone after all, so we must be psychologically prepared for the defects of small foundation and poor accuracy. However, in the end, if you think you have read enough, there is no problem. To put it simply, we should pay attention to three points: the first point is that you don't need to flash if you can shine, the second point is to improve exposure indoors, and the third point is to use filters flexibly.

Pay attention to the exposure adjustment function of the mobile phone itself.

The reason why we can say that mobile phones don't need flash is because at present, I think that except for the flash of iPhone series, most other models either have inaccurate color temperature control or the default flash power is too strong or too weak. Of course, you can also make corrections through the mobile APP, which is why I prefer to use filters to correct colors in the third place.

Take a family photo with your mobile phone. Although the mobile phone itself will intelligently help you raise the ISO maximum guarantee film, the picture quality is very average. If there is really no good photographic equipment, it is also very warm and meaningful to play selfie interaction with your family on your mobile phone.