Three Basic Methods of How to Capture Dynamic Pictures

Method 1: Instantaneous solidification motion of high-speed shutter

It is the most common method to freeze the motion moment with fast shutter speed. Whether it's a take-off dunk or a goal, people need to see the frozen action. Maybe the best action will appear one second before it happens. Predictability and inference are more likely to make people psychologically satisfied.

How fast can the shutter speed freeze the moment of motion? In the first issue of "16 Suggestions to help you take clearer photos", we provided a table for your reference. Now we convert the unit into "meter/second" which is easier to judge and operate. Of course, what we expect is not just to change a number, but to suggest that you continue shooting with reference to the data in the table, so that you can quickly gain experience in using the shutter.

Method 2: Follow the shooting.

When using the follow-up shooting method, the camera will "follow" the moving object (that is, the moving subject and the camera remain relatively static), so the effect in the picture is that the moving subject is relatively clear, while the moving subject with different moving directions and speeds will produce different degrees of blur in the picture, throwing lines in the same direction as the camera in the background, thus making the picture full of motion.

The line thrown out in the background is longer and the sense of speed will be stronger; The lines thrown backstage are very short and the tension will be strong. The two visual feelings brought by following the shooting method often cross together. So before using the follow-up method, we should consider whether we need to show more sense of speed or tension.

In addition, not all moving objects can be represented by following shooting. The subject to be photographed often needs to have the characteristics of quickness or tension. For example, when shooting car races, shooting police cars, ambulances, engineering rescue vehicles, or chasing in the street, photographers often use the method of following. If we shoot the old man riding a tricycle with the follow-up method, it will look strange whether it is nervous or fast.

Although the success rate of modern cameras is much higher than that of past cameras, we should pay attention to the following shooting methods:

Keep moving. It is often unsuccessful to wait until the subject of the movement arrives at the shooting location to chase. The correct way is: when the moving subject is far away, we start tracking and locking in the viewfinder.

Lock the theme. If we want to make the subject clearer in the picture, then we should keep the relative position of the subject in the picture during the following process? nbsp

Smooth tailing. Don't stop following immediately after pressing the shutter, let our camera continue to follow the subject until it stops smoothly.

In addition to these three essentials, here are five suggestions that can help us improve the success rate of filming:

If the camera has a continuous focusing function and the focusing speed is fast enough, then use it.

If there is no continuous focusing function on the camera, or the speed of continuous focusing is not fast enough, then it is necessary to judge the position where the moving object will pass, focus on this position in advance, and the depth of field should be slightly larger.

If it's too late to focus, you can consider using area focus or hyperfocal distance.

If the high-speed continuous shooting of the camera can reach more than 8 frames per second, continuous shooting can improve the success rate of shooting.

If the shooting speed of the camera is less than 4 frames per second, it is best to use only a single lens. Because using continuous shooting at this time may miss the critical moment.

Method 3: Fixed position slow shutter shooting

The effect of fixed position slow shutter shooting is obvious: the static object is very clear in the picture, while the moving object will become blurred images in different degrees because of its different moving speed and size in the picture.

We have seen Bazaar with photos above our heads: the stalls are clear, and the people walking around are vague, which shows that Bazzarri people come and go; We have also seen the bustling streets photographed: the buildings are clear and the vehicles are blurred, which shows the traffic on the streets. The virtual shadow produced by slow shutter shooting in fixed position can also show hesitation, haste, mystery and helplessness.