Techniques and methods of photographic capture

Techniques and methods of photographic capture

Photography capture skills and methods, photography has always been a particularly easy-to-learn technology, and many people like photography because they feel that taking beautiful photos, especially leaving beautiful moments, is particularly fulfilling. What are the skills and methods of photography capture?

Techniques and methods of photographic capture 1 1. Use the correct autofocus mode.

How to use autofocus correctly to capture fast motion is the first and most important step to capture excellent shots of moving subjects. Each camera has multiple autofocus modes. They have different names depending on the manufacturer, but you can see the following on any camera:

Focus lock: after you get the focus, the focus will not change until you take a picture or change the focus position;

Stay focused. The camera will constantly adjust the focal length with the movement of the subject.

Manual focus. Fast action shooting is not recommended.

The camera will also have several settings for calculating autofocus. The name will be different, but it will be like this:

Fully automatic: the camera itself can determine the focus to focus, without the participation of photographers;

Extended autofocus or grouping. Using multiple focal points can keep your subject clear, not just a point or a square.

Track. You set the focus, and the camera will stay in focus until you take a picture. When you adjust the camera to make the subject focus clearly, you will see the focus shift.

Nikon D7100,200mm, f/3.3,11500s, ISO 100.

In order to capture fast motion, you need to use one of the latter two modes and make sure that the camera is set to continuous autofocus. Action photography has too much unpredictability and will need to use all the photography skills and functions.

Tracking mode is particularly effective in newer camera models because the algorithm for locking and tracking objects is very advanced.

If the camera has a tracking option, this function is recommended, but extended autofocus or grouped autofocus mode can also be used normally. Compared with a single autofocus point, they provide you with more freedom and wiggle room.

Second, return the button focus.

Paying attention to the back button is more than just setting the camera. You can use the button on the back of the camera instead of using the shutter button to focus.

Back button focusing seems counterintuitive, because autofocus seems to go hand in hand with pressing the shutter button. However, there are several good reasons to use this focus, especially when capturing fast motion.

When you set the camera to continuous autofocus mode and use the shutter button to activate autofocus, you can press the shutter button while following the subject to get a perfect shooting effect.

Nikon D7100,200mm, f/2.8,11500s, ISO 100.

Almost every camera can use the back button to focus, but you need to change some menu settings to enable it.

Third, automatic ISO

In this case, if the subject is blurred (unless you try to capture motion blur), good composition will be meaningless (therefore, faster shutter speed is needed). This usually means using a higher ISO value, especially when shooting indoors where the light is weaker than outdoors.

Automatic ISO can save shooting time, set minimum shutter speed and maximum ISO. Most modern cameras can provide excellent results up to ISO 6400, while still retaining enough colors and details.

Nikon D750, 80mm, f/4, 1/500s, ISO2000. A fast shutter speed may be too high for a pedestrian, but the photographer wants to be absolutely sure. Auto-ISO chose 2000, which proved to be acceptable.

The automatic ISO setting used by photographers is that the lowest shutter speed is 1/500 seconds (11000 seconds if the subject moves very fast) and the highest ISO is 6400.

Fourth, aperture priority shooting.

If you need a fast shutter speed to shoot, why not shoot in shutter priority mode? Because automatic ISO can give you the ideal effect.

Nikon D750, 35mm, f/4,11000s, ISO 100.

When shooting with aperture priority using automatic ISO, you can set the aperture to provide the correct depth of field, which means you don't have to consider other exposure elements, because the camera will remain within the set shutter and ISO settings.

If you know that your light is not good, you can increase the aperture size or dial a higher ISO for automatic ISO. Use the aperture to control the depth of field first, and always get clear photos. The shutter speed is not lower than 1/500 seconds.

Nikon D750,200mm, f/2.8,11000s, ISO 100. Use an open aperture to blur the children in the background, and aim the audience's attention at the children in the middle. The camera determines the ISO and shutter speed according to the automatic ISO setting.

Pose to make sure the subject is not backlit. If shooting in bad weather, be sure to equip the camera with some protective equipment.

Techniques and methods of photographic capture 2 1, shooting by surprise

Seeing a girl crying while answering the phone, Yaguo photographer took photos for her, hoping that she would be treated gently by the world.

Skill requirements: Don't hesitate to shoot in direct focus. The work done in the early stage is photometry and visual measurement of the distance of the subject. Be familiar with the camera in your hand, focus quickly, and the word "fast". The disadvantage is that it is easy to be found, so the shutter sound must be small. It is especially suggested not to use the flash. Fast and accurate is its height control realm.

2, waiting for the shooting method

On the bus from Jiulidi to Pixian, a handsome boy was bathed in the sunshine. Of course, everything is under your control. You are fully prepared, concentrate on composition and press the shutter.

Skills: Have keen observation and judgment, and be imaginative and fully prepared for the picture that will happen in one second.

Advantages: it will never be found, and you can even take close-up natural positive photos.

Reminder: If you turn on the flash at this time, it will really spoil the fun. If you cooperate with telephoto, you will have richer performance. This method is also suitable for shooting fashion shows. Properly control the depth of field and wait for the subject to enter the clear range. Because the trajectory of the movement is under your control, you can plan it completely.

3. The shooting method of a diversion from the East to the West

I found a good scene in the street, but I don't want to spoil the atmosphere when I suddenly raise my camera. There seems to be no other place around me that is invisible. Anyway, you can't express your shooting intention. Find a cover and pretend to take pictures of the scenery on the street, or find friends around you and pretend to take pictures with people as the background. Remember to stand back and don't get too close.

Advantages: The fool rate is 75.5%, especially when there are other people in the background. In this way, the characters in a painting know that you are taking pictures, but they don't know that they are taking pictures of themselves. This expression is the most real.

Technical requirements: "fast" is just one word. Don't take people as background when he pays attention to you.

4, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses shooting method

If you have a 300 mm telephoto lens, you can pull the characters over and take close-ups and do whatever you want. The success rate is almost 100%, and the equipment only needs a telephoto. Although this method is suitable for sports photography, inaccessible wild animals and so on. It is also one of the commonly used methods of shooting stars for the "puppy team".

Advantages: Because the telephoto lens has a shallow depth of field, you can also choose a telephoto lens that includes zoom of the focal section of the portrait lens to shoot portraits. For photographers who do not require a high degree of background blur, this is equivalent to having a portrait lens at the same time.

5, blind shot and wireless remote control.

Generally speaking, it is blind shot to predict the composition shooting without looking at the viewfinder, but blind shot is not shooting blindly, and it is mostly used in the position and conditions that are not conducive to the photographer's shooting, so it is difficult to shoot and needs a lot of practice to accumulate experience. Experienced people, the shooting success rate can reach more than 80%.

Skill requirements: you can also consider composition when shooting, and put the subject on the tic-tac-toe line. Those with higher technical level can also adjust the composition by feeling after focusing is completed. In other words, an experienced blind shot has actually completed the idea of the picture in his mind, although he has not directly observed the subject through the camera.

Wireless remote control shooting: The camera is well designed, put in a fixed position, stand at a certain distance from the camera to observe the modality of the subject, and start the remote control device or even continuous shooting when satisfied, because the expression is more natural and the success rate is very high. This kind of shooting will not cause psychological burden to yourself. After the camera is fixed, it is suitable for lively children who come and go up and down. Let us believe that high technology can really change our living habits.

6, light and shadow shooting method

When you see a good moment of light and shadow, you can't help but take out your camera. The role of light and shadow in composition can be divided into: rendering the atmosphere, setting off the theme, balancing the picture, expressing the sense of space in the picture and so on.

1. Render the atmosphere and set off the theme.

Light and shadow is one of the most effective ways to render the atmosphere and set off the theme. It plays a key role in expressing the feelings of the main characters in the picture, and it is also the basic factor to express the formal beauty of the picture. The people and shadows in the picture are completely in the light, which causes the echo of shadows and people. This contrast effect of shadows produces flexible changes in composition, which fully shows the atmosphere of the picture.

Step 2 balance the picture

Light and shadow can balance the picture, make the picture produce rich and interesting projection changes, and enhance the formal beauty of the picture. People are placed in the center of the picture, and the two sides of the picture are adjusted by the change of shadows, so that the whole picture is balanced and the proportion of people and background is coordinated.

3. Express the sense of space in the picture.

The contrast and direction of light and shadow can enhance the sense of space in the picture. Different light uses produce different light effects, and the effects of light and shadow are also different. Compared with plane light, stereoscopic light shows a stronger sense of space in the picture.

7, blatant shooting method

Special occasion: If you go to a rock concert, school celebration, award ceremony, fashion show, get-together, etc. As long as you are not prevented from bringing your camera in, you can take the photos you want to record with confidence.

Specific identity: the name is not good. If you plan to shoot a series of works, you should know in advance how much communication you have with the subject and say, "Can I take a picture for you?" (Of course, if you are a reporter or everyone can understand the shooting needs, ordinary people will not resist) and those ordinary people's smiles are the most real.

8. Comprehensive application method

In particular, these methods are not isolated, and sometimes they need to be used comprehensively to achieve the expected goal. If we can draw inferences from others, I think we can achieve the goal of mastering skills.

9, thinking and discussion

I deeply understand that there are endless shooting techniques and various capture techniques, which require you to constantly think and accumulate experience in the shooting process. Maybe everyone has their own more powerful means and shooting methods, as long as you feel it is necessary to shoot a "natural" picture, you can try it. Comparatively speaking, it is much more pleasant to shoot the moments that happen suddenly or every day around you than to deliberately find MM or natural scenery to shoot. When you have a digital camera, it becomes interesting to capture everything that may happen, because you no longer worry that the photos you take are scrap.