How to take high-style photos

Everyone hopes to take high-style pictures that can be posted on Moments. So how should we take high-style pictures? Let’s take a look below. How to take high-style photos

1. Simple composition

As the old saying goes: simplicity leads to simplicity. A common mistake made by new photographers is to want to take pictures of everything, which is the Achilles heel of good composition. For a good photo, one main subject is enough, and all other elements that can be removed are removed.

Don’t be afraid of large areas of white space around the subject. You can also try a minimalist style composition: a single prominent subject, a clean background with a large and unified proportion. The audience simply doesn’t have that much time to take in the whole picture, so they only shoot one subject at a time.

2. Create depth

I often hear other people’s landscape works being three-dimensional and immersive. Learn to create a sense of depth in the picture to attract the audience’s attention. It's not very difficult either.

There are several simple and effective methods:

Use leading lines. Find clear lines in the scene that go from near to far, such as traffic lines, railroad tracks, railings, coastlines, etc.

Bring into the foreground. Use the foreground as a reference to create different levels of distance and nearness. The clear outlines of flowers, grass, earth and rocks can be easily found in the exterior scenery.

3. Close-up details

Another common mistake people make when taking photos is to get close but not close enough. Turn on macro mode to shoot natural or man-made textures such as flowers, leaves, water drops, etc.

Let the texture details fill your frame. This is the subject of the close-up. In addition, you can also try close-ups of people or animals' faces.

4. Capture silhouettes

A high-light background with a strong contrast of the subject’s silhouette can be said to be the easiest way to capture a blockbuster effect.

Find an object or character with clear outlines and place it in the main light source or a bright background. Pay attention to the exposure adjustment so that the brightness of the subject is low enough to present a clean silhouette.

When shooting outdoors during sunrise and sunset, the color transition between light and dark in the sky background is better. It is suitable for shooting behind doors and windows with lighting. The strong light reflection in a large area on the ground is also a good choice as a background.

5. Take a picture of the shadow

When the light shines at a low angle, you can take a picture of the long shadow of the object. Taking a picture of the shadow can add something to the picture.

6. Reflection

Find reflective materials, such as glass, water, ice, walls, car bodies, etc., and shoot reflections. This is also a surprisingly successful way to shoot with mobile phones.

Compared with the smooth surface of artificial objects, the liquid surface in the natural environment can bring about various texture changes and the picture details are richer.

7. Symmetrical balance

Using symmetrical composition can achieve a balanced and powerful, classical geometric beauty, creating a harmonious and comfortable visual experience.

In addition, using symmetrical composition can better express the complete look and feel of the building, because symmetrical techniques are commonly used in architectural design itself.

Symmetry does not mean rigidity. It can also be used in conjunction with other composition techniques (rule of thirds, leading lines, etc.). In short, it can be used flexibly.

8. Low-angle and upward shots

How do you stand out when you shoot from the normal angle of the human eye? That’s not easy, as long as the angle is different from theirs.

There are three advantages to shooting from a low angle:

First, the angle of view is rarely seen and feels fresh.

Secondly, when shooting from above, you can use the sky as the background to save the effort of avoiding background clutter.

Third, you can bring the foreground close to the ground to enhance the level of the picture.

Low angles often produce good results when shooting close to the water.

9. Oblique alignment

If there is more than one subject in the scene you want to shoot, it is recommended to use upper oblique alignment to organize the picture. Because all the elements are concentrated on one side of the picture, it is very easy to cause the picture to be unbalanced.

Especially when shooting still life and people, placing the objects and people on both sides of the diagonal line of the picture can achieve a balanced picture effect of perspective weight.

10. Filter/Color Adjustment

I have tried my best in the early stage, but some post-processing can make the picture even better. Use the post-processing APP to adjust the exposure, contrast, tone, etc. to make the picture more perfect. What if you don't know how to fine-tune it? There are also master filters to help transform it. Simple operations can make the photo shine.