Indoor portrait shooting skills

Photography refers to the process of recording images with some special equipment. Generally, we take photos with mechanical cameras or digital cameras. This paper specially collects and sorts out the skills of indoor portrait shooting for everyone, I hope you like it!

First, reasonable equipment.

1, camera equipment:

A. Wedding photo studio: 120 camera is the main type, Mamiya RB67 camera is the most widely used, and there are different lenses according to the size of the photo studio. A large wedding photo studio with three or four lenses. Such as 50mm wide angle, 90mm pan/tilt, 150 or 180mm medium focus, 250mm or 360mm telephoto; Four backs, such as a black-and-white negative and a color negative. Medium-sized wedding photo studio can be equipped with two or three lenses, 50mm wide angle, 90mm title, 180mm medium focus, two backs, one color film and one black and white film. Small wedding photo studios are generally equipped with 127mm lens and a back.

B. Studio: 135 camera is the main camera, and Nikon F5, FM2, F90X, F60, F70, Canon EOS-IN, EOS-5, EOS-50, Minolta 800SI, 600SI, X-700 and other cameras are widely used. Nikon lens can be equipped with 85mm fixed focus camera and 80X-700 camera. Minolta cameras can be equipped with AF 100/2.8 fixed focus, AF28-70/2.8G and AF80-200/2.8GA zoom lenses.

2. Lighting requirements: Generally, 3 to 5 lamps with power of 250W-600W can be prepared, and the lamps can be equipped with accessories such as soft box, honeycomb cover, four blades and color film.

3. Background: The background of modern photo studio is installed on the background machine, with 4- 12 axis, generally with various colors. Commonly used in black, white and gray, but also with yellow, red, blue, green, purple and other backgrounds.

4. Other equipment: exposure meter, tripod (tripod) and other instruments.

Second, according to customer needs, finalize the design.

The basis for setting portrait suits in photo studios is the price. High-priced suits are big, low-priced suits are small. The suit is designed according to the market demand, and the lighting, background, props and clothing are relatively fixed. Photo studios should constantly introduce new suits according to fashion to attract consumers. Photographers should highlight the characteristics of the system according to the actual situation of customers.

Third, perfect composition ability is necessary for studio portrait photographers.

Portrait composition in photo studio should be aimed at beautifying customers, and the changes in composition should take into account the changes in the production requirements of photo albums selected by customers. Generally, we should pay attention to the following aspects: 1. Decide the scenery according to the customer's appearance and figure, such as having the correct facial features and taking more close-ups when shooting. If the facial features are not correct enough, but the figure is good, you can take seven heads or the whole body. 2. According to the suite selected by customers, the format of the framework can be changed. For example, in the late art design, there must be a horizontal composition. 3. The position of the characters in the picture should change according to the artistic conception and sense of form of the picture, which is generally divided into stable composition, open composition and blank composition. 4. Gestures and postures should pay attention to the beauty of lines and echo the facial expressions of the characters. 5, props, costumes, background environment should not be more prominent than the people in the picture.

In a word, portrait photographers need to properly choose the scene, frame format, accurate shooting direction and height, properly arrange the position of characters, flexibly handle body gestures and gestures, skillfully use props, express the line characteristics of costumes, and properly handle the background environment.

Fourth, the lighting scheme to beautify the characters.

Portrait lighting in studio focuses on beautifying the subject, and now the lighting methods commonly used in studio can be roughly divided into three categories:

1, fast light distribution method for plane light:

Step 1: Arrange Three Lamps District in front of the subject, and make the exposure of Three Lamps District consistent.

Note: A, three lights should be added with soft boxes, and the light quality should be soft; B and Three Lamps District are respectively placed at the angles of 45 left, 45 right and15 lower to form a V-shape with equal distance.

Step 2: arrange two lights behind the subject and make the exposure of the two lights consistent.

Note: A. Turn on the first three lights when measuring the last two lights. B, the last two wicks are distributed crosswise. C, two lights in the back with beehives, frosted sheets and four blades. D, the color film of the background light is the same color as the background.

Step 3: Measure the total exposure of the front Three Lamps District and the rear two lamps respectively to make them equal. According to the total exposure by half or one exposure.

2, the traditional classical lighting method:

The first step is the main light; Control the light quality, intensity, color temperature and light level of the main light according to the situation of the subject, and turn on the auxiliary light when measuring the main light.

The second step is auxiliary light: auxiliary light is to show darkness and control contrast. The auxiliary light should not exceed the brightness of the main light, and the light quality should be soft.

The third step is side lighting: it is mainly used to show the outline lines of customers, and generally plays the role of separating the subject from the background, not every photo has it.

The fourth step is background light; Background is only used when necessary. The function of background light is to control the tone of the picture, express the background color and shape the background space.

Step 5: Decorative lights: Decorative lights mostly use low-power spotlights to decorate or highlight a part that needs special performance.

3, modern bright portrait lighting method:

This lighting method should be said to be a comprehensive application of traditional classical lighting and modern plane lighting. The face of the figure is beautified with flat and soft light to show the outline edge, and the hair shows the three-dimensional sense and texture with hard three-dimensional light. The specific light distribution method is as follows:

Step 1: Measure the exposure index of the first three lamps, and then measure the total exposure of the three lamps. The light quality of the first three lamps should be soft, and the distance from the subject should be based on the principle of not "wearing" when shooting.

Step 2: Side light. The side light is in the opposite direction and the light quality is hard. The intensity of light should be one aperture higher than the total exposure of the first three lamps. When lighting, care should be taken not to let the side light directly enter the lens.

Step 3: Background light. Generally, there is only one backlight. The background light can be irradiated from the other side behind the subject, and the light quality can be a little harder. The brightness of the background light should not be too bright, and it should be consistent with the accurate exposure.

Step 4: Determine the accurate exposure. Under normal circumstances, the total exposure of the former Three Lamps District should be over one level. If the previous total exposure is f/ 1 1.5, then the accurate exposure is f/8.5.

Five, the application of constant light lamp, quartz lamp.

Constant light is mainly used to control the tone of the picture in portrait studio. The constant light commonly used in photo studio portraits includes special photo studio quartz lamp, photo studio modeling lamp, cold light source and civil fluorescent lamp, and their lighting methods are all the same, mainly due to the differences in tone and picture atmosphere. The following mainly introduces the use of quartz lamp:

Quartz lamp's lighting method is the same as flash lamp, which can be used as a large flat lamp, a stereoscopic lamp, and can also be used in different environments, for example, 1. Two quartz lamp lamps are used to shoot, one main lamp shines on people, the other lamp shines on the ceiling or wall, and * reflects light to increase the brightness of the environment. 2. Take photos with the combination of quartz lamp and indoor ambient light to create a classical and warm environment. When in use, the quartz lamp is brighter than the environment, but not too strong, otherwise it will promote the surrounding atmosphere. 3. quartz lamp and natural light create the picture effect of indoor and outdoor mixed light. 4. quartz lamp can also be used outdoors on cloudy days and in the morning and evening, which has a unique charm.

Six, color control

The portrait color design in the studio is convenient. In addition to the color of clothing, it can also be controlled by choosing the color of the background and flexibly choosing the lighting. Generally divided into the following color design:

1. shooting method of warm tone design: a. make a warm tone picture with clothes and background color. B, quartz lamp and other light sources with low color temperature are photographed by sunlight. C, add a subtractive color card in front of the camera. D, add warm color filter paper in front of the light. E, post-production color cast processing.

2. Shooting method of cool tone design: A, choose clothes, backgrounds and props that are mainly blue and cyan. B, shoot with light film under the flash. C, add a color temperature rising filter in front of the lens. D, adding cold color filter paper in front of the light. E, post-production of shine on you.

3. The shooting method of halftone design: A. Choose green, purple and black, white and gray clothing and background to form a picture. B, white shooting with black-and-white film, and later printing into green and purple photos. C. Take photos in front of the lights with green and purple paper. D. Take photos with green and purple filters.

4. Color shooting method of contrast color design: Contrast color mainly refers to the contrast relationship between the colors of clothing, background and props, such as the contrast of cold and warm colors, the contrast of complementary colors, the contrast of fresh and dull, and the contrast of light and dark.

5. Shooting method of harmonious composition: A, choose the colors of clothing and background, and form the picture with the same color, similar color, low saturation color and achromatic color. B, use color light to unify the color of the picture.

6. Shooting method of heavy color design: a. Choose high-purity, bright and heavy colors to form a picture. B, shoot with bright colors.

7. Shooting method of light color design: A, clothing and background choose those light and bright colors to form the picture. B, overexposure level 2-3 when shooting. C, add soft lens and yarn when shooting.

In a word, the portrait in the studio is flexible in lighting, easy to control the color of the picture, and can also be designed as needed. On the basis of mastering the necessary lighting, composition and color, it can be used flexibly.