10 portrait photography skills

Lead: Pressing the shutter is the beginning and the end. The beginning is always simple, but the ending is quite different. How are those charming and lasting portraits taken? The following ten super practical tricks are all made up for you.

1 know-how: clear thematic thinking

Let your photos have a clear theme, is it a person, a still life or a thing? There must be content, plot and story.

First of all, the photographer should have a clear idea, and then express his own ideas, rather than being ambiguous or vague.

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Step 2: Pay attention to the subject.

A good work must draw attention to the theme, and you need the audience to pay attention to your theme immediately, because this theme is the core of your expression.

The flowers in the hands of the models in this work have played a very good role in embellishment, which just fits the protagonist's yearning for beauty.

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Step 3: Make your picture more concise.

Those elements that can't set off your subject or even distract your attention should be compressed or excluded. Keep your visual center only on the innocent and lovely expression of your child.

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Step 4: A simple way to keep the portrait unchanged.

Keep a distance from the position of the subject when shooting, and try not to use a wide-angle lens unless you want to express an exaggerated effect.

In general, a lens with a focal length of 80-90mm is more suitable for outdoor portrait shooting.

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Step 5: Pay attention to the flexible use of the overall posture.

Let the subject's hands move, such as touching his head, touching his hair, touching his face, taking off his cheek, pressing his mouth, touching his neck, pulling his skirt, touching his arm, akimbo, resting his thigh and touching his feet. In short, hand movements can be freely explored throughout the body, and the core is to keep natural and help express emotions. In addition, you can also hold props to make the image more vivid.

Summer sunshine beside tofu

Step 6: Make your theme more natural.

? When I photograph someone, I always want to avoid the way they are photographed. ? Famous photographer john long Gard said.

Obviously, it is very important for the character to relax during filming. When characters relax, they will show their feelings more naturally.

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Step 7: How to get a shallow depth of field to highlight people?

The way to get a shallow depth of field and blur the background of the subject is to use a large aperture and a long focal length as much as possible, and if possible, let the characters stand as far away from the background as possible.

Tofu boyhood

Step 8: Keep the diagonal composition

When shooting a single portrait, the photographer keeps a certain distance from the subject to avoid the deformation of the character. In composition, diagonal way is usually the safest.

Leave some space and gaps to make the picture deeper.

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The ninth trick: How to make your model pose?

When shooting a single portrait with POSE, we should pay special attention to the head and shoulders of the subject. Usually, the head and body should not be in a straight line, and the shoulders and feet should not be parallel.

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Step 10: Use busts or headshots reasonably.

If the subject is really difficult to pose, dress or figure is not good, then please try to take a bust or a big photo.

At this time, the eyes and expressions of the subject are the only things you need to grasp.