How does Canon 5d3 take good photos?

Photography skills refer to photography skills, which can make the picture more beautiful after use. The following are some portrait photography skills of Canon 5d3 that I have compiled for you. Please refer to them.

Canon 5D3 camera shooting night scene, scenery, portrait 1, night scene shooting skills.

Nightscape of Dream City in Blue Tone

Shooting conditions

Use lens TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II.

Automatic exposure with aperture priority in shooting mode (F8, 8 seconds)

Exposure compensation-1.3EV

White balance daylight

Sensitivity ISO 100

The ideal time to shoot night scenes often comes earlier than expected.

The beautiful night scene after sunset is a fascinating theme. But the photos taken are always not ideal, which is far from what the naked eye actually sees. The key point of shooting night scenes lies in the choice of shooting time. It can be said that 80% of the photo quality depends on whether it is taken at the right time. Taking a night view is different from seeing it with the naked eye. The ideal time to take a night photo is not in the real night, but in the evening when there is still a little skylight in the sky. At this time, the outline of the building has not completely disappeared in the night, and the blue and white light will make the tone of the sky look like a dream. If you wait until it is completely dark, there is only one point light source in the photo, which looks unsightly. It is recommended to arrive at the shooting scene in the evening and observe the surrounding situation before dawn. Special attention should be paid to the safety of the shooting scene after dark and large billboards that are easily overlooked and may affect the shooting. Shooting should start when there is light in the sky, and the settings should be adjusted according to the change of light conditions. Use Av (Aperture Priority Auto Exposure) mode, and select an aperture of about F5.6-8. This aperture is conducive to improving the resolution and shooting a clear point light source. In addition, when it is still bright, adjust the camera and determine the level of the picture. After dark, it is difficult to see the reference used to confirm whether it is horizontal or not, and it is also difficult to determine the correct angle. It's also a good choice to use a level meter, but it's hard to observe when the surroundings are dark. In order to make the subsequent shooting go smoothly, it's best to adjust the picture to a level in advance. The longest time period suitable for shooting is only 5 minutes, so everything needs to be ready before the ideal time comes.

Skill point explanation

Point 1: Use negative exposure compensation.

The reasonable exposure calculated by the camera when shooting the night scene is not necessarily a good exposure parameter, and the photographer needs to use his eyes to determine the exposure according to the actual effect. When there is still a little skylight in the surrounding environment, negative exposure compensation can be used to shoot the brightness similar to the night scene. In this way, lighting and natural light can achieve a good balance.

The second point: it will be very convenient to have a flashlight.

It will be convenient to have a small flashlight when shooting outdoors. It is widely used, not only to determine the position of the camera button, but also to illuminate the shooting scene to see if there is anything left behind.

The third point: use cable release.

In order to prevent the camera from shaking when shooting night scenes, it is suggested to use cable release when pressing the shutter button without touching the camera directly. If there is no cable release at hand, you can also use the self-timer function instead. Setting the driving mode to delay the release of the shutter for 2 seconds can suppress the jitter caused by pressing the shutter button.

The fourth point: AV (Aperture Priority Automatic Exposure) mode or manual exposure mode?

The shooting mode can be Av (Aperture Priority Automatic Exposure) mode or manual exposure mode. When using Av (Aperture Priority Automatic Exposure) mode, exposure compensation can be used to shoot a scene near night. When using manual exposure mode, the same effect can be achieved by adjusting the shutter speed.

Fifth point: When shooting through the window, the lens should be close to the glass window.

If you shoot in an observatory with a glass window, you need to put the lens close to the glass in order not to shoot the reflection of the glass. Pay special attention to the people behind and the possible reflection of indoor lights.

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Flexible use of real-time display function, but pay attention to battery power.

When shooting night scenes, manual focusing is a safer focusing method. Especially when shooting through glass, due to the influence of glass, autofocus may not be able to focus accurately. The way to focus safely is to use the real-time display function to focus manually. Just like the introduction in the middle article, the picture seen through the real-time display mode is the picture actually shot by the image sensor, and the photographer can directly observe the actual picture and enlarge the picture to focus accurately, so the error is very small. Only when focusing in real-time display mode, the LCD needs to be used all the time, and the battery consumption will be faster than expected. Therefore, when shooting in real-time display mode, it is recommended to prepare a spare battery.

Step 2 shoot night scenes and people

A shooting mode that combines night photography and portrait photography. It can shoot people and the background bright at the same time, which can effectively avoid the disadvantage that the background is completely black when the flash is shot.

EF-S18-135mm f/f 4.5-5.6 ISTM/focal length: 35mm/ night image (F4.5,1/25s) /ISO 800/ white balance: automatic.

Night portrait mode can easily shoot difficult night scenes and people.

The camera setting in night portrait mode consists of a flash and a low-speed shutter. Background darkening in flash photography is a phenomenon caused by high shutter speed. In order to get more background light, the night portrait mode uses a low-speed shutter, so this phenomenon can be effectively avoided. In addition, in order not to make the shutter speed too low, the ISO sensitivity is set to automatic, and the camera can automatically select the ISO sensitivity according to the surrounding conditions. In order to focus easily in dark scenes, the flash is used for auto-focus auxiliary light flashing before shooting, which is more accurate than manual focus mode. If you are worried that the shutter speed will decrease, it is recommended to use a tripod. In addition, this mode pays attention to the imaging effect of people, and the aperture is close to full opening. When you don't want to blur the background, you can use the wide-angle lens or the wide-angle focal section of the zoom lens to shoot.

Set to night portrait mode.

Characteristics of night portrait mode

① Low shutter speed

In order to shoot the night scene, a lower shutter speed is adopted.

Flash flash

In order to take a bright picture of a person, the flash will flash.

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At the same time, other modes can be used for shooting.

It should be noted that the shutter speed will decrease in portrait mode at night, and it is easy to shake when shooting without using a tripod. If you are worried about shooting failure, you can use hand-held night scene mode or scene intelligent automatic mode for shooting.

Example of hand-held night scene mode shooting

If you are worried about hand shaking, you can also use the hand-held night scene mode and set the flash to flash.

3, flower macro shooting skills

Shoot strange flowers with macro photography

Shooting conditions

Use lens EF-S 60mm f/2.8 USM macro.

Automatic exposure with aperture priority in shooting mode (F4,11600 seconds)

Automatic white balance

Sensitivity ISO 200

Pay attention to the direction of light and shadow, and find the position that can reflect the beauty of flowers.

Whoever picks up the camera wants to make the flowers more beautiful. But it is actually very difficult to shoot flowers, such as focusing and blurring, and selecting light, all of which should be carried out at the same time. The first thing to decide when shooting flowers is the position of the light source. In most shooting scenes, it is common to shoot along the light, that is, the sun is behind the photographer. However, for flower photography that needs close-up, such a positional relationship will cause flowers to be completely shrouded by the photographer's own shadow. Therefore, when shooting flowers, it is best to choose the light shot vertically at noon, backlight or semi-backlight to shoot. It is very important to determine the position of light when shooting flowers, and then determine the shooting position and angle according to the position of shadow. You can choose the shooting mode according to your personal preference. If you want to use background blur flexibly, it will be more convenient to use Av (Aperture Priority Auto Exposure) mode. It should be noted that when shooting at macro, the shooting distance should be close and not too blurred. If it is too vague, the subject itself will become unclear. It is necessary to narrow the aperture to maintain a certain depth of field, make the overall shape of the flower clear, and only use blur to filter out the messy background. In addition, manual focusing is more suitable for this kind of shooting than automatic focusing. Focusing needs to be accurate to millimeter level, which is safer to confirm with human eyes. And sometimes the autofocus point and the position that the photographer wants to focus on are not necessarily the same. However, if autofocus locking is used in macro shooting, the possibility of inaccurate focusing is very high, which is not recommended here. It is suggested to adopt the methods of real-time display shooting and manual focusing introduced in the middle chapter. It is often windy when shooting outdoors, which will bring some difficulties to manual focusing, but shooting beautiful flowers with precise focus in this way will bring more special touches to the photographer.

Skill point explanation

Point 1: Use of macro lens

(left) EF 100mm f/2.8L is a USM macro.

(right) EF-S 60mm f/2.8 USM macro

The focal length of macro lens can be divided into 100mm and 60mm, that is, the shooting distance is different. Generally speaking, it is more convenient to choose 60mm when shooting flowers nearby and use a lens with a focal length of 100mm when shooting flowers in the distant sea of flowers.

Point 2: Understand the characteristics of foreground blurring and background blurring and use them flexibly.

The degree of blur is determined by factors such as focal length and aperture. The blur of the subject's foreground is often worse than the blur of the background. If we can use foreground blur flexibly, we can better show the charm of the subject.

The third point: Flexible use of tripod and spherical tripod.

The tripod is very conducive to precise focusing, and the tripod head on which the camera is fixed is actually very particular. When taking macro photography, it will be more convenient to choose a spherical pan/tilt that can adjust the angle freely, and this pan/tilt is generally portable and easy to carry.

The fourth point: the trick to find the right topic.

Flowers don't bloom everywhere. Especially in the city, it is a bit difficult to find flowers by yourself. The place where flowers are concentrated should be a botanical garden with a greenhouse. If it is macro photography, the background is often blurred, and it is basically impossible to see that it was taken in a greenhouse.

The fifth point: the trick to decide composition.

In the composition of flower photography, if you shoot large flowers, you usually take the stamen as the center, because the focus position will also have a great impact on the picture effect, so you need to focus properly and correctly.

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Use a reflector to eliminate unnecessary shadows.

In order to eliminate the shadow in front of you, you can use a reflector when taking macro photography under the condition of backlight or semi-backlight. However, it is more troublesome to use a large reflector when shooting people. You should choose a small and portable reflector. Photographers can also paste silver paper on thick paper boards and make their own reflectors. A4 paper size will be more convenient to use. Put the camera on the tripod and your hands will be free. When focusing, you can operate the shutter button with one hand and the reflector with the other, observe the viewfinder, and find a position with good reflection effect to shoot. In this case, using a tripod is very beneficial to shooting.

4. Scenery shooting skills

Shoot a mountain range

Shooting conditions

Use lens EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM.

Aperture priority automatic exposure in shooting mode (F9, 1/640s)

Automatic white balance

Sensitivity ISO 800

Accidental encounter combined with certain skills to take impressive photos.

Taking a landscape photo is similar to painting on a blank canvas. At present, there is a magnificent scenery, but how to intercept and express it is the creator's own freedom. After determining the composition of the picture, you can take a picture consistent with your idea by using the necessary shooting skills. It may be accidental to encounter beautiful scenery, but it needs calm judgment to record it truthfully in the photo. When shooting scenery, it is also important to choose the appropriate shooting time besides the appropriate parameter settings. Because the light is constantly changing during the day, the same scenery will be taken at different times, and the effect will be different. It is necessary to seize a specific time of the day to shoot beautiful scenery. If it's a place where you can't come again, there's nothing you can do. However, if the schedule is relatively loose, you can shoot not only during the day, but also in the early morning or evening when the light is oblique. Many impressive landscape photos were taken during this period. Shooting itself does not need too complicated technology, but it is very important to choose a suitable shooting mode, especially when you want to shoot distant scenes very sharply, you should choose an aperture that can give full play to the resolution of the lens and the imaging ability of the camera. The commonly used shooting mode is Av (Aperture Priority Auto Exposure) mode. Because the photographer can freely choose the aperture, it gives the photographer more freedom of choice than those shooting modes where the aperture is automatically set by the camera, so it is very popular with users. Although the performance of different lenses is different, generally speaking, when you want to take a sharp perspective, setting the aperture of the lens between F5.6-8 can give full play to the resolution of the lens. Photographers can determine the aperture first and then consider the shutter speed to shoot. In addition, whether sharp performance can be obtained is also greatly affected by focusing conditions. It is recommended to use a tripod and choose manual focusing for real-time display shooting.

Skill point explanation

Point 1: Decide the subject, zoom and adjust the composition.

When taking a landscape photo, you must remember that you can't just lift it blankly, but find the theme of the picture in the landscape. In the above picture, the distant mountains become the theme of the picture. In order to control the composition, you can use a variety of lenses from wide angle to telephoto, or you can try to express the scene in a vertical way.

Point 2: Try to keep the picture horizontal or vertical.

When taking landscape photos, you should pay attention to the fact that the picture can't be tilted. When shooting, the grid lines are displayed in real time, which can be used as a reference for detecting whether the picture is horizontal or not. In addition, some models are equipped with electronic level meters, so it is recommended to use them flexibly. You can also use a level that can be hung on the camera's hot shoes, or a level with a tripod.

Point 3: Fix the camera firmly with a tripod.

As mentioned earlier, using a tripod can make the composition more stable. Also, when using Av (Aperture Priority Auto Exposure) mode to narrow the aperture for shooting, if the light is weak, the shutter speed may decrease, so be sure to prepare a tripod.

The fourth point: focus on infinity.

When shooting a distant view such as a landscape, the focus position is at infinity. If you want to focus accurately, you can use the real-time display function to enlarge the LCD monitor screen and focus manually according to the enlarged detail definition, so that you can focus more accurately. The method of aiming the focusing ring at infinity is easy to produce focusing error and is not recommended.

Fifth point: Restrain the vibration caused by camera action.

Especially when shooting with telephoto lens, even the action of camera endoscope will become the cause of picture jitter. To suppress the action of the mirror, it is suggested to use real-time display to shoot. Because the real-time display shows that the reflector has risen in the shooting state, there is no bouncing vibration. In addition, the mute mode that makes the mirror quiet and the mirror pre-lift function that can lift the mirror before shooting are also very effective. It can also be released with a cable, and pressing the shutter button will not cause vibration.

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Use PL-C circularly polarized filter to get clearer picture quality.

Circular polarization filter is often used when taking landscape photos. It is a kind of filter that uses polarizing lens to bend light, which can make the sky bluer or the foreground clearer. In addition to the above effects, it can also inhibit the reflection of the water surface, so it is also very effective to shoot the lake. In addition to suppressing the disorderly reflection of light and improving the contrast of the picture, it can also filter out harmful reflected light and faithfully restore the tone of the subject. When using a wide-angle lens and a circular polarizing filter, in order to avoid dark corners, try to choose a polarizing filter with a thin frame. When choosing a polarizing filter in the market, be sure to choose the one with the same caliber as the lens in your hand.

When shooting natural scenery with many trees, sometimes the disorderly reflection of leaves on light will make the picture appear blurred. At this time, it will be very effective to use circularly polarized filters.

5, animal shooting skills

Use telephoto lens to capture various states of animals.

Shooting conditions

Use lens EF 70-200mm f/4L as USM.

Automatic exposure of shooting mode program (F4.5, 1/200 seconds)

White balance daylight

Sensitivity ISO 200

Use a light telephoto lens and high ISO sensitivity to shoot moving animals.

When shooting animals that are agile and not controlled by the photographer's will, the photographer is required to react as quickly as shooting sports. Also, the closer animals are to the wild, the more instinctively they keep a certain distance from humans. It is difficult to get close to them, so telephoto lenses are needed in many occasions. Secondly, photographers often need to move with animals, so the photographic equipment they carry should be as light as possible. In this kind of shooting, it is often easier to take good photos by choosing a lens with a small aperture but easy to carry than by choosing a lens with a bright large aperture. The direction of light is also important to show the charm of animals. Especially when shooting fluffy animals, the secret of showing their charm is to shoot the texture of hair. At this time, it is very effective to use the backlight or semi-backlight of the sun. Photographers should observe the surrounding situation and quickly decide the shooting position to start shooting. Generally speaking, it is no problem to determine exposure parameters by evaluation photometry. However, in the case of strong backlight, partial metering or spot metering with small metering range can be used for metering. The shooting mode can be P (Program Auto Exposure) mode, and the shooting time is preferred. If the ISO sensitivity is set to automatic, you can cope with the sharp change of light freely. When shooting outdoors during the day, even when shooting with high ISO sensitivity, the noise will not be as obvious as when shooting at night. Therefore, we should always pay attention to the change of shutter speed when shooting to prevent possible hand jitter or subject jitter.

Skill point explanation

Point 1: Flexible use of anti-shake function.

If a telephoto zoom lens IS used, it is best to choose an IS image stabilizer with hand shake compensation mechanism. Of course, a high-speed shutter can also prevent hand shake, but if the lens has an optical anti-shake mechanism, the picture in the viewfinder will be more stable, which is very beneficial to telephoto.

Point 2: Choose the appropriate autofocus mode according to the situation.

In the face of those animals that are always moving, the artificial intelligence servo autofocus mode should be adopted, while for those animals that are sometimes still, the artificial intelligence autofocus mode should be adopted. Of course, artificial intelligence servo autofocus can also be carried out in artificial intelligence autofocus mode, but it takes some time to start automatic tracking of the subject, so what mode to use needs to be selected according to the situation.

Point 3: Select the autofocus point to focus the animal's eyes.

Instead of letting the camera automatically select the focus, it manually selects the focus to focus on the animal's eyes. Photographers should choose the autofocus point as close as possible to the animal's eyes and be ready to capture the animal's instantaneous movements at any time.

Point 4: Set the driving mode to continuous shooting.

In order to better grasp the movements of animals, the driving mode is continuous shooting. Unlike some large animals, which move very slowly, some small animals move very fast and it is difficult to catch them with one shot.

Point 5: Blur the background and highlight animals as the theme.

Choosing the right background is very important for photographing animals. Photographers should find a clear and tidy perspective and quickly decide the shooting location. If the illuminated part is selected as the background, the effect of background blur will be better.

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Shooting skills in the zoo

Different from shooting wild animals, the more troublesome thing when shooting in the zoo is the barbed wire in the cage. If the grid is dense, it will inevitably affect the shooting. However, if the aperture of the lens is slightly smaller than the aperture of the lens, the center of the lens can be aligned with the aperture, and the lens can be close to the barbed wire, so that the barbed wire will be blurred and less eye-catching. Also, the longer the focal length of the lens when shooting, the less obvious the barbed wire is. This is a shooting technique that uses blur effect. If we can boldly use foreground blurring and blur the barbed wire in front of us, we can turn the barbed wire into invisibility. It should be noted that the lens is easy to touch the barbed wire. Photographers should be careful and add a protective filter in front of the lens to prevent the lens from being scratched.

6, street shooting skills

The emotional color is stronger, and the street impression is interpreted into a picture.

Use as simple equipment and settings as possible.

There are no certain rules for taking pictures in the street. Photographers can take photos that they find interesting at will, all by feeling. However, if we can pay attention to the color matching and composition in the picture when taking snapshots, these photos originally taken for recording can also become excellent works. Composition should pay attention to the configuration of linear elements in the picture. Visual diagonal lines can give the picture a sense of rhythm and make people feel happy. And the pictures taken by intercepting the colorful parts of the picture can also make people shine. It doesn't matter if the equipment used for street shooting is simple. If you use a zoom lens, you only need a standard zoom lens to meet almost all shooting needs. Or just put a few fixed-focus lenses in the bag and deliberately set a certain limited viewing angle to shoot. So you can shoot from a different angle. If you need to carry a whole set of photographic equipment, you'd better choose a backpack that can empty your hands. Bicycles can often be rented in tourist attractions, and cycling can increase the photographer's activity radius. In this way, shooting with the least equipment and a backpack will be very relaxing and enjoyable. The shooting mode should be mainly P (Program Auto Exposure) mode, and the automatic function of the camera should be used as much as possible. In P (programmed automatic exposure) mode, the camera will automatically set the appropriate combination of aperture and shutter speed according to the scene, making it easier for the photographer to concentrate on finding the subject. Moreover, if the ISO sensitivity is set to automatic, it can adapt to shooting in various occasions from dark lanes to bright places. Of course, you can also change the ISO sensitivity before shooting, but don't forget to change it back after shooting. From the point of focus shooting, if ISO sensitivity is set to automatic, you can experience more shooting fun.

Shooting conditions

Use the lens ef-s18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 isiii.

Automatic exposure of shooting mode program (f6.3,1125 seconds)

White balance daylight

Sensitivity ISO 100

Skill point explanation

Point 1: Flexible use of lens anti-shake function.

There is no limit to what lens to use, but there is often a big difference between light and dark in the street, and the shutter speed will be unexpectedly low. Considering such shooting conditions, choosing the lens with hand shake compensation mechanism as the image stabilizer can make shooting more convenient.

Shooting conditions

Use lens ef-s18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 isstm.

Automatic exposure of shooting mode program (F8, 1/200 seconds)

White balance daylight

Sensitivity ISO 200

Skill point explanation

Point 2: Cut the part that you find interesting.

Capturing is not capturing everything you see, but capturing what you find interesting. Want to cut the picture? Firm determination? . Don't think too much, just show the subject as you like.

Shooting conditions

Use the lens ef-s18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 isstm.

Automatic exposure of shooting mode program (F3.5, 1/3200 seconds)

White balance daylight

Sensitivity ISO 100

Skill point explanation

The third point: carry as light equipment as possible.

It is usually difficult to take a snapshot without a tripod. It is very important to maintain mobility when capturing. It is suggested to use ISO sensitivity flexibly and give full play to the advantages of hand-held shooting.

7. Understanding and controlling jitter

Different countermeasures are taken to classify image jitter.

The so-called jitter is a phenomenon that occurs when the shutter speed of the camera is lower than that of the subject or the camera. Jitter caused by object motion is called. Subject jitter? . When the subject is a static object such as a landscape, the jitter caused by camera jitter is called? Shaking hands? Or? Camera shake? . Although these phenomena are all manifested as fuzzy subjects in the picture, they need to be treated differently for different reasons. For these jitter, the effective countermeasure is to increase the shutter speed. In order to improve the shutter speed, you can use high ISO sensitivity or choose a large aperture lens. However, sometimes using a large aperture lens can't completely eliminate jitter. The lens with anti-shake function equipped with IS image stabilizer IS very effective in preventing hand shake, but even the lens equipped with IS image stabilizer can not prevent subject shake, and can only play a certain role in hand shake. Also, jitter does not necessarily have a negative impact on the picture, but it is very useful for expressing the motion of the subject. When shooting sports, if a certain part of an athlete's body, such as his hands and feet, is consciously blurred by sports, he can take more powerful photos. To sum up, it is very important for photo performance to be able to use jitter and stillness flexibly at the same time. But in principle, the jitter of the subject is tolerable, and as long as it is not used intentionally, hand jitter should be avoided as much as possible. Therefore, it is suggested to use the anti-shake mechanism when shooting, and master the advanced shooting skills of flexibly using subject jitter while restraining the adverse effects of hand jitter.