How to shoot a suspended portrait

In many films, people can float in the center of the picture through shooting skills. How did this effect come about? I will share this skill with you.

How to shoot a suspended portrait? The final effect will be a dreamy suspension effect as shown in the figure below. How was this photo taken? Let's look down together

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First, the preliminary preparation

1. Selection of environment

In order to make the audience associate, at the same time, let the model form a strong contrast with the environment and strengthen the visual impact. The shooting location is an abandoned warehouse next to the railway. The choice of environment for daily shooting is actually mainly based on what style you want to shoot. Japan's small fresh can choose an environment with large green space and large water surface; European and American styles can choose the style of bustling streets or fashionable landmarks. In a word, it is important that the surrounding environment should be in harmony with the overall style.

2. Equipment and props

Because this shooting is mainly about portraits and needs a relatively soft picture texture, the camera adopts Canon EOS6D and EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM zoom lens. EOS6D is very cost-effective, with 20.2 million effective pixels and excellent high sensitivity. In addition, it can maintain a more rational price under the premise of Quan Huafu, and has its own wifi function, which is the first choice for many photographers.

In order to combine with post-shooting, tripod is an essential equipment for this shooting. At the same time, because people need to float in the air, prepare some chairs with different heights for the models to lie on. Finally, in order to match the theme and strengthen the illusory visual effect, we have prepared some cigarette cakes here to make smoke.

Second, the shooting process

1, main picture shooting

Aperture: f8 shutter:1/250s ISO :320 focal length: 35mm Photography: NIKI.

Need to shoot a main picture and two materials. What needs to be emphasized here is that the position, scene and exposure must not be changed during the whole shooting process, because it is very important to cooperate with post-processing. Use a tripod to fix the camera position, and the scene and exposure parameters remain unchanged. Similarly, when we choose other shooting environments. This also applies. For the sake of post-processing, the main image must be shot clearly, with 20.2 million pixels to ensure the image quality. Use the RAW format, so that there is relatively more room for color processing in the later stage.

First, let the model be in one place with props? Suspended? The posture of the characters needs to be adjusted in layers, and the limbs should be dispersed as much as possible to create a relaxed and suspended aesthetic feeling and avoid being too stiff. At the same time, you can use the clothes on the model to help cover the edge line between the chair and the body.

In addition, in order to create an atmosphere when shooting, you can let the assistant lift the skirt and hair instantly and press the shutter, so that the assistant can quickly escape and imitate weightlessness.

Aperture: f8 shutter:1/250s ISO :320 focal length: 35mm Photography: NIKI.

Note that the props must not overlap the body of the character when shooting, otherwise it will bring trouble to the later stage.

2, material collection

Aperture: f8 shutter:1/250s ISO :320 focal length: 35mm Photography: NIKI.

The example shooting technique here requires two materials. The first is to remove all the characters and props in the picture and take an empty shot with the same composition and exposure, as shown below. Everyone should also use this method to collect materials in different shooting environments. If there are many people, remember to avoid too many irrelevant people entering the country.

Foil atmosphere

In the second picture, in order to set off the atmosphere, a lot of smoke effects are made around the picture with smoke cakes. Pay attention to the distribution and level of smoke when arranging the smoke effect, which can be observed from time to time through the viewfinder. At the same time, be careful not to cover a lot of smoke on the main body of the model. The smoke can be shot in several parts. If you don't need this step in shooting, you can just ignore it ~ ~ ~

Third, post-processing.

Famous image processing software

After shooting all the materials, use post-production software (Lightroom or PS). Take the photo of the empty lens as the bottom layer first, and then put the main picture with people on it. Then use the mask tool to erase the props under the model, revealing the empty scene at the bottom, as shown below. Pay attention to feathering when covering the edge of characters, help the connection and transition between pictures, so as not to produce too blunt effect in picture processing.

Image fusion

Finally, the material of the smoke is placed on the top layer, and the main part of the character is displayed through the mask. By reducing the transparency of the layer, the smoke can be more integrated with the picture.

Final renderings:

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According to the above description, combined with the early and late shooting, the dream reappears in front of our eyes, and at the same time, it broadens our horizons and allows dream catchers to see hope. Interested friends, you can try.