Wonderful work of 50mm fixed focus lens

50mm fixed-focus lens is the favorite of many photographers, which is very suitable for shooting portraits, products or low light. They have sharpness that zoom lenses can't match. The following are the wonderful photos I carefully recommend for you, hoping to help you.

50mm lens wonderful work portrait shooting skills 1, avoid harsh light.

The most taboo of portrait shooting is to use the direct sunlight overhead. It produces black shadows around the eye sockets, nose and chin. In order to avoid this destructive light effect, professional portrait photographers like to choose an open shady place, such as a big tree on a sunny day, where there is a lot of reflected light around to make up for the local shadow and form a smooth shadowless illumination on the face of the person.

If you have to shoot portraits at noon, you can easily create an open shade condition, that is, let the subject turn his back to the sun. Technically, it's called backlight. This will challenge your camera exposure meter, and the following methods can solve this problem. In order to improve the effect of shooting the above picture in direct sunlight, you can use a translucent white umbrella to block the noon sunshine. Another way is to use this light to solve the problem, but the strong light around the subject will interfere with your exposure meter, resulting in underexposure. To avoid this, you should get exposure readings directly from the subject's face near him. Or if your camera is equipped with a spotlight, use it to measure the reflected light of the subject's face.

2. Try to compose vertically

One of the mistakes that beginners often make in portrait photography is to shoot the portrait horizontally. This horizontal composition is suitable for shooting group images, but when you shoot a single person, you should turn the camera to the vertical position. Rigid frame framing is more suitable for a single portrait, because this framing corresponds to the vertical rectangle of the head itself or the head and upper body. The vertical structure is also suitable for taking dry photos of couples, especially when hugging. It can show the intimate romantic mood of couples incisively and vividly.

Several problems that should be paid attention to when adopting horizontal frame. For example, although the banner portrait in the above picture is good, please note that the way the author cuts through the chest makes the picture look stiff and unnatural. The most natural cut of a character should be chosen in the narrowest part of the body, such as the neck and waist. The following figure cuts the vertical picture of the subject in this way and gets a relatively balanced and satisfactory composition.

Step 3 Use a large aperture

Well, you set up a small studio in the living room. I believe you can take better photos of children than the self-portrait kiosks set up in the supermarket. One thing to note is to avoid using small apertures from F/ 1 1 to F/22. Using a small aperture is good for shooting scenery in strong light, but it will cause problems for shooting portraits. A small aperture can make the background appear quite clear, which will divert the attention of the subject.

The large aperture of F/ 1.8 to F/4 can blur the background and make it out of focus, making the mother and son the only interesting objects in the mother-child photos. However, a large aperture may make the depth of field too shallow. If one eye of the subject is farther away from the camera than the other eye, the farther eye may be out of focus. The remedy is to discard the background when shooting, so that you can use a smaller aperture, or adjust the position of the interviewee's head to make his eyes equal to the camera.

Precautions 1, near the point

Another reason why inexperienced portrait photographers can't shoot is that the closer you shoot, the better. If the characters you shoot are too small on the screen to see the center of the performance at a glance, the effect will be poor. The solution is to take a closer look. You can walk up close to the subject, or you can shoot with a lens with a longer focal length.

Beauty is close at hand. Famous war photographer Robert? Kappa said that if your photo is not good enough, it is because you are not close enough. Of course, portrait photos are the same. The above photo was taken at a distance of 15 feet. It is neither a portrait nor a city photo. The picture below, because it is close to the subject, no one doubts that it is a portrait and a successful portrait. By the way, there is a common problem in the above picture, that is, the head of the character is in the center of the picture. Try to put the customs department in the top half of the picture when composing the composition.

2. Long focal length

What is the best shot to take a portrait? A medium-distance zoom or fixed-focus lens is ok. If 35 mm film is used, this means that a lens with a focal length of 85 to 135 mm should be used. Taking a portrait with a short focal length (below 50 mm) often exaggerates people's facial features, and sometimes makes the nose look bigger than it really is, which will disappoint friends.