Canon SLR lens portrait shooting skills

Portrait mode can be used to take beautiful photos easily. The camera not only automatically selects the focus, but also sets the image quality to a mode more suitable for shooting people. The following are my skills of taking portraits with Canon SLR lens, hoping to help everyone!

Canon SLR lens portrait shooting skills

Camera settings and image processing styles make people more beautiful.

Compared with the normal automatic mode, the camera setting in portrait mode has two characteristics. One feature is the use of aperture effect to blur the background. The aperture of portrait mode is automatically set to be close to the maximum aperture of the lens used (the aperture blade is fully open and the most light passes through). Through the aperture effect, the degree of background blur is improved, and people are highlighted to make them more eye-catching. Another feature is to use the photo style to adjust the tone of the photo to make the skin texture softer. In addition, the exposure is brighter, which makes the skin appear whiter. Although the color tone has not changed much, the skin of the characters will be slightly pink, which makes the characters look healthier and more energetic.

1 is set to portrait mode.

2 Set the position of the mode dial

① The aperture is large.

Automatically open the aperture, it is easy to blur the background and highlight the figure's pattern.

② The driving mode is continuous shooting.

In order to capture people's instantaneous expressions, the camera is set to continuous shooting mode.

Brighter skin tone

This model makes people's skin more beautiful.

3 tips

Use bold combination

In the composition of portrait photography, the most important thing is to arrange the characters in which position in the picture. In addition, how to intercept characters is also a headache. If you use ordinary shooting methods, it is easy to fall into a rigid mode similar to id photos. Therefore, it is necessary to cut boldly, or carefully find the shooting angle, and try to shoot artistic characters.

You can cut off the top of your head when you take a close-up.

When you take a close-up, if you cut off the upper part of your head, you can highlight the expression of the characters more. At the same time, a certain margin should be left or right, which can make the composition more harmonious. There is no fixed requirement for the way of blank space, but it is best to leave blank space on the outside of the character's face to obtain a more natural effect.

Change the composition with a low-angle backhand

It's a good idea to shoot people from above or below, and you can get artistic effects. It will be better if you use a wide-angle lens together.

How does Canon 600D take portraits?

Portrait photos are probably the most common photos for traveling abroad. There is a doorway to taking good portrait photos. Here are some tips for Canon 600D to take portrait photos. The first skill of taking portraits? Eyes. The eyes are the windows to the soul. If the eyes are clear, the whole person looks like a god, otherwise the whole photo will be soft and lose focus. Therefore, it is very important to focus your eyes accurately when shooting portraits. No matter what pose the photographer poses, no matter what angle he shoots from, he should focus his eyes accurately. Especially when shooting with a large aperture, the depth of field becomes smaller, and a slight shift in the focus position will cause the eyes to defocus, so photographers should pay attention. The second skill of taking portraits? Open the aperture. There are two advantages to turning up the aperture. The first point is that you can take photos with blurred background, highlight the main characters and make the theme of the signboard clearer. The second advantage is that it can increase the amount of light entering the camera, improve the shutter speed and take clearer portraits. In addition:

When shooting scenery, you can set the mode to AV mode, which is aperture priority. Generally, when shooting scenes or landscapes, aperture is preferred, and the photos taken are very effective. Generally, when taking pictures, you should choose the shooting mode according to the shooting scene. Aperture priority mainly refers to the exposure value calculated by the uterine photometry system of the camera body, and then the number of shutters used is automatically determined according to the selected aperture size. Manually setting the aperture value can automatically adjust the shutter speed, if there is a measurement result. Generally, we need it when shooting still life and controlling depth of field.