How Canon 5D Mark II flexibly uses fuzzy photography to photograph portraits.

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Flexible use of fuzzy language

Portrait photography skills

As follows:

Shooting data

General regulations

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50 mm

f/ 1.4

Underwater-to-Surface Missile

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Aperture priority

automatic exposure

(F2.0, 1/500 seconds)

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International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

100

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White balance: daylight

Considering the distance between the camera and the person, choose the nearest one.

focal distance

0.45 m EF

50 mm

f/ 1.4

USM. The aperture is reduced to F2, which appropriately blurs the people in the background, but retains some atmosphere of the shooting scene. apply in a flexible way

Manual focus

(MF), focusing on the left eye part that is not at the autofocus point.

Blur the background and highlight the theme

Step 1: Set the shooting mode to automatic exposure with aperture priority (Av).

Turn the mode to Aperture Priority Auto Exposure (Av) mode. Because you can set it first

Aperture value

So it's easier to control the blur. Aperture priority automatic exposure mode, even if

subject

When the brightness changes, the set aperture value will not change, but will be changed.

Shutter speed

Wait a minute. Therefore, it is suitable for use when the priority is ambiguous.

Step 2: Switch the focus mode switch to MF.

Select the manual focus (MF) mode. This mode is not limited by the position of autofocus point, and can focus at any position in the viewfinder, so it is suitable for moving and focusing people's eyes with various compositions.

Combined focus

Portrait photography. In addition, carrying

hole

bright

Main lens

Better visibility in the viewfinder is also a key point.

Step 3: Hold the camera steady.

In order to achieve more accurate focusing, the elbow is fixed on the table to keep the camera stable. Also pay attention to prevent the focus from blurring. In addition, the occasion uses a desktop and ceiling.

reflected light

. While filling the face with light, the eyes also increase the eye light. You can think more when shooting and make effective use of the surrounding environment.

Step 4: Determine the focus after composition.

Observe the viewfinder to determine the composition and focus on the center of the left eye accurately. F2 close to the maximum aperture of the fixed-focus lens can be obtained.

Beyond sb's imagination

about

Small depth of field

. So first of all, you should know where your eyes should focus before shooting.

Step 5: Change your face.

shooting angle

In order to control ambiguity

When taking a close-up photo of a person's upper body with a large aperture fixed-focus lens, the blurred position and the impression of the whole photo will be greatly changed as long as the face orientation is slightly changed. Legend has it that it was shot at the same distance, but when shooting the front face, the whole face centered on the eyes or lips seems to be in focus.

outline

If you do this, half of your face will be blurred. In portrait photography, it is suggested to consider the change of seemingly focused range (depth of field) and the change of blurred position caused by shooting angle.

Column: Use the blur of large aperture to make skin more beautiful.

Legend uses EF

50 mm

f/ 1.4

USM took a close-up of his face. Focus on your eyes. When the aperture is large, only the eyes focus, most of the skin is blurred, and the overall impression is very soft. As the aperture becomes smaller, the focus range becomes wider and the skin imaging becomes clearer. When you look at the picture, you will find that the face in the depth of the picture is basically clear at F8, but you can see that there is a tendency to blur, while the hair is blurred. Generally, I think the overall feeling of the picture should be very sharp in F8, but in close-range shooting such as portrait photography, even if the aperture value is large, it seems that the focus range is unexpectedly narrow. Therefore, it is easy to blur the focus by using a fixed-focus lens with a large aperture and blindly shooting at the maximum aperture. In portrait photography with short shooting distance, you should know that when choosing aperture value, you can get enough blur even if you narrow the aperture.