What are the tips for taking wedding photos on location?

1. The overall brightness of outdoor wedding photography.

For outdoor lighting, you can use flash or natural light. Here we mainly talk about the situation where artificial light is the main focus. Overall, there are very few photographers who rely on flash to suppress natural light to shoot outdoor scenes, and even fewer of them take good photos.

2. Wedding photo background.

Choosing a good environment is the key to shooting a good location, and the key to the environment is the choice of background. For many location wedding photography works, the final result is often not due to the photographer's skill level, but to the choice of location selection and viewing angle. The difference between the wedding dress taken by the same photographer in Chaoyang Park and the wedding dress taken in Huairou Scenic Area is self-evident.

3. Character expressions.

Generally speaking, when taking wedding photos, you should not smile too exaggeratedly. Laughing can easily make your face wider and look fatter, make your eyes smaller, and cause wrinkles. A natural smiling expression is better. Under normal circumstances, avoid having a rigid expression and a fake smile; secondly, avoid having an expression that is too indifferent. When not smiling, you can have a quiet expression.

An expression that is too cold is not suitable for wedding photos. Works that can capture a momentary and natural smile are high-quality works of expression. Photography works emphasize both form and spirit. The so-called spirit refers to charm, and the core is that the expression should be lively and natural. Good expressions must be captured and captured in an instant, making you laugh all the time. If you don't take pictures for a long time, you will definitely not have a good expression.

In most general exterior scenes, the sun is used as the outline light (backlight or side backlight), that is, the sun is behind the head, and the front is filled with reflectors or flashes. Such photos have a strong sense of body and space, and the light on the face is absolutely soft.

Generally, when the sun shines directly on the face, the face is prone to highlight overflow (some muscles on the face are pure white without details), or the contrast between light and dark is too large, and the effect is not good. If it is before 9:00 in the morning or after 4:00 in the afternoon, the light is relatively soft and frontal light (that is, the sun is in front or to the side of the subject) can also take good photos.

4. Exposure of wedding photos.

Exposure is divided into precise exposure and accurate exposure. Correct exposure means that the areas that should be bright should be bright, and the areas that should be dark should be dark. The bright areas should not overflow the highlights (silver white without details), and the dark areas should not be completely black (nothing can be seen). Correct exposure refers to creative shooting when doing high-key or low-key photography. Here we mainly talk about accurate exposure.

5. Face shaping in wedding photography.

Facial shape is the image of the angle of the face that looks handsome. This is mainly related to the photographer’s basic skills and is difficult to explain simply. Generally speaking, there are some basic requirements.

People with fat faces should not take too many frontal shots. Ordinary people will be more beautiful if they take a half-profile photo (that is, if the face is slightly turned to the side, slightly raised or bent). For those with protruding mouths or buck teeth, only the front side should be taken, and it is best to take a flat light, and there should be no light or dark on the left and right faces. Contrast.

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