Four elements of photography

Personally, the significance of conception is that,

Before deciding to start shooting a work—

Whether this time is long or short—

The author must be fully or partially clear:

-What the hell is this scene?

What moved me?

-What are the core elements?

What are the indispensable auxiliary elements?

-How do you feel?

-whether this intuitive feeling can

Sublimate into a visual theme?

Will others be interested in such a subject?

-If you decide to record and publish this theme,

Is this scene enough to express?

There is a process of self-verification.

You can allow some people to

Have a different understanding of your work,

But you can't let everyone never understand.

Here's an example of shooting seascapes to illustrate the process.

Once, I made an appointment with two old friends in Shenzhen.

Go to Dapeng Peninsula to take a sea view. The whole journey is as follows:

-Shooting theme design:

Make sure to create an "ethereal,

Rock seascape with sage like style ";

-determine the way to achieve it: this effect,

Only by crossing the reef,

Long-term exposure can produce waves;

-Choice of weather and shooting location:

Choose a sunny day with sunrise,

Dapeng Peninsula faces the beach protruding eastward.

Stay in the local area the night before shooting,

Be familiar with the terrain, the route and road conditions to the shooting point in advance.

-arrangement of shooting time:

The sunrise this season is between 5: 50 and 6: 00.

The sky by the sea was white earlier.

This requires that before 5: 00, 15.

Set up the camera and complete the shooting preparation;

-actual shooting process: I started at 5: 15.

The first photo was taken with the combination of F/8 and 16min.

Then, when the sun jumped out of the water,

In view of this situation, I took a few more photos.

One of the warm works is the combination of F/22, 1/8sec;

-Work: It took several days to see the results.

As a test film, I feel ok.

The one who has been exposed for a long time,

Basically achieved their expected results.

Second, composition

There have been many monographs on composition techniques,

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Some feelings accumulated in the actual shooting process:

-develop the above-mentioned thinking habits in the process of conception,

It will be of great benefit to help the composition.

Such as distinguishing the core elements and auxiliary elements in the scene,

Can help to extract the subject and appendage smoothly.

In fact, in many cases, pregnancy

Synchronized or interspersed with composition;

-The position of the subject (center of interest) must be prominent.

Can be placed at the intersection of the golden section,

Can also be placed in the center of the picture or other locations,

It all depends on the creative intention.

-Leave only the necessary companions,

Make the picture concise and orderly;

-Pay attention to the overall balance of the picture.

Of course, some topics need to be deliberate.

Creating a sense of imbalance is not included;

-Good at using foreground and background, depth of field and

Such as an element of a visual guide line that guides an observer's line of sight to an object,

Create a three-dimensional sense of the picture. Prospects sometimes

It can also play a good role in balancing the picture;

-don't be too full of composition, landscape photography.

In most cases, the picture should be left blank;

—— Pay attention to the position of horizontal lines in the picture.

And whether it is in a horizontal state;

-I think a good scene that I usually cross,

Take at least one vertical composition for different purposes;

From the beginning, I asked myself to do a rigorous composition.

Don't shoot around,

The way of cutting and making will be done later.

Third, run out

Most works with good light, shadow or tone effects can be traced:

-Make good use of morning and evening light to create a low color temperature.

There are contrasting images at the bottom, such as clouds in the morning and evening,

Expose works for a long time;

-Make good use of backlight or side backlight,

Sketch a scene or create an outline effect,

Enhance the three-dimensional sense of the picture;

-Make full use of side light on the surface of non-smooth objects.

The difference between light and dark highlights the texture of the object;

-Make good use of backlight to highlight red leaves,

Color brightness, saturation and leaf texture of yellow leaves;

-Borrow focused light that passes through clouds or gaps in objects.

The illumination of objects produces an effect similar to that of stage lighting.

For example, small villages in the western plateau,

Often encounter lights to illuminate the village,

The surrounding mountains and fields are hidden.

Such a scene is in the shadow covered by clouds;

-skillfully use the reflection of objects on the water;

-Extend the exposure time with a slow door or a reducing mirror,

So that the moving object has a trailing effect,

Water becomes satin, waves become clouds,

Fast moving clouds are blurred,

The lights at night form a band of light ... and so on.

Fourth, color.

In the case of taking color photos,

The color composition of the work is another main evaluation dimension.

When evaluating the color composition,

There are two completely different evaluation directions.

On the one hand, pictures with strong contrast colors are more attractive.

Contrasting colors usually refer to complementary colors,

For example, green and red, commodities and green, yellow and blue.

Each pair of complementary colors will be achromatic (that is, white) after mixing.

There is also a saying that harmonious colors are more pleasing to the eye.

Color harmony usually refers to the colors contained in the picture.

In terms of color (i.e., color type),

Purity (brightness) and lightness

(refers to the position between white-gray-black)

When three attributes are similar to each other:

-The colors are similar. For example, the same reason

The two colors of the red system are easy to be harmonious;

-It's about the same purity. For example, two colors of medium purity,

More harmonious than high purity and low purity;

-lightness is similar. For example, two light colors,

More harmonious than a light and a thick.

In addition, some psychological factors will also affect it.

People's perception of color. For example,

-Size, shape and distribution of color areas;

Various shades, when considered as abstract shapes,

Or as a representation of an identifiable object;

-The age and artistic education level of the viewers;

-if you look at it for a long time, it will have an adaptive effect.

Thus confusing the feeling of color attraction;

Advertising will guide people to dye their hair.

Whether it conforms to the trend judgment, and so on.

In the case of black and white photos,

There is only one of the three color attributes left: lightness.

Whether the details are rich (especially the details of bright or dark parts),

Whether the gradation/transition is fine or not is related to the contrast.