The best technique for shooting in rainy days.

Shooting refers to taking pictures of people and things with cameras and video recorders. Need certain professional knowledge and methods. With the development of science and technology, shooting becomes easier and easier. Let's take a look at the best techniques for shooting in rainy days.

Exposure in rainy days

The light changes in rainy days are very complicated. Sometimes, like cloudy days, the brightness is very low, the sense of direction of light is not clear, and sometimes the scene in rainy days is very bright. The exposure between the two can be different by many times. Therefore, when shooting, it is best to use an exposure meter to measure light.

When shooting in rainy days, the method of reducing exposure is generally adopted, that is, reducing the normal exposure by one file to one and a half files, which is helpful to improve the contrast of the picture. Because water droplets, water droplets and water traces are almost transparent, overexposure in a dark environment can easily lose the texture of "water". Overexposure often occurs when shooting in rainy days. The contrast of rainy scenery is small, and overexposure will make the contrast smaller, so the photos taken are gray.

Shutter speed when shooting rain scene

When shooting a rain scene, the shutter speed should not be too high, because high speed will freeze the rain and form small spots, so there is no feeling of rain. If the shutter speed is too slow, the rain will stretch into long strips, and the effect is not good. Generally speaking, the speed from 1/30 seconds to 1/60 seconds is better. At this time, the shutter speed is not high, which can emphasize the movement when it rains. You can try to shoot with reference to the law that the rain is slow and the rain is fast and high.

The distance between the lens and the raindrops when shooting.

When shooting a rain scene, pay attention to the distance between the lens and the raindrops. When the raindrop is too close to the camera, a small raindrop will also cover the distant scenery. Of course, sometimes this special effect is needed intentionally. Be careful that the camera can't get wet in the rain, and don't splash the rain on the lens. Generally, you can cover the camera with an umbrella or put the camera in a plastic bag to expose the lens and viewfinder.

Attention should be paid to shooting rain scenes:

1. When shooting a rain scene, bright rain can stand out on a dark background. Don't use the sky or light-colored scenery as the background.

2. The layers of ripples splashed by raindrops will be a good shooting point in the rain scene.

3. indoors, if you want to show the outdoor rain scene through the window, you can coat a thin layer of oil on the outdoor glass window, so that water droplets can easily hang on the glass and render the rainy atmosphere.

4. When shooting a rainy night scene, the picture will be very realistic due to the reflection of light and ground water. Especially when shooting with color film, the color effect of rainy night scene is more abundant than that of ordinary night scene.

Shoot the raindrops.

If you want to shoot rain drops, you can use a telephoto lens with a length of more than 200mm and a high-speed shutter. Generally, we use a shutter with a length of more than11000 seconds to obtain the solidification state of water droplets in the air. But when it is dark in rainy days, we must pay attention to the setting of aperture and ISO to get a suitable exposure value. Increasing ISO to 800 or 1600 or above and using large aperture (such as f/ 1.4, f /2.8) can also increase shutter speed.

Shooting skills in romantic rainy days

There are many pictures worth shooting in rainy days, such as blurred lights on rainy nights; Before it rains, thick clouds roll and strong winds sweep the clouds; Mysterious lightning in thunderstorm; The sky after rain, the rainbow on the horizon, etc. Can be the object of shooting in rainy days. However, how can photographers take ideal photos in rainy days? This article will introduce some skills of shooting in rainy days for your reference.

First, adjust the white balance to help you take more beautiful photos.

When shooting in rainy days, photos often appear blue, which is because the color temperature is high in rainy days and the white balance function of digital cameras is not correct. At present, there are many preset white balance modes in digital cameras, and photographers can find the picture effects they want. However, due to the unstable color temperature in rainy days, using the preset white balance option to adjust will sometimes make the photos yellow, and the effect is not very good. At this point, the photographer can manually adjust the white balance. Although it needs to be measured anytime and anywhere, it is worthwhile to set the white balance of a digital camera correctly in order to make a masterpiece. In addition, arranging some red objects during shooting will also effectively balance the colors of the picture, such as red umbrellas, red pillars, red clothes and so on.

Second, protect the camera to avoid water.

When shooting in rainy days, the photographer's first job is to protect the camera. Waterproof is the key to protect the camera in rainy days. Now all the major camera manufacturers in the market have waterproof sets for sale, which provides great convenience for us to take pictures in rainy days. If you like, you can also make your own bracket, fix the camera on the umbrella handle, or stick a transparent protective film on the camera. In order to obtain excellent photographic effect and protect the camera from the harm of exhaust gas, it is necessary to make these preparations.

Third, the color composition of photos in rainy days

If you want to take good photos in rainy days, you should be familiar with the tone composition in rainy days. In rainy days, because there is no direct sunlight, the subject only receives the skylight, so under this kind of lighting condition which is mainly scattered light, the contrast between light and shade of distant scenery will be weaker, and it will be a bit dull because of the air barrier rich in water vapor. However, the scenery nearby is different. Although there is no obvious contrast, due to the humid weather, the subject's own reflection is more and colorful, which often forms a unique color effect of green, bright and crystal clear.

Fourth, exposure control would rather be insufficient than excessive.

When shooting in rainy days, the brightness of the ground and the sky is very different, so the exposure control should be based on the brightness of the ground scenery or the main body, and the foreground, foreground and sky can not be used as the basis for photometry. In addition, when using digital cameras for exposure, we should master the principle of "less than better". After overexposure of digital photos, the layer loss of highlights is very serious, and no matter how professional post-processing, there is nothing to do. When the exposure is insufficient, not only the high light level is preserved to a certain extent, but also the data loss of the weak light part is relatively small, and the possibility of post-processing recovery is much greater. Therefore, although the light in rainy days is weaker than that in sunny days, in order to increase the contrast of the scene, the exposure should be reduced by half or one level according to the measured normal exposure value.

Fifth, according to the shooting purpose, choose the appropriate shutter speed.

On rainy days, the light is dim. In order to prevent hand shake from affecting the final shooting effect, we can increase the shutter speed by increasing the sensitivity value or opening the aperture. If conditions permit, it is best to use a tripod, which can not only ensure the stability of the picture when shooting, but also make the picture clearer. Moreover, we can also use the shutter for a long time to make raindrops into raindrops, showing the strange beauty of rain. The shutter time commonly used for shooting in rainy days is between1/30-1125 seconds.

Sixth, choose the prospect appropriately and bring as little sky as possible.

When taking landscape pictures in rainy days, the shooting distance has a great influence on the reproduction of image clarity and color saturation, and there is a lot of water vapor in rainy days, so the sky is often white and gray, so the area occupied by the sky should be reduced as much as possible. In addition, it is best to add some slightly darker foreground to the pictures taken in rainy days to increase the tone effect and enhance the sense of depth. Flowers, leaves and windows can all be used as foreground. Try to use bright scenes as the background as little as possible, especially when shooting rain, choose dark scenes as a foil to keep the rain at a certain angle, so that the shooting effect is more dynamic.