Shooting skills of night scene figures

Night portraits are photographers' favorite subjects, but they can't focus in the dark. How to use other tools to solve problems and solve everyone's questions? The following are the techniques I have compiled for you to shoot people at night. I hope you like them.

Shooting skill

1. Use the environment to stabilize the camera.

In portrait shooting at night, it is inevitable to use slow synchronous flash mode; The colorful effect of blurred background also needs the assistance of large aperture and long focal length. At this time, it would be great if there was a tripod for the camera. If there is no tripod, you can use stable building facilities such as walls and railings, but these are not as flexible and stable as tripods.

2. Auxiliary light focusing in dark environment

When it is difficult for the camera to focus on a dim object, there are two good methods:

① Manual focusing, that is, observing the actual focus or false focus of the target through the viewfinder with naked eyes.

② Use an auxiliary light source to help the camera complete autofocus.

Reflecting plate: when the ambient light source is dim, it is difficult to deal with the light perception of the face; The application of reflector will show a powerful effect here. With the help of the reflection of flash or other light sources, the details of the model can be enriched in the dark, making the color of the picture more symmetrical and natural.

3. Be good at using ambient light sources

When shooting portraits at night, if only natural ambient light is used, the sensitivity is high, the pixel quality is poor, the recording ability of photosensitive elements to extreme pixel data is limited, the image contrast will be great, and the hierarchical performance is not perfect. Make good use of ambient light and pay attention to the cooperation between ambient light and flash. As shown above, street lamp is a good ambient light source, but if only one street lamp is used to model the top lighting, the model's face will form a shadow. With the overhead flash, the light distribution of the picture can be balanced to form a better tone effect.

Portrait at night is an eternal theme. When the lights meet, the colorful spots reflected in the picture add a lot of mystery to the work in the dark night. But if it is not well controlled, the messy light will also destroy the picture. How to perfect the gorgeous lighting at night through Photoshop? In this issue, I will share with you two tips for controlling the aura.

post processing

1. Flakes with imperfect decoration

There are many stray light proportions in the night scene. If you can't form beautiful spots, you will destroy the picture. Use the stamp tool to modify the messy spots to ensure the simplicity of the picture.

Tip: Pay attention to the choice of source points when pasting stamps, and try to choose pixels close to the area to be covered to avoid painting the picture very flowery.

2. Synthetic halo creates atmosphere

Pocol synthesized the following dreamy picture from the material. The superposition method of spot material is fading, the superposition method of gradient material is superposition, and the superposition method of cloud material is normal. Making good use of materials can make the picture fuller and full of dreamy atmosphere.

Tip: Depending on the material you choose, you can try various overlay methods and layer transparency.

Equipment sharing

This issue brings you a portable foldable flash creative reflector, which is very practical for friends who take portraits at night.

Advantages: flexible design, changeable shape, convenient carrying, superior materials and durability.

Through the unique positioning rod built in the reflector, the photographer can shape it into any needed shape at any time, and accurately control the projection mode of the flash according to the shooting needs to take perfect photos. This series of flash creative reflector is also equipped with a quick ring, through which photographers can firmly fix the reflector in a suitable position on any flash.