Structural skills of shooting flowers

Lead: there are skills in taking flowers, so what skills are there? The following are the composition skills I prepared for you, hoping to help you!

Choose the right shooting angle.

When shooting flowers and plants, whether the shooting angle is appropriate directly affects the overall effect of the photo. This also makes us need to understand the characteristics of flowers and plants when shooting, try to shoot from multiple angles, and finally find the best shooting angle. Usually, according to the relationship with the position of the subject, we divide the shooting angles into three types: overlooking angle shooting, upturned angle shooting and flat angle shooting. The three shooting angles also produce different picture effects because of the shooting position characteristics.

Overlooking angle: Simply put, when we shoot, we put the camera above the main body of the flower and shoot down, which can mainly show the shape and structure of the flower.

Looking up angle: Looking up from the position below the main body of flowers and plants, the picture effect has the effect of exaggerating the height, and the spatial perspective effect is stronger. In addition, shooting low flowers from this angle can often eliminate impurities in the background environment and replace it with a simple sky as the background, thus achieving the effect of concise picture and highlighting the main body.

Head-up angle: it means that the shooting position and the position of the flower body are basically on a horizontal line, and the photos taken at this angle are more intimate.

Choosing a higher angle to shoot flowers shows a condescending sense of pressure and urgency in visual perception, and the effect is novel and interesting.

Shooting a bunch of dandelions upside down has changed people's usual observation angle, and the picture is novel and has strong visual impact.

Clever use of color in the scene

For flowers and plants, the most attractive place, in addition to the beautiful shape of the flowers themselves, is the gorgeous colors. When shooting flowers and plants, we also need to pay more attention to the flowers and colors in the scene, and skillfully use the color relationship to make the photos more beautiful and wonderful. Generally speaking, when we use the colors in the scene, we either use the contrasting color relationship between the subject and the companion or use the harmonious color relationship to express it.

In addition, in the specific shooting environment, we can choose a single color partner and subject for composition, so that the whole photo will be much simpler; We can also choose a flower as the main body in the sea of flowers and make a composition with other companions with similar colors, thus creating a colorful effect.

With the whole green lotus leaf as the background, the main body of the photo stands out well in contrast with the red lotus flower in the foreground.

When shooting flowers, you should pay attention to the contrast of colors. Red tulips stand out among white tulips.

Clever use of lines in the scene

In addition to combining the colors in the scene, we can also use the lines in the scene for composition. The lines mentioned here can be simply divided into two categories: one is the lines formed by the color changes of flowers and plants in the scene; The other is the lines of flowers and plants.

That is to say, when we shoot a large area of flowers with different colors and these flowers are planted according to certain rules, we can make a composition according to the color lines formed by the colors of these flowers; When shooting some flowers with unique shapes, according to their own characteristics, we can make a composition according to their outline lines.

When shooting a single flower, you can carefully observe the lines of the flower itself and skillfully use these lines to make a composition.

When shooting a large area of flowers, you can use the lines generated between flowers of different colors to make the picture show a certain sense of rhythm.

Composition according to the actual situation in the scene.

When shooting flowers and plants, we need to easily cope with all kinds of new scenes. That is to say, when we are new to a scene, we can make a quick judgment, analyze the environment, understand the relationship between points, lines, shapes and colors in the environment, make a quick judgment, choose the best framing and composition scheme, and finally take a picture with harmonious and beautiful composition.

When shooting flowers in the park, you can choose a flower to take a close-up, and the diagonal composition makes the picture more flexible and vivid.

When shooting flowers in the park, you can choose flowers in the big scene to highlight the atmosphere.

The shape of tulip is very beautiful. We can use the leaves and stems of tulip to make a composition, and the dark background makes the main body stand out.

Large aperture blurred background

Large aperture blurred background is the most commonly used composition method in flower photography. This method can be used in both ontology background and environmental background. If the background is messy or there are many identical objects in the picture, the main flower can be highlighted. Specifically, focus on the main body of the flower, open the aperture, and then use the trees or green leaves behind as the background.

It should be noted that the blur degree of the photo background is related to the maximum aperture, focal length, the distance between the background and the flower subject and other factors. Therefore, when choosing a lens, it is best to choose a telephoto lens with a larger maximum aperture and a longer focal length, or a macro lens with special effects.

When shooting close-ups of flowers, you can blur the background by using a macro lens and opening a large aperture, so that the flowers that need to be highlighted can be highlighted well.

Looking up at the blue sky as the background.

In flower photography composition, besides blurring the background, there is also a simple method to simplify the background, that is, changing the shooting angle and avoiding the messy environment, so as to simplify the background and highlight the main body. In actual shooting, shooting from the perspective of looking up with the blue sky as the background is the embodiment of changing the angle and avoiding clutter.

Usually, we can use this method when shooting flowers such as sunflower, rape and tulip.

When shooting rape flowers, shoot from the perspective of looking up, with the blue sky as the background, the photos are rich in color, simple in picture and clear in subject.

Choose the right foreground to increase the sense of space in the photo.

When shooting flowers and plants, in order to increase the sense of space in the picture, you can find a suitable companion as the foreground. In addition, the application of foreground can also create a combination of reality and reality for photos, thus enhancing the artistic atmosphere of photos. When shooting, we can use the leaves or flowers in the scene as the foreground, or we can find some gadgets to put in front of the camera as the foreground.

It should be noted that the prospect of choice should be suitable, and the role of the master must not be usurped. You know, the use of foreground is to highlight the main body and increase the aesthetic feeling of the picture. If you ignore the overall misuse of prospects, it is better not to use them.

Add foreground to the photo, and it will be more beautiful in fiction and fact.

Highlight the composition of the central point of the theme

The central point composition can be regarded as the most primitive photographic composition method. As people think, the central point composition is a composition method without thinking, which is why many beginners and even some professional photographers sneer at it. They think this way of composition makes the picture too rigid. These views are somewhat extreme.

You know, any composition method has its rationality and applicability. When highlighting the layering of petals, it is undeniable that among many composition methods, the central point composition is the best choice.

Using the method of central point composition can clearly highlight the layering of petals.