How to take good-looking photos

The first step in composition is to find an attractive landscape. Photography is not simply picking up the camera and pressing the shutter. Before you press the shutter, you should ask yourself, what attracted you to this scene? Is it a color? Cloud? Reflection? Or sunset? After determining the theme, the next step is how to express it. Usually, the subject should be large enough to attract attention. If the subject is too small, it can't be a subject. At this time, it is necessary to use a longer focal length or post-cutting to deal with it. Highlight the subject, so that the photo will have a soul.

2) Trigonometry

Since we want to avoid being in the middle, we should know the so-called "trichotomy", that is, the so-called "golden section" and "nine squares". . . Trigonometry is the basic principle of composition, which means: draw two horizontal lines at 1/3 and 2/3 horizontally, and draw two vertical lines at 1/3 and 2/3 vertically, and then try to put the scene at the intersection point.

3) Simple

Photography is actually' subtraction', that is to say, it is best to remove all the objects irrelevant to the theme from the picture, and the simpler the better. Especially for beginners, composition should start with simplicity.

4) the sky

The sky is a very important part in landscape photography. Many times the sky is the main part of composition, and the beauty of many natural imaginations in nature is enough to shock people. Therefore, a good photographer should always pay attention to the changes of the weather, so as to sum up some natural laws, such as the sunset glow after the rain is the most beautiful, if the sun shines after the rain, you will see a rainbow and so on.

5) Reference object

Sometimes it is difficult for us to judge the actual size of an object only by the scenery in the photo, but we can' feel' the size of the scene through familiar references. This kind of reference is usually used to express the majesty and magnificence of nature.

white balance

What is white balance? For digital cameras, it is to define white. The human brain can carefully analyze the signals received from the eyes and display the same white color according to different color temperatures. But digital cameras can't. The color of the photo is red in the morning and yellow in the evening. Even the same piece of white paper, photographed in different environments, such as different times and different light sources, will have different deviations. Correctly recording what our eyes see is the reason for adjusting the white balance. Now all digital cameras have automatic white balance function and preset white balance settings according to different lighting conditions. Users can choose the corresponding white balance according to different lighting conditions, such as sunny days, cloudy days and incandescent lamps. If the white balance requirement is high, they can also customize the white balance manually. This function is already standard for most mainstream digital cameras.

Shutter and aperture take precedence.

In order to get the right exposure, you need the right combination of shutter and aperture. When the shutter is fast, the aperture will be larger; The aperture is smaller when the shutter is slow. Shutter priority refers to the exposure value calculated by the automatic metering system of the machine, and then automatically determines how much aperture to use according to the shutter speed you choose. Aperture priority refers to the exposure value calculated by the automatic metering system of the machine, and then automatically decides how many shutters to use according to the aperture size you choose. When shooting, users should balance the exposure and shutter according to the actual environment, which complement each other.

The larger the aperture, the more light passes through per unit time, and vice versa. Aperture is generally expressed as the letter "F+ value", such as F5.6, F4, etc. It should be noted that the smaller the value, the larger the aperture. For example, F4 is larger than the aperture of F5.6, and the difference between two adjacent apertures is twice, which means F4 is twice as big as that passing through F5.6. Relatively speaking, the definition of shutter is very simple, that is, the time allowed for light to pass through the aperture is expressed by numerical values, such as 1/30 seconds, 1/60 seconds, etc. Similarly, the difference between two adjacent shutters is twice.

The combination of aperture and shutter forms exposure, which is not unique under certain exposure conditions. For example, the current normal exposure combination is F5.6 and 1/30 seconds. If the aperture is increased by one step, that is F4, the shutter value at this time will become 1/60, and this combination can also achieve normal exposure. Although different combinations can achieve the same exposure, the pictures taken have different effects.

Shutter priority is to get the aperture value through camera metering when the shutter is defined manually. For example, shutter priority is mostly used to shoot moving objects, especially sports shooting. Many friends find that when shooting moving objects, the subject is often blurred, mostly because the shutter speed is not fast enough. In this case, you can use the shutter priority mode, roughly determine a shutter value, and then shoot. Because the shutter is fast, the amount of light entering may be reduced and the color is light, so it is necessary to increase the exposure to enhance the brightness of the picture. The motion of the object is generally regular, so the shutter value can also be roughly estimated. For example, when shooting pedestrians, the shutter speed is almost1125 seconds, while it takes11000 seconds to shoot falling water droplets.

There must be a good focus when taking pictures, so that the scenery can form a clear image. However, in some cases, such as shooting multiple scenes at different distances, how to choose the focus target and focus position, and how to shoot all scenes clearly, is a very expensive problem. In dynamic photography, the position of the subject is constantly moving, which is particularly difficult to adjust. In this case, how can we take clear photos without losing the opportunity? These are all practical problems that need to be solved by applying depth of field theory and method. When shooting, the camera focuses on the subject, and the images of the scene before and after the subject on the negative are not as clear as the subject. However, due to the limited resolution of human eyes, we always think that the image of the scene looks clear in the distance before and after the subject. The range of depth of field that can be clearly recorded before and after the focus is called depth of field. In other words, the depth of field is (a distance), and objects within this distance should be clear. Where the focus is, the depth of field follows. Objects within the depth of field (this distance) are clear, and objects outside the depth of field (this distance) are blurred. The greater the depth of field, the greater the clear range of the scene in depth; The smaller the depth of field, the smaller the clear range of depth of field.