Shooting experience of children photographers

What are the requirements for children's photography? What shooting skills do you need to master? Below I have compiled the photographic experience of children photographers for you. Welcome to read the reference!

The Experience of Children Photographers

What is the first element of a good child photo? Atmosphere? .

Atmosphere is a kind of gas field, which is composed of many elements, such as infectious emotions, just right light and shadow, neat or interesting composition, uniform or contrasting colors ..... If a photo can have one of them, it is not necessarily a good photo, but if it has all of them, it must be one of the best photos you have taken. I won't write the title of curiosity, for example, a few simple steps can make a blockbuster. Isn't that bullshit? Even if the summary is true, it is the only way for every individual to experience and experience. This is the truth that qualitative change produces quantitative change. Of course, you should be good at learning and summarizing. Blindly slapping is not a rational way of learning.

mood

I have always regarded emotion as the most important key!

This is a key that can narrow the distance between readers and photos! If someone looks at your photo and giggles or becomes depressed, then you are half successful. Emotional photos are like lightning hitting the most sensitive place in my heart.

How to cultivate the subject's mood? Compared with adults, children's emotions actually come and go quickly, as long as they are properly guided. Some people's methods are that photographers or tour guides attract children's attention with funny actions and interesting sounds, but I often use methods to create a story environment, such as playing hide-and-seek with my parents and spinning around to make my skirt float (does it feel like a princess? ) ...... In fact, the key is not what to do, but to let the children play down my existence and have fun. The more natural the children's expressions are, capture them? Exciting moment? The higher the chance.

shadow

1, light and shadow and hierarchy!

The same scene, the feeling of cloudy and sunny days is definitely different. Radish and vegetables have their own tastes, and I prefer the one with light and shadow! Light can enrich the environment and make the picture more textured.

2. Dare to try and enjoy the backlight.

The light feels different at different times, and the light in different directions and angles is also very different. Backlight is the favorite of most photographers, but it is also a nightmare for many people. Dare to try backlight, when you can master it, you will never forget the warm golden touch.

composition

1. The more complete the background, the more prominent the image of the subject.

Textbook-like composition rules can be found in all kinds of books on photography and painting, and the three-point composition method is also easy to understand, so I won't go into details. On the contrary, what I want to say is the choice of background when shooting. Even if I shoot a documentary list for my children, I will pay special attention to the background. It is important to choose a simple background, and try to avoid distractions when composing. The more complete the background, the more prominent the image of the subject. If I were in the Woods, I would try to avoid the trunk growing out of the back of my head.

2. Dare to break the vision of balance

In general, horizontal lines are needed for composition, but a steady composition method can also cause boredom. If a set of films is horizontal and vertical, there will inevitably be visual fatigue. It will be gratifying to try to break this balance. This is the same as a set of films including big head, bust, three-quarters body and full body. The camera is in your hand, and how to choose it is by no means a routine.

colour

There is an obvious color tendency.

Every photo will have a keynote, such as spring with a hundred flowers, summer in full of green, fruitful autumn and snowy winter. It's not that the color of the photo should be consistent with the season, but it should have obvious color tendency. Warm is warm, and cold is cool.

It is difficult to achieve absolute color saturation in the actual shooting environment, and a suitable later stage is very important. Playing the camera in the early stage, the landlord is more resistant to the later stage, and thinks that speaking out is the last word. Later, he gradually realized that although he had been in the advertising circle for many years, he was really a layman in the later period of environmental portrait. In the digital age, it is hooliganism and irresponsible to customers.

Is it related to the camera lens?

At a certain stage, there will be no obvious difference in the performance of the equipment in the photo. At another stage, the performance of the equipment will be directly proportional to the photos. Isn't that a little embarrassing?

I always recommend buying the best equipment you can afford, because upgrading equipment is the only way, but I don't think good equipment can make rapid changes in technology. Compared with shooting consciousness, camera operation is the simplest technology. The operating principle of the camera is almost the same, just an adaptation process. The key is to know the advantages and disadvantages of your own equipment, and to take good photos by making full use of their strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

Professional cameras have greatly improved their stability, focusing ability and resolution, but as professional photographers, many people have begun to use medium format and digital back as their daily main cameras, but think about the object you want to shoot and whether the customers you are facing really need to pursue such high-end configuration. If not, please think quietly.

The equipment commonly used by the landlord is Nikon d800e and Nikon d3.

If you shoot with two cameras, the depth of field of two large aperture lenses with 35mm and 85mm, f 1.4, respectively, is good, and you can strive for a relatively low sensitivity and a relatively safe shutter speed even if the light is not ideal.

If we shoot alone, in most cases, we use Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED. Although the first generation did not have anti-shake technology, it did not feel any impact in actual use. The wide-angle end of 24mm is wide enough for children, and the blurring ability of the telephoto end of 70mm is also good.

Unless the subject is shot in a specific environment, it will be done with a fixed focus. More than 95% of children's photos are taken with two cameras or a zoom lens. I really don't want to pass the good environment and emotions on the lens change. Is the depth of field of cream, Germany and glossy really more important than emotion?