Emotional portrait shooting skills

Lead: We need to make the photos emotional. Whether it's joy, anger, sadness or joy, it's all to give the photo a simple emotion, but it's not simply to instruct the people in the photo to giggle or pretend to cry, but to let the people who look at the photo fully feel this emotion. So how do you take emotional photos?

The essence of photography is to convey emotions.

Once, a senior photographer expressed his opinion after listening to Xiao Bai's lecture, thinking that the concept of "photos need to be emotional" described by Xiao Bai in the lecture was too simple. Why not be yourself and explain the advanced portrait shooting skills and methods? However, Xiao Bai believes that portraits can be copied without using skills and methods. Portrait photography should be about shooting emotions and souls. If we can't understand this matter with our hearts, we will always have to stand still.

For example, mechanical theory is a formula obtained by studying and understanding the changes of objects, so that we can easily calculate and deduce these changes. However, photography is different. Perhaps any gradually summarized photography rules and theories will help us to understand photography more quickly, but we can't practice so-called "good works" just by inserting formulas, because the essence of photography is to convey a unique emotion, which will be different because of everyone's growth experience, life experience and attitude. Maybe someone will shoot a work with almost the same mood because of the frequency close to yours, but no one can ever replace you.

Therefore, when we need to put aside the shackles and prejudices of barriers, there are several directions to try to cultivate how to try to shoot emotions.

The child's innocence adds a bit of cuteness to the photo.

Let the protagonist in the photo be natural.

In addition to the model's personality and makeup will subtly affect the mood of the photo, if the body or expression of the character in the photo is too stiff, it will also greatly affect the intensity of the photo to convey the mood. For example, when we come to Kenting to take pictures, it is endless, and the blue sky, white clouds and the sea are distinct, which really makes people feel relaxed and happy. If we want to take a photo that can convey our thoughts, if the people in the photo smile stiffly, the overall collocation will be much weaker.

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If the model's personality doesn't match the theme, maybe we can change our mind and follow another feeling, but if this is not what we want, we need to be more patient and try to relax the model, and finally the photo will naturally return to the atmosphere you set at the beginning.

Understand the factors that affect the mood of photos

"Emotion" is not necessarily an emotion, but an emotion, a feeling, a state of mind or a momentary touch. If you want to make photos have emotions, you must first understand the current emotions when shooting, so that the theme is consistent.

Moreover, the location chosen when shooting will also affect the artistic conception of the photo. When we go to the deserted ruins, or choose to shoot at night, it is easier to take photos to a lonely trough because of the gloomy and silent atmosphere on the scene. Of course, this is not absolute, but it is easier to deviate in this direction.

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There are also the following factors that affect the artistic conception of photos:

The theme of design

The shooting atmosphere.

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Characteristics of the model

◎ The photographer's own emotions.

◎ Trust relationship between models and photographers

The atmosphere at night tends to suppress the mood of photos.

Mood: photography will eventually return to the photographer himself.

Photography is like a mirror, it reflects our inner state. This will be discovered gradually after we keep shooting. In Xiaobai's photography class, a photography team of ten people went out to take photos together. Even though the location and characters were the same, the works brought back by the students were quite different:

Some people's photos are not only happy, but also with sweeter smiles;

Someone's photo looks like it is seen from a distance, with a kind of shyness;

Some people present photos that seem to be expecting or longing for something;

Some people's photos seem to hide some unhappiness and depression.

Some people even let their emotions go to the lowest point, and endless sadness brings a little regret.

Everyone came back with different emotions. Besides knowing yourself, it is more important to know the process. Everyone happily went out to take pictures, and their enthusiasm for photography was even higher. This is the initial motivation for us to take pictures, and it is also the belief I want to convey most.

Skills are not the goal after all. If we are too formal, we will never find the pleasure of photography. Even without dazzling and gorgeous techniques and stunning composition, photography can still let us explore and find happiness and satisfaction, which is what we want most when taking pictures.