Skills of shooting portraits in the top light environment

Lead: When I first started taking pictures, I always tried to avoid taking pictures at the top of the light. The top light here refers to the light that shines directly from above, which can easily leave ugly shadows on the eyelashes, nose and lips of the model. But after a period of shooting, Little Jack found that the dome light is also a good material to use. This is not to let everyone face the sun, but to let everyone take beautiful photos even at noon in the hot sun in some small ways, instead of just sighing at the beautiful scenery.

It is often mentioned by many senior photographers that the top light is a big problem in portrait shooting, so we are ready to have a rest when shooting at noon. After all, when the sun is above us and the light is strong, we always feel that it is not easy to take a good photo, and we feel a little sorry, because the scenery is still beautiful, but everyone can only call it a day? After many times of shooting, I gradually found that even the top light can still take beautiful photos as long as I try my best.

Avoid the front and take advantage, and you will know how to change the angle at noon.

The biggest problem of top light shooting is that it is easy to leave a large area of eyelash shadow on MD face. At this time, you can avoid such lines by adjusting the angle of MD's POSE, slightly turning to elevation or bowing your head. So when you meet the top light, you might as well let MD turn around to find a good light and shadow, or make good use of the top light to produce edge light features on it and outline the side of MD, and you can also get beautiful works. If you slow down the shutter, you can also shoot special effects of local single light.

▲ You can hook a beautiful one. Face the edge of the light source from the side.

Choose a venue with extra points.

If it is in a scene with large shading, sharp local light will appear. If it is in the forest, the sunlight will pass through the leaves and become a beautiful light shadow. This kind of light source can bring strong visual effects. Before, under the electric tower on the river bank of Huanhe Road, I found that the cement column under the electric tower had beautiful light and shadow, so I let MD lean against the wall and let the shadow play a beautiful tension with MD's gesture, which was also very interesting.

▲ Create a spotlight effect through the spotlight formed by the cave.

▲ You can also use shading to block some light sources to shoot.

Fill the lamp with a flash.

The shadow produced by the ceiling lamp can be slightly eliminated by directly deflecting the light from the front with a flash lamp, but the force should not be so great that a bright spot appears on the face, as long as the shadow can be eliminated. Because it is outdoor, you can generally shoot the flash as far as possible to make the light value softer. If the flash is too close, it is easy to exert too much force, forming bright spots or unnatural light perception.

▲ Flash the light toward the left front of MD to slightly disperse the strong light on the front of the face.

In addition, the reflector is also a good choice for lighting, but it is rarely used now because it needs the help of another friend, but if MD brings a friend, I will turn it out again. ^O^/

▲ Friends help to polish photos.

In fact, there is another reason for not taking pictures at noon, which is to avoid MD taking pictures in an overheated environment, which is easy to get heatstroke or dizziness. Therefore, we should cherish our MD and give it a proper rest in the big sun. Everyone should remember to replenish water in order to take more energetic photos.