What are the skills of portrait photography photometry?

How to measure light when shooting portraits? Here I would like to introduce you to the photometric skills of portrait photography. Welcome to read!

Photometric skills in portrait photography

1. Starting the metering system is consistent with starting the viewfinder. Just press the shutter gently (that is, half of the shutter position, no need to hold it down. If you keep it, you will start the focusing system, and metering does not need to focus). At this time, the shutter, aperture and the number of photos that can be taken in the viewfinder appear, and the metering system has been started. By default, metering is turned off for 6 seconds (you can set me to 6 seconds). Similarly, we can judge whether the metering system is on or not from the instructions of the viewfinder.

2. When the metering system is turned on (a period of time after half pressing), the exposure can be locked at any time through ae; You can also do other operations directly while the metering system is on (note that you don't need to press the shutter half-way before locking the exposure as most people say). The sign of locking exposure is the "*" sign in the viewfinder indicator. However, it should be noted that when the mode dial is in the gear position, all gears can be locked except B and X gears (guess what happens after M gears are locked? Hehe, the M file has become the P file. To put it bluntly, after you measure light, when the shooting mode is set to M file during the period when the metering system is turned on (6 seconds), the data of M file is only measured data (convenient). Then increase or decrease the exposure (moving the aperture value or moving the shutter value) within the range of m to change the EV value of the exposure. You can select multi-partition, central focus and spot metering modes through the metering mode lever, and any metering mode based on the central viewpoint.

3. Spot metering is a good way to ensure the correct exposure of the main part, such as portrait face exposure. To correct what a friend said, it is not necessary to be close to the face when measuring, only for machines without measuring mode. Just aim the center point at the portrait face and lock the exposure, which is the advantage of spot measurement. Of course, if the photometry target is too small, we can consider close lock exposure to obtain the correct exposure value.

4. After locking the exposure (M file), you can focus-compose-shoot. Usually, I prefer to focus with human eyes (keep the shutter half pressed to ensure clarity)-composition (keep the shutter half pressed)-shooting, because I often only use single-point central focus mode, and you can't know where it is in multi-point focus mode.

5. Careful friends can see that you seem to use M when you take a portrait. By the way, the metering point for taking portraits must be the point you want. What I just introduced above is the method of measuring light (spot measuring) with digital camera, and how to switch to M quickly after measuring. It's much more convenient than described in the textbook (record the data after the exam, go to M and put the measured data ...)!

6. If you don't do this, shoot directly with spot metering and measure the spot (center) at the focus (center). It's dark to the eyes (Han people), and the exposure is about to pass! Now, let's turn the metering (surface) to the M file first. Photometry has been locked in M position, and it has nothing to do with photometry when focusing and recomposing. Therefore, we use the photometry of the face and the focusing of the eyes to get what we need, and it is easy to take good photos.