How to take pictures on cloudy days

In the case of dark clouds, the light of the subject is very small, almost losing the expression of color, but proper use can produce a sense of depression under dark clouds. On a cloudy day, the dry light is dim, and the scenery presents a low atmosphere, so the most suitable subjects for shooting on a cloudy day are ancient buildings, dead trees, temples and stone buddhas. Pay special attention not to overexpose when shooting. A camera with average metering function can also take bright pictures on cloudy days. On cloudy days, we should pay attention to the contrast of the scene when choosing the scene and composition, try to choose a darker scene as the background, make some exposure compensation for the main scene or use the side light of the flash to increase the hierarchy and three-dimensional sense in the photo.

When composing a picture, you can leave a blank at the top of the picture. An important principle of cloudy photography composition is to try not to let the gray sky occupy a large area of the picture. To this end, when shooting, try to make the digital camera stand at a slightly higher position and angle, and use the canopy to block the gray sky, so that the gray part of the picture is not so hidden. If you shoot a building, although the overall light is dark on a cloudy day, the sky is still bright. You can use the sky as the background and use the backlight to shoot the silhouette effect, and you can get the effect similar to dry black-and-white photography.