How to shoot freehand plum blossoms

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Shooting plum blossom is not only a form of shooting plum blossom, but also an expression of artistic conception. As long as you pay attention to observation, you can find that plum blossoms cannot be separated from branches, and flowers are in the same strain. Therefore, the past pursuit of highlighting the subject and ignoring the experience of accompanying people does not apply to plum blossom photography. The branches of plum trees are delicate and vigorous, with rich texture, which is in strong contrast with plum blossoms in color. The charm of plum blossom lies in its ability to resist the wind and snow. With the contrast of branches, the strength of plum blossoms will add a lot of color. "Love is the first thing in plum blossom", and the branch shape of plum blossom is even more important than plum blossom itself in picture composition, so it is particularly important to shoot plum blossom in the choice of branch shape.

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Influenced by the trend of thought of "literati painting" after the Song Dynasty, China's traditional Chinese painting plum blossom contains many strange and endless meticulous paintings, and there are also several freehand brushwork plum blossoms. Many people like the plum blossom shape of "horizontal, oblique, sparse and thin"

To borrow a comment, it is called "Mei Yun Si Zhen" to reward plum, which is rare but not dense, old and tender, thin and fat, and open. Therefore, in the composition of plum blossom photography, it is a better composition method to learn from the "blank space" in Chinese painting. As the main body of the picture, plum blossom only occupies a part of the width of the picture, deliberately leaving the corresponding picture space blank, thus making the picture clean and orderly. In addition, according to the natural extension of plum branches, it is also a good choice to make full use of their euphemistic curves for composition.

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The color of plum blossoms is very gorgeous, and there are three main colors of red, yellow and white, followed by plums. It is simple and effective to express the texture of plum blossom through visual comparison and reference. For example, pink flowers set off rough branches; Or, purplish petals wrapped in pure white snow; Another example is to create clear stamens and fuzzy leaves with a very small depth of field. In addition, the choice of light source angle is also very important to create the texture of plum blossom. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate to shoot plum blossoms with side light. Because the plum blossom itself is to highlight the flowers and branches, the background of the plum blossom picture should not be too complicated, and it is best to choose a clean and clear background. It would be more ideal if we can use the large aperture and long focal length of the lens to achieve shallow depth of field effect to blur the background.

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To capture the natural beauty of plum blossom, we must choose good light, observe the direction of light and find the best shooting angle. Plum blossoms are suitable for shooting with many types of light, and the effect of each light is different. When using sunlighting, you should pay attention to choosing branches with distinctive colors and levels to avoid the boredom that sunlighting may bring. When using backlight and side backlight, the light on the front and side of plum blossom is often insufficient, so it is necessary to use reflector or flash to make up the light properly. When shooting, you need to control the background. Backlight and side backlight can deepen the background of the photo, make the beautiful outline more vivid, and even make the branches looming before and after the dark background, and flowers emerge on the dark background. As for the foreground, you can use the fuzzy natural color blocks of nearby plum blossoms, and there is also an emotional appeal in using vigorous branches as the foreground.