How to plan a portrait photography

We should first observe the characteristics of good portrait photography:

Wearing household clothes in a comfortable home environment, her expression seems to be communicating with friends, and sometimes she smiles briskly.

Dressed in cool clothes, the girl sat in the yard as if in summer.

This dress and environment are not very ordinary, with classical and romantic colors. The girl's sleeping movements are childish, and her slender legs are dreamy.

In the summer when the sun is very strong, the girl wears a straw hat and a fresh skirt with suspenders. The sun shone on her red face, and she bowed her head and smiled as if facing the boy in her heart.

How to take photos to be harmonious? -Find a starting point

1, starting with people

How do I usually plan portrait shooting? First of all, I will start with this person, observe what kind of person this person is, and then tailor a set of photos for her. For example, her personality is very lively, so do you want to shoot around this lively element? If her personality is quiet and melancholy, then it is necessary to create a beautiful and quiet scene to highlight her temperament.

In this photo, the girl sits in a chair wrapped in gauze and gently fiddles with her feet. When I first met this girl, I felt she was a sentimental girl in the process of chatting with her. So based on this romantic feature, I decided to be divorced from reality. Without wearing directional clothes, simply wrapping the yarn in this clean environment expresses the girl's own melancholy mood.

2. Start from the scene

The girl is playing with a kitten on her way to school.

This street is a bit like a scene from a fairy tale movie in Miyazaki Hayao. There are houses with spires, beige walls and many kittens. So I set out from this scene and set a story of a high school student coming home from school. So what kind of feeling the scene gives you, you can develop your thoughts around this feeling.

3. Start with the event

I wanted to shoot a group of girls who didn't know what it was like to be sad. Young girls are chasing and playing. For this group of photos, the scene is not what I want readers to pay attention to, and the characters need to be young girls. White shirts, white sweaters and jeans are also young elements. The most eye-catching thing in the picture is that they are chasing each other.