How to carefully plan a group of portraits?

How to carefully plan a group of portraits? When planning portrait photography, the main points that need to be paid attention to are: time, place and people. These three points are the most critical.

Next, let's talk about how to prepare for every step of planning portrait photography and what to pay attention to!

There are two main points to pay attention to in the early preparation and the choice of photography theme, whether it is because of framing or according to the model style to decide to set up the model. This is very important, because if the framing doesn't match the model's style. Then two completely different styles are combined, and this photo is doomed to failure.

After deciding, we can choose the theme accordingly. There are many themes to choose from, such as sunshine, nostalgia, freshness, retro and so on. For example, if we want to shoot the sunshine theme, we need to shoot more smooth light. You can have a sense of transparency about the whole signboard. If you want to shoot nostalgia, you can use more backlight style and use sunset to reflect the passage of time.

A Case Study of Practical Portrait Photography Planning

At that time, I wanted to take photos of a group of girls playing quietly with deer in nature. I hope this girl's dress makes people look very girly and simple, so I let her wear a long white dress and a hat with a wide brim.

In order to express man and nature, I avoided man-made buildings and crowded tourists and chose a forest to create a natural atmosphere. Deer are characteristic of Nara. Of course, the animals were not so obedient, so I fed them. This also tests the photographer's ability to improvise. This is not only the shooting skill, but also the communication with the target. How to make these deer use local materials is also very important.

When taking this group of portrait photos, it was done with an 85L fixed-focus lens. Fixed focus brings perfect image quality and delicate perspective, which makes the presentation of the picture have better visual effects. At the same time, keeping a little distance from the characters will not disturb the small animals and affect their play.

The light in this group of photos is also very dreamy. In order to wait for such light, the day of shooting is also 1 1 until 3 pm. If it is shot at noon, even if the light is strong, the girls will be submerged by the heat. The light at 3 pm makes the whole group of photos look soft and hazy.

Based on this idea, this group of photos is planned like this.