Shooting skills of SLR in mobile phone competition

Traveling, want to shoot buildings and cities, but don't want to carry a SLR? Or, no money to buy a SLR? Or, I'm just lazy. Can I take pictures with my mobile phone? Of course. Here is a brief introduction to the shooting skills of mobile phone SLR. Welcome to read!

Shooting skills of mobile phone SLR 1 Use reflection

Using reflection to photograph buildings or cities is the simplest and most effective way to enhance the picture sense of works.

In the city, you can take a reflection/reflection photo by using the pool on the ground after the rain, the pool in front of the building or the glass mirror of the building itself. Natural symmetry can immediately enhance the aesthetic feeling of the picture.

Catch the sunshine

Light is the most wonderful magician, which can make the picture of the work produce dramatic story effect.

The most convenient way to take photos with your mobile phone is to encounter special light, so you can take out your mobile phone and record this moment immediately. So, take your mobile phone to travel, and don't let go of those wonderful lights.

3. Color and texture

Contrast colors can always catch the photographer's eyes at first sight. Only emphasize one thing at a time, so after finding the color elements with strong contrast in the building, only take the color when taking pictures. The same is true of texture. If you want to emphasize texture, just emphasize texture.

4. Rain and snow are the best days for taking pictures.

All along, everyone thinks that sunny days are the best for taking pictures. In fact, the famous mobile phone photographer Cocu Liu once said that rain and snow genius is his favorite photo weather.

There are two reasons: first, the light is softer on cloudy days, and second, it is easier to take rare and story-telling photos outside the city when going out in rainy and snowy days. Chicago under the lens of Cocu Liu Chen mobile phone is even more fascinating in the rain.

Make a clean combination

Ludwig ludwig mies van der rohe always said that "less is more", which can be applied not only in architectural design, but also in architectural photography. Especially when taking photos with mobile phones, pixels are not as good as SLR, and clean composition is more important to avoid clutter and blur.

In addition, the proper use of frame view can simplify and highlight the original messy picture and make it look more unified.

Shooting a sense of space

When shooting the interior of a building, you should learn to shoot the sense of extension or depth of the space as much as possible. Atrium, stairwell, etc. It is the most suitable space for practicing hands. Outdoor, you can choose colonnade, roadway, street, etc.

7. People are the focus of vision.

Proper use of words as visual focus can light up the picture. At the same time, as a scale contrast with architecture, people can also highlight the sense of space of architecture or city.

8. Creative ideas

Creativity can always surprise people, and mobile photography is no exception. Everyone likes interesting and special photos, such as the following two. One is using the slope in downtown San Francisco, and the photographer leveled the originally inclined horizon to make the house look inclined. The other is that the photographer mirrors the ground space to the sky to create a surreal picture.

9. Later retouching

Everyone is concerned about the post-retouching of photos taken by mobile phones. The following software can probably answer some of these questions.

VSCO Cam: Simulates the movie effect, and can adjust the color, dim the light and add filters.

SKRWT: lens correction, suitable for shooting buildings.

Filterstorm: multi-layer processing, which can adjust the contrast of the specified area.

Joint: making double exposure effect

Add textures, grains and other textures to the image.