How to take a classic monocular portrait photo

It is not difficult to take a classic portrait with one eye. What you say through your eyes and what you create by lighting can add atmosphere and express your personality. Let's have a look!

At that time, the topic of this exercise was one-eyed portrait-a portrait with only one eye, and there were no other restrictions. In addition to portrait skills, lighting is of course an important part. There are two methods, namely flash and window light.

First, use a flash.

It is not difficult to take the above photos. Just use two flashlights or even one flashlight. Please look at the lighting map below. A brief introduction to lighting diagram: it is used to record the source and layout of lighting, and all photos can also be painted with lighting diagram, which is one of the ways to learn lighting.

The most basic lighting can be divided into three types, each of which has its own purpose. When reading the following explanations, think about their uses and their differences from a single light source (such as the sun).

Flash A: This is the light source provided to the subject. When the light source is at a right angle of 90 degrees to the front of the main body, the effect of half face shadow can be achieved.

Flash B: This is the light source of the background, which can separate the theme from the background.

Flash C: This is the backlight of the main body, and it is also luminous. It can draw lines for the theme to separate the background. But because this will affect the dark side, it is necessary to carefully adjust the intensity and angle of light, or block half of the light with a black card. This is common in other portraits, but not when half of the face is dark.

Example analysis of using flash

The literal explanation may not be clear enough. Now let's look at different examples to analyze different light sources.

A flash by Grégory Tonon: Only half a face appears in the photo.

Wearing black clothes also helps to blend in with the background.

Flash A+B by Dustin Diaz: add background light to draw the main line.

Flash A+B: The background light just grazed the shoulder, forming a black corner.

Second, use window lights.

Window light has a wide range, which is more difficult to control than flashing light, but it is the most accessible light source. The window light is softer than the flash (in other words, the edge of the shadow will become soft and fuzzy), but it is not you who control it, but you have to adapt to the light. The window lamp is a single light source, just like using only flash A. In addition, if shooting at home, pay close attention to things that reflect light in the background. If necessary, you can use black cards on the dark side to reduce reflection.

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This photo uses many methods to reduce the light, so that the window light only stays on half of the face, such as black background, black clothes, and black cards on the dark side (that is, opposite to the window light direction, 90 degrees from the theme), which requires a lot of skills.

You might as well practice with the window light first, and then practice with the flash (the window light is good, and the flash is certainly not difficult) to take the most personalized selfie!