How to improve the beauty of photography structure

Lead: What is the most important test of a person's basic skills of photography rationality? Exposure? Then the most test of a person's aesthetic ability is composition? . Let's share my own views on improving the aesthetic feeling of composition. Of course, there are many masters in China, and now it is an era of national photography contending. I am also a modest speaker, for reference only.

Misunderstanding of improving composition aesthetics

This? Misunderstanding? It can be quoted. It belongs to my family, so it is only for friends' reference. Different people have different opinions, which I personally don't like? Final verdict? Spreading photography itself is a process of learning from others. At present, photography learning is limited to the so-called world masters' photography works as the main way to improve the level of photography. Personally, although it is one of the ways, if the main way is limited here, it may not be too narrow and easy to be confined to the strange circle of plagiarism.

In the final analysis, the beauty of composition is the beauty of how the world in one's eyes is combined and divided. This has little to do with photography. You can freeze it with your eyes or draw it with a brush. It's easier to shoot with the camera up, but most of them have actually fixed the world from an angle in everyone's eyes before the camera. And the beauty angle of this freeze-frame is the feeling that different people have different views. In the same location, several people take the same beautiful scenery, which can be different. Some people take great photos, while others take delicate and moist photos. As long as they look comfortable, they are all beautiful. Of course, empty talk is useless. Let's compare a picture to illustrate:

The above picture was originally taken by me, and a photographer friend suggested cutting it like this:

According to my personal aesthetic, I personally prefer the first composition I took, because I like the way of taking pictures of gardens, so what is it? Peeping? Goodbye? Surprised? This feeling. Therefore, the vague part on the left is retained, which gives people a feeling of daydreaming and gives people a space to think about what this ambiguity is. After I sent it to Weibo, many friends asked how to shoot it, which made it easier to explain the integrity of the environment. I like the beauty of this composition, which stems from the influence of oriental aesthetic beauty, such as? Still hiding half her face behind her guitar? Yes, that feeling is still the most beautiful description of women in Luo Shen Fu: If you are amazing, if you are graceful, if you are Youlong? These aesthetic concepts subconsciously guide me to look at the characters in the mirror like this, or I have to look at them like this.

But aesthetically speaking, the second friend's tailoring is also beautiful, and the theme is more prominent, concise and more in line with modern aesthetic methods. So, many times, the composition is really:? Different people have different opinions? The correct way to conceive the beauty of photographic composition is to shoot boldly and then think for yourself. I'm always used to letting others comment. After a long time, it will inevitably fall into a rigid situation, slowly losing its own aesthetic subjective angle and losing its own personality.

When you write a composition, you must first understand? Beautiful? Where is the beauty? It stems from the creation of sensibility, not the accumulation of applying some formula theories.

How to improve the aesthetics of your composition?

After the misunderstanding, get to the point. How to improve the aesthetic feeling of your composition, or your sensitivity to the beauty of composition? Based on my photography experience of more than ten years, I would like to share the following views for the reference of interested friends.

1, reading.

Chromatics can be read in both the west and the east. What else is there? Spatial structure? All books are to be read. Some people say: photography, you make it so complicated, is it necessary? In fact, there are many excellent foreign photographers in China, but they don't know the education of aesthetics, structure and design that people have received since childhood. They may think that one day people accidentally touch the camera, and taking pictures and patting it becomes as simple as being the owner. But anyone with a little sense will understand a common sense, no one is? Born magical? I was born with everything. Talent? It is only an indicator, and progress depends on down-to-earth practice. No one becomes a master just by virtue of talent. Any artistic achievement is interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary. Like being sought after by many people? Da Vinci? Probably a lot of people only know him as? Painter? But few people know that he is also proficient in chemistry, otherwise it is impossible to make pigments like oil paintings. He is also an astronomer, a master of architecture and proficient in music, mathematics, geology and so on. I think these rich knowledge and cultural qualities contributed to his achievements in painting and architecture.

2. Try to see the world from the focal point.

When I shared why I suggested using a fixed-focus lens, I mentioned that a fixed-focus lens can focus more on how to choose when shooting. Zoom will zoom in and out, but it will be sloppy. If you have a fixed focus of 50 focal lengths in your hand, you can't help thinking about how to choose a limited focal length. If you really can't do it, you have to go back or forward, which can make people concentrate more than using zoom. Therefore, I personally admire that when practicing writing, it may be greatly improved to concentrate on practicing for a period of time with a fixed focus of a focal segment.

3. Fully understand the three elements that affect the aesthetic feeling of composition: lines, colors and materials.

The direction of lines determines the order of composition, and whether the combination of colors is comfortable determines whether the photo as a whole looks good; The choice of material determines the gas field of the photo. The first two factors are easy to understand. The material problem is my own summary based on oriental architecture. Simply put, it is the material of the object you shoot that determines the aura and feeling of your photo. For example, shooting tall stone buildings or columns is bound to be a serious and depressing feeling, but if it is made of wood, it will be much easier. What material and what material combination are more harmonious, and vice versa, all these need to be carefully understood and pondered. The gas field problem of materials in photos is rarely mentioned in online tutorials at present. In the future, I have the opportunity to focus on a post and explain it in detail.

Summary:

Improving composition aesthetics is a long process, and it is also a process of my own artistic practice. Generally speaking, we should shoot more and think more. Shooting is as important as thinking. The Monkey King has a classic saying in Journey to the West:? Why don't you make your own decision? . The beauty of many compositions, how to arrange them, and how to match them, all need to be tasted and experienced slowly, and gradually form their own aesthetic characteristics and aesthetic framework is the right way. Welcome to discuss and exchange the above views, WeChat: xicaophoto. The master has the great beauty of the master, and we have our own little beauty. Learning to be yourself and let photography grow with us step by step is also a sense of accomplishment for life.