Summary of the Beauty of Sun Guozhi's Portrait Photography (Red Hedgehog)

Different connotations have created works with different personality heights and different depths. Connotation is the self-restraint shown in the face of people or things, including a person's morality, vision, and inner thinking anytime and anywhere. Connotation can also affect the temperament and depth of an artist's works. Photography is also an option. You decide what kind of image to present, and that image represents you personally. People can know a thing or two about a person's vision from his works.

For example, there are many photos of girls with sexy themes. Usually, photographers with such themes are mostly men. But most of them interpret women's sexiness from the materialized perspective of male chauvinism, or present sexy beauty by praising women's graceful posture and figure. Both of them are sexy in form, but they feel quite different.

In a broad sense, there is no exact standard to judge beauty or art, but it must be the knowledge of many people to think that beauty is a kind of * * * with the same value. If there is no standard to distinguish beauty, how is the world famous paintings recognized? How is an artist defined?

Some people often judge works of art fairly by their own feelings, but they take the saying that "everything in beauty is a matter of opinion" as an excuse for their poor aesthetic cultivation. If your aesthetic cognition is deep enough, your vision is wide enough, your feelings are sharp enough and your emotions are rich enough, you can always look inward and feel the artistic conception that others can't feel. If you are also a creator, you will draw, shoot and shape works with depth and taste.

As a photographer, we must first make clear the positioning of our work, which is design or photography? Is it the art of photography or the art of photography

Artists use photography as a medium to convey what they want to express, that is, to express art with photography. The focus is not on the image itself, and the sense of beauty is not the most important. What matters is the concept and information conveyed by the artist behind the image. For example, Yuan Guangming's Urban Disqualification. However, artistic photography tends to be simple, no matter what kind of subject matter is taken, most of them pursue the visual balance and aesthetic feeling of the picture itself. Nothing is particularly important for a successful photographic work! For example, a photo is not successful if it is unique in composition, regardless of factors such as light, orientation and expression of characters.

Really good scenery is everywhere. As the saying goes, nature is beauty. Wetlands, beaches and simple buildings are all suitable for taking pictures, maybe near your home, maybe in the fields on the hillside, or even on the roadside. We should be good at using the most common scenes in life to create a picture with tension and feeling. Remember, the point is not where you shot it, but what you shot there, light or color!

Impressionist painter Monet said: Try to forget everything in front of you, whether it is a tree or a field; As long as you imagine this is a small blue square, this is a pink rectangle, this is a long yellow stripe, and make the picture you think, it is not the image of the object, but the process of color change. In the process of shooting outdoor portraits, I also pay great attention to what kind of visual tension and characteristics the scenery elements can create in the picture. As for what they are and what they are not, it doesn't matter. Painting is the element of creating pictures, and photography is discovery and interception, both of which are to satisfy the visual aesthetic feeling and can be understood and utilized mutually. Beauty can be described as an emotion. Brand-new things lack a deep sense of memory, traces of people's use are gone, and people's feelings are not added.

No matter where you shoot, you should fully grasp the characteristics of the scene.

(2) Keep the harmony of each element in the picture (color matching element modeling).

③ People should integrate into the environment and interact with it to achieve the unity of people and scenery.

(4) Grasping the rhythm of instant snapshot can better integrate the characters into the scene of the picture, and show the existence of portrait photos in the picture from the perspective of onlookers and being recorded!

⑤ Using group structure: There are many small elements combined into large objects that deserve our attention. This structure has visual tension to make the picture not loose and make the sense of space more three-dimensional.

6 make good use of bright colors: people's vision will naturally be attracted by bright colors!

Seeing with eyes is a kind of frame, feeling with heart is a kind of width. -Ke Jessie

There are too many ordinary things in our life, and everything hides great extraordinary things. The point is whether you can see these extraordinary things and find them.

Harmonious tone can be achieved by depth of field, timeliness, brightness, lighting, weather, environment, filters and post-color correction.

Color follows the light.

Light with different time periods and different color temperatures will produce different color changes when reflected on the same object.

① Use depth of field: Use a medium close to the lens, and the depth of field is blurred. This kind of color hangs over the picture, which naturally produces a romantic and layered tone.

2 Mastering time The best time to take pictures in a day is dusk and morning. The sun is warm and thick, and the color and color temperature of the earth change with the light. Of course, the photos taken will show a uniform warm tone!

3 Use the environment: different scenes have different environmental colors, and carefully observe the colors of various elements themselves. If they all belong to the same color system, a unified tone will be formed in the picture.

Take advantage of the weather: cloudy days have more consistent tones than sunny days! Color intensity decreases, contrast decreases, and color approaches.

⑤ Using lighting: There are lights with different color temperatures around us, sometimes it is not necessarily interference, but it can be a creative color.

⑥ Post-processing: What matters is not post-processing, but the concept. If the conceptual foundation is not well laid, the post-processing is also futile. A mature photo must be in place in terms of scene selection, composition guidance and other factors in order to integrate into the style and visual experience of a work, which is only the icing on the cake in the later period.

When shooting portraits, any body movements of the subject are elements that constitute the tension of the picture, while eyes and expressions can bring out the emotional depth of the picture. The photographer is the director and the subject is the actor, both of which are very important in eye contact and emotional expression.

Photography can also be said to take a kind of evidence, record what is happening, and mainly show what facts. So I prefer documentary photography (including weddings). Through the practice of documentary photography, I can also bring the characteristics and skills of documentary into portrait photography. Because documentary photography will train your observation and reaction, even if you quickly capture the key points and the expressions of the characters. When shooting portraits, models can be guided to play freely, and it is much more natural for photographers to capture moments than to pose deliberately.

Learn to seize the casual moment and press the shutter at the most appropriate time. In order to capture the most natural expression, I often keep a natural distance from the viewfinder at any time, while chatting to relax the other person, while quickly looking for a perspective, and press the shutter when I encounter a feeling picture.

Guiding methods and attitudes

Most beautiful models are not professional artists, and there is no team support behind them. Many times, some deliberate gestures are completed, but they will have an effect! I'm not very good at deliberately designing movements unless I have to, but designing situations. After full communication, give the other person a situation where you are the director and the object is the actor. For example, let the other person show relaxation, take away lazy movements and expressions, or pretend that there is a moving melody around him and want to dance with it. Or pretend to be bored and wait for someone, and then don't let them stop. You can swing your body at will, walk around or run in circles. Even if the other party doesn't do well, don't put the blame on the subject. As long as the other person is relaxed and the shooting process is pleasant, then the expression or body movements presented are natural.

Casual moments must be natural. Before shooting, each model will do some preparatory actions, arrange her hair or adjust her posture and posture. Don't hold the camera in a daze at this time, you can take some pictures.

Every model has a different personality, some are quiet and some are lively. Photographers should determine the shooting style according to the model's personality, instead of limiting the mood and personality of the subject in order to express their own style.

Design the situation as long as you simply guide the other party to make reasonable reactions and actions according to the environment at that time. I think it is difficult to design the situation, so it is not difficult to let the model do the usual actions, such as going up and down the stairs, running over and over, squatting and standing up. Experience: the model can be required to rotate in the same direction to reflect the sense of movement. In the process of rotation, the direction of the head and the direction of the body can't be consistent. She is always in a posture of turning back, turning back from slow to fast.

Many times, I won't let the model's head point directly at me. I'll tell them, if I show you my lens, don't point your nose at me, just watch.

Shooting from the perspective of life is more natural and unpretentious. The beauty of a painting is that it is beautiful to the heart and can make people feel real emotions.

The significance of photography

Because truth, beauty and beauty should be based on sincerity, so that beauty is solid and meaningful. Truth is the first element that photographers should pursue. We should guide the true feelings and personality traits of the subject, put these links in the most important position and present them in the way we are used to. The photographer's task is to capture the charm of the subject, not just the image!

How to shoot a natural smile, photographers must create opportunities and possibilities. You don't have to make each other happy. Be sure to communicate fully before shooting. I think you can use some images to let the other person know your thoughts, have an in-depth discussion and give the other person time to ponder and prepare. Finally, it depends on the talent of the model and the guidance and technology of the photographer.

If composition is an important basis of picture balance, then light is the best element to create an atmosphere.

For me, "light can carry a boat or overturn it." With sunshine, there will certainly be more possibilities for the expression of photography. However, if the lighting control is not good, or it is inconsistent with the theme atmosphere of the photo, it will also affect the presentation of the work. On the other hand, no light is not necessarily completely bad. If I want to shoot a gloomy style once in a while, I expect cloudy days. Therefore, how to master and use light is the key, and shooting is naturally the most important.

I sorted out several common forms of lighting:

(1) focuses on the surface of the object.

(2) The light of light and shadow modeling is blocked by objects, thus forming shadows of various shapes.

(3) Penetrating light penetrates various objects and brightens them.

(the sunshine around airlight makes the whole sense of space warm by light, forming a tone.

⑤ The subject is located between the light source and the photographer.

⑥ Artificial light source

⑦ Time-sensitive light shows different color temperature characteristics due to different time.

Taking local materials is my habit of taking portraits outdoors. We don't have to force anything. The point is that we should find something that no one else has seen. Others have not thought about it, and they have thought about it.

Rationality of light

If you want to pay attention to nature, you must first be reasonable. The color temperature of the light should be reasonable, and the light source should be reasonable, so I think I will try my best to shoot with natural light without hitting any light plate unless there is a special creative purpose. If we already have a lot of clear and beautiful headshots, why should we take people's faces so clearly? Why not let the captured image have the same feeling as what our eyes see!

The most changeable moments of sunshine are early morning and dusk, when the light is soft and humid. Before 9 am and after 3 pm, the color temperature of light looks more comfortable. The color temperature at dusk in winter is warmer and thicker than that at dusk in summer, so winter is also a good season for shooting.

There are no rules and no fixed standards for composition. As long as it conforms to the aesthetic feeling and can cause * * *, it is a successful composition.

Whether painting or photography, composition is always the most critical role in determining the success or failure of the picture. All kinds of photography books and online articles all mention that photography must study composition, and every article seems to make sense. But I think composition is just a creative intuition.

imbalance/ loss of balance

For composition, balance is absolutely the key, and it is the key to achieving a picture. Balance is the basic element to make the composition look stable. But too perfect a balance will be too serious. Proper balance will feel more natural. Painting is to create a picture, from scratch, a picture equals a world, and photography is the real interception. We just need to choose different angles and positions to frame the image we want to capture. Comparatively speaking, I think composition in photography can be more casual, bold and interesting.

Try to practice no more than three elements in the composition. The concept of composition subtraction is not absolute, the less the better, because balance, coordination, perspective and other factors should also be considered.

Only by removing other backgrounds and objects that hinder the subject can we highlight the subject, and only by removing elements that are not helpful to the atmosphere of the picture can we gather strength.

How to treat the combination of beach, legs, coconut and flip-flops? I think it must be the smell of summer, the feeling of a tropical island. In fact, these elements are a symbol. What kind of symbols you choose is to use these symbols to express the connotation of the image.

Creates a spatial depth on the photo plane.

There are two common ways to express the depth of space in western painting, one is perspective composition, and the other is tone. Painting and photography are both illusions of creating three-dimensional space in two-dimensional space. At the same time, the landscape elements and the front, middle and back scenes in the picture are used to outline the layering and perspective effect of the space, making the picture more penetrating and infinitely extensible.

Before choosing clothing, we should first consider the shooting location and theme, because clothing, shooting style and scene are inseparable. I decide one of them first, and then let the other two cooperate. We must pay attention to the overall coordination, including hairstyle, clothes, accessories and shoes. Match each other in tone and style.

Style is individuality, and individuality is the sum of individual characteristics. Before establishing your personal style, please know yourself and discover yourself.

Photography is an act of recording. You can just be a recorder or a photographer. Since photography is used for creation, we all want to be different, different, that is, to have our own style. If you can't express your style, it's not creation, but imitation. Of course, in the early days, we will continue to practice by imitating the experience of our predecessors. The works of this period are usually called practice, not creation!

At first, I will pay attention to a few photographers I like very much, study his methods, shoot it again by myself, and then share it with you as my own creation. Later, I not only paid attention to the works of one photographer, but also accepted the works of all photographers, studied a lot, and even paid no attention to the authors of the works. In most cases, I am only interested in images, and they are all images of different styles and origins, so as to avoid excessive worship and unconscious imitation mentality! So we should learn to find out the advantages of those works, turn them into usable inspiration resources, store them in our hearts and settle them down!

We often see some people who are ignorant because of their lack of self-aesthetics. They also like to talk about their subjective preferences, criticize the East and the West, and determine the value of art with their barren views and narrow cognition. In my opinion, this is a very ridiculous behavior. When we face non-professional fields, learning with an open mind is the basic attitude.

Beauty may not be right or wrong, but it is a matter of taste! !