What should we pay attention to in portrait photography?

When you travel, you like brands. What should I really pay attention to when taking pictures of people? The following are some points I have summarized, which I hope will help you.

Methods/steps

Situation (theme)

Many times, you don't need to pose as a model. After all, our purpose is to shoot the characters themselves, not to emphasize a certain commodity. An experienced model with too many poses and unnecessary dressing sounds like imitating a racket, but what do you want to sell? If we don't want to sell anything, we can actually focus more on the theme. If you spend two or three hours shooting a person and know nothing about the other person after shooting, it is difficult to explore the different aspects of the subject in depth.

The expression in the eyes

From the beginning of contact with portrait photography to the present, I feel that eyes are an indispensable part of portraits. Eyes represent communication with the audience, and eye light is a more subtle detail. If possible, it is ideal to take a photo of the other end of the lens. In addition, I often use a focal length of 50mm, which will increase my visual sense when shooting scenes in my life.

chance

When I can capture the decisive moment of a character's expression or action, I will say that the timing is very good. The decisive moment doesn't mean an accident. You can expect it to appear under certain conditions, and then you get everything else ready and press the shutter while triggering.

light

The same place, the same person, can be photographed under backlight or backlight, and it feels completely different. If possible, I prefer to shoot against the light. On the one hand, it can modify the details of people's skin, on the other hand, because of the glare of the lens, the picture will be separated from the surface of the photo. Some people say that this is a sense of air, or it can be said that this is more "blessed"?