Shooting skills of human portrait

Portrait shooting is skillful. Let me share with you the shooting skills of human body portrait, hoping to help you!

First, shoot with strong light.

The so-called hard light refers to the shadow light that can produce contrast between light and dark on the surface of the scene. This is a kind of light that is rarely used for portrait shooting, especially when shooting portraits of people. The biggest feature of hard light is that it can produce clear shadows, and the difficulty is to control the contrast between light and dark and the light ratio of the picture. Generally, the time ratio of shooting women is controlled at around 1:2. But when shooting in strong light, it is almost impossible to control the light ratio within this range. The simplest way is to use a reflector to fill the light, and weaken the contrast between light and shade of the face through this reflected light.

We can ignore the control law of light ratio, enhance the contrast in the picture, "tell stories" with light, and express emotions with light. This is the difference between hard light and other light, which expresses emotions more strongly and deeply in the picture. For the use of hard light, we should also pay attention to how to enhance the modeling effect through the environment. That is to know what kind of environment should use the high light ratio caused by hard light and what kind of environment should control the light ratio. When shooting with strong light, it is very important to control the exposure control. Exposure can be overexposed by more than half a level to increase the contrast of the picture. Or the exposure is less than half a level, although the contrast is reduced, the whole tone can be reduced to express some emotions.

Second, shoot with soft light.

Soft light is relative to strong light, which refers to those forms of light that do not produce obvious contrast between light and shade on the surface of characters. It is often used when shooting women, because it can highlight the texture of human skin and make it whiter. The way to get soft light is simple. White sheets can turn direct light into soft light. Curtains, white umbrellas, etc. Can be used as a light softening device. The light ratio of soft light should be controlled around 1:2. Moreover, soft light is more suitable for shooting middle scenes and scenes smaller than middle scenes, which can better highlight the texture of human skin. In addition, the exposure of soft light can be half to one, which can make the skin of the character whiter and more transparent. Second, shooting soft light with soft light is the antonym of hard light, which refers to those forms of light that will not produce obvious contrast between light and shade on the surface of characters. It is often used when shooting women, because it can highlight the texture of human skin and make it whiter. The way to get soft light is simple. White sheets can turn direct light into soft light. Curtains, white umbrellas, etc. Can be used as a light softening device. The light ratio of soft light should be controlled around 1:2. Moreover, soft light is more suitable for shooting middle scenes and scenes smaller than middle scenes, which can better highlight the texture of human skin. In addition, the exposure of soft light can be half to one, which can make the skin of the character whiter and more transparent.

Third, shoot with smooth light.

Directional light is the form of light projected in front of the character. This kind of light makes most characters get enough light, the intensity is relatively even, and it will not form a contrast between light and shade on the face of the characters, and the exposure is better controlled. The disadvantage of sunshine photography is that the light is too flat to highlight the key points, so it is rarely used in portrait photography. But Guang Shun is more suitable for shooting close-ups, close-ups and other small scenes, because it can specifically show every detail and level of the characters. Sometimes this most direct and straightforward description is often much better than those deliberately made. Don't overexpose when shooting with smooth light. Generally, average metering can get ideal results!

Fourth, backlight shooting.

Backlight refers to the light form of the light source behind the character, which makes the front of the character unable to get normal exposure, thus losing the detail level of the character. However, this form of light outlines the outline of the characters, which is extremely beneficial to the embodiment of action and modeling. Of course, you don't have to take a silhouette effect with backlight. If you control the exposure, you can also get some details of the characters. When using backlight to shoot silhouette, where to choose the metering point is related to the silhouette effect. To get a pure silhouette effect, the light measuring point can be selected at the edge of the human body, because the light there is the brightest part of the whole picture. Moreover, those are not the backlight effects of pure silhouette, and the metering point can be selected in the hair or the face of the person illuminated by light. This backlight effect is common in portraits of China.

Backlight shooting is only suitable for scenes above the middle scene, such as panorama or distant view. Because such a scene can not only reflect the characters, but also reflect the environment to a certain extent, thus enriching the content of the picture. When shooting silhouette effect, the lower the light projection angle, the more obvious the silhouette effect is, while the higher the light projection angle, the less obvious the silhouette effect is. So the best time is at sunset or early morning, when the silhouette effect is most obvious. However, the backlight effect produced by light in other environments or other time periods is not a pure silhouette effect.

Fifth, shoot with sidelight.

Pure side light is usually not suitable for shooting women, because at this time, the light source projects from the side, making the face of the person half glow and half in the shadow. This effect is called "yin and yang face". However, in portrait shooting, the use of this form of light is not very novel, and it can often reflect the character and emotion of the characters more strongly.

When shooting with sidelight, you must pay attention to using less strong light, because the tolerance of digital cameras is very low. If strong light is used, the facial details of people in the dark will not be reflected. Soft light is different, because the contrast between light and shade on human face is within the tolerance range of digital cameras, and the transition between light and shade is more natural. There are many scenes that can be shot by side light, and the big scenes can reflect stronger feelings; Small scenes can make the subject thinner. When shooting a large scene, if you make good use of the shadows generated by light, you can make the picture more expressive.

Side backlight is converted from backlight, which means that it can illuminate a certain point on a person's face, while most of the rest are not exposed to light. It illuminates the character's hair from the side and back, making it show some emotions in the backlight, and this light does not tell the positive details of the character to hide. When shooting with side backlight, if the metering point is in the illuminated part of the face, the exposure must be overexposed by about one level, so as to ensure that the details of the face are not covered. It is also better to choose the scenery below the middle scene, because the panoramic scenery can not well reflect the light perception of the side backlight, while the close-up or close-up scenery is more full and vivid when the side backlight is displayed.

Predictive light is a kind of portrait modeling light evolved from side light. In most parts of the characters, it has a strong sense of transition and is more suitable for the modeling of characters. When shooting with front light, people can turn to the direction of the light source, so that the three-dimensional sense of people's faces will be enhanced. It is best to use soft light to make the light transition more natural. Pay attention to choose the light-dark transition area of the face for photometry, so as to get all levels of the face.

Sixth, shoot with a dome light.

The top light is generally not used for portrait shooting, but it is also good to make reasonable use of the feeling that this light overflows from above. If the dome light shines directly on the face of Homo erectus from above, highlighting the forehead and cheekbones, the effect will be a bit scary. If you let people move behind the light source and point their heads in the direction of the light, the feeling of shooting will be different.

In addition, when encountering the top light, it is much better to let the characters lie on the ground and shoot than to stand. If you need to show the feeling of light on the characters, you should overexpose them and reflect the feeling of light through the enhancement of brightness. If you shoot at noon, the effect will be more obvious if you use a transparent white barrier to soften the light.

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