Knowledge of portrait photography skills

Knowledge of portrait photography skills

Portrait photography is a profound knowledge, seemingly simple, but there are many skills in it. I have sorted out the relevant contents, welcome to appreciate and learn from them.

First of all, a large aperture fixed-focus lens

The biggest feature of a large aperture lens is its large aperture. When the distance between the subject and the background is certain, a shallow depth of field can be obtained, which means that the background will be blurred. In the case of blurred background, the subject usually stands out. At this time, the advantages of large aperture lens can be brought into play.

A. Advantages of large aperture lens

1. The aperture is large. When the distance between the subject and the background is constant, shooting with a large aperture can get a blurred background and highlight the subject, which can usually be used for street shooting and fuzzy street scenes.

2. Opening the aperture can get a higher shutter speed in low illumination, thus improving the success rate of taking pictures.

3. Compared with the zoom lens with the same focal length and aperture f/2.8, the fixed focus lens is smaller and lighter.

B. Disadvantages of large aperture lens

The lens with 1. aperture f/ 1.4 is usually a fixed-focus lens with a fixed focal length, so it is necessary to move the camera to take a view.

2. When the aperture is large, the scene is deep, and it is easy to take out-of-focus and blurred photos.

3. The focal length of the lens is fixed, which often requires different perspectives to present different perspectives, so it is necessary to change the lens frequently.

Second, wide-angle lens

A. Advantages of wide-angle lens

1. The deformation characteristics of the wide-angle lens can be used to modify the shape of the object.

2. Its perspective deformation can be used to enhance the tension of the picture and the impact of the main body.

B. disadvantages of wide-angle lens

1. If the deformation control is not good, the picture will be very strange.

2. The picture is too messy and it is easy to take a photo, which leads to the inability to find the subject of the photo.

3. The wider the viewing angle, the more attention should be paid to keeping the picture clean, and the difficulty of choosing composition will increase accordingly.

Third, telephoto lens

A. Advantages of telephoto lens

1. Used to take full-body photos and there are scenes around the model, so that the model can easily stand out from the center of the background.

2. Using the characteristics of telephoto lens to compress the scene can simplify the background.

B. Disadvantages of telephoto lenses

1. Generally, it is bulky and inconvenient to shoot for a long time. Moreover, due to the large and heavy lens, the requirement for safe shutter speed is relatively high, so it is more necessary to keep the camera stable when shooting, otherwise it is easy to take blurred out-of-focus photos.

It is bulky and inconvenient to carry.

3. If you don't retreat far enough, you will become a bust of the model, which has no characteristics.

PS: For models with round faces, you can generally choose a wide-angle lens to shoot, and models with long faces can shoot with a telephoto lens.

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