An Empirical Analysis of Shooting Skills in Flower Show

This year's National Day, various art exhibitions will race against time again! What attracts the most attention when school starts in September? It is powder black grass, which has grown on the campus lawn for a summer vacation, and there is also dog tail grass. Actually, it's good to shoot well. Then there is the chrysanthemum exhibition and the lily exhibition. In Ganzi, Sichuan, Ge Sang's flowers are also blooming all over the mountain. Is your camera ready?

How can I stand out and take excellent photos? Let's share with you the shooting skills of flowers.

Prepare equipment

As the saying goes, "if a worker wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first." Before shooting, he should prepare the necessary equipment in advance so as not to regret shooting too little and too hard.

Macro image (required index:)

The closer the focusing distance, the better, especially below 0.3m

Telephoto lens (required index:)

Besides being able to photograph distant flowers, it also helps to avoid crowds. Don't underestimate the distance between yourself and the flower, at least 200mm focal length can focus on the flower.

Wide-angle glasses (required index:)

No, it is not recommended, because it will take pictures of dirty environments, such as heads and background buildings.

Parentheses (required index:)

It is more helpful to make sure that your hands don't shake and pose slowly.

Small reflector (required index:)

Mirrors can also replace the right amount of light.

Macro ring (required index:)

If you don't have a macro lens, consider it. It is a substitute for macro lens and is used for ordinary lens.

In terms of equipment, whether it is macro, telephoto or fixed focus, it is recommended to take the lens with the largest aperture, preferably at least F4, F2.8 or below, and then prepare the above equipment. The bracket is not too big, but it can support the weight of the camera. However, because the long focal length will slow down the security shutter and make it easy to shake hands, you will regret wearing a tripod instead of taking a good photo. In addition, the small reflector is also very good, which can fill the dark position in sunny days, fill the light in cloudy days and block the rain in rainy days (laughs). It is enough to bring a light one.

Field combat skills

Unless you go to the flower show on weekdays, you can't avoid the crowds. You can remember the following elements when shooting:

Find the most beautiful flowers.

Find one or more of the most beautiful, freshest and complete flowers for key shooting. Avoid incomplete flower groups, because the freshness of flowers will only decrease, which is more important in the later stage of flower show.

Keep the composition simple.

Avoid unnecessary crowds and background buildings. Remember that the target of shooting is flowers, not people. Avoid unnecessary things and even let people know that this is a flower show.

Wait patiently and observe carefully.

Flowers are often surrounded by people. Remember to wait patiently and respect each other with other photographers. Careful search refers to looking for the most beautiful flowers in the vast sea of flowers, carefully observing the flowers from multiple angles and shooting the most beautiful side.

Wide-angle shooting can include the scene environment.

Shooting down from a high angle can avoid the crowd.

Make the flowers stand out. Never shoot a bunch of flowers greedily (sometimes, of course). It is best to find one or two most beautiful and distinctive flowers among the flowers and shoot them with telephoto and large aperture, so that the background will be blurred due to the depth of the scene, and the protagonist flower will stand out from the photo to avoid being affected by the messy background.

Highlight one of the flowers with shallow depth of field.

(12) Choose a background with high contrast. Although you can use shallow depth of field to remove the messy background, you can also pay close attention to the color of the background, and try to find a background with obvious contrast with flowers (such as red flowers on the edge color background) to make the flowers stand out! (13) In addition to the most basic golden section, filling composition, diagonal and S-shaped composition, you can also make good use of the "frame diagram" to shoot flowers. The shooting method is simple. First find out the target flower to be photographed, and then use flower stems, leaves, etc. In the front. Shoot as a "frame" in the gap. This will not only bring some mystery, but also make readers pay more attention to flowers

Horizontal shooting can show the true colors of flowers.

Macro shooting of close-up of local steps

The relationship between f

As mentioned above, the use of reflector is actually a small amount of supplementary light. Because the sun shines on sunny days, the sunshine from top to bottom gives the flowers a strong shadow. If you don't like such a strong contrast, you can turn the reflector from bottom to top and reflect the sunlight to the shadow; Similarly, when there is insufficient light on cloudy days, try to reflect the sunlight to the place with insufficient light. Just use the spotlight. There is still a chance to take background light when the weather is good. Look at the difference between the following kinds of light:

Strong shadows in the sun.

After lighting, the surrounding shadows become brighter.

Effect under backlight

Why not use a flash?

Because flash will form a strong shadow, because different directions and intensities are different from sunlight, it will be unnatural. And the outdoor environment should have enough on-site light. If there is not enough light, use a tripod or reflector to help.

Actual combat notes

According to past experience, the biggest challenge is how to face the sea of people, so patience comes first. When there are many people, it takes some effort to get a clear picture of the Chu people or buildings, especially in crowded and noisy places. You need to take pictures calmly and patiently.