Shooting skills of catwalk show

This Sunday, we will meet you in the final of the third model contest in Hummingbird.com. In addition to watching wonderful beauty performances, netizens will never let go of every wonderful moment and record it with their cameras. Here are some shooting techniques for the runway show.

The light source on the runway is very complex, and the illuminance and color temperature are changing at any time. The model has fast walking speed and short pause time. The limited shooting area makes it difficult to shoot fashion shows and model competitions. Practical experience shows that if you want to shoot a good T-stage performance, you must prepare the equipment, be familiar with the lighting of the venue, improve the shutter speed, find a beautiful shape and capture a beautiful moment.

First of all, prepare the equipment to ensure clarity.

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It is best to prepare two SLR cameras, a digital camera with 8 million to160,000 pixels and a film camera. One fuselage is equipped with a lens of 28- 135mm, and the other is equipped with a lens of 70-200mm, which makes it easier to capture. If you use black and white film, you can choose professional high-speed film of ISO400 and 800. Try to use a large aperture when shooting, which can improve the shutter speed and avoid blurring.

Second, observe with two eyes.

In order to capture the best moment, we can see the model's personality by observing the model wearing different styles of clothes, and selectively capture valuable moments, so that readers can see the photographer's unique artistic wisdom and keen observation and judgment ability while enjoying the picture. Because shooting fashion shows and model contests is a photography category between news photography and artistic photography, photographers should not only have good artistic accomplishment, but also have a keen sense of news. Only by diligent observation, diligent shooting and diligent thinking can we shoot outstanding works that are different from others.

Conditional photographers can see with both eyes from tracking the location of the model to rehearsals or preliminaries.

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1, with the eyes of the judges: Learn which models have the best temperament through live watching, and may become the champion candidates of this competition, and clarify the focus of this shooting.

2. With the photographer's eyes: By watching and shooting the rehearsals and preliminaries, you can be familiar with the whole performance or competition procedure, know the display ability and temperament of all models, know which moments have news value and artistic value, know the specific clothing style, and determine the best shooting angle. In this way, when you take a formal snapshot, you can have answers, grasp the key models, key moments, key scenes, key lighting effects and key shapes.

Third, the essentials of snapshot

Whether shooting a fashion show or a model contest, we should observe, understand and refine it on the spot.

On-the-spot observation is to carefully observe the posture, clothing and modeling of each model, tap its rich facial expressions and various body languages, observe the density relationship of the model when walking on the stage and the relationship between clothing and background, and capture the dress movements of the model in sports. When taking snapshots, the hand-held camera tracks and focuses on the moving model to capture the beautiful posture and modeling of the model in the exhibition. Never put down the camera to watch. If there is a beautiful moment at this time, you will be caught off guard and lose the opportunity.

On-the-spot understanding and on-the-spot refining means that in the wonderful interpretation of the model, the body shape is understood as points, lines and surfaces in geometry, and through judgment, the modeling, curves, personality and fashion factors of the model are fixed in an instant and become works.

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Due to the need of exhibition, with the rhythm of music and the artistic effect of beautiful dance design, the illumination of light is changeable. In order to ensure accurate exposure, the camera can be set to the aperture priority and the aperture is set to the maximum in advance. When shooting, the shutter of the camera will automatically adjust with the intensity of light, so that the captured image is clear. If the light is dark and the shutter speed is too low, the sensitivity of the camera can be improved to ISO400 or 800, and if necessary, it can be improved to ISO 1600 (but generally, the image taken by ISO 1600 has coarse particles, which reduces the saturation and transparency of colors to a certain extent).

Generally, the light source on the runway is yellow. Adjusting the color temperature of the camera to about 3200K before shooting will reduce the yellow component in the photo. The metering method should be determined according to the subject of shooting, and the center key metering or average metering can be used. When shooting a big scene or a middle scene, you can set the average metering; When shooting close-ups, the metering mode should be set to focus in the center.

Fourth, pick up the tidbits

Don't leave the scene immediately after shooting the wonderful modeling competition. As the saying goes, "the fun is yet to come." There are often wonderful tidbits after the game.