Shooting skills of color harmony and tone in portrait photography

In portrait photography, because of the different light, the clothing collocation of the main body of the character, the choice of background color and other factors, the portrait photos taken will show different colors and colors. Then, in portrait photography, how to design and shoot photos with different tones and tone effects? Next, I will tell you some of the skills.

1, how to shoot a portrait with high value?

High-profile portraits are characterized by bright tones, and dark tones are avoided or used less as far as possible. Color portrait photography, high-profile should be dominated by white, high-brightness light color, medium-brightness color. The image of the subject in the whole photo shows bright colors, no obvious shadows and projections, and the picture is clean, clear and soft.

When shooting a high-profile portrait, the subject needs to wear white or other light-colored clothes, and of course, the background is mainly light-colored. Generally, the light will be smooth light with less shadows, or cloudy days. Photographers can also use the scattered light to increase the first exposure according to the actual situation.

2. How to shoot a low-key portrait

The characteristics and shooting requirements of low-key portraits are just the opposite of high-profile portraits. The tone composition of color portraits is mainly dark tone, and the tone composition of color portraits is mainly black, dark with low brightness and medium brightness. Low-key portrait photos can make the image of the subject look deep and dignified.

When shooting a low-key portrait, the subject should wear dark clothes and use a dark background. When using light to express, it is generally dominated by side backlight or side light, and the shadow on the face of the person is large. In the process of exposure, the photographer needs to expose according to the bright spots of the subject's face, so that the bright spots are expressed in the form of medium brightness or slightly darker than medium brightness, and the shadow parts are reproduced in dark tones. However, when the photographer uses forward lighting to represent a low-key portrait, the exposure should be appropriately reduced to make the whole picture look darker.

3. How to shoot a portrait with a general tone?

Generally, portraits with colors are not dominated by light colors like high-profile portraits, nor by deep colors like low-profile portraits, but can include deep, medium and light colors in photos. Therefore, its tone composition is neither inclined nor inclined to darkness, but gives people a visual feeling that is not dull or dignified. In general, the portrait photos taken belong to this tone.

4. Warm color design

Colors are mainly divided into warm colors, cool colors and intermediate colors. Red, orange, yellow and the colors with red, orange and yellow as the main components are called warm colors; Blue, cyan and colors mainly containing blue and cyan are called cool colors; Green and purple are called intermediate colors. Therefore, if warm colors such as red, orange and yellow are used or colors mainly containing these color components, photos with warm color effects can be obtained.

First of all, photographers can choose the clothes of the main characters according to their own shooting needs, and clothes in red, orange and other colors can get warm colors; Secondly, the photographer needs to choose a background that matches the subject of the character properly; Thirdly, if you are outdoors, you can choose to shoot at around 3 or 4 pm when the sun is soft and warm; If it is indoors, you can design warm colors with red or yellow lights. Of course, in addition to certain design in the shooting process, photographers can also get the desired effect through post-processing software.

5, cool color design

The cool tone of portrait photography refers to the portrait photography picture composed of blue, cyan or colors mainly containing blue and cyan components. Photographers can also get a cool tone effect by shooting the color of the subject's clothing. At the same time, the effect of cool colors can be further unified by choosing the shadow part of the surrounding environment (the shadow is mainly composed of cool colors) as the background.

6. Contrast color design

There are many forms of color contrast, such as cold and warm contrast, complementary color contrast (red, green, blue and yellow are complementary colors), fresh and dull contrast and so on. In portrait photography, if there is a contrasting color design, it will inevitably leave a deep visual impression on the viewer.

7. Harmonious color design

Harmonious color design refers to arranging some adjacent colors in the same picture without using contrast colors, or using "achromatic colors" such as black, white and gray to harmonize some colors, so as to obtain the effect of color harmony. Photos designed with harmonious colors will give people a feeling of stretching, serenity and calmness, which is also a common color tone design method in portrait photography.

8. Strong color design

Emphasis on color design is to form a picture with high purity and bright colors, so that the viewer is strongly stimulated by color, thus leaving a deep color impression. This design method needs a lot of rich colors to get a heavy color effect.

9. Light color design

Contrary to heavy color design, light color design mainly uses light colors and bright colors to form a picture, such as light yellow, light red and light blue. Give the audience a light and elegant feeling.

Ok, after introducing how to design different shades and tones in portrait photography, find a beautiful girl or handsome boy to try it.