Introduction to photography: how to shoot attractive portraits

Lead: Photography refers to the process of recording images with some special equipment. Generally, we take photos with mechanical cameras or digital cameras. Let me tell you how to shoot a portrait with personality charm, I hope it will help you.

Traditional female photography usually highlights the feminine and charming characteristics of women, so the picture pays attention to soft light and harmonious colors, and also pays attention to the curve beauty of limbs and facial lines from the composition. Therefore, we should pay attention to the differences between the head, bust and full-length portrait of the characters, as well as the coordination with the background, especially the grasp of focus, aperture and exposure.

F/2.8L IS II USM aperture f/4.5 speed 1/500s ISO400 white balance: daylight

Use Aperture Priority (Av) mode to make people and backgrounds virtual and real.

Using aperture priority (Av) mode and shooting with large aperture f/2.8 or f/4 as much as possible is the most effective shooting experience in portrait photography. Large aperture can blur the background, blur the messy branches and flowers in the background into soft color blocks, and avoid their interference with the main body. When shooting, in addition to carefully observing the posture and expression of the characters, the background should also be included in the observation range. Even some objects with ugly appearance or blurred lines will still interfere with the main body or even the whole picture, so it needs to be avoided by changing the perspective.

F/2.8 L IS II USM aperture f/3.5 speed 1/2500s ISO800 white balance: daylight.

Manually select the autofocus point, and select the focus in the order of eyes, face and head.

The core of portrait photography is people. If a work is blurred because of inaccurate focus, even if the lighting effect and color are good, it will fail. Manually select the autofocus point and select the focus scene according to the framing ratio. When shooting a head portrait, you should focus on your eyes, when shooting a bust, you should focus on your face, and when shooting a full-length portrait, you should focus on your head position, so as to ensure the clear presentation of the characters in the picture.

F/2.8 L USM aperture f/2.8 speed 1/200s ISO 100 exposure compensation +0.3EV white balance: automatic.

You need to use DF660 flash or reflector to fill the light, not only in the backlight, but also in the front light.

When shooting people against the light, most photographers know to increase exposure or fill the light with a flash. In creative portrait photography, even when shooting along the light, it is also a very important experience to use flash or reflector to fill the light for people, especially when shooting women or children. This method can not only improve the brightness of bright parts of people, make people's faces brighter and whiter, but also form eyes in people's eyes and make people's expressions more vivid. Using the E-TTL II flash metering system of EOS 5 D Mark III, the camera will automatically adjust the flash output according to the brightness of the scene light, forming a perfect combination with natural light.

F/2.8L IS II USM aperture f/4.5 speed 1/350s ISO400 white balance: daylight.