Theme scheme of Christmas photography skills

Near Christmas, many Christmas decorations began to appear in streets, shops, parks and even offices. Colorful decorative lights, gorgeous Christmas trees and lovely elk decorations will always attract friends passing by to pick up their cameras and take pictures for a while. If you want to take pictures with a Christmas theme or a winter theme, what else can you take, how to take a better picture, and what shooting skills do you need? The following photography suggestions are for your reference!

Landscape category: Christmas tree lantern installation street view

I believe everyone has found that many large-scale Christmas decorations have begun to appear around the living area, like many squares that have begun to create a strong Christmas atmosphere. These lively Christmas scenes seem to be a good opportunity for photographers not to be missed.

▲ If the brightness of the lantern is enough, slightly increase the ISO value, and hand-held shooting can also be successful.

The most important thing in shooting night scenes is correct exposure. Due to the weak light at night, it is generally recommended to use a tripod and shoot with a B shutter. Although there are lanterns decorated with brightness enough to be photographed by hand, of course, it is relatively necessary to use a higher ISO value to photograph them. In order to enlarge the scenery of the whole lantern, it is suggested to use a wide-angle or ultra-wide-angle lens for creation. After setting up the camera, you can first see the effect in "Shooting" and then adjust the parameters. Remember to confirm the exposure with histogram. In order to avoid overexposure of some parts, friends with camera overexposure warning function can turn it on, so that when previewing after shooting, the camera will give overexposure warning in the form of area flashing.

If possible, the shooting record in RAW file format can retain more image details. You can also use the camera's built-in image superposition function or computer post-synthesis to make the picture more exciting.

Sketch category: bright Christmas decorative balls

Large aperture is used to shoot scattered scenes of night lights, which can better show the obscurity at night. The light spot of scattered scenes is one of the common methods to shoot Christmas theme sketches, and it would be better if it can be combined with related decorations. For example, if you are tired of taking pictures of the decorative balls hanging on the Christmas tree, you might as well hang them and fix them in other places, and use tripods and macro lenses to create a dreamy Christmas sketch with the Christmas tree as the background.

When shooting, focus the decorative sphere in manual focusing mode, and the Christmas tree light in the background will appear in the picture in the form of scattered light points. Adjust the desired shooting effect by controlling the aperture size. The larger the aperture, the more light spots appear. It can be used with the preview function of depth of field when adjusting, which makes shooting more convenient. Finally, lock the mirror and release the shutter in the form of cable release or self-timer countdown to complete the shooting.

As Christmas approaches, many Christmas decorations begin to appear in streets, shops, parks and even offices, with colorful decorative lights, gorgeous Christmas trees and lovely elk decorations …

Landscape category: Christmas tree lantern installation street view

I believe everyone has found that many large-scale Christmas decorations have begun to appear around the living area, like many squares that have begun to create a strong Christmas atmosphere. These lively Christmas scenes seem to be a good opportunity for photographers not to be missed.

▲ If the brightness of the lantern is enough, slightly increase the ISO value, and hand-held shooting can also be successful.

The most important thing in shooting night scenes is correct exposure. Due to the weak light at night, it is generally recommended to use a tripod and shoot with a B shutter. Although there are lanterns decorated with brightness enough to be photographed by hand, of course, it is relatively necessary to use a higher ISO value to photograph them. In order to enlarge the scenery of the whole lantern, it is suggested to use a wide-angle or ultra-wide-angle lens for creation. After setting up the camera, you can first see the effect in "Shooting" and then adjust the parameters. Remember to confirm the exposure with histogram. In order to avoid overexposure of some parts, friends with camera overexposure warning function can turn it on, so that when previewing after shooting, the camera will give overexposure warning in the form of area flashing.

If possible, the shooting record in RAW file format can retain more image details. You can also use the camera's built-in image superposition function or computer post-synthesis to make the picture more exciting.

Sketch category: bright Christmas decorative balls

Large aperture is used to shoot scattered scenes of night lights, which can better show the obscurity at night. The light spot of scattered scenes is one of the common methods to shoot Christmas theme sketches, and it would be better if it can be combined with related decorations. For example, if you are tired of taking pictures of the decorative balls hanging on the Christmas tree, you might as well hang them and fix them in other places, and use tripods and macro lenses to create a dreamy Christmas sketch with the Christmas tree as the background.

When shooting, focus the decorative sphere in manual focusing mode, and the Christmas tree light in the background will appear in the picture in the form of scattered light points. Adjust the desired shooting effect by controlling the aperture size. The larger the aperture, the more light spots appear. It can be used with the preview function of depth of field when adjusting, which makes shooting more convenient. Finally, lock the mirror and release the shutter in the form of cable release or self-timer countdown to complete the shooting.

When choosing decorative balls, the contrast of frosted materials can reduce the reflection phenomenon. Remember to choose the color of the decorative ball according to the lighting of the Christmas tree, and the color matching of the picture is also very important.

▲ If you make a fun black card and shoot a light spot with a special shape, it is also a kind of creation.

Elements that can also be tried.

Christmas bells, garlands, gifts ... even Santa Claus ornaments can be applied for!

Portrait: a smile by candlelight

Candlelight is always a symbol of hope, and warm and soft light combined with portrait shooting can create a warm heart feeling of winter photo. Using candles as the only light source, you might as well use more to ensure the light. It is recommended to shoot with a fixed Jiao Da aperture lens, so that the ideal shutter speed can be obtained without high sensitivity. Remember to turn off the flash when shooting, and adjust the aperture, shutter and ISO value in manual mode. Although the candlelight will jump, you can still try long exposure shooting with a tripod. If you are interested, you can also try to shoot the effect with different numbers of candles. If Madou can make some Christmas-related shapes, it can also make the picture more festive.

▲ Shoot from the same height as Madou and get a beautiful candlelight reflection.

Essay: Exquisite Christmas snacks and commodities.

Candy sticks, gingerbread man and gingerbread houses, or cookies, cakes or marshmallows in the shape of Christmas elements are all objects that can be photographed. Shooting such a lovely and delicate little thing, on the one hand, can use a large aperture to create a messy scene effect, especially when the background of the subject is chaotic, it can achieve a blurred effect. If the background can be controlled, it is suggested that a cleaner and lighter background is better. After all, candy, cakes and gingerbread houses often have more colors, and a single light background can better set off their colors and create a fresh effect.

▲ The background behind is a bit messy. Although it is all red, the effect of blur processing is still good.

Scenery: snow and snowman

For friends in temperate and cold regions, it is not unusual for Christmas to be accompanied by snow. Snow shooting is different from ordinary flat shooting. Because a large area of snow is easy to reflect light, camera metering system often misjudges, resulting in underexposure. Therefore, it is suggested to add exposure value or use the snow scene mode in the camera to shoot. If you really want to shoot a Christmas snowman, you can prepare necessary related props, such as hats, carrots, scarves, etc., before going to add more colors to the subject.

▲ When shooting snow scenes on the mountain, be sure to be prepared and keep warm.

Still want to shoot? ...

1. Christmas socks hanging on the bed or on the wall

For western children, the happiest thing in traditional Christmas is to get up in the morning to see if Santa Claus has brought any presents! That is everyone's wonderful childhood memories of Christmas, and it is also an important element of Christmas! It's just that there are fewer fireplaces in general houses, which can only be hung on the wall or on the bedside.

▲ So many pairs of socks! How many children are there in this family?

2. Lovely Christmas stickers on the window of the merchant.

Walking on the road, I happened to find the white snowman sticker on the door of Mai X so cute. There is a view of the store behind the transparent glass as the background. If the scenery in the store can be presented with fuzzy effect, the effect will be better. If the mirror is seriously reflective when shooting, you can use a polarizer to reduce the reflection.

The above is Bian Xiao's sharing about the theme planning of Christmas photography skills. For more information, you can pay attention to the global ivy and share more dry goods.