Skills of shooting close-ups

Aiming at the composition, framing and element application of local images, this paper will further talk about how to combine observation with basic photography skills to shoot impressive local close-up works. The following are some of my close-up photography skills for your reference.

Photographic skills for shooting close-ups 1. Try to highlight the theme.

In order to get a good close-up, the easiest way is to aim the camera directly at the subject, so that readers can see the key points that the photographer wants to express at a glance. This technique is common in food, flowers, ecology, and even portrait or commercial photography. Its characteristic is to catch people's eyes with eye-catching subjects. However, because it is a direct shooting focus, you should consider the composition before pressing the shutter. This seemingly simple shooting method actually requires the photographer to think carefully about the arrangement of elements in the picture, and often a tiny composition can bring completely different effects. Don't worry too much if you can't get the ideal composition due to the limitation of equipment or site environment. After that, it can be cut or assisted by other methods (such as adding dark corner effect) to achieve the ideal effect.

Photographic skills of shooting close-ups II. Try to be customer-oriented.

The second method is to focus on the parts related to the subject, such as clapping hands, feet or expressions, rather than taking full-length or half-length photos of the characters. This kind of shooting can focus on customers and reshape the focus of the image. In many cases, capturing local pictures related to the subject will be more story-telling than shooting the whole picture directly, and it will also reserve more imagination space for readers. In this way, the information of the picture is enlarged.

If we can give up the idea of shooting a panoramic view through local expression and let the original green leaves become the center of gravity of the image, we can not only shoot a successful local work, but also exercise ourselves to break through the thinking frame, cultivate a sharper photographic eye and create a more exciting image.

Photographic skills of shooting close-ups III. Create layers using depth of field.

Depth of field has always been an indispensable element in optical applications, especially for photography. As we all know, the depth of field is determined by the aperture size, lens focal length and object distance (the distance between the camera and the subject). Generally speaking, the larger the aperture (the smaller the F value), the longer the focal length of the lens, the closer the object distance, the shallower the depth of field and the longer the depth of field. Therefore, as long as you understand the concept of depth of field, you can use it in local close-ups to make the appropriate depth of field show a sense of space and distance.

According to the rule of thumb, using the equivalent lens focal length of 24-35mm, plus the aperture value of not less than f/2.8, shooting as close as possible to the subject will make the image more spatial; If you use a medium-long focal length equivalent to more than 50mm and shoot with a large aperture, you can shoot a unique compressed image. Although they can also achieve the purpose of blurring the background, the effect and viewing experience are completely different. There is no question of right or wrong. It all depends on what kind of image effect the photographer wants to present. Instead of sticking to the rules, learn how to make good use of the equipment at hand and turn your observations and ideas into real images. Of course, the bigger the aperture, the better In fact, we should observe the corresponding relationship between the background and the subject, and then decide whether to enlarge or narrow the aperture to blur or clearly present the background and the subject. Therefore, when looking for local close-up themes, we should also think about the final overall composition of the picture, use the depth of field flexibly and create a sense of hierarchy.

Photographic skills of shooting close-ups iv. Aesthetic feeling of blank space

Although it has been said before that focusing the lens directly on the subject is the simplest local close-up shooting method, unless the subject itself has attractive characteristics, it is easy for the composition to make the work unrecognizable and become a sugary photo that is easily forgotten. Therefore, if you want to make a simple and clear local work, you might as well leave as much blank in the composition as possible, so that the picture is not so full, which can not only give readers a chance to breathe, but also create empty inspiration.

Even if the main body doesn't fill the whole picture, we can do a lot of white space processing? White? In sharp contrast with the subject, and then guide the audience's eyes to stay on the subject itself. To shoot this blank partial image well, players can practice from the basic three-point and tic-tac-toe composition method. Before shooting, according to the scene situation and composition arrangement, the picture can be cut into three equal parts, and then 2/3 places are reserved for blank processing, leaving only 1/3 pictures as the main focus; Or cut the picture into nine squares, and then arrange the focus of the image at the four intersections of TIC-tac-toe. As long as you make good use of this minimalist composition, you can shoot local images above the level, which is worth trying by players.

Photographic skills for shooting close-ups 5. Charm of light and shadow image

Even if it is a local close-up, there are still many elements that can be captured and utilized, thus increasing the richness of the work. Among them, light and shadow, which are inseparable from life, are the easiest to obtain. Because the texture of different light can be used to enhance the tension and permeability of images, and the most important thing is to learn to observe the direction of light and grasp the shooting opportunity.

If natural light is the main light source, the best shooting time in a day is 1 to 2 hours after sunrise or before sunset, because the light in these two periods is closer to 30? ~? 45? At this time, not only the texture is better and softer than other periods, but also the color of the image will be richer. At the same time, the shadow of the illuminated object will be lengthened, and the overall visual experience will be more stereoscopic and profound. In addition, players can also use this function to play shadow games, find local images and shadow conversations in their lives, make their works more interesting, and also exercise their photographic eyes. Similarly, if you shoot indoors, you can also find out whether there is an oblique light source, and add points to the local image with the irradiation direction and composition of the light.

In addition to oblique light, another light that can be used for local close-up themes is backlight. Backlight is a very common way to use light in photography, which has strong artistic charm. Its biggest feature is that it can effectively enhance the texture and atmosphere of the image, especially when the light shines on translucent objects, it can play a role in condensing the eyes, such as shooting local close-ups of plants or green leaves in the backlight, because it can not only clearly present the surface texture, but also bring readers an unreal dream feeling. In addition, we can also take advantage of the effect of taking a silhouette against the light. As long as we observe and find out the interesting shapes of local objects, we can use silhouette to shape their outlines and create other local close-up works.