How to take good-looking portraits on rainy days?

For many people, it is necessary to protect their photographic equipment in rainy days, not to go out. But in rainy days, there are also many things worth shooting, such as capturing the situation or expression of people running in the rain, shooting couples walking in the rain, shooting close-ups of portraits in the rain, and shooting portraits of scenes after the rain. The task in the rain is also unique.

The most important thing to take a portrait in rainy days is to protect the equipment. Rain-proof cameras and lenses are effective, but most of them are fake and photographic equipment is expensive. Therefore, it is very important to protect photographic equipment. We can choose a waterproof raincoat or a waterproof cover to prevent water from entering the camera and lens. Of course, in a light rain, an umbrella is enough. There are several points to pay attention to when taking portraits in rainy days.

First, pay attention to the choice of background. If you want to show the effect of Mao Mao rain, you must choose a dark background and use a slow shutter speed when shooting. People in other scenes in rainy days should also be set off with dark backgrounds. Raindrops fall into the stagnant water in the street, which will splash layers of ripples. Incorporating them into the camera will also help to show the rain scene. In order to express the color tone and enhance the sense of depth, you can also choose some slightly darker foreground, such as flowers, leaves, windows and so on.

(Choose a dark background to shoot portraits in the rain)

Second, how to expose when shooting in rainy days. When shooting in rainy days, the brightness of the ground and the sky is very different, so the exposure control should be based on the brightness of the ground scenery or the main body, and the foreground, foreground and sky can not be used as the basis for photometry. Shooting in rainy days should follow the principle of "less than better". We can reduce the half-level or first-level exposure on the basis of normal exposure, because the high-light part of the photo has a very serious grade loss after overexposure, and it is difficult to save it in post-processing.

(Capturing portraits at high speed in the rain)

When it is dark and rainy, the brightness of the scene is weak. Therefore, it is generally necessary to use larger aperture such as F2.8 and F4 and slower shutter speed (1/60s) to shoot portraits in rainy scenes, so as to achieve normal exposure. If you want to capture the lines falling from the rain, the shutter speed is generally around 1/30 seconds. At this time, you should turn on the anti-shake function to prevent the camera from shaking. If you want to capture the moment of rain, you can use ISO.

400 or ISO 800 to obtain a faster shutter speed exceeding1125 seconds.

Third, the color control of portraits in the rain. The color temperature is unstable in rainy days, and the photos may turn blue or yellow under automatic white balance. We need to change the white balance settings. On rainy days, the contrast between light and shade of distant scenery will be weaker, because the air rich in water vapor will block it and look a little dull. When shooting, you can arrange some red objects to effectively balance the colors of the picture, such as red umbrellas, red pillars, red clothes and so on.

(Snapping in the rain)

Fourth, the portrait in the rain captured is also very good. If you are good at snapshot, then the expressions of pedestrians on the road are best expressed by snapshot. At this time, it is most natural to capture the movements of characters.

(The reflection in the rain is also beautiful)

Fifth, rain is also a good time to shoot. Don't think that you can leave after the rain clears. After the rain stops, the wet ground and all kinds of still water beaches can become a special sight. If you use a mirror to reflect the surrounding scenery as the background, you can get a unique picture effect.

Shoot at attention

1. Once rain invades the camera, turn off the camera power immediately to avoid turning it on again. The safest way to take out the camera lens after the battery is air-dried is to send it to the maintenance center for inspection.

2. When shooting in the rain, pay attention to prevent raindrops from hitting the lens or falling too low from the lens, because a small raindrop will cover the distant scenery.