How to master the shooting viewpoint and photography composition skills

When taking pictures, I am most afraid of standing still and only looking at the world in an eye-catching way. Everyone thinks so. Of course, what I took was not strange. If you want to shoot amazing works, you have to walk around and look around to find out the shooting angle that attracts you when shooting. As long as you turn a corner, you can meet different scenery.

The skill of shooting angle

Viewpoint direction

Before shooting, the photographer should walk around the subject and have a look to find the best shooting direction. In the process of observation and comparison, you will find that with the different positions, the outline shape of the subject will change greatly, the structure of the picture will be obviously different, and the relationship between the subject and the foreground and background will also change obviously. Although it is the same subject, due to different shooting directions, the picture will show various composition effects.

▲ Aperture: F8 Exposure time:111000s ISO: 200 Focus: 200mm. Usually an object with a clear point of interest can be shaped from different angles.

▲ Aperture: F8 Exposure time:111000s ISO: 200 Focus: 200mm.

▲ Aperture: F 1 1 exposure time:11000s ISO: 200 focal length: 16mm.

▲ Aperture: F 1 1 exposure time:11000s ISO: 200 focal length: 16mm. It is possible to shoot a picture with a completely different feeling when shooting overhead or overhead. The former shows the vastness of ground space, while the latter shows the rhythm of clouds in the sky.

Viewpoint height

When determining the range and shooting direction of the picture, we should also think carefully about how high the angle should be for shooting according to the characteristics of the subject. If the shooting scene allows you to explore high, you might as well observe the change from low to high in front of the subject, carefully analyze the change of the scene in front of you, and then choose an ideal shooting height. As shown in the figure below, this photo showing ordinary bread is a typical example of choosing a viewpoint. Ordinary photographers often take pictures from overlooking or close-up from top to bottom, but the photographer of this photo chose the angle almost parallel to the bread, and then got a still life picture with strong affinity, which is very interesting.

▲ Aperture: F5.6 Exposure time:11000s ISO: 200 Focus: 50mm. Shooting from an angle almost parallel to bread, the picture is full of interest.

As shown in the figure below, this is also a low-angle composition. This kind of picture makes the red characters completely set off in the blue sky, making the colors more vivid, and the low enough viewing angle also makes the picture exclude unnecessary sundries in front of the object, making the whole picture more concise.

▲ Aperture: F5.6 Exposure time: 1/200 s ISO: 400 focal length: 35mm. Make the red characters on the golden section line become the visual center with a low viewing angle.

The above pictures only have a little change in shooting height, which has such obvious influence on photographic composition. It changes the structure of the picture, makes the picture present different artistic forms and produces different visual effects. If the change of shooting distance and shooting direction is added, the influence on photographic composition will be greater. This shows how important the choice of viewpoint is!

▲ Aperture: F5.6 Exposure time: 1/200s ISO: 800 Focus: 16mm. Different points of interest displayed by low-angle photography and high-angle photography.

▲ Aperture: F5.6 Exposure time:1100s ISO: 800 Focus: 16mm.

To keep the picture simple and clear, the most attractive still life pictures are always full of strong design sense in composition. Sometimes the seemingly messy shooting scene may only need to change a angle to eliminate unnecessary environment.