What are the introductory skills of landscape photography (2)

The sunlight in the morning is warm in tone and soft in light, and the low light angle is also easy to form a contrast between light and shade, which is most suitable for landscape photography. Therefore, it is necessary to "get up early in the dark", be in place before sunrise, and persist after sunset until the last inch of light disappears into the twilight, so as to grasp the best shooting time of landscape photography before and after sunrise and before and after sunset.

Secondly, we should pay attention to the application of local light. Let only local areas in the picture be illuminated by light, and other parts are in the shadow. Such local light can create a dramatic effect and make the work glow with unique vitality.

Diffuse light on cloudy days is not suitable for landscape shooting. Too uniform diffuse light will make the photo look dull and dull. But there are exceptions Foggy days and snowy days are good examples. In foggy days, the visibility is greatly reduced, the air perspective is enhanced, and it is easier to form a sense of spatial hierarchy; Snowy days are often pure white, without color and hierarchy, but its charm is still unstoppable. However, this is a special case. In most cases, sunny days are still the best choice for landscape photography, which proves that many excellent landscape photography works are taken on sunny days.

Fourth, the application of composition.

1, linear composition

If you look closely, you will find that life is full of various linear relationships: vertical trees, horizontal lakes, extended roads, and undulating outlines of distant mountains? They are all beautiful lines in nature.

When different lines are put together, a richer combination is formed, and there are various linear forms: diagonal, S-shaped, vertical, horizontal and radial. From the perspective of spatial relationship, two parallel straight lines extending far away will eventually meet, which has the function of visual traction; This is also a common way in linear composition.

After summing up these common composition rules, they can be properly used in observation and shooting; For the linear combination that is not obvious or has a high degree of combination, the decision can be made faster and a better composition can be obtained. So the training of basic skills is very important.

2. Symmetrical composition

Like linear composition, symmetrical composition is an obvious law in nature, which can usually be found in places or buildings with lakes. The quiet lake reflects the mountains and the sky. At this time, when the scene and reflection are taken at the same time, a unique symmetrical form can be formed on the picture, which makes the composition richer and more contemporary, and also makes the picture more rigorous and regular.

3. Decentralized combination

Decentralized composition is a kind of "composition without composition", which focuses on excavating implicit geometric relations or internal relations from a pile of scattered points with no obvious regularity, so that the picture looks orderly and not messy, thus making the whole picture form a complete whole.

4. Geometric composition

In addition to the obvious composition rules in nature, we can also dig out the composition rules that nature does not have.

5, triangle composition method

Putting three prominent objects in the scene into a triangle in the picture can naturally make people feel a sense of stability, and "stability" is the biggest feature of triangle composition.

6, picture composition method

Taking the foreground as a picture frame and putting the scene in the picture frame can break the general observation mode, make the picture form more changeable, and the collocation of the foreground and the background also makes the picture more layered. The "picture frame" of some scenes itself has rich information, such as beautifully designed hollow windows in the garden; This special prospect can fully enrich the content of the picture and deepen the theme, and it is also a common means in landscape photography. There can be other changes in frame composition, such as multi-frame composition. The multi-frame picture in the foreground divides the scene into many small pictures, which are independent of each other and set each other off as interesting. It is also a wonderful composition.

7. Combination composition

In actual shooting, we often encounter some complicated scenes, and we can't simply use the above composition method. At this time, we need to use the composition rules flexibly to create our own unique composition. For example, a straight street lamp on the roadside must be equipped with two traction lines, which is a comprehensive application of vertical line composition and traction line composition; There are many lines and birds in the sky, which is a comprehensive application of point composition and line composition. The composition principle of landscape shooting is to adjust measures to local conditions and discover carefully; Communicate with nature, understand the laws of nature, and express this law and aesthetic feeling with your heart, you can get your own unique landscape photography.