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How do you understand the art of taking pictures?

Taking photos is very particular, not just taking photos casually. Good photos can give people unlimited enjoyment. A good photo should have a distinct theme or express a person, or an object, or even a storyline of the subject. The theme must be clear and unambiguous so that any viewer can see it at a glance. Photography is also an art, and it pays attention to artistic techniques.

Artistic techniques for taking photos:

1. Composition. The main difference between real scenes and real photos is that photos are limited by four frames, while real scenes are continuous. In a real scene, the viewer can move his attention to any part of the surrounding scenery, but in a photo, only part of the scenery can be included in the strictly limited upper and lower frames. How the photographer arranges the scenery within the four frames determines the success or failure of the work. The most important issue is where the subject should be placed and in what proportion. Find the "Viewing Frame Lines (Viewing Grid)" item in the shooting auxiliary function of the digital camera, turn it on, and a nine-square grid composed of four criss-crossing lines will appear in the camera viewfinder. It can help us better see how to place the subject, that is, how to compose the picture.

2. Light. Use light to highlight changes in color and the light and dark of the subject. Using the intensity of light reflection from objects can emphasize their layering and texture. Grasping the lighting angle and the best time for the light to appear is the key to understanding.

3. The focal length of the lens. In physics, the focal length refers to the distance from the center of the lens to the point where parallel light gathers; in photography, it refers to the distance from the center of the lens to the imaging plane of the photoreceptor when focusing at infinity. Therefore, just know how the focal length of the lens affects the shooting effect.