How can I take a good travel selfie?

Lead: In addition to taking scenery, a person traveling is taking a selfie. Can that person take a nice selfie of the scenery of the characters? How can I take a good travel selfie? Come and have a look with me.

How can I take a good selfie? 1. Device and camera settings

Travel selfies have three treasures: SLR, tripod and wireless shutter remote control.

Brand and model of the equipment I use:

SLR: Canon 5D2 (the choice of brand depends on your own preferences, and some micro-singles can also be shot by wireless remote control).

Lens: My most commonly used selfie lens is 24? 105, 16? 35, medium focus and wide angle, but only take one shot every time I go out, I can't move my back, it's too heavy. . .

Tripod: carbon fiber material. Many brands have them. I bought it? Sirui? Its advantages are light weight, high strength, impact resistance and corrosion resistance.

Wireless shutter remote control: What brand? Color? I bought it on Taobao. After installing the receiver on the SLR, you can remotely control the shutter within the range of 100 meters, which is very easy to use.

Camera settings: I choose program automatic mode most of the time, and sometimes I use aperture priority mode (common settings: ISO 100, F5.6). I choose RAW format for photos, which is convenient for later color matching without affecting the image quality.

Second, the composition and application of light and shadow

In my previous photography experience, I mentioned the importance of composition many times. The equipment is not the most important thing, the idea is. The quality of composition can often determine the success or failure of a photo. Mastering several composition skills can make your travel photos instantly beautiful to a new height.

1 line perspective method

Lines are the most direct way to express the perspective relationship. When lines converge in the distance, it can not only attract our attention from near to far, but also show the narrowing of lines. Near, big, far and small? The visual effect of.

Wandering in Venice, turning out of an alley, the warm sunshine spread all over the body. I suddenly want to take a picture of myself walking towards the sun. Adjust the tripod height, use the program automatic mode, and the self-timer remote control is hidden in my right hand. After walking several times, I finally took this satisfactory selfie.

Extend the lines with perspective and let the imagination advance infinitely. Tell the viewer through the composition: Come on, you can enjoy this photo of me like this. Actively guide the viewer to focus on the subject? Me? My treat. Although the picture can't make sound, composition can make sound to the viewer for us.

Off-season travel, although not the most beautiful scenery, can avoid the noisy crowd and feel the most ordinary life. ? The destination of our trip has never been a geographical term, but a new perspective of learning to look at things. ?

The lines of the road guide the viewer's line of sight. Me? My treat.

The direction of tram behavior and the lines of the road guide the audience's attention. Me? My treat.

2 trigonometry and centralization

Trigonometry is a line that divides a picture into three parts from top to bottom or from left to right. Trigonometry is also often used to shoot people. When the highlighted subject is placed at 1/3 of the picture, people can quickly find the visual focus. As the basic principle of photography, trichotomy is naturally the most reliable composition method in portraits, so I suggest you use it more.

Taken in Boracay, Philippines

The blue sky, the changing sea, the wind blowing my long hair and skirts. Me? As the main body of shooting, it is placed in one third of the picture to make a beautiful and romantic artistic conception.

Taken in Turkey

? Me? As the main body of shooting, it is placed in one third of the picture.

Photographed at the lobby hotel in Kyoto, Japan. When taking this photo, I lifted the bench in the spotlight, and I sat in the right third of the photo. I opened a book, and the spotlight shone on my face through the book. The selfie remote control was in my right hand and was blocked by the book. (From the article: Kyoto: Living here is like living in an art exhibition hall)

Photographed at Zu Hai Pavilion in Osaka. Me? As the main body of shooting, it is still placed in one third of the picture.

The above photos are all composed at three points. In order to prevent the subject from being too concentrated, the picture has a sense of hierarchy and priority.

Let's talk about the central composition first, and put the subject in the center of the picture, just to prioritize and highlight the theme.

In a clothing store in Ku Sedas, Turkey, my friends and I took a fancy to this blue and white striped dress at the same time, and it really worked well in boudoir clothes. I set up a tripod at the seaside, and my friends took selfies with me. In order to capture natural and true photos, we jumped and ran, and my right hand kept pressing the wireless shutter remote control, leaving many happy memories. My friend told me that she was interested in the Aegean scene in Turkey. Camera shutter? Kaka? The sound is fresh in my memory, it's so funny ~ _ This centered composition is suitable for pictures with pure background. (From the article: Turkey Travel Trailer)

Tokyo is a world-famous bustling metropolis, but it has not abandoned its awe and yearning for nature because of its development. I often see a place in the corner of the reinforced concrete in the city. Sen? The theme of the world. For example, Meiji Jingu in the city center, which occupies the whole area from Yoyogi to Harajuku Station, is the largest green space in the center of Tokyo. The grass and trees in front of me made me forget that I was in the city. We spent an ideal afternoon here: the sun was warm and the wind was blowing, lying on the grass reading, chatting, taking a nap and taking pictures. Put yourself in the center of the picture to make it look stable and quiet. (From the article: A glimpse: Tokyo wandering outside the bustling)

Chasing the sunset all the way in Venice, I unconsciously came to the Church of Our Lady of Ankang. I set the tripod to the angle of looking up and put myself in the center of the cathedral, which can highlight the grandeur of the church. The tripod is placed on the steps (see the picture below), and behind it is the canal. It feels really dangerous when shooting, for fear that the camera will fall into the water unsteadily. . . I specially hung my bag under a tripod to increase stability. (From the article: Travels in Italy (III): Venice, familiar with the feeling of getting lost)

3-beat backlight

Whether it's shooting people or scenery, I especially like shooting backlight. Backlight shooting always gives people a romantic and dreamy feeling, which can make the picture have a completely different effect from the actual light we saw with the naked eye at the scene. Please choose sunrise in the morning or sunset at night for backlight shooting. The sunshine in these two periods is soft and warm, not dazzling.