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Photographer's original shooting skills

Eight photography formulas teach you skills that only professionals know.

1, polarized light reflected light, gradient flat contrast

How to use polarizer or gradient lens correctly is a problem that photographers must figure out. The characteristic of polarizer is that it can better remove some messy and dazzling reflections in the scene, and the gradient lens can balance the contrast of light. Especially, the gradient lens commonly used in photography can not only balance the contrast of light, but also darken the sky, make the sky bluer and white clouds whiter when shooting at about 45 degrees from the sun.

2, the characters are interesting and need to make the finishing point.

For humanities, portraits, documentaries, etc. Most of the pictures are mainly people. A qualified photographer must first be familiar with and understand human knowledge and understanding. Every movement, every look can represent different actions and ideas. Look at people's spirits, the first thing to look at is expression and eyes. People's eyes can represent all people's actions and thoughts.

3. There are more cloudy days, mainly cloudless places.

Most photographers can understand the meaning of these two sentences. The blue sky and thick and beautiful white clouds are the happiest and most exciting moments for photographers, and then set off by shocking and charming scenes, blockbusters will come from your hands. Cloudless skies in Wan Li often lack a sense of hierarchy and are gray. It is better to shoot the sky less and give priority to the ground.

There is no good light at noon, but good light is in the morning.

Photography is the most taboo to direct sunlight at noon. Generally speaking, it refers to the period from 10 to 3 pm every morning (depending on the regional time difference), because the light is too hard, the picture is too dry, and there is no sense of hierarchy. The best shooting time for photography is every morning and one night. Because of the low color temperature and soft light, in the case of insufficient sunlight, all kinds of scenery are well-defined and beautiful.

5, wide-angle heavy theme, telephoto compression scene

Shooting with a wide-angle lens is one of the most common choices in portrait photography, especially shooting some large scenes, which can make the picture look broad but informal. It is not enough to shoot some scenes with wide-angle lens, and they are often synthesized in the form of tab. The characteristics of telephoto lens have a certain compression effect on the scene, which is just the opposite of wide-angle lens, especially suitable for shooting long-distance and local close-ups.

6, small aperture depth of field, fully open paste background

Small aperture and large depth of field will have a large focus range, which can play a role in large scene clarity and detail expression. The large aperture scene is shallow and the focus range is small, which can highlight the theme and blur the background. But the practical application of depth of field depends on the focal length and distance of the lens. The longer the focal length, the larger the aperture, the shallower the depth of field, and the shorter the focal length, the smaller the aperture and the greater the depth of field. At the same time, the length of camera distance also has a great relationship with the control of depth of field.

7, streams should be exposed for a long time, continuous and dense.

Under normal circumstances, when you see waterfalls, streams and other scenes, you can mostly use slow exposure, which can make the picture show the feeling of continuous drizzle and have a different artistic conception. But you can also use high-speed shutter to shoot according to your own creativity, and solidify the scenes such as water droplets, which will be another scene.

8. Avoid long-term exposure to light and wet rocks.

When shooting at night, the most taboo is strong light. Because night shooting is generally a long exposure, if you don't avoid the strong light above, choose in the picture, there is no doubt that the final result is serious overexposure. When shooting rocks, it is best to choose wet rocks after rain, because dry rocks will look pale and thirsty, lacking texture and layering. Wet rock can best express the performance of color, texture and texture.