My Learning Experience (4 1) Sunrise and Sunset Shooting Skills

In landscape photography, it is difficult to shoot sunrise and sunset, with the most subtle changes in light and shadow and the richest colors.

I. Preparation of equipment

The host generally chooses a machine with higher pixels; The pixel requirement of the standby machine is not so high, so it is recommended to use a half-frame machine.

Accessories: generally with a four-speed grey mirror and a grey mirror, cable release, six-speed tripod and the following accessories.

Lens: generally a large aperture fixed focus lens; There are also 24 ~ 70 lenses; Telephoto lens.

The picture below was taken with a 50mm aperture of 0.95. You can see that the peach blossom on the left is very clear and the background is blurred, but the environment is relatively complete and the picture has artistic conception.

You can describe the same picture in different ways, that is, with different lenses. Although we can't have all the shots, of course, before that, we should have a general understanding of the visual effects of different shots.

The telephoto lens can not only shoot objects at close range, but also change the proportion of foreground and background. It is this ratio that can bring some surprises. Such as sunrise and moonrise, you can shoot a larger proportion of the sun or moon through a longer focal length.

In order to avoid the light of the moon, the following picture was taken with a focal length lens of 105, and more than one photo of 100 was superimposed, each exposure time was 30 seconds.

For example, in the bright moonlight, if you shoot the orbit of a star, you can also use the medium telephoto to avoid the moon part.

The following two pictures are in the same environment as the above one, and were taken from a wide angle the next morning. One is 12mm, and the other is a 24mm lens.

Many times, you can run a short distance if the focal length is properly lengthened. Of course, you need to pay attention to these changes in perspective.

Moreover, a wider lens can get more exaggerated perspective enhancement, the proportion of the foreground will be enlarged, the foreground will be narrowed, and a wider sky can be photographed.

When shooting the same element at different shooting positions, you can use different focal lengths to obtain subjects with similar proportions.

Therefore, in fact, no matter what kind of focal length is used, we only need to understand the characteristics of the lens, and we can shoot excellent scenery with different footwork positions.

If your shooting range and scenes are mostly small, such as shooting city scenery, it is more suitable to shoot shocking big scenes in a narrow shooting space.

On the contrary, if you shoot a relatively vast grassland, naturally in these large scenes, telephoto can shoot farther scenic spots and reduce the running distance.

Second, the control of shooting season and time

Introduce several photography-related apps:

Several ways to play Baidu map

You can search the whole network from the satellite map, and then zoom in and observe the distinctive buildings, so that you can find the desired target quickly. Here, you can also know the light, shadow and light direction from north to south well on the map.

Having a satellite search shooting point in the whole city is equivalent to having a reconnaissance map on the drone. Of course, this is not enough. Click the Layer button again and select Panorama Map. At this time, where there are blue road signs, there is a panoramic lens on the ground.

This is a panoramic view. You can adjust the viewing angle up, down, left and right. Click on the arrow on the map, move the visual point forward, and you can easily view our main characters in all directions, and then book the shooting position in advance.

The following shooting exercises are very meaningful. I usually choose a main building, compose a composition from different perspectives around it, and observe and shoot in different positions.

If you are in a strange city, you can use Ctrip or other apps to collect shooting points, or you can switch to the "travel and play" mode in the theme of Baidu map, so that you can directly identify the scenic spots.

For example, we saw the "Yuejiang Tower" on the map, and we can look at the terrain structure with the satellite map.

Directly click on the bubble in the scenic spot, and you will directly enter the special page of "Yuejiang Building". Even the introduction copy is ready, and then click on the panoramic view. Mobile phone, observe the viewing angle in gyro mode.

Then switch the panorama, start with the real scene, or adjust the perspective here, and try the way of composition first, which is very helpful to strange cities.

Sharing a skill can help you grasp the different effects of light and shadow changes and seasonal changes faster. Find a suitable shooting location on your balcony or community, set up a shooting file and record it for one year.

Third, camera settings and parameter suggestions

Fourth, composition experience and light control skills

A beautiful scenery film must ensure that the information is as complete as possible. In other words, every inch of detail in the picture can be recognized by the audience when they look carefully, so that they have a sense of presence. For example, Rizhao Jinshan, in addition to the sunshine, the details in the valley should also be clearly visible.

But it's easier said than done. We need to accurately control the brightness of every inch of light and shadow in the picture, so I say that from the beginning to the end, the most important thing in the landscape is to "control the light".

The important task of our early shooting is to make the content of the picture we shot complete, and we will re-enhance and adjust his space later. We will break down the detailed lighting control methods for you in the following contents.

The key is that the main elements in these photos must be distinct and prominent, such as the Potala Palace. The proportion of the main body of Potala Palace is very small, but we can see the concave-convex texture of the cement and every grain of sand in the tower from its foreground. There are lights, reflections and bright and dark parts in the middle of this texture.

The following photo shows what kind of environment this subject is in, and the role of other elements in this environment sets off and explains this environment, such as exaggerated and textured prospects.

For example, the gorgeous glow in the sunrise and sunset, of course, the choice of content is also very important, except for the main body and the elements set off, other content should be as simple or clean as possible.

Through the super wide-angle lens, the close perspective relationship is enhanced, making the picture more tense, and some partition elements in the picture are simplified through long exposure and slow door opening.

In addition, we should pay attention to the relationship between the subject and the surrounding, and the relationship between the subject and the foreground. In Chinese painting, there is a way of expression called blank space. Usually in landscape painting, the mountains before and after the two levels will be separated by blank spaces.

Even in a bustling city, the same picture can be smooth and clean, or a friend has found a rule from the parameters. Yes, the most direct and effective simplification method is the slow door.

Under the linkage of point measurement, the focus is photometry. We have completed the focusing process by manual focusing. At this time, we choose to press the shutter for the focus, and the exposure indicator table appears. Corresponding tips.

What users of Canon and Sony need to pay attention to is that there are many models without point-testing linkage. When the spot test is turned on, there will be a black circle in the center to focus.

If the light ratio in the picture is not much different, we only need to measure the subject, so that the subject can be exposed normally and the details are rich. In the case of large light, it is necessary to measure light many times and use light control method.

When the light is relatively large, it is not enough to measure an area alone. We need to measure two or more areas and understand the overall light difference.

When shooting normally, we want the foreground to be rich in details. According to the exposure method mentioned above, we put the metering point in the foreground and let the pointer of the exposure indicator light be at 0.

If we move the metering point up and put it in the sky, at this time our exposure indicator pointer is at the position of +3, which means that the sky is three levels brighter than our foreground.

At that time, we only needed a 3-step gradient filter to expose the details of the sky, so that the exposure of heaven and earth would be balanced.

Only when the details and accurate exposure of the picture are obtained in the early shooting can there be enough space for post-processing.