How to introduce Japanese photos in Japanese style

How many girls like to organize Japanese photos? The most Japanese girl in the entertainment circle is Shen Yue! Bian Xiao has always liked him. Photos of Japan always give people a feeling of tranquility, serenity and lack of luck. Because of this, Bian Xiao once wanted to go to Japan. Do you like this Japanese feeling? Then you know how to call out Japanese tunes, and Bian Xiao knows! Come on, let's start the photography class!

The overall tone of Japanese photos is elegant and bright.

The color is simple and light,

Low saturation,

Pay attention to the treatment of light and shadow,

Sometimes a large aperture is used to deliberately create the effect of virtual focus.

but

Not all photos are suitable for Japanese colors.

What kind of photos are suitable for Japanese colors?

Let's choose a photo to analyze the steps of Japanese color matching.

first step

Analyze the photos. The overall brightness of the photo is not enough, and the colors of the characters and the surrounding environment are grayish yellow.

Enter f/ 1.8 1/8000s.

Second step

Adjust exposure and contrast. The whole picture was dark. First, increase the exposure, and then add a little contrast to get a normal exposure photo. Increasing the contrast can reduce the gray level and make the picture clearer. Because it was taken by children, we want to present a fresh and bright Japanese effect, so that the brightness of the picture can be brighter.

Third step

Adjust the white balance. Now let's debug the color temperature of the picture. Try the effect of adding and subtracting color temperature respectively.

The color temperature is 4250K K k.

If you want a clean and bright tone atmosphere, you can choose the effect that the overall picture is a little colder, that is, the color temperature is 4250K K K.

The color temperature is 5575K K k.

Fourth step

Deal with underexposed areas of the face. After adjusting the basic cold and warm colors, the next step is to deal with the details. Because the face of the character is facing away from the sun, it is a little dark, while the exposed arms and legs are slightly overexposed. We can improve it by adjusting highlights and shadows.

In addition to highlights and shadows, black and white steps can also adjust the light and dark parts. In fact, there is a gadget in Lightroom that is particularly useful for local brushes. Just like the highlight stick and shadow brush in makeup, it is very convenient. You can brush wherever you want according to the actual situation.

After finding this little brush, we can "make up".

Local brightening (face)

This small brush is very powerful. It can not only adjust the light and shade, but also adjust almost all functions. You can adjust these sliders after brushing an area with a brush.

Step five

Adjust individual colors. After handling the exposure of details, be sure to correct individual colors. It depends on your personal preference and color perception. My usual habit is to reduce the yellow and saturation in green.

People's skin color is usually adjusted by orange and red.

Step 6

Reduce color saturation. Reducing the color saturation slightly can make the whole picture cleaner and brighter.

Step 7

Secondary composition. After color matching, let's look at the composition. There is not much problem with the composition of this original picture, but the right railing is exposed. If you cut it off, it will look cleaner. This step can also be completed in the first step of the operation.

Lightroom's clipping function is very easy to use. You can choose the appropriate photo scale according to your own preferences, or you can enter a custom value to choose custom.

I usually open photos in Photoshop to decorate people's skin, but I don't deal with children's skin, so I keep their original true and natural appearance.

The purpose of later study is to let you know what kind of thinking to use to deal with different photos. If you simply copy the preset mechanically, it will not work. What we need to learn are ideas and methods. Because every photo is different, it is a unique product of every scene, light, temperature, people and so on.

Thank you for being so beautiful and willing to read Bian Xiao's article.