Tips for taking photos of people and cars

What are the techniques for taking pictures of people and cars? The following are the techniques for taking pictures of people and cars that I have carefully compiled for you. I hope it will be helpful to you, welcome to read.

Tips for taking photos of people and cars

Photos of two people

For taking photos from vehicles, clever use of car windows is a great way to frame the seats. Two people in the driver's seat is the simplest and most effective photo pose.

When shooting, you need to pay attention to the aperture not to be too large, so that there is enough depth of field to clearly capture the driver and passenger. In addition, you must also pay attention not to have too much overlap between the characters, and not to be blocked by the A-pillar of the car. Character's face.

Also sitting in the driver’s seat, you can also take photos from the front. The picture will show a symmetrical composition, and the front of the car facing the camera will also give people a sense of impact. In terms of postures, the driver can hold the steering wheel, and the co-pilot can show various states, such as leaning on the window and pretending to sleep, which will make the picture full of story.

A group photo of 3 people

When taking a group photo of 3 people, you can use the configuration of 2 people in the front seat and 1 person outside the car. As shown in the picture above, with the co-pilot as the center, the driver's face can move closer to the co-pilot. At the same time, people outside the car open the door to ensure that the door frame does not block the face.

Three people can also sit back-to-back in the carriage, with the person in the middle as the focus of the picture. Scenes such as viewing a map or watching a camera can be set up to guide the people and achieve the purpose of natural expressions.

A fully loaded trunk is like a full fuel tank, which can give people a sense of stability. Why not take advantage of this to take a group photo?

Shooting the back box from the front will form a neat frame composition, which will give people a sense of safety and stability. Frame the people in it and arouse their emotions, and you can take a group photo full of joy. And there is no problem with 1-2 more people.

A group photo of four people

When taking a group photo of four people, more composition levels are often required. As shown in the picture above, you can use the front and rear windows, the rear windows and the outside of the car to arrange the positions of characters.

When shooting, you need to compose the picture from the diagonal front of the vehicle. The person closest to the camera (front window) will appear larger, so you can make a more restrained posture, such as holding your elbows with your hands. The two figures in the rear window are in the center of the picture, but will be blocked by the car door, so they need to raise their posture or open their bodies to ensure their proportion in the picture. The posture of people outside the car is relatively simple, as long as they are not blocked too much by the person in front.

In addition, let’s introduce another method of using vehicles and multiple characters to create the rhythm of the picture. Originally, shooting a vehicle from the full side would look dull, but by placing one person standing on the roof, one person sitting on the roof, one person at the front window, and one person sitting on the front hood, the deadlock can be broken very well and create a dramatic scene. The height difference. If there are more people, you can also arrange for them to sit or stand in front of the car.

A group photo of up to 5 or more people

Taking a photo of 5 or more people can also be divided into 3 levels. It is recommended to use the method of 1, 2, 2 to allocate people from front to back. . You can use the door to separate the first row and the second row as shown in the picture above. What needs special attention is that the height of the character's head should not simply go from low to high or from high to low. The correct way is to use various places on the car body that can be placed to create rhythmic changes in height.

If it is a few very close friends, you can also have 5 people gather in the back box in a lying position, and then shoot from the front. At this time, it is recommended to choose one person in the middle to face the camera, and everyone else to look at this person, so as to avoid the composition being too rigid.

This is another way of shooting from a positive angle (the rear of the car). Unlike the previous one that used the trunk, this one uses the sunroof and side windows of the vehicle to achieve the difference in height and front and rear of the character. It should be noted that the positions of the characters should not be symmetrical, because the vehicle itself is already a large symmetrical element. If the characters are placed in a symmetrical formation, it will look a bit bland.

Generally speaking, if you use a vehicle to take a group photo, if there are few people, you can make full use of the windows, doors and trunk as elements of the frame composition, so that the surrounding effect will make the picture full of warmth and security.

If there are a large number of people and everyone stands on the same plane, it will look dull. In this case, you can use the vehicle's pedals, roofs, windows, etc. to create various height differences, creating a rich and colorful picture. Full of rhythm.

Finally, it is also a good method to use front and back layers to shoot multiple people. At this time, you can open the car door to create a gap between the front and rear, making the photo full of space. At the same time, an appropriate foreground can also make the photo more present, which requires your creativity!

Extended reading

Group photo skills

1. Focus point selection

Many cameras have face recognition systems that will automatically align Face focusing, but the current system still has unpredictable problems from time to time.

The face recognition system not only recognized the old man in the background, but also recognized other round objects as human faces.

This is true when there are few people, but it is definitely more likely to cause problems when there are many people.

As the system continues to improve, the accuracy will improve, but we cannot place all our hopes on the improvement of the system. So, switch to MF and focus manually.

When selecting the focus point, we must first pay attention to the fact that the focus is not actually focused on a specific point, but on the plane at the same distance from the focus point.

So, if you simply stand in a row and focus on any one of them, the effect will be the same.

1. Simply arrange in a single row and aim at the face of any one of them

If there are a lot of people taking a group photo and they stand in several rows, we need to narrow the aperture to obtain a large depth of field. And focus on the middle row.

2. For a group photo of multiple rows of people, turn down the aperture and focus on the middle row.

The above are more formal types of group photos, such as graduation For photos, conference group photos, etc., everyone will stand in a neat row or rows.

However, in informal situations, few people will stand so neatly, but more often they will be arranged staggeredly. This requires you to make an overall judgment and then choose the person at the right distance to focus.

3. Focus on people who are neither far nor close.

In addition, there is another principle: when the distance is roughly equal, try to focus on the person in the middle.

The reason is also very simple. The people in the middle are either leaders or more popular people. In short, they are more "important" people. Of course, they must be photographed clearly.

2 Exposure compensation

When taking group photos, generally choosing the average metering mode can achieve good results, but sometimes we need to adjust the exposure compensation (ev) according to the scene conditions.

When there is backlight in the background, or the background brightness is high (such as shooting during the day, the background is the sky), ev needs to be increased so that the face can be correctly exposed.

The background is very bright, and exposure compensation needs to be increased to ensure that the face is not dark

In addition, if the person taking the photo has a larger proportion in the picture and is wearing the same style of dark or light clothing, It may also be necessary to adjust EV when loading clothes.

There are many black parts, you may need to reduce ev to prevent the face from being too bright

It is all white, you may need to increase ev

3. Use of flash

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When the ambient light is insufficient, you need to use a flash to fill in the light. Flash not only illuminates faces, but also creates eye-light effects.

When there are a large number of people and more than three rows, the "firepower" of the built-in flash may not be enough, and you need more powerful lighting tools, such as off-camera flash, lights, etc.

It should be noted that after using the flash, the shutter speed should be lowered to prevent the photographer from closing his eyes after the flash.

The shooting effect of using flash. In addition, when shooting in places with severely insufficient ambient light, red-eye phenomenon is likely to occur.

If you don’t want the white light of the flash to ruin the atmosphere of the scene, you can add colored paper in front of the flash to coordinate the flash light with the scene environment, such as adding yellow cellophane when shooting in the evening.

4. Don’t be afraid to raise the ISO

Another problem with flash is that it may darken the background while illuminating the foreground.

When you are shooting in a low-light environment and want to retain background details, you may encounter this situation with a flash.

Use flash when taking photos of night scenes. The background is almost completely black. Don’t be afraid to increase the ISO, especially when using flash at the same time. In fact, high ISO does not interfere much with portrait faces.

Raising the ISO and using flash can illuminate the face while maintaining certain background details. It is worth a try. The impact of noise on highlighted faces is not great.

5 continuous shooting mode

Worried about someone blinking, not looking at the camera, or having a stiff expression? Then use continuous shooting mode.

After setting up the POSE, take several shots in succession and choose the most “perfect” one, or use post-processing software to synthesize the most “perfect” one.

6. Use toys skillfully

Cute children and cute toys will always look particularly harmonious, quiet, warm and cute when they stay together!

7. Bring small animals

By the way, there are also small animals. Babies will be very happy when they see the furry animals. They will chase and play with the small animals and have fun. Happy! However, the little animals are very naughty, so remember to capture them quickly!

8. Make full use of backlighting

Don’t think that backlighting can only lead to failed photos. In a backlighting environment, you can often take photos with a different feeling. Children are so young. A small silhouette paired with a beautiful sunset. Is there a more beautiful picture than this? Of course not!

9. Take snapshots without deliberately posing

Adults are sometimes used to asking children to pose in a certain pose before taking photos. The photos taken in this way are often rigid and lack aura, especially when When taking photos of older children, be sure not to force them to pose. The childlike innocence that comes out naturally is what we need to remember the most, and this is exactly why we don’t go to the photo studio to take pictures, isn’t it? Capture the child at a certain moment Aren’t funny expressions also a lucky thing?

10.Run, baby!

Let your children run to their heart’s content! Childhood is all about laughing, running, and jumping. It’s so beautiful to capture the most natural and authentic running appearance of your children!