What are the common folk photography techniques?

1. Depth of field is an important factor in folk works.

When we shoot folk works, what attracts our attention most is the interesting elements in the scene, which is often encountered in folk customs. So, how do you enlarge these interesting elements through your own camera? We should make full use of the depth of field of the lens. Depth of field is very important for folk works. We can highlight the desired elements through the depth of field of the lens, or we can use the depth of field to enhance the atmosphere of the picture. Generally, the aperture of F5.6-F8 is more suitable. Excessive aperture will lead to a shallow depth of field, which can not show the wonderful folk scenes. Large aperture will play the role of shooting small local scenes and still live in folk works. If the aperture is too small, the picture will be messy and have no subject. So we should make rational use of depth of field. When shooting some local close-ups and distinctive folk goods in the scene, you can use a relatively large aperture; Shooting a work that reflects the festive atmosphere requires that the aperture be reduced by a few pieces.

2. Diffuse light shooting outdoor folk activities

When we shoot folk songs, we often encounter such problems. The light ratio of the scene is very large. Because the people at the scene are messy, the photos taken often have strong shadows and highlights. So you have to understand that cloudy days are not good weather for landscape photography, but it can be said that cloudy days are an excellent opportunity for us to shoot outdoor works such as folk customs. The diffuse light on cloudy days can make the light in the picture softer like a soft light box, thus ensuring that there is no strong contrast in the picture.

3. The angle of composition becomes the key to the picture.

Good composition and good angle will add a lot of color to the work. Especially when shooting folk songs, we can easily find different angles of a work. When shooting close-ups of small commodities in temple fairs, we can use the lateral head-up angle to shoot, so that according to the perspective of the picture and the use of large aperture and shallow depth of field, we can show the main part of the picture to the maximum extent.

What are the common folk photography techniques? When we mentioned shooting nostalgic works above, we suggest that you use diffuse light to shoot. But in the case of large light ratio, we can use black and white to make the picture more impactful and dramatic. But this does not mean that "black is black and white is white", and large areas of highlights and dark parts in the picture are not good works. We should distribute the light of the picture reasonably. In some places, it is ok to have a strong contrast between light and shade, which can increase the tension of the work. But it is absolutely impossible to have a strong contrast between light and shade in a large area. Especially when the dark part is extremely dark and the bright part is extremely bright, such a large range of color blocks is not good. Especially when taking pictures with the sky, we should pay more attention to this problem. Therefore, you must master the light of the picture when composing a composition.