The shooting angle and skill of bust.

Lead: Busts and full-length portraits pay more attention to the choice of picture background. The plane background is not only monotonous, but also lacks change. Choosing tree-lined paths and corridors with a strong sense of hierarchy can create a three-dimensional and deep picture background. In grasping and controlling the pose of the model, we should try our best to avoid the rigid symmetry of the limbs, and use various interwoven lines in the model's body and background to form various forms of composition.

The shooting angle and skills of bust use background perspective to expand the field of vision.

Busts and full-length portraits pay more attention to the choice of picture background. The plane background is not only monotonous, but also lacks change. Choosing tree-lined paths and corridors with a strong sense of hierarchy can create a three-dimensional and deep picture background.

The background with visual extensibility comes from the depth elements in the background and the perspective deformation effect of the lens. When composing a composition, on one side of the figure's body in the picture, the elements with a sense of order are arranged in the distance along the depth direction, and a background with a sense of line form will be formed in the picture.

Use the perspective in the background to extend the depth of the picture, and the picture comes from the network.

Models can choose to rely on standing and regard the model as the foreground and visual center of the picture.

Using body composition skillfully

There are many picture elements that busts can collect and organize. When the background is chaotic, find their sense of order. In grasping and controlling the pose of the model, we should try our best to avoid the rigid symmetry of the limbs, and use all kinds of interwoven lines in the model's body and background to form a well-formed composition.

In this example, the photographer chooses a low-angle backhand, the model is located at the intersection of the horizontal line and the vertical line of the picture, and the characters are highlighted from the picture by using the visual guidance of the lines.

Using diagonal composition skillfully

Whether it is a banner composition or a vertical composition, when the model's body posture is roughly in a straight line in the picture, and there is not much movement and change in the limbs, the vertical body posture will appear monotonous and dull.

Diagonal composition

At this point, the photographer can slightly rotate the camera's holding angle, so that the figure is in a diagonal position in the picture, and the diagonal composition is full of dynamic effect, which can make people look as dull as photos, while for portraits, it can show the youthful and lively vitality of girls.

Close-up photos mainly show people's faces, while busts are faced with the problem of cutting off limbs when taking pictures.

Usually, the bust is cut from the waist or thigh of the model, but in the treatment of upper limbs, many film friends made the mistake of cutting the model's arm when shooting.

Improper arm cutting affects the picture effect.

Although it can't be generalized, the cutting of the arm will often destroy the overall effect of the picture, making the picture appear abrupt, and the incomplete arm can't be remedied in the post-processing. Therefore, the photographer should pay special attention to the movement and position of the model's arm when composing, and adjust the shape and posture of the model's arm through communication and guidance to avoid incomplete or ugly arm movements in the picture.

Show the graceful body curve of the model

The adjustment and control of model posture is the key and difficult point in portrait photography. When shooting a bust, the photographer can guide the model's body posture to be adjusted in the picture through communication with the model, and show the graceful body curve of the model through S-shaped composition.

Chest circumference can well represent the model's body curve, and from the front or side of the model's body, it can well represent the elegant posture of the model.

The S-shaped composition shows the graceful posture of the model.

One of the focuses of shooting is clothing. In order to get the ideal effect, the model's clothes should not be too loose. Photographers should guide models into a state of self-confidence and relaxation, and at the same time adapt to the environment and atmosphere. For example, wearing a swimsuit to show the model's body curve in the sun is an ideal shooting scene.

Derivation of backlight profile by exposure technique

Using backlight to create portraits, you can use silhouette shooting techniques to create works with strong sense of form and appeal. If the sky is correctly exposed in the photos taken with the limited dynamic range of digital camera under strong backlight, the people in the shadow will appear completely black or almost completely black because of the huge contrast of light in the picture, the details of people will be filtered out and the outline of people will be highlighted.

Backlight shooting

In order to correctly expose the sky, when people are underexposed, photographers can use spot metering to measure with the sky as the benchmark, and at the same time, they can adjust the exposure compensation appropriately according to the shooting effect, and then re-compose and shoot.

Changes in sitting posture and limbs

In portrait photography, the basic postures of models are divided into standing posture, sitting posture and lying posture, among which sitting posture is the most commonly used and common figure posture except standing posture.

Portrait of sitting

Sitting posture can be divided into frontal sitting posture and lateral sitting posture. In order to get the ideal effect, the photographer should ask the model to sit on the outside of the chair and keep a good posture. Don't put your whole body on the chair, or the waist and shoulders of the model will be relaxed and lazy. At the same time, attention should be paid to the leg treatment of frontal sitting posture in composition, so as to avoid the direction of legs and arms being parallel to the shooting direction, and the limbs of the model can properly use various movements such as crossing to obtain natural effects.

Insert a vivid foreground into the painting.

Whether it is a close-up, bust or full-length portrait, photographers often use a large aperture to blur the background to create a picture. In fact, in portrait photography, the introduction of foreground often plays a very good role.

The foreground in portrait photography can help photographers express some meanings, such as the foreground with occlusion effect, which can show the characteristics of lively and naughty models; Props with auxiliary functions as the foreground can set off the theme of the picture and the identity of the characters.

Add foreground to a picture.

In addition, the foreground can be blurred in a way similar to the background, so that they will not steal the limelight.

Control the model's line of sight and create artistic conception

In close-up photos, models usually choose to look directly at the camera, while in bust shooting, models have more room to play freely, and they can create a picture atmosphere and express their inner world through the change of sight.

The model's sight can express many different emotions, such as joy, surprise, waiting, frustration and loss. The relationship between the model's line of sight and the direction of the lens, as well as the model's own characteristics and expressive force are the main factors affecting this effect.

Control the model's line of sight

Being a model? Into the play? After that, the photographer must quickly capture the shooting opportunity to avoid the change of the model's state. In this case, the model's line of sight is toward the upper left of the photo, which makes people think.

Clever choice of special perspective

In addition to changes in composition, the creativity of portrait photography often comes from novel shooting angles. After mastering the general shooting skills of bust, we should try and innovate in shooting angle, and combine lenses with various focal lengths to create a brand-new picture perspective.

Shooting from a special angle creates a new perspective.

In this case, the photographer shoots from a high angle, and the model walks out of the underground passage and turns to look up at the photographer. The model in the picture is very weak in the industrial scene full of concrete breath, and the foreground of the picture not only plays a role of shielding, but also creates the effect of picture composition and strengthens the expressive force of rigid-flexible contrast of the picture. In many scenes, creative portrait photos can also be obtained by using low-angle photography, and the key to success lies in constant trying.

Seize the vivid and natural leisure moment

The casual beauty of a model is always fleeting, but it is often the most vivid and true. When creating portraits, photographers may wish to adopt more flexible expression techniques, such as dynamic continuous shooting and snapshots, in order to obtain more realistic and natural moments.

The model's expression when looking back is the most real and natural.

When the model is moving, you need to turn on the tracking and focusing function of the digital SLR camera. In actual shooting, the photographer can design the movement route or activity mode for the model in advance, and then send a signal to start snapping. In order to make the shooting effect more realistic and overcome the shutter lag of digital SLR cameras, it is often more successful to press the shutter a little earlier.