Shooting skills of group photos

Lead: It is not so easy to take a group photo, because there are many people, and some may have thousands of people. So it is very important to master some skills of taking photos. The following are the photo shooting techniques I have carefully arranged for you. Welcome to refer to them!

Group photography skills 1. Choose the right equipment.

1, camera

When choosing photographic equipment, you must choose high-quality lenses and cameras with large-size photosensitive materials. If the number of people exceeds 50, large and medium format cameras are preferred. The advantage of this camera is incomparable to that of 135 camera. Large-area negatives can print huge photos, ensuring that everyone's face in the photos is very clear. Of course, it is not impossible to take a group photo with 135 film camera. When there is no other equipment in hand and the number of people is less than 50, 135 film camera will do. Of course, a large-format camera is also the best choice for taking group photos with less than 50 people. Generally speaking, the order of equipment selection should be: large format camera-medium format camera-small format camera.

2. lens

The best lens for group photos is not a wide-angle lens, but a standard fixed-focus lens, that is, a lens of about 50MM for 135 camera or a lens of about 80MM for 120 camera. Why choose a standard lens? Because the standard lens has incomparable advantages over other lenses: 1) The technology of the standard lens is very mature, the lens quality is very good, and the imaging quality is excellent. And the price of standard lenses is cheaper. 2) The standard fixed-focus lens has almost no deformation. Group photos are not artistic photos, and no exaggeration or reduction is allowed. If the subjects are very important people, and many people's heads are deformed in the final photo, then no one will use you as a photographer. What if the group photo is taken indoors and the indoor space is extremely limited, and the standard lens can't cover the whole picture at all? In this case, if you have to shoot, it is recommended to choose a fixed-focus wide-angle lens. Because the deformation control of fixed-focus wide-angle lens is much stronger than that of zoom wide-angle lens. So the order of lens selection is: fixed focus standard lens-zoom standard lens-fixed focus wide-angle lens.

Group photography skills II. Choose the best shooting combination

Group portrait photography is divided into two different situations because of the different cameras used. The use of transfer photography is scanning exposure, and the camera is exposed while rotating. The moment when everyone takes a picture is the moment when the camera lens is facing you. Generally speaking, the camera records the gestures of all the subjects on the film at the moment when the shutter is opened. The expression of hundreds of people needs natural expression, and it is impossible to satisfy everyone. What we try our best to do is to open hundreds of pairs of eyes. So in this narrow sense, the so-called moment is to let everyone open their eyes and press the shutter when they don't blink.

1, aperture selection:

Of course, choose a small aperture, and the aperture value obtained according to the depth of field is reduced by one file, that is, the f value is increased by one file. For example, the aperture value measured according to the depth of field is F8, and it is best to shoot with F 1 1. When shooting combined images, the cooperation between aperture and speed is very important. When shooting outdoors in natural light, the shutter speed should be 1/30 seconds, and the aperture should be as small as possible under the premise of correct exposure. If the aperture exceeds F8, the depth of field can be better. When using artificial light source indoors, the brightness is low, but the shutter speed should not be lower than115 seconds, otherwise some subjects will leave blurred motion tracks.

2. Key points:

Two or three rows of photos focus on the first row, and more than four rows of photos focus on the second row. There are two reasons. First, according to the characteristics of depth of field, the depth of field in the back is generally greater than that in the foreground, so it is very scientific to focus on the first row. The other is based on daily experience. Generally, the people sitting in the front row are the most important people, so we should make sure that the focus falls on them.

Group photography skills iii. Master the necessary shooting skills.

Group portrait photography is different from individual artistic photography. A photo, hundreds or even thousands of people crowded together to take pictures, each occupying a small space. Only by showing people's faces clearly and being able to identify themselves quickly is the goal to be achieved. So one is to meet the requirements of correct exposure, and the other is to evenly irradiate everyone's face. According to this feature.

1, light selection:

The best choice is to shoot on cloudy days. Because the light on cloudy days is softer, it won't cause a big shadow on the face. If you shoot in sunny days, don't shoot in light, because direct sunlight will make many people unable to open their eyes and the picture will be very uncomfortable. When shooting in sunny days, there are two options, one is shooting against the light, and the other is shooting in the dark. When shooting in backlight, the light of the face should be measured to ensure the accurate exposure of the face. Of course, it will be better if there is a big flash to fill the light. The truth of shooting in the shadow is similar to that of cloudy days, so I won't go into details.

2. When group photography uses artificial light sources indoors, it adopts forward lighting.

When lighting, try to avoid excessive and heavy projection caused by multi-lamp lighting. The lighting lamp or flash lamp must be raised to a height of 3.5-4 meters to avoid affecting the lighting of people in the back row. When using natural light outdoors, try to use diffuse light, and it is best not to choose side light, side backlight and other light, so the shadow is too big and the face contrast is too big, which is not conducive to the expression of facial contour.