Tips for human body shooting

In portrait photography, human photography is a unique branch with its unique charm. It is an art, not vulgar nude photos, it shows the original charm of the human body, rather than simply venting sexual desire. How can I take a good picture of the human body? The following are my simple views, hoping to help everyone.

Tools/raw materials

Canon or Nikon SLR camera

Methods/steps

1. scene

There are generally two kinds of human photography: interior or exterior.

Interior shooting: The advantage is that there is no external interference, you can concentrate on communicating with the model, try different postures and shooting angles, and the lighting is convenient. It is easy to shoot some mid-shot, close-up and close-up effects, especially close-up and close-up effects.

Location shooting: The advantage is that you can get the lighting effects of real scenes, such as swaying trees, sparkling lilies, and some backlight effects. However, the shortcomings are also obvious. Be sure to avoid idle people around you, it is easy to be caught spreading obscene and pornographic information (hehe). Good scenes are easy to find, and it is also a great psychological test for models.

So there are more interior shots.

2. Focal length

Here we mainly start with indoor shooting. First of all, there is not much space, usually a window sill or a light background wall. The focal length should not be too small, and a 50mm fixed-focus lens can be used to facilitate communication with the model; Or a fixed-focus lens with a focal length of 85mm, a good background blur effect can be obtained; It is also recommended to use a zoom lens above 100mm to shoot the macro effect.

3. The theme should be positive energy

The so-called art is still vulgar. To put it bluntly, it's not whether the model is beautiful or not, but whether it has connotation. Don't take the human body as the entrance and excessively pursue the temptation of the human body. This is eroticism. However, if the theme with a certain depth of understanding or positive significance is the main body, supplemented by the appropriate human body, that is art, different entry points will lead to different final results, such as some burly male bodies and some touching historical backgrounds, which can vividly and systematically produce tragic characters, such as posters of 300 Spartans.