How to take portraits

Close-ups can be said to be the most popular portrait photos, which are widely used both on the cover of fashion magazines and for business purposes. Generally, it shows the details of a person's head above the shoulder or a subject, and the person is photographed in the simplest composition way, as long as the subject has an expression facing the camera. I believe it's easy for most people who like beginners. You can also show only a part of the face of the character and highlight the details to be expressed. When shooting close-ups, the composition should be as full as possible, the image processing should be large but not small, and the spatial range should be small but not empty. Through close-ups, we can show the inner world of the characters through their instantaneous expressions.

Step 2 take a bust with composition

Portrait photography we have the highest probability of taking a bust. In the process of shooting a bust, the changeable composition can improve your shooting speed and make changes. Let's explain a few conventional bust compositions.

A bust with a right angle on the chest usually consists of a vertical frame. If you want to photograph a lady, this is a good way to express it. Besides the pose of the model, the background is the most difficult to control. If you shoot in color mode, you must keep the background simple. The solution is to simplify the lines or colors of the background as much as possible. This time is often a test of the photographer's ability to discover the background. Processing such photos will find the background that is as simple as possible but can explain the environment. If it really doesn't work, then open the aperture, which is also a compromise method.

Step 3 pat the whole body with the environment

Good portrait photography is the perfect combination of landscape and model. Let us not only stare at the model when shooting, but also look for elements in shooting, taking the landscape as an element and the model as an element. Only the combination of various elements flashes in the photographer's mind.

It is difficult for any element to make a successful work. Although controlling the picture elements is simple, it is not a day's work to use them consciously and creatively in the actual shooting process. In particular, we should deal with the harmony of colors and make the whole picture full of vitality. Some backgrounds, such as rough stone walls, large areas of plants, ponds, buildings, highways, sculptures, etc. As long as these background materials are reasonably combined and used, successful works of environmental figures can be obtained.

4, tone to create an atmosphere (high-profile)

Tone is the overall impression of color structure.

High-profile pictures can give people a feeling of lightness, purity, beauty, brightness, beauty, quietness, elegance and comfort. The tone of high-profile photos is mostly white and light gray, and there are few black and gray tones. The tone of the whole picture is relatively simple and clear. High-profile photos can be divided into soft high-profile photos and hard high-profile photos: soft high-profile photos have little difference in tone and can show the hierarchical structure of the subject in detail; The tough and high-profile picture has almost no hue, and it is almost only outlined by lines.

5, tone to create an atmosphere (low-key)

Low-key pictures can give people a mysterious, solemn, melancholy, implicit, deep, steady, bold and stubborn feeling. Images with strong contrast often give people anger, strength and excitement; On the contrary, flat (small contrast) pictures often give people a feeling of desolation, depression and simplicity. Low-key photos have a strong tone throughout the picture, but it is best to have a white tone. Even if the area is small, this white tone can make the whole picture come alive.

The tones of low-key photos are mostly dark gray, light black and black tones, and light tones occupy a small position. The tone of the whole picture is thick and deep.