Shooting skills of backlight photography

Backlight photography is one of the favorite forms of photographers, and it is also for the artistic conception of the picture. The life of a painting lies in its expressive force and the emotion it conveys. Light is the pen and ink of the picture, which constitutes the most primitive color of the picture. Everything on the technical level is born for the theme of the picture. The characters in the scene are moving and sobbing under the backlight ... or melancholy, or fresh, or beautiful, which is the strong appeal brought to me by the backlight.

Let's take a look at the tips and experiences shared by photographer Liang Xiaotie.

1. Show the beauty of the outline in the backlight.

The unique charm of silhouette backlight lies in vividly reappearing the silhouette of the subject. Backlight is used to illuminate the outline of the subject, so that the light can outline vivid lines on the subject, and at the same time, it can make the model's hair show more prominently.

I used my favorite 50 F 1.4 for the big aperture here, and the vague sense of space in the big aperture head really fascinated me. Shoot the sky with the light level in the upper left corner of the model's right oblique rear picture. The outline of the hair is beautiful. I placed a reflector across the left front of the model, which can form eye light in the model's eyes.

2. Backlight renders the momentum of the subject.

In this group of emotional photos, I want to show a frankness. I put the backlight in an important position in the composition, letting the light overflow the main body, trying to make the oncoming light strengthen the gas field of the model and make the artistic conception of the picture more appealing.

The shooting environment is in a relatively closed room, the lens is also 50 F 1.4, and the aperture is F2, which not only ensures the imaging quality, but also ensures the fuzziness of space. Using global metering, EV+0.7 ensures the brightness of the picture, and also makes the light coming in from the window stronger. Central composition, I want to make the model's aura stronger and more direct. The backlight behind the model contrasts with the model, pushing the model to the front of the picture and strengthening the artistic conception of the picture.

3. Focus on change and create a static "dynamic"

Shifting focus can create a kind of "dynamic" in static state through the movement of focus. Thinking of this method, thanks to the film Nanjing, I admire the use of short focal length and large aperture in the film, which gives people a strong sense of space. This method can be extrapolated and used in this fresh film.

I want to show the girl's happiness when I take this photo in focus. I still used a large aperture lens of 50 1.4 to create a shallow depth of field. When I quickly took the first photo, the girl nodded casually, and I immediately shifted my focus to her earrings. Ok, I'll put two photos together later, which is exactly what I want.

Backlight photography is one of the favorite forms of photographers, and it is also for the artistic conception of the picture. The life of a painting lies in its expressive force and the emotion it conveys. Light is the pen and ink of the picture, which constitutes the most primitive color of the picture. Everything on the technical level is born for the theme of the picture. The characters in the scene are moving and sobbing under the backlight ... or melancholy, or fresh, or beautiful, which is the strong appeal brought to me by the backlight.

Let's take a look at the tips and experiences shared by photographer Liang Xiaotie.

1. Show the beauty of the outline in the backlight.

The unique charm of silhouette backlight lies in vividly reappearing the silhouette of the subject. Backlight is used to illuminate the outline of the subject, so that the light can outline vivid lines on the subject, and at the same time, it can make the model's hair show more prominently.

I used my favorite 50 F 1.4 for the big aperture here, and the vague sense of space in the big aperture head really fascinated me. Shoot the sky with the light level in the upper left corner of the model's right oblique rear picture. The outline of the hair is beautiful. I placed a reflector across the left front of the model, which can form eye light in the model's eyes.

2. Backlight renders the momentum of the subject.

In this group of emotional photos, I want to show a frankness. I put the backlight in an important position in the composition, letting the light overflow the main body, trying to make the oncoming light strengthen the gas field of the model and make the artistic conception of the picture more appealing.

The shooting environment is in a relatively closed room, the lens is also 50 F 1.4, and the aperture is F2, which not only ensures the imaging quality, but also ensures the fuzziness of space. Using global metering, EV+0.7 ensures the brightness of the picture, and also makes the light coming in from the window stronger. Central composition, I want to make the model's aura stronger and more direct. The backlight behind the model contrasts with the model, pushing the model to the front of the picture and strengthening the artistic conception of the picture.

3. Focus on change and create a static "dynamic"

Shifting focus can create a kind of "dynamic" in static state through the movement of focus. Thinking of this method, thanks to the film Nanjing, I admire the use of short focal length and large aperture in the film, which gives people a strong sense of space. This method can be extrapolated and used in this fresh film.

I want to show the girl's happiness when I take this photo in focus. I still used a large aperture lens of 50 1.4 to create a shallow depth of field. When I quickly took the first photo, the girl nodded casually, and I immediately shifted my focus to her earrings. Ok, I'll put two photos together later, which is exactly what I want.

4. Create a beautiful backlight outline

Aestheticism believes that no matter the scenery or the portrait, the beauty of the sunset is something that every photographer doesn't want to miss. When shooting this picture, I want to create a quiet classic aestheticism, so I chose the expression of silhouette.

Exposure compensation uses EV value to increase by 2 levels to create contour effect. Although high-sensitivity shooting may be used in indoor environment, although some noise will be produced, sometimes the feeling of particles is also a creative effect when we take silhouette.

5. "Disadvantages" and "advantages" of backlight

For the breakthrough of backlight, the glare and ghost of lens are usually the most taboo, and all major lens manufacturers have improved the lens coating process and other technical means to eliminate it. What I want to say is that existence is right and everything has two sides. If you use some lens "shortcomings" flexibly and dare to break through the routine, you will always see something new.

6. Strengthen the effect of backlight in the later period.

The rendering lens does not directly face the light source, and the package of backlight is not fully reflected in the picture, which makes the composition of the picture seem a little dull. Therefore, in the later stage, the light source filter in the software is used to enhance the rendering effect of the backlight at the top of the picture, in order to make the newcomer's face have some warm and hazy effects, and the purpose is to seek better expressive force of the picture.

Whitening was taken with 50 heads 1.4. The overall tone of the original film is gray, and the light is soft and even, because I just want to show the model's quiet and level state, and there is a huge natural light source behind it, which completely overexposed the model's face in the later stage, but this overexposed natural light has no obvious directivity, so I strengthened a glare effect in the upper right corner of the picture, which made the light source directional and made the hair color layered, making the whole picture more.