How to shoot portraits with artificial light sources

Lead: Many people will think that the house with duplex structure is small and fresh. The stairs at home have become new shooting places, but if there are no sunny windows on the stairs, you can still rely on the flash to create warm and fresh works at home.

Basic skills: Wide-angle lens is cultivated and beautiful.

24mm wide-angle shooting slender legs

Highlight the main body through the focal length of the lens to avoid messy background. Many times, shooting with a wide-angle lens at a low angle can make the model's legs very slender, but the wide-angle lens is also a double-edged sword when shooting. It is necessary to control the shooting distance. If shooting is close to the model, it is not recommended to shoot at a low angle, wide angle 16mm. Although this can give the model a pair of long legs, once the camera is too close, it will give the model a pair of big feet. Distortion caused by wide-angle lens can be avoided by two points. First, you can choose a lens focal length of 22mm to 24mm; Second, if you shoot with a wide-angle end of 16mm, don't get close to the model and keep the shooting distance of1.5m..

Correct: Straighten your legs and lengthen them along the stairs.

Error: The body curled up and twisted together will greatly affect the picture effect.

Body lines conform to a narrow space.

The biggest feature of stairs is strewn at random, and another major feature of duplex stairs is long and narrow. In the picture, the position of the model sitting against the wall or armrest is not ideal, and the position of the character can only be adjusted in the middle of the stairs. The best posture is to sit on one of the steps and step down the next step with your feet. After sitting, you need to adjust the leg lines, stand upright and lengthen your legs.

Advanced technology: double lights create fresh family photos.

A little fresh flashes in the back.

When there is no natural light at home, you will lose the large-scale glare unique to small fresh works, but you can also use two flashlights to realize small fresh style photos in the picture. Artificial light sources create a well-lit home environment. Choose to shoot from the corner of the stairs to make the stairs a diagonal line in the picture. Models should stand on the stairs with a light source behind them. Set the flash behind him to TTL mode, and use a ring flash with a slightly weaker flash to fill the light in front. The output of the ring flash is set to116.

Do not change the lighting direction.

Changing the shooting angle does not necessarily change the current light. When you shoot sideways, you still use the double lights going up and down the stairs to flash. Keeping the original flash mode can still highlight the details of the model.

The unique position of side shooting.

The biggest feature of shooting in a duplex home environment is that because one side of the stair handrail is facing the solid color wall, you can adjust the camera to one side of the stairs to shoot. Let the model's body be on the cross section of the stairs, take the handrail of the stairs as the diagonal line in the picture, and let the model's head rest on the handrail, which requires special attention to the position of the model in the picture. It is suggested that the model's head be placed at the transition point of the handrail, which will make the whole picture in a moderate proportion. As for the flash, the output of the side light and flash on the upper floor of the stairs should be strengthened to 1/8 or 1/4 to meet the requirement that there will be no large shadow in front of the solid color behind the model.

The shooting position parallel to the stair position is the most special choice in all stair environments. First, the model's body can conform to the falling steps, and the model curve can be displayed through the cross section.

Focus on TTL mode and deal with it easily.

Many people think that the use of professional flash must use M-block, and think that TTL of flash is difficult to meet the needs of shooting. The TTL mode of the flash is actually the automatic control of the flash. By measuring the reflected light of the camera's focus plane, the flash can automatically flash the normally exposed light. Therefore, as long as the camera's metering and exposure are correct when shooting, the flash can be automatically controlled. When shooting in a home environment, the main focus of shooting will be on the composition of multi-line environment.

1. Press the Set key in the middle of the back of the flashlight to select TTL mode, and the flashlight will automatically display the automatic flash focal length.

2. Press the left and right arrows in TTL mode to increase or decrease the flash compensation under the current automatic flash focal length, but it is not recommended to change it after accurate metering.

(Take Nissin MG8000 as an example for flash setting)

Tips wear a fresh style

To create a small and clear home photo with a new style, we must show the casual comfort of home. Yarn T-shirts will show the coolness of the season. With cotton or hemp hot pants, slender legs will be completely exposed to the home environment. There is no need to comb your hair neatly. Grasping your hair at will can also make you feel casual in your living environment. It is worth mentioning that sitting barefoot on the stairs will definitely add extra points to the freshness of your home.