How to shoot cherry blossoms well?

During the cherry blossom season, many friends will go to enjoy cherry blossoms, and there will be many photos of cherry blossoms in the circle of friends. So how do you shoot cherry blossoms to make your photos stand out in the circle of friends? See below for details, and then take a look at the cherry blossom shooting tips!

1, the use of light Generally speaking, normal shooting is mostly taken along the irradiation direction of light, which can ensure that the subject has sufficient light. Sunlight is the main light for shooting, and the characteristics of cherry blossoms are recorded in detail. When we shoot cherry blossoms with a black background, cherry blossoms with a blue sky as the background, details of cherry blossoms, portraits of cherry blossoms, etc. We mainly shoot with smooth light. In addition, if you can choose the style in the camera, such as bright mode, it will also make the red petals more delicate.

Now, we change the shooting angle and use side light or backlight. Because of the change of light angle, the petals look crystal clear and have obvious texture, and the cherry blossoms are thin and translucent, which has a unique light and shadow effect. (Backlight is not suitable for large scenes) Because of the backlight, the flowers that are not illuminated will appear dim, so exposure compensation can be appropriately increased to brighten the background. (Spot metering is recommended)

2, the shooting idea blurs the background, and leaves a blank space appropriately, so that the picture is concise and the subject is prominent.

Using large aperture and telephoto lens to blur the background of cherry blossoms makes the picture softer and simpler, plays a distinct role and highlights the main body.

Blurred cherry blossoms as foreground.

Besides blurring the background, we can also blur the cherry blossoms as the foreground. Fuzzy cherry blossoms will form a pink or white hazy effect to set off people, buildings and other subjects behind them.

Cherry blossoms with blue sky

Cherry blossoms are light in color, with blue sky as the background, bright in color and simple in picture, which can highlight the main body well.

Shoot cherry blossoms at a macro.

We can also shoot cherry blossoms with macro lens, which can enlarge the details and characteristics of cherry blossoms, so that the pictures that are not usually noticed can be displayed in front of the audience, giving people a fresh perspective.

Timely filtering and deletion

In the flower season, cherry blossoms are beautiful, but they also bring many people. In order to prevent visitors from entering the picture, just tilt the camera slightly upward.

In addition to shooting cherry blossoms in a big scene, walking under a cherry tree and shooting cherry blossoms upside down or squatting is another kind of beauty.

Adjustment of exposure compensation

When shooting flowers and cherry blossoms, especially cherry blossoms, we often look up at the sky to shoot because most of the flowers are on the trees. At this time, there is often a great contrast between backlight and contrast. At this time, an ideal picture can be obtained by appropriately increasing or decreasing the EV exposure value through exposure compensation.

If you can't grasp the exposure, you can also use the camera's "surround exposure" option to take more photos, from underexposure to overexposure, and find the right photos.

Wide-angle shooting of large scenes

Wide-angle view can accommodate a larger viewing range and show more details. If the pixel of the camera is high enough, it can be cropped twice to achieve ideal satisfactory viewing angle and composition.

(When you meet a few scenic spots, you can change a wide-angle lens and broaden your horizons with a low angle. When people stand under the cherry trees, they will look slim. Or people standing beside the cherry tree compress the depth of field through the medium focal length lens to enrich the background level. When composing a composition, put the characters on the edge of the face with half a cherry tree as the background, and the picture will be more poetic. )

Cherry blossoms and portraits

When shooting cherry blossoms, portraits are often indispensable. The combination of cherry blossoms and portraits gives people a beautiful and romantic visual experience, which is very beautiful. (You can try shooting from multiple angles, shooting the side face, closing your eyes, smiling back, covering your face, etc. )

Cherry blossoms and ancient buildings

Cherry blossom shooting, don't just shoot cherry blossoms, it will be boring. We can put some ancient temples, old buildings and old objects around us into the picture, showing a retro atmosphere, nostalgic and fresh.

While shooting cherry blossoms well, we should also pay attention to shooting cherry blossoms and the surrounding environment or people to make the picture more artistic. draw

3. Composition The following composition methods are not only applicable to cherry blossoms, but also to other flowers.

Central composition method: although it is quite satisfactory, it will show a way to stabilize the theme. Shoot at close range or use a large aperture, the background is simpler, which is conducive to highlighting the theme.

Tick-tac-toe composition method: the arrangement of visual focus divides the picture into equal nine squares. At this time, there will be four points with staggered lines on the picture, which are all good visual guiding points. We can put flowers on these four visual points, which can play a very good role.

Oblique shot: Take a close-up shot of a branch with several bunches of cherry blossoms to show the beauty of its flowers and lines. The picture will be more vivid.

We often use diagonal composition, trisection composition and vertical composition to shoot.

Finally, appropriate post-processing can be carried out to get the desired picture.