Skills of shooting green flowers with SLR camera

1, the first thing to decide is the position of the light source. In most shooting scenes, it is common to shoot along the light, that is, the sun is behind the photographer. But for flower photography that needs close-up, such a positional relationship will lead to flowers being shrouded by the photographer's own shadow. Therefore, when shooting flowers, it is best to choose the light shot vertically at noon, backlight or semi-backlight to shoot. It is very important to determine the position of light when shooting flowers, and then determine the shooting position and angle according to the position of shadow.

2. You can choose the shooting mode according to your personal preference. If you want to use background blur flexibly, it will be more convenient to use Av (Aperture Priority Auto Exposure) mode.

Don't make the background too fuzzy. It should be noted that when shooting at macro, the shooting distance should be close and not too blurred. If it is too vague, the subject itself will become unclear. It is necessary to narrow the aperture to maintain a certain depth of field, make the overall shape of the flower clear, and only use blur to filter out the messy background.

4. Manual focusing is more suitable for this kind of shooting than automatic focusing. Focusing needs to be accurate to millimeter level, which is safer to confirm with human eyes. And sometimes the autofocus point and the position that the photographer wants to focus on are not necessarily the same. However, if autofocus locking is used in macro shooting, the possibility of inaccurate focusing is very high, which is not recommended here. It is often windy when shooting outdoors, which will bring some difficulties to manual focusing, but when taking high-precision and in-focus photos of beautiful flowers in this way, it will bring more special touches to the photographer.

5. Flexible use of tripod and spherical pan/tilt. The tripod is very conducive to precise focusing, and the tripod head on which the camera is fixed is actually very particular. When taking macro photography, it is more convenient to choose a spherical pan-tilt with adjustable angle, and this pan-tilt is generally portable and easy to carry.

6. Use a reflector to remove unnecessary shadows. In the case of backlight or semi-backlight, you can use a reflector to remove the shadow in front of you. However, it is more troublesome to use a large reflector when shooting people. You should choose a small and portable reflector.

7. Photographers can also paste silver paper on thick paper boards and make their own reflectors. A4 paper size will be more convenient to use. Put the camera on the tripod and your hands will be free. When focusing, you can operate the shutter button with one hand and the reflector with the other, observe the viewfinder, and find a position with good reflection effect to shoot. In this case, using a tripod is very beneficial to shooting.