How to use light and shadow to take parent-child photos?

We can make full use of the characteristics of light and shadow to take good-looking parent-child photos. There are several ways:

First, use shadows to create symmetrical images.

The characteristic of shadow is that it can reflect another picture. When composing a composition, you can make full use of the characteristics of shadows to create a symmetrical and beautiful picture.

Second, create a silhouette effect.

We have introduced many teaching articles about light and shadow silhouette making before. For example, as shown in the following figure: When shooting the subject in reverse light, if our photometry is based on the background (that is, the background exposure is normal), then the subject will become a silhouette with clear outline, which can better highlight the subject and set off the atmosphere.

Third, tell stories in silhouette.

Another way to make silhouette is to use the curtain like our shadow play, put the main body behind the curtain, and then put lights behind the curtain. You can tell stories like a shadow play with the lens in your hand, making the photos more vivid and interesting, with feelings and stories.

Fourth, the combination of reality and reality.

Make use of the illusion behind the scenes and the realism of the objects in front of the curtain, and combine the two. Make your silhouette photos more vivid.

Step 5 Create creative images

Another wonderful thing about light is that under different angles and light and dark conditions, the images formed by shadows are different. In the process of photography, we can completely "play" the shadows, so that seemingly irregular objects can form regular images. For example, the most famous works of the artist Gongmei Mountain are paved with seemingly irregular objects, and the projection of light turns them into graphics, which always makes people think deeply for a long time.

Visual images of false shadows of intransitive verbs

When there is no shadow, we can create false shadows and form an optical illusion.