SLR seaside photography skills sharing

How to take good-looking photos at the seaside with SLR? Let me share with you the skills of SLR seaside photography. Welcome to refer to!

1. Find the right focus.

Although the beach is beautiful, it is too vast. Many people are too greedy to photograph the whole beach for fear of missing anything by the sea. As a result, the photos are monotonous, lacking soul and theme, and become dull and boring. Try to find one or two focal points. Starting from a small place, you can sometimes show the interest of the beach, such as sand patterns, waves beating stones, footprints, life-saving towers, etc., and bid farewell to emptiness.

2. Cherish time

Although it is most suitable for ordinary people to swim and play in sunny days, it is very dangerous to swim in poor light. But photography is different. There are fewer people in the morning and evening, and the inclined light angle can create more light and shadow on the empty beach. Besides, isn't it easy to take warm golden photos?

3. Attention level

Usually the beach is connected by uninterrupted and striking horizontal lines, so the level of photos is very important; In addition, pay attention to the position of the horizontal line. If it is in the middle, it will cause the effect of one opening and two opening. You should also try different proportions of the sky and the sea, and you will make new discoveries.

take a risk

Some photographers will come to the seaside to shoot on days such as typhoons and rainstorms. On the one hand, there is no one, on the other hand, the scene may be very dramatic. After all, the beach is a place closer to nature in the city. Huge waves, fallen trees and changing clouds call many people to take risks. You should measure your own safety. After all, there is only one life, and photos can be seen online.

5. Ultraviolet filters and polarizers

There are really too many ultraviolet rays and reflections at the seaside. Adding filters can improve your photos, so consider it.

6. Black and white tones

At the seaside, the background is often simple, and the texture of the sky, beach and sea is strongly contrasted, so taking black and white photos sometimes has quite good results; Of course, backlight is also a good choice.

Related reading: Basic knowledge of SLR photography 2: "Six defenses" to beautify composition

One guard against "fullness"

Some beginners like to make the subject stand tall and full of picture sense when composing, which is not conducive to post-production and editing of photos. Moreover, because the picture is too full, it is easy to produce the phenomenon of incomplete scenery after the photo is printed and released by the enlarger.

Second, prevent "top"

When shooting side portraits or tendentious moving objects, the photographer does not leave a certain space in front of the main body of the picture (or a lot of space behind the main body), which will make the picture look dull and depressed.

"improper" three defenses

When taking pictures of people, the background is not properly selected, which leads to long chimneys on the shoulders and trees on the heads, which destroys the image of people. Also, when the figure was photographed with a tall background, Gu Jing ignored the person and raised the camera blindly, which led to the whole background, but only the head of the figure was left on the picture, which led to visual discomfort.

Four precautions against "chaos"

When shooting, the subject is not highlighted, which leads to the lack of primary and secondary images, loose structure and disorder. Sometimes there is too much foil in the picture, which makes the subject in a secondary position.

Five prevention "leveling"

In composition, color blocks with different light and shade play an important role, because with light and shade, the image in the picture will have a three-dimensional effect. We should make the subject stand out to the greatest extent through the clever configuration of light and dark color blocks.

Six precautions against "deviation"

Some photographers tilt the picture frame in order to take a full picture of some tall scenes (such as towers and buildings). This kind of composition will cause the horizon to tilt, make the picture out of balance and make the vision uncomfortable. In fact, we can take some measures to solve the shortcomings in photography. For example, the distance from the subject, long focal length lens, high angle shooting and so on.