What should I pay attention to when taking portraits with SLR cameras?

If you shoot the city scenery at dusk shortly after sunset, the faint sky will become a beautiful background for brightly lit buildings. Dark skies can add drama to night photos, but it takes a long time.

Face-to-face communication with people by camera and recording their joys and sorrows is probably the most vivid, interesting and changeable aspect of photography.

When we shoot a portrait, no matter whether his movements and demeanor are natural or not, the camera lens always captures a moment's image, including facial expression, body shape and tacit understanding with the surrounding environment. Without the shaping of characters, entering people's hearts will become an empty talk.

From the classification of portrait photography, the head portrait is the most suitable for expressing the expression of characters, and the bust is the most suitable for expressing the character and posture of characters, while the biggest advantage of the full-length portrait is that it can make the characters form an organic connection with the surrounding environment, which is convenient for creating the artistic conception and atmosphere of the picture.

Let's look at the face first. The basic angle of the face, viewed from the horizontal plane, can generally be divided into three types: front side, three-quarters side and front side.

Positive images, such as photos, are easy to appear dull, but it is easy to describe the eyes that communicate with the soul. If the subject has an oval symmetrical face, the front image can also obtain satisfactory modeling effect.

If you turn your face to the left or right, so that the other ear just can't see it, it is the three-quarters side that is most often photographed in photography. At this time, not only can a person's facial image be fully displayed, but it will also be more vivid because of facial changes. Due to the influence of hairstyle and other factors, whether to turn left or right will also have an impact on the modeling effect.

The profile portrait has a dramatic effect. Because you can't see your profile at ordinary times, you will feel novel and easily disappointed with your profile. Especially the profile of the average person is not good-looking, so be careful when choosing.

In addition to the rotation on the horizontal plane, the angle change of human face pitch is also very particular. The head is slightly lower, suitable for people with fat faces, which makes the face thinner and easy to produce soft and cautious modeling effects. If the head is slightly raised, it is suitable for people with thin face, making the face fatter, showing a sense of pride and giving people a strong and confident impression.

Next, look at the posture arrangement of the body. Remember a useful principle: the head and body should not form a straight line, that is, when the body is facing the camera, the head should turn slightly to the left or right; When you look directly at the camera, turn your shoulders at a certain angle, or tilt your shoulders up and down, which will make the picture more dynamic. For example, when shooting a sitting bust, let the figure sit at 45 or 90, and then let the upper body turn to the camera to produce an ideal curve by twisting. The portrait of the whole body should also avoid the standing posture below, and pay attention to the support of the center of gravity of the legs.

Don't ignore the arrangement of hands in a character's posture. The variety of hands can not only strengthen the expression of characters, but also embellish the picture. In a portrait dominated by the face, the hand can be placed on one side of the face, or lightly supported or reclined, but the contact with the face should not be too hard to avoid facial deformation. In busts and full-length portraits, you can hold your chest with both hands, or touch your hair with your hands, or stroke your chin, or you can take some props to enliven the picture. As the saying goes, "in expressing feelings, the hand is second only to the face", which can be used as a reference when shooting.