How to choose scenes for portrait photography?

When choosing a distant scene to shoot, you should learn to do subtraction, that is, to avoid the clutter of elements such as framing. In this kind of scene shooting, the characters should be placed in any position in the picture that can make the whole picture present a balanced beauty, such as the center of the picture, and the relationship between the environment and the characters should be expressed by leaving a certain blank space.

The main function of vision is to explain the activity space, geographical location, background environment and weather changes of the characters, clearly express the relationship between the characters and the environment to the audience, and render certain emotions and atmosphere through the big scene.

2. Panorama: Highlight the main body

Taking a panoramic portrait will completely absorb the characters in the picture, and at the same time, it will be accompanied by a large number of environmental elements, enriching the content of the photo. In the choice of background, it is suggested to choose a simple and single background as far as possible, which can not only reflect part of the environment, but also highlight the role of the protagonist.

In portrait shooting, the application of panoramic composition can not only show the behavior, facial expression and dressing of the characters, but also show the inner activities of the characters to some extent.

Mid shot: Describe the details

In the middle lens, choose the position from the knee to the head to shoot. This kind of scenery is mostly composed of central composition and diagonal composition. When composing the middle scene, be careful not to fill the picture with characters, and leave room for imagination appropriately.

The purpose of the intermediate scene is to show the expressive plot and strong action part of an event or object, and the environment is reduced to a secondary position. If it is static, it always takes the most interesting and noticeable part of the object as the main picture.

4. Close shot: Expression level

Close-ups mainly shoot the part above the chest of the subject. This composition reduces the description of the main environment, but it has a good level of detail of the main body, making the picture have a certain appeal. At the same time, close-up can capture the subtle changes of facial expressions of characters, showing their emotions and makeup.

Close-ups of people and facial expressions are the main contents of the picture, and the eyes have become the central part of the picture, so close-ups should handle the eyes well and convey the spirit with their eyes. When shooting this kind of scenery, novices should not leave too much white space at the top of the characters or cut too much at the bottom, which will lead to the imbalance of the picture and the lines and curves of the characters can not be well reflected.

5. Close-up: Enlarge emotions

Close-ups cut more parts than close-ups, basically not even showing the shoulders, but focusing on a local zoom, such as eyes, mouth, hands, feet, collarbone and so on. When shooting close-ups, the local features of the subject will fill the whole picture, and the facial features and expressions of the characters will be clearly presented in combination with the composition of the whole picture. Therefore, it will record the inner feelings of the characters without disguise, forming a more perceptual visual effect.