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How to take a personal photo?

The purpose of photography is to make people beautiful.

So the photographer must shoot when the facial temperament of the subject is the most beautiful.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to barely shoot it. How to decorate the subject is a test for photographers.

When should we use contrast to express the texture of skin and when should we use less contrast to cover up the defects of skin?

Everyone needs to accumulate experience in observation and thinking in order to make an accurate judgment.

For example, in the general concept, plane light is used to make thinner people look fatter.

The specific method is to use plane light to reduce the height of the camera, although this method will make people look fatter.

But it will expose the nostrils of the characters and destroy the aesthetic feeling. This is the disadvantage of using the traditional combination of lighting and camera position.

The so-called saving one cannot save two.

Therefore, now we usually use posture modeling to improve the image of characters.

1: "beauty" should pay attention to skills.

(1) People with chubby faces can be properly covered with veiled hands or other trinkets, and the camera position can be improved.

(2) When shooting with big eyes and small eyes, the angle of the subject should be adjusted, and the small eyes should be close to the lens.

(3) "roll your eyes" shooting; Try to keep the photographer's eyes to one side and catch the moment when his eyes turn, not the moment when his eyes are wide open.

(4) The shooting of Cross-eyed; Photographers should try to find a suitable angle so that the eyes of the subject appear on the opposite side of the picture at different times.

(5) For subjects with a long neck, the plane position should also be raised so that the subjects can hold their hands and jaws.

(6) For people with sharp chin, you should use a combination of high position and the subject's bow.

(7) It is the most difficult to shoot "nose facing the sky", just don't shoot the front.

2. Usually, there are three commonly used composition modes, also known as formulaic mode composition.

(1) close-up

(2) Seven members

August 2, 20071theme: make beautiful women more beautiful-how to shoot a good art photo course

2007-08-2414: 41:22 This article has been published in the blog channel Fashion and Taste Classification.

Many girls have taken photo or art photos, right?

But these are really expensive. So, you can't shoot it often.

So, why can't we shoot it ourselves? Not enough technology. In fact, there are ways to take good photos.

Portrait photography is a very important part of photography, which mainly includes documentary style and artistic photo style.

Both have their own strengths and complement each other, far from being superior or inferior.

There are many opportunities to shoot portraits in life, and we can't have keen eyes to capture wonderful moments like masters.

It is impossible to use professional lighting and makeup artists to achieve professional results for your model.

So we can only take the middle road, but there are many similarities in skills between the two.

Here are some techniques for taking portraits, which I hope more photographers can use.

The purpose of portrait photography is to make people beautiful.

So the photographer must shoot when the facial temperament of the subject is the most beautiful.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to barely shoot it. How to decorate the subject is a test for photographers.

When should we use contrast to express the texture of skin and when should we use less contrast to cover up the defects of skin?

Everyone needs to accumulate experience in observation and thinking in order to make an accurate judgment.

For example, in the general concept, plane light is used to make thinner people look fatter.

The specific method is to use plane light to reduce the height of the camera, although this method will make people look fatter.

But it will expose the nostrils of the characters and destroy the aesthetic feeling. This is the disadvantage of using the traditional combination of lighting and camera position.

The so-called saving one cannot save two.

Therefore, now we usually use posture modeling to improve the image of characters.

1: "beauty" should pay attention to skills.

(1) People with chubby faces can be properly covered with veiled hands or other trinkets, and the camera position can be improved.

(2) When shooting with big eyes and small eyes, the angle of the subject should be adjusted, and the small eyes should be close to the lens.

(3) the shooting of "rolling your eyes"; Try to keep the photographer's eyes to one side and catch the moment when his eyes turn, not the moment when his eyes are wide open.

(4) The shooting of Cross-eyed; Photographers should try to find a suitable angle so that the eyes of the subject appear on the opposite side of the picture at different times.

(5) For subjects with a long neck, the plane position should also be raised so that the subjects can hold their hands and jaws.

(6) For people with sharp chin, you should use a combination of high position and the subject's bow.

(7) It is the most difficult to shoot "nose facing the sky", just don't shoot the front.

2. Usually, there are three commonly used composition modes, also known as formulaic mode composition.

(1) close-up

(2) Seven members

(3) Whole body

2. When shooting a scene, the height of the camera should also decrease with the expansion of the shooting range.

When shooting a bust, the height of the camera is approximately equal to the height of the subject's nose; When taking photos of seven avatars

The camera position is about the height of the subject's chest; When taking a full-length photo, the height of the camera should be at the waist of the subject.

The so-called composition is to arrange various shooting elements in a specific scene to achieve the effect of expressing the object of appeal.

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Nowadays, the popular portrait photography techniques usually use the following methods to express the theme in composition and framing.

1) Use the difference of depth of field before and after to highlight the theme characters.

(2) Use the method of size contrast to make the main body bigger and the foil smaller.

(C) the use of color contrast to emphasize the theme.

(4) The main body is stationary and moves with the body, so the stability of the main body composition is relatively strong.