How to take photos to look better? Still not mainstream? Thank you for your questions.

About how to take non-mainstream photos, non-mainstream photo shooting skills. Some of the methods and experiences I am talking about here are mainly aimed at friends who use digital cameras. Video and camera have nothing to do with this article. Please don't ask me how to take pictures with a video camera. You can spend some time studying the video by yourself. I can't compliment you on taking pictures with your mobile phone. In addition to low pixels, there are many necessary basic functions, such as aperture size and shutter setting. After studying photography for several years, I am used to 135 SLR camera. I am not a professional photographer. Now I just talk about portrait photography from the experience of a photographer, but why do you have to add a non-mainstream in front? I hope more people can see this post. Nowadays, digital cameras have become very common personal belongings for everyone. You can take pictures wherever you go. If you take more photos, you will naturally have some photos for your own collection or for others to enjoy. I have only recently come into contact with the so-called non-mainstream things, and I have a vague impression of this. Some people pursue it, while others oppose it. However, I think everyone loves beauty. Even those mm with cute selfie smiling faces have become an irresistible trend in today's society. We should not blame others or ourselves. Buy a digital camera. As long as you take a portrait with a digital camera, don't be too demanding on how many pixels. The most important thing is to have optical zoom (automatic zoom), and it would be better if there is macro function (automatic/super macro). We usually see some recent photos of MM on the Internet, which are actually taken with one hand. If the camera doesn't have automatic zoom function, the self-portrait photos will be as distorted and blurred as the head photos taken by ordinary fool cameras. For example, in the photo below, we can easily see the snapshot taken by herself. Self-timer can enter the state at will. Taking photos in the studio or taking wedding photos outdoors can only be in the best condition through the guidance of the photographer. If an ordinary acquaintance or friend takes a picture of you, you may feel embarrassed, and your expression and movements are unnatural, let alone get into the state. So take a picture of yourself with the camera and shoot whatever you want. Ran out. You can't take good photos with a good digital camera. Learning to use light is a very important link. I take some typical photos as examples, some of which seem simple, but if you master them and learn to use them, they will definitely play a positive role in your photo taking. The camera is equipped with a flash. Besides using the flash on the fuselage, you should also learn to use electric lights, natural light and reflections ..... If you think you can take any photos with the flash, you are wrong. Don't use camera flash when taking portraits, especially close-up photos, because the light flashed by the camera is hard light, and soft light should be used more when taking portraits; The light of the flash is positive light, and your whole face and hair background will become flat and stiff in this strong light, and you can't see the outline and the layering of the projection. More importantly, the flash will leave a reflection in the eyes, too bright or red-eyed, which is very ugly. The reflection in the eyes and eyeballs must come from the side or be reflected by soft light to be crystal clear. If you want to reflect the outline and amplitude of the face, you should use side light (light comes from the side or above) to make the face have a layered projection. When we look at photos, we should pay attention to the eyes of objects, which have bright spots reflected by light sources. For example, in the photo below, her eyes tell us that the light comes from the upper right corner. If you want to achieve her effect, you should pay attention to the source of light. Let's look at this lovely MM, her eyes are talking to us. There are two reflections in her eyes, indicating that there are two light sources coming from the side. These two lights are not the flash on the camera when she goes up and down. If it was the light from the camera, this photo wouldn't have this effect. When taking pictures at home, you can sit by the window and take advantage of the natural light outside, but the room should not be too dark and the surrounding walls will reflect light to a certain extent. If the light is too dim, you can turn on the room light. If you take pictures in the room at night, you must turn on more than two lights. For example, turn on the fluorescent lamp, then turn on a bright desk lamp and put it on the desk, and then you are close to the desk lamp (this is the main light source). It is suggested that the light color is different, and I don't advocate taking pictures under the fluorescent lamp commonly used at home, because the fluorescent lamp is white (strong light) and it is rigid to shine directly on the face. You can cover the desk lamp with a transparent red plastic bag, so there is a faint red color, and the two lights come from different directions. Many people just can't use it up. At home, they turn on a lamp to take a straight photo from above. The smooth surface is white and the backlight surface is black, so the photo taken will be rigid and lifeless, which is too common in the saying. If you have chandeliers on the ceiling and walls, it will be different. Turn on the lights fully, and the lights will have different colors, making the colors on your face colorful. In addition, if you go to a resplendent restaurant for shopping and eating, you can take photos of yourself with a camera, because the light sources in general restaurants or hotels are rich and radiate from all directions, making the color temperature very mild. Look at the following two photos. Like the photo above, the light source comes from the side. The following two photos were taken against the window. Don't think that these photos look simple. They are all good at using light sources. The light comes in from the window and shines softly on the face, but there is a certain reflection in the room, the wall will reflect light, and the clothes on the body will also form different colors of reflection on the face, a very soft color temperature. Emphasis: Please pay attention to their eyes. I often use my eyes to measure the quality of a photo! The light in the eyes comes from different sides, and the eyeball is crystal clear, not a black eyeball. This effect can't be achieved by the camera, and if you turn on the flash of the camera, this effect can't appear in the eye. If you really need a flash, then I recommend sticking a piece of white paper on the flash to reduce the light output. Only soft light can make the reflection of the eyeball look good. But note: the wattage of the flash is very high, the white paper will burn if it flashes several times, and it will burn if it flashes more continuously. Please use it with caution! Shooting method of recent photos of men. The photo below is a typical selfie, except that he took it in front of the mirror. Maybe many people have tried to take selfies in front of the mirror, but they can't get the ideal effect. It feels very ordinary and monotonous. If you look at this photo, he proves what I said above. The light came down from his upper right corner, and the flash didn't turn on. If the flash is on, you can't see your face at all. If women are gentle, men should be strong-willed. In order to show strong personality and connotation, the photos of boys should be black and white, highlighting the contrast. The light comes from one side. Don't use reflection on the backlight to highlight the outline lines of the boy's face. Great contrast between light and shade can highlight personality. Generally, photos of boys with personality will put half of their faces or parts of their bodies in the shadows for location shooting. Most non-mainstream photos do not use location to set off the negative scenery of the characters. For example, we go out to travel, go shopping, see a beautiful scenic spot, stop to take a photo, and immerse ourselves in this beautiful scenery. But more is to let some fashionable and alternative things be left behind, in contrast to what you wear. I have to say an antagonistic relationship here. The color is opposite, for example, in the photo below, the color of the clothes is very light, so find a dark shutter as the background, so that the contrast between the foreground and the background can make you stand out in the photo. The more complex the background, the better. The darker and richer the color, the better, but you don't have to see it clearly. For example, the neon lights on the street, the roads where cars shuttle, the decadent graffiti on the street walls, the abandoned oil tanks and drums, and the exhibits in fashion shops ... There should be a primary and secondary relationship in the photos, so that others will feel more when they see them. The color is opposite. Geometric opposition, if the clothes have horizontal grids, you can find some vertical grid backgrounds. On the contrary, vertical plaid clothes look for horizontal background. Light and heavy contrast, don't put the portrait in the middle of the photo, there should be a primary and secondary relationship. Or the picture should have a deep contrast, such as shadow and foreground contrast. Gestures and movements. I won't talk about girls' movements and gestures. I think the gestures of boys taking pictures should be natural and free, not uniform. Sometimes you can only capture your personality inadvertently. If you care too much about others filming you, it won't have a good effect. In this way,

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