Local close-up shooting video skills?

In order to get a good close-up, it's not just to zoom the lens to the far end or press the shutter as close as possible to the subject. Seriously speaking, we should observe and find out the local pictures worth recording before shooting, and then combine the shooting techniques with the flexible collocation of the environmental elements of the scene to get impressive close-up works.

1, try to highlight the theme.

In order to get a good close-up, the easiest way is to aim the camera directly at the subject, so that readers can see the key points that the photographer wants to express at a glance. This technique is common in food, flowers, ecology, and even portrait or commercial photography. Its characteristic is to catch people's eyes with eye-catching subjects.

The seemingly simple shooting method actually requires the photographer to think carefully about the arrangement of elements in the picture, and often a tiny composition can bring completely different effects.

2. Try to be anti-customer.

Focus on the parts related to the subject, such as clapping hands, feet or expressions, rather than taking full-length or half-length photos of the characters. In many cases, capturing local pictures related to the subject will be more story-telling than shooting the whole picture directly, and it will also reserve more imagination space for readers.

3. Use technology to create checkpoints

Whether there is a sense of hierarchy is an important factor to measure whether a photo is excellent or not. A photo without a sense of hierarchy is boring. If there is no good story, it is basically the same as a scrap film. Hierarchical sense is a very important element in the picture, through which you can highlight the main body and take photos with obvious intentions. Use depth of field, contrast, foreground, light and shadow, adding vanishing points and other techniques to add a sense of hierarchy to the picture.

Step 4 leave it blank

The word "blank space" originated in the artistic creation of calligraphy and painting. In order to make the picture and composition of the whole work more harmonious and exquisite, it is intended to leave corresponding blank space and imagination space.

In photography, the meaning of "white" has been expanded, which not only refers to blank paper, but also includes some blank parts except solid objects in the picture, such as monophonic background, which can be clean sky, road surface, water surface, fog, grassland, blurred scenery and so on. It emphasizes simplicity and cleanliness, has no substantive language, does not interfere with the viewer's line of sight, and can highlight the subject.

Step 5 increase light and shadow

Photography is "painting with light and shadow". Even if it is a close-up, light and shadow are still elements that can be captured and utilized, thus increasing the richness of the work. The texture of different light can be used to enhance the tension and permeability of images. The most important thing is to learn to observe the direction of light and grasp the shooting opportunity.

6, the use of color

In order to make local close-ups look good, the use of color is a link that cannot be ignored. It is not only the expression of color, but also contains different emotions and meanings. For example, warm colors represented by red, orange and yellow can bring warm and energetic feelings and give people warm, positive and pleasant feelings emotionally; The cool colors represented by blue and green have a sense of calmness, serenity and peace; If these two colors are arranged together in the picture, they can produce opposing, contradictory and dramatic visual effects. Therefore, when looking for local close-up themes, color is also an element that can make a big fuss. As long as it can be used well when shooting, it will definitely make the work more eye-catching and interesting.

7. Add geometric lines

In composition, "line" plays a vital role. Lines are the basic elements of composition and painting, and the influence of lines on the picture in composition can not be ignored. Flexible use of lines can make the composition more profound and dynamic. In fact, it is not difficult to add geometric lines to local close-ups. With a little observation, we can find many pictures that can be captured, such as statues on the eaves of temples, wheel arches and tires of cars, textures of windows or leaves on walls. Even the silhouette mentioned above can be classified as geometric lines.

However, some lines are hidden and difficult to be found by us, such as lines formed by light and shadow, lines formed by the outline of things and so on. If these line elements are excavated, these lines will bring beauty to the picture and make the photos more attractive.

8, increase the story

The reason why the image can speak depends entirely on the photographer's ability to hold the mirror. Tell a convincing story with the lens in your hand, let the photos express the meaning, and then guide the viewer to think and associate, and even cause emotions and emotions. This is a successful video work. In local close-up shooting, the key is to learn to master the perspective and atmosphere.