Shooting skills of China's courtyard portrait

When shooting in Chinese courtyard environment, we should make good use of the lines of buildings, landscapes and plants in the courtyard environment to achieve the tendency of composition, and seek structural changes and breakthroughs in the layout of the picture, so as to shoot a picture with balanced aesthetic feeling and rich changes.

China's courtyards emphasize the overall ornamental value, and pavilions, cloisters, rocks, and vegetation are full of natural interest. This combination of nature and humanity embodies the charm of China courtyard. In such an environment, portrait shooting should also strive to achieve the unity of people and scenery, clothing modeling and the temperament and emotion of characters should achieve some harmony with the interest of the environment, and pay attention to the integration of the overall atmosphere. At the same time, we should pay more attention to the layout of the picture, in which the use of lines is particularly important. Here are some practical experiences.

1. In the sense of stability of horizontal lines, break the formula of unbalanced composition or wide proportion.

Horizontal lines running through the picture, such as horizon, horizontal lines and square buildings with regular shapes, can bring a strong sense of stability and balance, make people feel calm and peaceful, and thus present an open, stretched and atmospheric visual effect. This sense of stability is easy to get when shooting in Chinese courtyards, especially when the whole building is taken as the background. If we want to break the balance formula, we can use the unbalanced composition form, or the disparity between people and scenery to form a picture with light and heavy changes.

2. Grasp the characteristics of linearity, and flexibly use the contrast of thickness, reality and density.

In painting, we should pay attention to the contrast techniques of lines, such as reality, density, shade, thickness, elasticity, straightness, strength and so on, and use these contradictions and contrasts to express space and shape. When talking about lines in photography, we can't ignore the influence of the basic characteristics of these lines on the picture.

3. Lines with a single shape can avoid the clutter caused by crossing each other.

When there are many lines in the environment, the key point is to avoid complicated visual effects, so we should pay attention to observing and adjusting the angle to extract the key lines that are helpful to express the theme and structural picture-it should best reflect the tendency of the subject and blend with the characters to achieve balance. Then, as far as possible, abandon the interference of other lines with different shapes to avoid the messy visual effect caused by crossing each other.

4. The frame structure formed by lines can produce strong formal aesthetic feeling.

The frame composed of lines in the picture is a closed or semi-closed composition form, which highlights the main body of the character through tangible or intangible frames. This method of using lines can often bring a strong sense of form to the picture. When shooting in China Siheyuan, this kind of frame structure is almost everywhere. The key point is to grasp the development of the front and back levels and the externalization of the characters' emotions, and not to form for the sake of form.

5. Diagonal lines or curves can best reflect the sense of space and directivity of the picture.

Diagonal lines or curves can show a sense of space and depth, and increase the three-dimensional sense of the picture. At the same time, they have strong visual guidance and can effectively point to the key points (people) in the picture.

Lines generally have "starting point" or "end point" in the picture. If people are placed at the beginning or disappearance of a line, this visual direction is clearer and it is easier to achieve structural balance.