Five common mistakes made by novices.

Lead: Portrait has always been a hot topic in photography, and it is also very challenging. It takes a long time to practice to improve the shooting technique in order to shoot a work with aura. What are the common mistakes in portrait shooting? Let's take a look!

1. Don't choose eyes as the main focus.

As the saying goes? Eyes are the windows to the soul? . Eyes are undoubtedly a person's soul. If you want to shoot a portrait with a soul, you must first ensure that you can? The window of the soul? Very sharp and clear. When shooting portraits, it is suggested to focus on human eyes. Most autofocus systems of SLR cameras have certain accuracy. Novice friends who use the entry machine can use the central focus, focusing first and then composing. Shoot. If the focus is not accurate, you can try to focus manually, or turn on the live view function when using a camera that supports the live view function, which can greatly increase the success rate.

2. Red eye problem

I believe everyone is familiar with the phenomenon of red eye, especially when using the built-in flash of the camera. The principle is that the pupil will be enlarged in low light environment to increase the amount of light (like the aperture of a camera), and the use of flash will make strong light enter the pupil and reflect back to the lens on the capillary behind the retina, leading to red eye.

At present, many cameras have the function of preventing red eye, so that the pupil of the subject can be narrowed in advance when shooting, thus reducing the occurrence of red eye. Or before shooting, let the subject look at the light source for a few seconds, let the pupil contract, and then shoot. If you use flash, you can also reduce red eye by jumping flash or off-board flash.

Three. Wide angle distortion

If you shoot people with a wide-angle lens, you should pay attention to the characteristics of portrait creation in each focal segment. For example, 24-28mm is more suitable for portrait creation in the big environment. If we can grasp the angle and composition, we can fully present the perspective of the scene and make the picture more tense. However, if you don't pay attention to the wide-angle shooting characteristics, you may also discharge horrible photos because of the distortion of the wide-angle lens.

4. The theme is not clear

When shooting portraits, we should pay attention to properly highlighting the main body of the characters, otherwise it will easily lead to confusion in the picture, and people will not know which is the visual center in the picture. In fact, to overcome this problem, in addition to working hard on composition, we can also create some shallow depth of field effects appropriately, thus highlighting the main body. When the subject seems to blend in with the background, please ask him to be closer to the lens, or use a large aperture to create a shallow depth of field effect, so that the background is blurred and the subject stands out.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) unnatural light and shadow

Proper light and shadow presentation can create a different atmosphere in portrait shooting, but if it is not used well, it will ruin a photo. Generally speaking, for beginners, soft light is easier to shoot, such as cloudy days or indoor shooting. When shooting at sunny noon or in a place with strong light, it can be used with a soft light board to slow down some overexposure and underexposure. If you shoot indoors with a flash, you can use a soft mask to make the light softer.