Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Photography and portraiture - Types of photography

Types of photography

1, still life photography

Still life photography, as opposed to figure photography and still life photography, is inanimate (this inanimate concept is relative, such as fish and shrimp caught from the sea, melons and fruits picked, etc.). ) and photography with objects that can be freely moved or combined by people as the performance object.

Mostly take industrial or handmade products, natural inanimate objects and so on as the shooting theme. On the basis of truly reflecting the inherent characteristics of the subject, the subject is represented as a photographic work with artistic beauty through creative ideas and photography means such as composition, light, tone and color.

2. Portrait photography

Portrait photography takes the description and description of the appearance and manner of the subject as its performance task, and the characters should have distinctive looks. Can be divided into three categories: photography indoor portrait, indoor specific environment portrait, outdoor portrait. Portrait photography needs both form and spirit.

Portrait photography takes the description and expression of the specific appearance and manner of the subject as its main creative task. Although some portrait photography works also contain certain plots, they still focus on the appearance of the subject, and a considerable number of portrait photography works only explain the image of the subject without specific plots.