Shooting method of group theme portrait

Photography is a profound knowledge. If you want to learn photography well, you must constantly observe and make progress in your life. The following is the shooting method of group theme portraits I collected for you, hoping to help you!

First, the choice of lens

In the case of limited space and a large number of people, a wide-angle fixed-focus lens of 28 mm or 33 mm is needed. Because the wide-angle fixed-focus lens has a large viewing angle, the photographer can bring the subject into the viewfinder in a limited space without going too far back. The deformation control of the fixed-focus lens is much stronger than that of the zoom lens, which is very important for some conditions that do not allow going too far back.

If the number of people taking a group photo is small, the advantages of 70- 135 mm medium focal length lens can be reflected, that is, compared with the group photo taken by wide-angle fixed-focus lens, the image taken by it will not change the overall shape, and it also has the characteristics of highlighting people and blurring the background.

Second, posture and composition.

In the process of shooting group images, the key to pose and composition is to master the following three elements, including:

1. Technical. The composition design must make the people in the back as close as possible to the people in front, so as to ensure that the characters in the front row and the back row appear on the plane, and it is easy to focus from front to back, so as to ensure that the characters in the picture have the same clarity.

2. Expression of aesthetic feeling. Creating group images is also composition design. We can take a photo of faces crowded together like a bunch of flowers, or we can take a photo of a family at a distance. In order to make it look lively and harmonious as a whole, we can imagine this picture as a flower arrangement. We should solve the problem of how to combine individuals of various colors and shapes into a perfect and harmonious whole. Everything in the world is beautiful, they can be independent or integrated, no matter how they are combined, as long as they show the beautiful side to the audience with skills, such a picture is successful.

3. Intimacy. How close do you want everyone in the group to be? As we all know, short distance means friendship, but short distance means elegance. Family photos of more than four people should be taken in one or more rows according to the status and age of the people. During this period, the facial orientation or height of the people can be slightly changed to take more dynamic and active photos. Of course, if you take a group photo at the press conference, you need to take a dignified and decent side of each character.

Combined with the above three points, the following details the different shooting methods of different groups of characters.

1. Two people. The smallest group is two people, whether it is the bride and groom, brothers and sisters, or friends. The basic composition principle is that one person is slightly higher than the other. Generally speaking, the height of the mouth of a person with a high position should be on the forehead of a person with a low position. Many photographers recommend "mouth-eye height" as an ideal starting point. Set the angle between two people's shoulders and heads to 45 degrees, or use props such as handrails and chairs to make the whole picture into a triangle and put it in a snuggle posture, so that the photos taken have a strong sense of family warmth.

2. Portraits of four people. When shooting with four people, the eye height of the fourth person can't be the same as that of the other three people in the group, which will cause visual beauty and the overall look will be patchy. The overall composition can be organized into pyramid, inverted triangle, diamond and curve, thus making the whole picture more vivid.

3. Large groups. If a group has more than 9 people, it is no longer a small group. When shooting such a group, the complexity and difficulty of lighting, posing and other issues will increase relatively. When shooting a large group, there must be some gaps between people, neither too big nor too small. Attention should be paid to the arrangement of height and the arrangement of men and women. Usually men and women are arranged in one or more rows, which can better reflect the neatness of the picture.

Clothing must be uniform, if not uniform, we must also ensure uniform color. The posture is natural and comfortable when shooting. It takes at least 10 minutes to arrange a group of more than 20 people, so it is particularly important to make the subject comfortable.

Third, the photo shooting skills

1. Shooting skills. When preparing for a group photo, we should first consider what kind of exposure combination can achieve the purpose of clear characters. If you are shooting with a hand-held camera, and it is a standard lens or a wide-angle lens, the shutter speed should not be slower than 1/60 seconds. If the lighting conditions do not allow, you can slow down the speed to 1/30 seconds and115 seconds, so you can't shoot with the camera. You must fix the camera on a tripod to shoot.115 seconds can't slow down the shutter speed at will, because even if the camera doesn't move, no one can. If you take a portrait group photo outdoors, you usually use the front light or 45 side light, and the front light will cause a projection on the face. The front light or 45 side light can be combined according to the exposure given by the exposure meter in the camera, that is, there is no need to average and add or subtract the exposure.

2. Focus selection. A group photo of dozens or hundreds of people, mostly several rows, is several meters or even farther away from the camera. Taking a group photo requires everyone to take a clear picture, so where should the focus be adjusted? Some people focus on the middle row. This method is unreliable. If the magnification is high, some lines cannot be seen clearly. The best way is to use hyperfocal distance or area focusing. Hyperfocal distance can clearly photograph any object that is out of focus at a certain distance. The method is to use the depth of field scale on the lens to aim the predetermined aperture value on the right side of the lens at the infinity symbol, and the distance corresponding to the aperture value on the left side, that is, from this distance to infinity, can be clearly photographed. Generally speaking, the clear range before the focus is shorter than that after the focus. For example, taking a group photo, if there are five rows of people, we should focus on the people in the middle of the second row, so as to make more effective use of the depth of field in the foreground and the depth of field in the back to take a clear group photo.

3. Choice of light. Exposure is particularly important when taking group photos of dozens or hundreds of people. Soft natural light is more suitable for group photos, and direct sunlight and backlight should be avoided as much as possible. The time should be from 10 to 4 pm. Don't take pictures in the shade, lest you draw your face.

4. Composition method. The composition layout of the group photo requires a wide top and a narrow bottom, leaving a little space on the left and right to fill the picture as much as possible. In addition, the schedule is also an important issue. Generally, tall people are in the middle, short people are in the front, and the people in the back have one more head than those in the front row. In addition, take more negatives and choose the best.

5. Pay attention when taking pictures. Before shooting, see if there is any front row blocking the back row in the queue. If there is, adjust the position. Raise your hand before pressing the shutter to remind everyone to avoid closing their eyes or shaking. In addition, the first group photo should avoid nervousness, and the focus should be on accurate exposure, accurate focus and accurate composition, otherwise any small mistakes and mistakes will cause irreparable losses, because most of the photos are irreparable.

If you want to present a shocking group photo, you need to pour all the emotions of the author into it, so that it can be conveyed to people through images. Excellent screenwriters will show the emotion of "humanity" during the filming process, and the portraits must be vivid and true. Only in this way can we infect people and impress them. When shooting portraits, we must fully explore the internal beauty or external beauty of the object and mobilize all the emotions of the characters. We often encounter this situation. The character is beautiful and vivid, but when the camera is aimed at him, all this disappears, his muscles are stiff and his expression is tense. At this time, it is necessary to talk with him easily, let the subject relax and forget that he is taking pictures, so that the photos taken will have the basis to impress others.

I believe that as long as we put our emotions into every work, such a work is the wonderful moment we want.