How to take portraits with different styles in the New Year?

New Year's lights can convey the festive atmosphere, and New Year photography has become a tradition in many families. However, how to get precious scattered scenery from the aperture, how to convey the beauty and brightness of New Year lights without distracting the model's own sight, and how to shoot portraits correctly under the background of New Year lights.

Take a beautiful blurred background under the new year's light.

A blurred background is called a lens. You can get real photos by shooting the model against the background of sparkling lights of New Year trees or city lights. To take beautiful photos, you need to follow some rules:

1, use the fast lens. The larger the aperture on the optical element, the more effective the blurring effect is. After the background is completely blurred, it becomes a simple materials of colored light;

2. Turn up the aperture (f 1.8 to f 2.5). For this reason, it is best to set the camera to manual mode or aperture priority.

3. Try manual or focusing. If the camera stubbornly blurs the model and focuses on the illumination, it is worthwhile to use point focusing or manual focusing. It's important to know the model's eyes. So portraits will be the most expressive.

4. Use extra lighting. This can be a camera light that can outline the model and separate it from the background. Or a camera flash. Therefore, the light emitted by the flash can be guided from above the camera to the side of the camera.

5. Ask the model to stay away from the background. The minimum distance to make portraits with beautiful scattered scenes is one and a half meters;

6. Close to the model. You can choose the ideal option according to your own experience. You should start with the minimum distance that the lens can focus;

7. Use the maximum zoom of the zoom lens, the more beautiful the background.

When trying to create a beautiful blur effect behind the model, please don't forget the foreground. If there are beautiful elements (such as New Year's lights), it can also be blurred, leaving the portrait in a clear area. To do this, you can also use point focusing or manual focusing.

Taking New Year photos in the studio.

Some people think that it is difficult to keep the glory of the New Year when filming on the set. But this is not the case. In the photo, the new year's lights look no worse than those taken outdoors, just need to know some secrets:

1, the power of pulsed light must be set to the minimum value, and the aperture can only be opened if it is enlarged;

2. Photographers, models and light sources should be as far away from the background as possible. Therefore, the light emitted by the device will be enough to illuminate the portrait without the light of the garland. If this rule is followed, the brightness of light will only depend on the strength of the garland. Different studios may have different situations.

3, the soft box is best placed directly on the floor. Therefore, the tangent light will illuminate the model. In this case, the soft box should be above the model and inclined at about 45 degrees. The ideal position of equipment is easier to realize in practice. It is important to make sure that the model's face is completely illuminated and no area is completely in the shadow.

Take New Year photos in the street.

Winter vacation is a good time to shoot outdoors, especially when it snows and the city is decorated with New Year's lights. Beautiful New Year portraits will decorate any photographer's portfolio. However, this is not always easy to achieve technically, especially without preparation. This is something that should be paid attention to when taking hiking photos under the new year's light.

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The portrait of the New Year is best taken at dusk or night, when the festival lights are the most dazzling. But at the same time, it is inevitable that there will be insufficient lighting. Although the light looks beautiful, it can't completely illuminate a person.

Novice photographers immediately want to use the built-in flash. This is the solution to all problems. However, the built-in flash can make people face directly and flatten them. At the same time, the lamp itself has obviously lost its utility. In the absence of an external flash, it is best to find the place with the highest illumination. Bright advertising stands can be helped by lighting or architectural lighting. The most important thing is to take a closer look. It is important to monitor the purity of light. It shouldn't have shadows of blue, red and other colors. Of course, on the other hand, it is not possible to illuminate the light source of the model with yellow and green light. Therefore, even in the photo editor, the color temperature in the portrait cannot be aligned.

If there is an external flash, it is easier for photographers to take high-quality photos under the background of New Year lights. Ideally, you need a synchronizer to use the flash independently of the camera and illuminate your face at the right angle and distance.

Selection of photographic equipment

It's best to take a quick shot at night to take a New Year portrait. Due to the lack of light. By opening a larger aperture, you can shoot in the dark without significantly improving the sensitivity (ISO). The bracket of a full-frame camera is most suitable for optical portraits with a focal length of 85 mm, and such a lens will not distort the proportion of people. For cameras equipped with crop sensors, the best choice is a lens with a focal length of 50 mm.

How to set up a camera

The best modes for portraits under the background of New Year lights are manual and aperture priority. The photographer only needs to point out how big the aperture should be. Automatic gear will choose its own shutter speed. When shooting at a lens with a focal length of 50 mm, the shutter speed should be at least 1/50. When using an optical element with a focal length of 85mm-not less than 1/85. If the model is moving, the shutter speed should be shorter.

Don't overestimate ISO unless absolutely necessary. Therefore, digital noise may appear in the photo. Amateur cameras, ISO should not be higher than 800- 1600. In a full-frame camera, noise reduction is more effective, and you can improve the sensitivity by thousands of units without degrading the image quality.

Correct image

In order to make the model look the most impressive under the lighting background, it is best to consider the image to be shot. Clothing should be combined with the city's holiday decoration and shooting the plot. If the coat is not in harmony with the environment at all, it is best to delete the coat and create a beautiful portrait. Against the background of the city lights, the girl in evening dress and the train set each other off. Especially when it's cold outside, in any case, it's best to choose clothes for portrait shooting.

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It's best not to make a scene without a specific plan. Improvisation is good, but with the support of some clips, the shooting will be successful. It's better to put forward a plot and maybe save some props. Such as fireworks, LED garlands (now installed on batteries) and night lights. Therefore, photos will be full of meaning.

When shooting with New Year's lights in the studio, it is best to put the model and light source away from the background, and then aim the soft light box at the floor. When shooting portraits in the street, you need to use high aperture lens, camera flash and observation function to find the place with the strongest light. It's best not to be limited to those portraits with beautiful scattered scenes, but to diversify the shooting through ordinary and close-up shots, showing the beauty of the environment and the beauty of details.