How to shoot backlight photography?

Life is the greatness recorded in history. Photography is the repetition of ordinary things in life. There are many kinds of photography skills, some belong to thinking photography skills, and some belong to observation photography skills. But the general observation technology is more acceptable. The following is my knowledge about how to shoot backlight photography. Welcome to reading.

Photography relies on the reflection and scattering of light in essence. A photographer can master the soul and vitality of photography by mastering the use of light. Mr. Lang Jingshan, a master photographer, once said: "No matter how beautiful the scenery is, if it can't be used properly, the picture will be dead."

The so-called backlight shooting refers to the photography skills generated between the camera and the light. In the whole theory, backlight photography is divided into panoramic backlight and side backlight. The same characteristics of the two are: capturing from the light source of the picture, panoramic backlight is the light beam irradiated from the back of the object being photographed, also called "backlight"; Side-view backlight is the light aimed at the object from the left and right sides of the camera to the back side of 135. The light receiving surface of the object accounts for one-third and the backlight surface accounts for two-thirds. From the perspective of light ratio, the object and background are in the dark or two-thirds of the area is in the dark, deliberately highlighting the light from the dark, resulting in an extremely strong contrast between the two. From the perspective of light effect, backlight produces contour light for opaque objects; Generating transmitted light for transparent or translucent objects; Produce flickering light on liquid or water. If the backlight shooting method is used properly, your photography will become a very artistic and stylish photo.

The word "backlight" itself has a strong artistic attribute, because the intensity of light itself will bring visual impact to people, and after composition thinking, it will bring special charm that the naked eye can't find from the layered light. This is the unique artistic temperament in shooting. The expressive force of backlight shooting mainly includes the following aspects:

First, the texture of the object is greatly increased.

Especially shooting translucent or translucent scenery, such as flowers and plants, green plants and so on. Backlight is considered to be the best light for shooting these scenes. On the one hand, backlight illumination can improve the color and saturation of transparent objects, so that ordinary transparent or translucent objects can be photographed in front of lights, showing an impression and good perspective, and increasing the artistic effect of the picture; On the other hand, it magnifies the lightness color between transparent objects and opaque objects in the same picture, highlights two opposing colors, and enhances the artistic effect of the picture.

Second, improve the rendering of the surrounding atmosphere.

Especially in the early morning or evening when the scenery is shot, the light and shadow modeling method with low angle and large backlight is adopted, and the back light source will outline the neon flashing and choppy scenery, and Shan Ye, countryside and forest are full of vitality. If fog, boat and eagle can be added as a mutual foil, it will have certain artistic appreciation in vision and mind, which will make the work temperament rise, the artistic conception be far-reaching and the charm be long.

Third, visual conflict is a sense of sight.

In backlight shooting, the proportion of dark parts is very large, and many details are covered up in this chapter. The subject stands out from the scene with clear lines or less light receiving area. This large light ratio gives people a particularly strong contrast with Gao Fancha, thus producing a strong artistic modeling effect. Specifically, first of all, you need to put the background under the backlight, so that the light will not be sufficient, the color reproduction will be reduced, and the background will highlight the strong contrast, so as to achieve the effect of highlighting the main body; Secondly, it can vividly outline the clear outline of the subject, separate the subject from the background, highlight the ups and downs and lines of the subject, and strengthen the subject's sense of subjectivity; Third, it can profoundly portray the character. Because the light receiving area of the whole picture is small, most of the face and body are in shadow, forming a' dense low-key picture' dominated by dark colors, which is helpful to express the deep, implicit, solemn or melancholy character of the characters. At the same time, due to the large color contrast and strong light and dark layout, some flaws in the face of the characters can be diluted by strong light and covered by the shadow of backlight, thus achieving the effect of fostering strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

Fourth, highlight the cascading effect of the picture.

If you work under the backlight in the early morning or evening, the color distribution will change essentially because of the fog or light in the air: the main object becomes dark and the background becomes bright; The foreground color saturation is high and the background is faded. This situation will cause the picture from near to far, the color from shallow to deep, and the light intensity from dark, forming a wonderful spatial cascading effect.

Backlight shooting can highlight a strong artistic atmosphere, but it is not a simple matter to shoot high-quality backlit works. The main reason is that the backlight contrast is strong and often changes, and many shooting scenes are in the dark. Therefore, in backlight shooting, firstly, don't be deceived by some dark background light in the picture, but take the brightness reading of the subject as proof, and the rest can be ignored. If you shoot the sunrise or red clouds, you should take the brightness of the sun as the main reference; When shooting low-key portraits, we should use the highlights of the characters as the basis for metering. Second, in backlight shooting, when shooting portraits at close range, you should choose appropriate auxiliary light, and the auxiliary light such as flash and reflector has good effect. Third, when taking a silhouette, the exposure should be based on the bright background brightness. Fourth, when shooting flowers and plants with backlight, we should choose a relatively dark background for comparison, so as to create a strong light ratio contrast, strengthen the light effect of backlight, and achieve the artistic effect of clear outline and prominent subject. Fifth, because the camera is still facing strong light, it is easy to get dizzy. Another skill is to make a cover, use a suitable cover for as long as possible, or block the light source of the lens with your palm, glasses frame and clothes, or move the lens to the background and adjust the appropriate angle. Be sure not to direct sunlight on the lens, which will expose the scene instantly and make the scenery very poor.