The shooting technique of expressing the loneliness of the characters

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There are many small analogies to show the subject matter of portrait shooting, and there are also various types of style characteristics to show. The feeling is to give the photographer more space to express his ideas, but it actually increases the difficulty of shooting. Let the photographer continue to learn and improve.

How to shoot a portrait that reflects loneliness, loneliness and cold style?

In portrait shooting, there are various styles, and different themes need corresponding styles to present. Some show connotative literature and art, some show fashion avant-garde, some show enthusiasm and unrestrained, and some show loneliness and coldness. Then, how to express the lonely, lonely, cold style portrait, according to personal understanding, from the following aspects to discuss with you:

1, clearly expressing the theme.

Loneliness, loneliness and coldness are a presentation of style, an expression of emotion and a visual feeling. However, this style can be applied to many aspects, such as fashion portrait content and artistic portrait. Therefore, it is necessary to express the theme clearly before shooting, otherwise there will be no direction.

2. The temperament of the model belongs to indifference.

The temperament of the model being photographed is the core element in portrait shooting. Therefore, the temperament of the model should be cold and indifferent, in order to better match the theme style. If you choose a model with lively and lovely temperament, you will never feel lonely and cold.

3. Clothing style selection

In portrait shooting, the style of clothing must be consistent with the theme style. To express loneliness, loneliness and cold style, clothes need simple and fashionable styles, and the colors are mainly cold and dark, giving people a feeling of melancholy and indifference.

4. Emotional expression of models

As we all know, people's emotional expression types are joy, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, fear, thinking and so on. In the performance of portrait works, the emotional expression of characters is particularly important. To express the feeling of loneliness, loneliness and cold, the photographer needs to express melancholy, fear, loneliness and loneliness from his expression and eyes.

5. Selection of shooting environment

The shooting environment is an important element of rendering atmosphere in portrait shooting. Therefore, to express the lonely, lonely and cold style, the environment should be dark and shabby, not bright and bright shooting environment. Such as ruins and broken houses.

6, the use of light and shadow

Lonely, lonely and cold portraits are characterized by hard light, strong contrast between light and shade, relatively large proportion of cool colors and dark overall tone.

7. Tone of the work

Color is mainly cold color, followed by warm color, such as blue tone, which is a suitable color to express loneliness, loneliness and cold style. The tone is mainly gray, showing a heavy, indifferent and lonely psychological feeling.

In a word, to shoot a lonely, lonely and cold portrait style, we must express it from the aspects of theme content, character temperament, character mood, clothing collocation, environmental atmosphere, lighting tone and so on, so as to show the theme style more perfectly.

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