What is the artistic effect of backlight photography?

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What are the artistic effects of backlight photography? 1. Basic characteristics of backlight photography.

The essence of photography is light, and light is the lifeblood and soul of photography. Mr. Liu Bannong once said: Although the scenery is good, the picture is still dead without proper light. ?

Backlight shooting is a means of photographing light. Broad backlight should include full backlight and side backlight. The basic characteristics are: from the light level, the total backlight is the light emitted from the subject with his back to the camera, also known as? Backlight? ; Is the side backlight around the camera 135? The light emitted from the back of the camera to the subject accounts for 1/3, and the backlight accounts for 2/3. From the light ratio, the subject and background are both in the dark or 2/3 of the area is in the dark, so the light ratio between light and dark is large and the contrast is strong. 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 means of backlight photography can be used properly, it is undoubtedly valuable for improving the artistic effect of photography creation.

Second, the main artistic effects of backlight photography

Backlight is a kind of lighting with artistic charm and strong expressive force, which can make the picture produce an artistic effect completely different from the actual light seen by the naked eye. Artistic expression mainly includes the following aspects:

First, it can enhance the texture of the subject. Especially for shooting transparent or translucent objects, such as flowers, plant branches and leaves, backlight is the best light. Because, on the one hand, backlight illumination can improve the brightness and saturation of transparent objects, and dim transparent or translucent objects under forward illumination show beautiful luster and good transparency, which increases the effect of light transmission and brightness enhancement; On the other hand, the brightness difference between transparent and opaque objects in the same picture is obviously widened, and the light and shade are opposite, which greatly enhances the artistic effect of the picture.

Second, it can enhance the rendering of the atmosphere. Especially in the morning and evening of landscape photography, the light and shadow modeling method with low angle and large backlight is adopted. Reflection paints rosy clouds as dyes, clouds as transpiration, and mountains, villages and trees as ink paintings. If mist, canoes and birds are added, it will cause a deep sound in vision and psychology, which will make the work deeper in connotation, higher in artistic conception and stronger in charm.

Third, it can enhance the visual impact. When shooting in reverse light, due to the increase of the proportion of dark parts, quite a lot of details are blocked by shadows, and subjects with simple lines or small light receiving area suddenly appear in the picture. This large light ratio gives people a strong visual impact, thus producing a strong artistic modeling effect. Specifically, first of all, the background can be under backlight, with insufficient exposure and poor color reproduction, so that the background can be purified, thus achieving the effect of highlighting the subject; 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, the depth of the picture can be enhanced. Especially when shooting in the morning or evening with backlight, the color composition has changed from far to near due to the different media conditions in the air: the foreground is dark and the background is bright; The foreground color saturation is high and the background color saturation is low. In this way, the whole picture from far to near, color from shallow to deep, from shallow to deep, forming a subtle sense of space depth.

Third, several problems that should be paid attention to in backlight shooting

Backlight shooting has a strong artistic effect, but it is difficult to shoot the scenery under backlight. The main reason is that the backlight contrast is large and varied, and the main part is mostly in the shadow. Therefore, backlight shooting, first of all, should not be deceived by the large dark background light in the picture, but should be based on the brightness reading of the subject, and the rest should be ignored. If shooting sunrise or sunset, the brightness of the sun should be used as the main basis for metering; When shooting low-key portraits, we should use the highlights of the characters as the basis for metering. Second, backlight shooting, close-up shooting, especially portraits, should choose appropriate auxiliary light (fill the light with flash or reflector). Third, when taking a silhouette, the exposure should be based on the bright background brightness. Fourth, when shooting flowers in reverse light, we should choose a darker background for comparison, so as to create a strong light ratio contrast, strengthen the light effect of reverse light, and achieve the artistic effect of clear outline and prominent subject. Fifth, because the camera is still facing a strong light source, we should pay attention to the interference of glare. Shading measures should be taken (use a suitable hood for as long as possible, or use hands, hats, cardboard, etc.). In front of the camera), or slightly offset to the side, adjust the shooting angle, etc. , to prevent direct sunlight or light from the camera, and then press the shutter after the glare disappears.