Basic concepts of portrait photography

Lead: Writing is a way of looking at things, not a fixed formula. For those who have just learned photography, I think it is better to cultivate the concept of composition than to cultivate the skills of composition, like? Fishing? And then what? Fish? The same relationship. Let's take a closer look!

1. Take a close-up photo

The more parts a photo contains, the more elements need to be controlled, and of course the composition will be more difficult. It is suggested to be as close to the subject as possible and make bold choices, so that the characters in the picture will be more eye-catching and naturally increase the visual appeal.

Manual mode, F2.8, 1/800s, ISO 100, focal length 200mm.

Step 2 Choose a different perspective

Generally, when shooting portraits, it is natural to use the eye-level angle as the shooting height, which is also the most basic shooting angle. In order to make the picture look better or increase some personal creative fun, you can try to shoot from the perspective of overlooking or looking up. Try to change the angle, you can often get different styles of photography.

Manual mode, F2.8,1/60s, ISO 100, focal length 30mm.

3. Pay attention to fill the light when shooting against the light

When shooting a portrait in reverse light, the sunlight will transmit a beautiful contour line and hairline light on the figure outline. The problem of black face can be avoided by using reflector and flash to fill the light or turning on the built-in automatic brightness optimization function of the camera.

Aperture priority, F2.8, 1/200 seconds, ISO 160, focal length150 mm.

4. Presenting unrestrained dynamic pictures.

Dynamic portraits will give people a free and very natural feeling. Dynamic photos are divided into two categories, one is the posture of solidification moment with high-speed shutter. The other is to follow the shooting at the shutter speed of 1/30 seconds to 1/60 seconds, and use the laterally blurred background to express the sense of speed more effectively.

Manual mode, F8,1/60/60seconds, ISO 400, focal length 50 mm.