How to skillfully use shooting techniques such as light manipulation

To put it bluntly, playing photography is playing with light.

Just like sketch, the expressive force of light is the "soul" of a good PP. Let's discuss several concepts first:

Any kind of light has three elements, namely intensity, direction and hue.

Intensity of light

Intensity describes the intensity of light,

The light emitted by various light sources has a certain intensity.

Strong direct light will cause obvious shadows and clearly show the outline of the object.

So it is often used to outline the outline of objects; Strong light can also increase the brightness and color contrast of the subject.

Weak light and scattered light can weaken the contrast between light and shade of the subject and make the surface of the object look smooth and detailed.

For camera lighting, a strong light source is often used as the main light in the studio.

It is the main source of shooting lighting. The weak light source is used as an auxiliary light source,

It can reduce the strong shadow caused by the main light, and at the same time, it will not cast unnecessary shadows.

But if the light is too strong, it often fails to achieve good results.

Because the shadows formed under strong light will be exaggerated, the light and shadow effect will be unnatural.

When shooting, if the light is too strong, you can add a diffusion screen or reflector.

Reduce the intensity of light. Compared with strong light, the light and shadow effect of astigmatism is softer and more natural.

The light receiving surface of the main body can be uniform, the contrast is moderate, and the directivity of the light source is limited.

Another kind of light is the so-called "diffuse light"

The kind of light that has no obvious directionality on cloudy days is the so-called diffuse light.

Unlike the two light sources mentioned above, diffuse light has almost no shadow.

Bresson, a famous photographer, is a master of controlling diffuse light.

intensity of illumination

Illuminance, commonly known as lux,

Represents the luminous flux per unit area of the surface of the object being photographed.

1 lux is equivalent to 1 lumen/square meter, that is, on the subject area per square meter,

The luminous flux vertically irradiated by a light source with luminous intensity of 1 candle at a distance of one meter.

Illuminance is an important index to measure the shooting environment.

When the sunshine is strongest at noon in summer, the outdoor illumination can reach more than 100000 lux.

It is easy to form obvious shadows, which is not necessarily an ideal shooting environment.

Most indoor illuminance is below 300lux. Illuminance is not only related to the luminous intensity of the light source,

But also the distance from the light source to the object.

Generally, when the distance between the object and the light source is constant,

The illuminance of the photographed object is directly proportional to the luminous intensity of the light source;

On the contrary, when the luminous intensity of the light source is unchanged, but the distance from the object changes,

The illuminance on an object is roughly inversely proportional to the square of the distance.

The aperture change when using a flash is based on this principle.

Another rule is that when the light source irradiates the precursor and the afterbody,

The closer the light source is, the greater the illumination difference between the two objects.

The farther the light source is, the closer the two objects receive light.

This change is in sharp contrast with the composition of the previous issue.

Will cause a very strong visual impact.