Flower shooting skills

Lead: Flower photography is a field that needs painting and poetry, and it needs to fully reflect the aesthetic taste of the picture, not just make a simple record like plant taxonomy. Let's take a look at the shooting skills of flowers.

There are many photographic methods and techniques to describe the beauty of flowers, each of which has its own advantages and can bring its own unique image style. The two most common are wide-angle shooting or macro shooting. Which shooting method should be adopted depends largely on the background or surrounding environment, whether to shoot a single flower or multiple flowers. If there is a sea of flowers in front of you, the best choice is to use a wide-angle lens to describe this magnificent picture. In order to get the best effect, it is best to get closer and let the flowers in the foreground fill the lower and middle parts of the picture to fully express the scene.

One way to shoot a single flower is to use a macro lens to emphasize the shape, outline and even the details of each petal. In this case, it is best to use a soft light source, because it can avoid stiff shadows, bright spots and reflections. So cloudy days are a good time to take such photos. Soft light can also show details such as delicate petals, as well as subtle colors and textures.

Come closer:

It takes patience to shoot with a macro lens, especially in composition, even if the position of the camera changes a little, it will have a great impact on the composition of the whole picture. In addition, the control of depth of field also needs to be very cautious. In order to get a large depth of field, you should use a smaller aperture to keep as much as possible in focus. On the contrary, if you shoot with a large aperture, you can get a fantastic abstract picture, which makes people feel all kinds of beauty.

Whether it is wide angle or macro, it has its place in the field of flower photography. But it may be willing to try to use a short focal length or even a telephoto lens to make a flower or a small cluster stand out in the background. The shallow depth of field brought by telephoto lens can make the picture focus on the subject and blur the background (and foreground). This is also a powerful way to shoot flowers, creating simple composition and charming color block combination.

Main skills:

1. Optional, you don't have to stay long before you see the first flower. The flowers here are often gaunt by the sidewalks where people come and go. You might as well keep looking for better ones. Study the common local flower varieties in advance to find out the flowering period.

2. Start early and try to shoot in the morning, when the wind is light and the light is soft. Determine the shooting method you intend to use and bring the appropriate lens. Depending on the subject you plan to shoot, it can be wide angle, macro and telephoto.

3. Stabilize the bracket, hold the camera to find the best composition, and place the tripod after determining the position. Select the appropriate aperture. If you want to maximize the depth of field, choose f/ 16. If you want a shallow depth of field, choose f/4 or f/5.6. Set a low ISO value, use the cable to release and turn on the pre-lift function of the reflector to ensure the clarity of the photo under the low-speed shutter.

Practical skills:

1. The early bird catches the worm and makes it at sunrise. At this time, the wind is relatively small, and even there is no wind, which will not make the flowers sway and cause the picture to be unreal. Early morning flowers often have dew, which can enrich the three-dimensional sense of the picture.

2. The light should be soft and try to avoid direct overhead, which will lead to excessive contrast and easy overexposure of photos. If necessary, you can soften too bright light. For example, you can shoot in your own shadow, or you can use a filled flash or reflector to brighten the shadow.

3. The highest quality, try to use the lowest ISO setting to ensure the best image quality and accuracy. But this often means that the shutter speed needs to be reduced, so remember to use a tripod to avoid the influence of machine vibration.

4. Change angles. When you find a flower suitable for modeling, you should fully tap its expressive force. Try your best to be creative and try many things. Flowers can't run, you can patiently observe and shoot from all angles, change different lenses and create different effects.

Different Composition and Emphasis of Creative Fuzzy Experiment

How to depict the subject depends largely on the lens, aperture, focus position, light and composition, any of which will have a great impact on the final effect of the picture.

Shallow depth of field can effectively separate and highlight a specific element, while placing the rest in Jiao Wai. In macro photography, this effect will be very dramatic, and any slight change in the focus position will greatly change the picture effect.