Classic portrait photography skills

Lead: The photographer of National Geographic is probably one of the tribes that are best at taking portraits on this planet. The shooting skills they summed up are not a simple combination of composition and color, but go deep into the shooting content and tap the most unforgettable flash in the scene. The following 10 illustrated portrait shooting cases are very worthy of collection and reference.

1. Pay attention to the surrounding environment anytime and anywhere. In this young mother's photo, when the photographer found the photo of the subject's grandmother, he immediately understood that this old photo would make his photo have a completely different sense of time (photographer: David L. Arnold)

2. Close-up+Silhouette The thick black makeup on the actor's eyebrows not only brings impact, but also highlights the visual center of the picture (photographer: Paul chesley)

3. Trigonometry+Contrast of Light and Dark The photographer placed the face of the old gentleman and the view of Oxford University at two points on the three-point line respectively, and the surrounding darkness naturally set off the photographer's face and the distant buildings. This composition is very suitable for travel photos (photographer: Anne Griffith Bert)

4. telephoto lens Taking portraits with telephoto lens is especially suitable for subject contrast? Alert? For example, in some cases, this photo of a Muslim woman was completed with a telephoto lens. They noticed the person being filmed, but the photographer was not asked to stop filming because of the distance. If you shoot with a standard lens or wide angle and close range, these two women will be dead long before you press the shutter ... _ (Photographer: Robert Karpe Toto)

5. Waiting for the Opportunity The photographer found this well-lit scene and only pressed the shutter when a woman got up and walked to the side door, which is also the usual shooting technique of Harry Cartier-Bresson (photographer: William Albert Allard).

6. Note that people who talk enthusiastically in bars and cafes often have a good chance to shoot, especially when the subject is absorbed in whispering to another person (photographer: Jody Cobb)

The girl is waiting for the train to stop. Photographers use slow shutter and small aperture to express the movement of the train, which is different from the standing girl. Or? In contrast (photographer: David Aaron Harvey)

8. The photographer arrived early, so he had the opportunity to shoot the warm-up rehearsal before the ballet started. If you plan to shoot a performance or an event, going early and returning late will always give you more opportunities worth shooting (photographer: Sisse Brimberg).

9. Take a group photo with environmental characteristics. The foundation of the old house becomes an excellent shooting scene in this group photo, and the wide-angle lens will also accommodate a larger field of vision (photographer: Robert Karpe Tuo)

10. When shooting this photo, the low-angle photographer used a crouching low-angle perspective, and at the same time abstracted the upper hand, giving the photo a special symbolic meaning (photographer: Lynn Johnson).