Still life shooting skills and angles What skills do you need to master in still life shooting?

Usually still life shooting, black and white background is the majority. If you use black as the background, you need at least two pieces of black cloth, and then fold them into a cube. The four corners can be supported by iron wires, which is more stable. The top surface and front surface are required to be empty, and then a thin wire or fishing line (fishing line is recommended because it is not easy to wear under light irradiation) is pulled about 50cm above the cube and fixed with a clip. When shooting, you can use fishing line to hang small ornaments, perfume bottles and other heavy objects directly below. If you need a white suit, just change the black cloth into white cloth.

2, the choice of lighting

As for lighting, since everyone is a photography enthusiast, it is impossible to invest in such expensive professional photography lamps, so we need to use local materials, such as table lamps, and we need two (preferably three), one as the main light source and the other as the auxiliary light source. The bulb is preferably an incandescent bulb with uniform brightness. The main bulb power is 80W, and the auxiliary light source is between 30w and 40w. If you really can't find incandescent bulbs, you can also use energy-saving lamps, but you must preheat them for about 10 minutes before you can proceed to the next step.

3. Selection of light source position

The location of the light source is very knowledgeable, such as what side light, side backlight and so on. In actual shooting, light can be divided into main light, auxiliary light, contour light, background light and so on. In the impression of many fans, the more complicated the light, the better. They like to shine all the light on the subject, which is actually wrong, because it can't reflect the layering of light, but it will leave a messy feeling. The correct light distribution method should pay attention to the sequence of light, first of all, we should focus on the position of the main light, and then use the auxiliary light to adjust the contrast formed by the main body, highlight the hierarchy and control the projection. The position of the main light can be in front or at the top, and the auxiliary light can be around or even at the bottom, depending on the position of the camera.

Step 4 change the shooting angle

Speaking of shooting perspective, there seems to be endless topics, which can be summarized in one sentence: move up and down, left and right. However, "moving" is not blind, and we must find a beautiful angle. Before you lift the camera, you need to consider the shooting angle, whether it is overhead shooting, overhead shooting or flat shooting.

5. Mirror surface

To stay away from ordinary photos, we must open our minds. We can use mirror shooting to compress different spaces on one plane, thus producing a montage effect, increasing the information of the picture and shooting a unique side of life. Be careful when shooting, because the intensity of light reflected by the mirror is easy to cause local overexposure.

6, the choice of cloth

But the effect of the above DIY method is actually not good. Firstly, in the choice of cloth, the surface of soft cloth is not so smooth, secondly, the refraction of light is irregular, and the position of light source is rigid, which is difficult to adjust. So I still suggest you buy a folding still life box, which can be bought in the photographic equipment market in various cities in China at present. Of course, you can also buy it on Taobao. The price is very cheap, ranging from 70 to 300 yuan. With this still life box, we can easily turn the outdoor sunlight that is too direct and complicated into soft and uniform light, which is very useful for us to shoot some small ornaments and still lives. Of course, the effect is better when there is a stable light source indoors.