How to shoot a portrait with style?

Lead: I believe that readers, like me, all want to shoot different portrait works independently. This time, we boldly transformed into directors, and planned together from the aspects of scenes, props and clothing selection. And refer to the four key points I have compiled. You can also be a master of portrait creation!

(A) the choice of the scene

Around our lives, it is easy to ignore some simple but colorful photography places, such as parks, flowers in alleys, abandoned open spaces and so on. You are familiar with these places. As long as you watch carefully and bring your camera, you will find it so charming in your lens!

This is a couple in Chaishan, Kaohsiung, and it is also the main shooting location. The reason for choosing it is that both the foreground and the background have layering and charming colors. It was 9: 00 a.m. when shooting, the sun was at my left rear, and our pre-arranged prop bed was placed on the edge of the cliff. We don't need the help of external flashlights or reflectors, because the sun is our best lighting engineer, and the seawater will appear blue-green due to sunlight. With such perfect cooperation, it is easier to control the scene you choose.

(2) Preparation of props

Generally speaking, the model will be the most important protagonist, but if we simply use the background to set off the model, or rely on the model's own conditions, the work is not rich enough, so we need to use props to create the richness and creativity of the picture, even if we just prepare a chair, I believe we can shoot a different style!

(3) camera settings

When shooting along the light, the camera setting becomes easier, and we don't need to pay too much attention to the background light, which leads to the underexposure of the subject. This time, the camera shooting mode is set to 【 aperture priority 】 (A mode), the metering mode is set to 【 weighing/full area metering 】, and ISO is set to a low value [such as ISO 100]. Basically, we just need to pay attention to the use of automatic white balance and turn off the highlight priority function.

(4) unrestricted composition

Style portrait creation, there is no specific posture and composition, photographers need to guide models to express their emotions, rather than always instructing models to pose, no matter what kind of physical expression, the subject should feel relaxed, lying or kneeling. In composition, you can boldly try to frame people in different positions in the window with scenery and people, and you can create good photos with atmosphere in a simple way.