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Walking in the street, have you noticed these eight kinds of lights?

1 street lamp

On the street at night, there are always street lamps on the roadside. You can stand parallel to the pole lamp, use the continuity of light to create a profound visual traction, and then wait for the key figures to pass under the lamp to complete the composition:

You can also stand on the side of the street lamp or shoot at a low angle that is not parallel to the street lamp, and use the street lamp as the background element of the picture:

The best match with high-pole street lamps is rainy and foggy weather. The combination of the two can soften the light and create a hazy light atmosphere:

2 floor lamps

In addition to street lamps near the ceiling light level, we can also use low-angle lamps, such as floor lamps and flower bed lamps. The advantage of this light source is its low height. With the right perspective, it can be used to fill the face from the lower part.

However, if a flash is used, the fill light effect is often not so natural. It is worth mentioning that the mobile phone screen can also be used as a light source to illuminate the face-but only at close range.

You can try to photograph people who are using mobile phones, because their faces are often within the effective fill light range of the mobile phone screen.

3 Chen Guang

It is said that "a big movie comes out early in the morning", and so is street shooting. Dawn and morning fog will make the light soft, uniform and textured, and sometimes it will produce Tindal effect and Jesus light;

Let the morning light pass through the cracks in the trees, and the ground will leave a dense and slender shadow in the depth, which is very emotional: