Matters needing attention in multi-person photo taking

Lead: Taking a group photo is definitely not as simple as lifting the camera and pressing the shutter. In addition to requiring the camera lens to be wide-angle or more focal length, we also need to master certain photography skills and intentions in order to shoot well. Next, I'll bring you the precautions for taking a group photo. Let's have a look!

Precautions for multi-person photo taking 1. Dress up photos with props in your hand.

Reasonable use of props to take family photos

It is a typical case to take a family photo with couplets, mascots or red envelopes in the New Year. The New Year family portrait in the picture, whether it is the background color, the costume collocation of the characters or the props in the hand, exudes a harmonious flavor of the year. This kind of shooting is easy to perfectly express the artistic conception of the Spring Festival. If you have these with you, don't forget to take photos.

2. Use manual white balance in special occasions.

Error white balance

When we take family photos indoors, the lighting effects in many homes are different. At this time, it is best to adjust the white balance according to the properties of the light, so that the color of the light has less influence on the photo. It is suggested to use the manual white balance in the camera in some places where the light color is obviously yellow, and choose the correct white balance according to the environment, which will generally be explained in the camera. After all, the effect of shooting under different white balances is different. We'd better set the white balance according to the environment and restore the truest color.

3. Spot metering ensures accurate exposure of characters.

An overexposed family portrait

Spot metering is generally used to shoot background light in dark environment. If you use the camera's global average metering, the face will be overexposed, that is, too bright and too white, and too many details will be lost. In case of printing large-size photos, it will be very confusing. This is why we need to use spot metering and put the metering point on people's face to ensure the accurate exposure of the subject of the photo.

4. Avoid dark environment and use the flash carefully.

Try not to take a family photo in a dark environment, because at this time, you either have to rely on the camera's high sensitivity and lose a lot of details, or shoot people with a flash, and the already dark background is even darker. But if there is a baby at home, the flash can easily hurt the child's eyes, and flash shooting can easily cause problems for everyone? Red eye? It's ugly.

A family photo taken with a flash.

In this case, you should turn off the flash, go to a brighter place to shoot or improve the ISO sensitivity of the camera. If you have a SLR camera, you can try to shoot with a large aperture and a slower shutter speed, otherwise you will shoot a virtual shadow, so I suggest you try to find a place with a brighter environment.

5. Pay attention to details to avoid too chaotic prospects.

Put a good prospect in the family photo.

Of course, it is essential to get together at home during the Spring Festival, but if you want to take a family photo with your heart, I suggest not taking it at the dinner table, because people's prospects will be too chaotic and unsightly. Of course, it doesn't matter if there are not too many things on the table and they are all exquisite food. At that time, it would be more memorable to try to take a clean and warm family photo. When we all went home, we didn't miss the time to pack up.

6. Keep your memory and take a clear background.

Family portrait combining characters with background

Many people have seen many photos with blurred backgrounds. I don't suggest doing this when taking a family photo. Of course, we should combine people with background to remind us of the place where this family photo was taken. If the background is blurred, it either looks like a big photo, or you can't remember where the photo was taken years later. Leave as much space as possible for the background.

7. A unique perspective makes the space active.

A family photo taken from above.

A large family with many members takes a family photo. Some people will not be in the camera, while others will be blocked by the people in front. At this time, we can shoot from another angle, such as overhead shooting. At this time, we will leave infinite space for the background, so that everyone can completely enter the camera, and people in the back row will not worry about their faces being blocked.

Pleasant action

Also, you can do some cheerful actions to make the whole photo more active.

8. Triangular composition, taking multiple family photos

Family portrait with regular triangle composition

We must have come across such photos when shooting in graduation photo in the past. When there are many people, we need to use triangles to arrange people, that is, divide them into several rows, each row has different people, showing a regular triangle or an inverted triangle composition, which will be more comfortable or neat. This shooting method is suitable for everyone to go back to their hometown for reunion. I don't think the average family size will be too large.

9. Personality space of creative young hipsters

Do what you think is the coolest move.

For example, some families have more children or cousins. This is the time to show the charm of young people, don't stick to the form of standing at attention or sitting up. The party of young people or classmates should be creative and distinctive. Taking such photos can make everyone put aside all the rules and regulations, put on the coolest action they think, interact with the camera and make the photos more dynamic.

10. Capture the wonderful moment and stop posing.

Captured family portrait

No one stipulates that a family photo should stand together and giggle for the camera. As long as you are with your family, you can form a warm family photo every moment. Of course, this kind of shooting needs another person to help you shoot, which requires higher capture ability of cameras and photographers.