How to highlight the aesthetic feeling of portrait photography

Lead: In the field of portrait photography, there are always endless shooting techniques. I believe that everyone must have this experience: every time you see the masterpiece of the master, you are full of admiration, and at the same time you can't ask for advice. Admittedly, some gorgeous works are commendable, but many times, we can't know how the other party filmed them. However, there are many technical shortcuts to quickly master portraits. Here I would like to share with you some practical portrait photography methods, which can be mastered quickly and everyone can learn from each other.

1. Watch the angle

Pay attention to the angle

A good portrait photography should try to highlight the model and keep the background as simple as possible. Try to shoot from a height or let the model lie down to shoot, so as to avoid being disturbed by the surrounding environment. In this case, a camera with a rotating screen can exert its power. When shooting in this way, you should pay attention to leaving white space to make the picture more stretched.

2. Unique perspective

Unique perspective

Small fresh photos are mostly taken in sunny suburbs. How to make the work look better in many outdoor shooting occasions? Is to find different shooting angles. The premise of finding this perspective is that you need to calm down and observe the scene in front of you, find out the picture you need and keep moving your feet, explore the possibility of every different angle and press the shutter! If you persist in this way, you will get something.

3. Natural movement

Taking pictures of people gives people an unrestrained and very natural feeling. When taking such photos, you can switch to manual mode after metering is completed. After the aperture and shutter speed are fixed, the continuous autofocus function of the camera is enabled at the same time. Continuous shooting mode shooting is easier to capture the vivid and natural expressions of models.

Natural movement

Fuzzy background

Fuzzy background

Portrait photography often uses a large aperture such as F 1.2 ~ F4 or a medium-long lens such as Canon EF 70-200mm/2.8 L IS II USM, which can effectively blur the background, separate the characters from the background and highlight the subject well.

Attention to detail.

? Small face, big eyes, poor? Small face of the whole people? In the new era, you need to stand up and pat your ass. When shooting like this, your camera should be higher than the person, and try to make the outline of the person's face illuminated. People's eyes don't need to look at the camera, just look forward and down. This kind of eyes is very charming.

Pay attention to details.

Clever use of furniture

Clever use of furniture

Gauze curtains, wooden panes, leaves, books, etc. Are props that can make the picture simple but interesting. More importantly, these props have the function of decorating the face, which can make the facial contour of the characters more perfect.

7. Are you looking for it? Local beauty?

Many times, it is not enough to focus only on the angle. You should learn to look for it. Local beauty? . Many beginners will try to avoid cutting their hands, feet and other body parts when composing pictures, resulting in dull and conservative pictures. But for me, a good composition is to find the best first feeling. I will pay close attention to the change of the model's expression and find the stimulation point directly in the viewfinder. What is the photo taken like this? Live broadcast? Yes

Looking for? Local beauty?

8. Backlight shooting

Backlight shooting

This shooting technique is a key point of Xiao Qingxin's photography, and he can often shoot exciting works. Using backlight and low saturation can create a hazy and dreamy beauty. In afternoon backlight shooting or side backlight shooting, flash and reflector are generally not used. Taking natural light spots as one of the composition elements will make your photos shine.