Shooting skills of urban scenery

Urban scenery shooting skills, everyone has many different hobbies, some like singing, some like painting, some like dancing and some like cooking. Some people like shooting. If you are interested in shooting, you might as well look at the shooting skills of urban scenery, hoping to help you.

Shooting skills of urban scenery 1 Many tourists like to shoot the "urban forest" with magnificent buildings and beautiful external walls, from which urban scenery is formed. The convenience of shooting architecture is that photographers can compose compositions calmly and choose different perspectives.

For professional architectural photography, it is best to use a shifting lens, which can adjust and prevent the deformation of the building. But ordinary photographers don't have this condition, so they don't have to be strong. Shooting buildings with different focal lengths will produce different image effects. We call a lens with a focal length of 50mm a standard lens, and the photos it takes are the same as our vision, which can best reflect the objectivity of things. Based on this focal length, the longer the focal length, the worse the perspective effect. The shorter the focal length of the lens (28mm or 24mm), the greater the deformation of the building, but the perspective effect is good, which can better show the depth of the picture and obtain a wide range of clarity.

Modern urban buildings are dense, and it may be difficult to move back and forth due to site restrictions, so short lens focal length is often used. Generally speaking, we usually use a wide-angle (24mm) to a standard (50mm) focal length. The advantages of shooting high-rise buildings with short focal length have been explained before, but the main disadvantage is the deformation of the buildings (big and small), because the appearance of the buildings is mostly straight, and the deformation is more serious when shooting from behind. So, short focal length is not suitable for shooting focal length? That's not true. We can go as high as possible to reduce the deformation of the building, and sometimes we can consciously shoot back near the building with a wide-angle lens to artistically exaggerate the dramatic effect of modern architecture.

Generally speaking, vertical picture shooting helps to show the grandeur of buildings or the depth of streets, while banner picture shooting can better show the forests of buildings.

From the point of view of photographic lighting of buildings, we usually use front light or half side light, which is beneficial to show the specific details of high-rise buildings; The front light makes the building have a great contrast between light and shade, showing a three-dimensional effect. Most of the external walls of modern buildings are embedded with glass, which is dazzling. In order to reproduce the details clearly, a polarizer should be installed in front of the camera to eliminate the reflection of the glass.

City Scenery Shooting Skill 2 (1) The best shooting time is around sunrise and sunset.

Just like taking a landscape photo, the most beautiful time to take a city landscape is actually around sunrise and sunset. With luck, the sky will have cool and warm colors, even purple and orange. When the lights of the city start to light up, it will form a beautiful photo. Of course, you'd better reach a highland or shoot on a skyscraper, and there will be surprises. Later, you can set off the beautiful sunset scene of the city by setting white balance, strengthening saturation and balancing light difference in Photoshop ~

(2) Shooting the horizon of the city

In addition to the highland mentioned above, you can actually go to the shore or the river (if there is one) to shoot the city horizon. Usually you will see dense high-rise buildings, and it will be more beautiful if the buildings have color photos. When taking this kind of photo, you must pay attention to whether it is straight or not, or you can take a panoramic photo ~

(3) Make good use of wide angle, medium focus and large close-up.

When you don't know how to take a picture of a city, you can try to start from these three angles:

Wide-angle: use a wide-angle lens (or ultra-wide-angle lens) to shoot exaggerated city lines. Wide-angle lens can also shoot a sense of space, so that readers seem to be in the environment at that time. Fisheye lens is also a good attempt ~

Medium focus: shoot the street scene environment with a medium focus of 50-85mm to tell readers what life is like in this city. How do passers-by go to the market to buy things? Do they drink coffee by the roadside? Try to bring the realistic side to the readers.

Close-up: Every city always has some features, such as posting boxes, telephone booths and even colorful signboards and houses. You can record the details with photos.

(4) Don't forget to bring a tripod and a cable releaser.

Walking around the city, especially shooting at night, you will need a tripod to help you shoot. If you have a cable release, it will reduce the vibration when you press the shutter. And tripod and cable release can also let you take a selfie. For example, it is also a very interesting subject to take a silhouette of yourself under the lively lights of the city!

(5) Shooting car tracks

Cities usually have busy intersections where many cars pass. With distinctive tall buildings, you can take beautiful photos of car tracks. Remember that it is best not to be too busy at the intersection when shooting, so that the vehicle can't move forward for a long time. If this happens, you can use a good black card to solve it.

(6) Add pedestrians to the photos.

In a busy city, it is difficult to shoot a deserted street (one way is to use a strong ND filter), but you can use a slow shutter to turn people into a part of your composition foreground! This can also set off the lively atmosphere and feeling of the city.

(7) Looking for fountains in the city

In the suburbs, you can shoot trees and running water, while in the city, you might as well find a combination of "buildings and fountains"! Using the technique of following the silk water can make the fountain look like a dream, which is a good shooting subject ~

(8) Shooting Rain City

When the weather is bad or rainy, you can also try to shoot. The water on the ground can make a beautiful reflection, and the scene of pedestrians holding umbrellas on the road can also be taken. Even the small drops of water outside the window are good things to shoot!

Have you learned these tips? Take out your camera and try it in your city ~