Spring portrait photography skills

Lead:? Flowers? It conveys a seasonal, energetic, colorful and lively image. How can we grasp the most natural portrait expression and create romantic and attractive works? How to adjust the white balance? How to delete the annoying messy background? Let's take a look!

Step 1: What does the photographer need to do?

1. What theme should this photo show?

Quite simply, the subject is the subject. But in fact, not only the person under the camera, but also her/his expression and her/her emotion need to be brought into the camera.

Second, choose a good scene.

A good scene is like a good stage. Fiction and facts are layered and enriched. It makes the plane scene three-dimensional, and with the gradual change of depth of field, people are photographed in a large sea of flowers, giving everyone a hint of grand scene.

Third, is the picture concise? Does it only include things that are conducive to attracting the attention of the subject?

The most common problem in portrait shooting is that the background is too messy. In order to avoid the later complexity, we should choose a simpler background from the beginning. If shooting indoors, consider simple and colorful curtains or walls, and try to avoid too many messy backgrounds outside. Don't skimp on a few minutes to get rid of those unsightly backgrounds.

Fourth, how to focus on the theme and how to attract the attention of the viewer.

For portrait photography, the best way is to enlarge the model so that it is in the middle of the photo, and the head and shoulders of the portrait are the best in the lens. Because shooting too close will make people look as if they are frozen in the picture, which will have a very unnatural effect, so it is recommended to shoot at a distance of 4-5 feet (1.2- 1.5 meters). Therefore, the focal length of the best portrait is within 85-135 mm.

5. Keep the model relaxed.

The biggest difference between romantic photo and ordinary photo is to present the most natural love and romantic atmosphere, and exquisite affectation can't make a good photo. Therefore, it is the most important person for a photographer to keep the model relaxed.

Be careful not to let your model give you a big laugh, because the effect often feels forced. On the contrary, asking for a smile in the eyes or a faint smile may bring out more romantic emotions.

Step 2: Shooting skills

1. Set the IOS value and shutter speed.

Keeping the shutter speed as high as possible will help you capture more delicate feelings. As for ISO setting, we recommend indoor 400 and outdoor 200. When shooting, the flash can be turned on or off, depending on your own choice. When using the flash, keep the other person away from the wall or curtain to minimize the shadow.

? Rendering atmosphere

Shoot creative concept works with slow shutter speed; Try using the shutter speed of 1/2 seconds, 1/4 seconds or 1/8 seconds to blur the object you want to shoot or the objects around it. You will find that this will effectively render the atmosphere, and the picture will be brighter and have a fantastic effect. This technique is most suitable for artistic photography or reproducing the classical sense with photos. If you can't keep the camera stable, you can use a tripod.

To create a fantastic effect, you need to fix the camera on a tripod, shoot in low light and try different shutter speeds. Set the camera to a small aperture and high sensitivity, and then shoot with B-doors with different durations.

The key to this suggestion lies in experiment; You need to pass the test of different scenes to take the best photos. Once you find the best combination, try to shoot the object of your choice in different poses.

? Seize the most dynamic moment.

With a faster shutter speed, you can freeze a moving object. Try to capture the movements of a fast-moving middle dancer, or when he pushes his hair from side to side. Capturing movements in this way is far beyond the reach of the naked eye, so you can shoot visually amazing works.

? Master Hou Lian synchronization

A more advanced technology is to use flash or studio flash to support Hou Lian synchronization (which means turning on the flash before the shutter closes, not before the shutter opens).

With Hou Lian synchronization, you can create creative blurred beams, but the camera's flash (whether flash or light) can clearly capture your theme. You can use flash gun or studio flash to achieve the effect of Hou Lian synchronization. Through constant experiments, try to achieve the best light atmosphere between your subject and the beam. Mastering this skill, the effect will be amazing? Keep trying.

? Use zoom function

By focusing on your subject and zooming in and out quickly, you can create a blurred effect, which is a good skill in portrait photography. You need to use a slower shutter speed to capture the zoom action; First focus on your subject, then zoom in and out of your lens. You can also try to combine this effect with moving your subject back and forth to create a more interesting effect.

? Mix photos at different shutter speeds.

Images are synthesized by image processing software, combined with various shutter technologies. Try to combine your fast and medium-speed photos with blurred photos to make an artistic photo. You can also copy your subject, so that there will be multiple subjects in the same photo.

2. Composition determines everything

In portrait photography, people are the subject of photography clearly expressed by photographers. The composition of portrait photography is to put the subject in the picture and how to highlight the composition technique of the subject. In portrait photography, simplifying other elements in the picture to highlight the composition method of characters is the basis of all portrait shooting, which is the basic common sense that photographers must master when shooting portraits. In portrait shooting, simple composition is the key to success. Common portrait photography composition techniques are: straight line composition, triangle composition, diagonal composition and curve composition.

How to choose a photographic composition method suitable for different portraits? Before shooting, the photographer should first consciously choose the appropriate composition method according to the differences of the main characters. Then feel the mood and surrounding environment of the protagonist and determine the shooting style.

? Alternate use of high and low seats:

High-altitude seats bring extraordinary visual effects to readers, highlight the sky, and perhaps make the whole picture full of flowers; Make the film more atmospheric. The low plane position also allows photographers to have a basic knowledge when shooting indoors when facing small areas of flowers.

? Direct representation is a common method of close-up.

The most intuitive way to shoot a close-up portrait is to fill the face of the character with the lens close to the model. You can reserve a part of the picture for composition, but don't collect too much torso below the neck, grab the best expression of the model and press the shutter.

Although close-range shooting seems simple, there are many details that need to be controlled: First, close-range shooting requires high models, and facial features and faces must be correct; At the same time, because the skin of the close-up photo occupies most of the area of the picture, the makeup in the early stage is very important; In addition, close-ups test the expressive force of models, and models must be generous and confident; Finally, attention should be paid to controlling the deformation of characters, because close-up photos are taken at close range, which is easy to cause the deformation of face and facial features. When shooting, you should control the angle and use the wide-angle lens carefully.

? Front composition: balance, eyes and gestures

The camera is located in front of the model's face; The advantage of this is that it can easily handle the sense of balance in the picture and perfectly and objectively reflect the correct and exquisite face and elegant posture of the model; The disadvantage is that improper composition will make the picture look dull, and the model needs strong expressive force, in other words, it needs a strong gas field.

Remind you to pay attention to the changes of the model's eyes, gestures and facial expressions. In fact, the most important eyes, because expressions are often mobilized and expressed through the eyes, scientific research has proved that facial muscle activity is closely related to the eyes.

? Contour composition: the importance of contour line

The angle between the camera and the model's face is about 90 degrees; This is convenient to shape the facial contour and posture of the model; In addition, when shooting profile portraits, in addition to people with regular facial features and changeable profile lines, some images with imperfect facial images can also use profile composition to cover up defective parts.

Remember to leave an appropriate blank in the position where the model's face faces. In addition, when shooting some moving subjects, it is very dynamic.

? Diagonal composition: strengthening the three-dimensional sense of the theme

The camera is located about 45 degrees in front of the model; The oblique side composition can not only show the main features of the front of the model, but also show the basic features of the side, which actually shows the subject? Two sides? , so that the composition form is lively and full of three-dimensional sense, which is conducive to strengthening the sense of depth of the picture space.

If you pay a little attention, you will find that the eyes or ears of individual models are different in size. In this case, you can use the hypotenuse composition method to properly hide the physical defects of the model. When shooting portraits, we should try our best to mobilize various artistic means to shape and beautify the characters.

? Back composition: to show the characteristics of environment and background.

The camera is located at any angle (except 90 degrees) on the back of the model, so as to be able to see the side of the model; The composition form used to express some features of the back and side of the model is opposite to the shooting orientation of the oblique side composition. This form of composition is mostly used to show the back features of characters, or to show the environment and background features with the back of characters as the foreground.

When the model's waist shape and hip shape are perfect, the back side is conducive to creating a private, sexy, enchanting and luxurious scene, and the suggestion effect is good.

? Composition on the back: pay attention to the creation of atmosphere

The camera is located directly behind the model; The composition of the back is not based on the facial expression of the model, but is better than the display of posture, clothing and environment.

In short, as long as the composition form combines the characteristics and themes of certain themes, it can profoundly reveal the theme and give people a sense of beauty, which is a good work.

3, the use of light

It is considered that the most important thing in location shooting is how to find the scene and control the light. Finding the scene determines the style and aesthetics of the picture. The control of light determines the hue and shadow.

? Cloudy light on cloudy days

This kind of scattered light is very soft and is an ideal light in portrait photography. In this light, the character's skin is delicate, clean and textured, and the character's eyes will be very comfortable in this light. However, the contrast between scenes in this light is small, and the sky is too monotonous and lacks color. However, you can choose the color mirror or the white balance mode of the camera to change the tone of the sky. For example, when shooting in color mode, you can choose an orange gradient lens or a brown gradient lens to create a dusk effect, or the camera can change the color of the sky in cold and warm mode; When shooting in black and white mode, you can choose a gray gradient lens to darken the sky; You can also choose a brighter background and a soft mirror to create a dreamy effect of light color.

? Ordinary effect of cloudy shooting

If there is no ordinary background of the sky, you can directly measure the brightness of the face to determine the exposure of the camera. At this point, people's faces can be filled with reflectors. Because the contrast between the face and the background is small, the flash can be used to simulate the effect of sunny day backlight or side backlight to illuminate the outline of people. When the flash is used as profile light, its illuminance index is 0.5 larger than the aperture value used by the camera. About 1.

? Shooting in a cloudy background dominated by the sky.

At this time, you can add orange gradient mirror, medium yellow mirror, brown mirror or different white balance modes in the sky to change the monotonous effect of the sky. When measuring light, add the required color lens in front of the lens and measure the sky to determine the exposure combination of the camera. At this point, people's face should be filled with flash light, and the index of light filling should be equal to or slightly larger than the aperture value used by the camera.

In addition, the flash can also be used as backlight or side backlight to shoot silhouette effect or bright line effect.

2. It's sunny and sunny.

This kind of light has a large light receiving area, a clean face and few shadows. However, the level of light and shade between scenes is not obvious, the contrast is small, the three-dimensional sense is poor, and the light shines directly on the face of the person, which makes the eyes uncomfortable. At this time, the modeling arrangement of the characters can be based on the romantic feeling of closing their eyes. This kind of light is very suitable for shooting blue sky and green water.

? Blue sky effect shooting

When metering, you can determine the exposure combination of the camera according to the brightness of the main color blue in the sky. A person's face should be filled with flash light, the direction of which should be consistent with the direction of sunlight, and the index of which should be the same as or slightly smaller than the aperture value used by the camera. On the other side of the picture, you can also use a reflector to fill the light.

If you want to emphasize the effect of blue sky, you can add a gray gradient lens and polarizer in front of the camera; It can also reduce the exposure of the sky, darken the sky and deepen the blue sky effect; You can also use the tungsten lamp white balance mode, and add a Rayden 85 lens in front of the flash to supplement the light of the character and restore the skin color of the character's face.

Note: When adding a polarizer to darken the sky, the exposure of the camera should be compensated by 1. At this time, the fill light index of the flash is increased by 1 compared with the aperture used by the camera. 3. Sunward side light, side backlight, backlight

This kind of light can make the scenery have a bright outline, which can fully show the texture of leaves, translucent objects and gauze clothes. At the same time, the contrast between the scenes is large, and the three-dimensional sense and layering are strong, which also makes many shadows appear on the face of the characters. But this kind of light is the most commonly used light in photography, and it is an ideal light for shooting dusk effect, silhouette effect, dream effect, water light effect and night scene effect during the day.

? Shooting of common effects such as side light, side backlight and backlight.

Choose side light, side backlight and light-transmitting background under backlight illumination, which has rich light and shade levels. When measuring light, the camera exposure combination is determined according to the brightness of human face. At this time, people's faces can be filled with reflectors. If the background is darkened by reducing the exposure, a flash should be used to fill the light, and the fill light index of the flash should be equal to the aperture value used by the camera.

? Twilight effect shooting

Select the sky or water surface with backlight or side backlight as the main background. When measuring light, add the required color mirror and measure the brightness of the main color of the background to determine the exposure combination of the camera. Generally, an orange gradient mirror, a brown gradient mirror and a medium yellow mirror can be added in front of the camera lens to exaggerate the color of the sky. At this time, people's face should be filled with flash light, and the index of light filling can be equal to or slightly larger than the aperture value used by the camera.

? Dream effect shooting

Choose a background with side backlight or strong backlight transmission, that is, choose a background with strong contrast between light and dark. When measuring light, measure light according to the brightness of people's faces. A soft mirror or a hollow soft mirror should be added in front of the camera. At this time, the human face can be filled with light through the reflector.

Note: When shooting with a longer focal length or a larger aperture, the illusion effect is more obvious.

4. Light or shadow in the shade on a sunny day

This kind of light has the characteristics of cloudy light, but the brightness of light under the shade is very different from that outside the shade. If the exposure control is not good, the background will be overexposed and lose some colors or the brightness of the dark part will be greatly reduced and some layers will be lost. Therefore, exposure control in the shadow is a key link.

? Shoot people in the shadows.

Firstly, the brightness value of the main color in the background in the sunlight is measured, then the brightness value of the main color in the shadow in the background is measured, and then the exposure combination of the camera is determined according to the average value of the two brightness photometry. In addition, 18% gray board can be used for photometry in the sun, and the exposure value obtained is also the average exposure value. At this point, people's faces should be filled with reflector or flash, and the index of flash filling should be equal to the aperture value used by the camera.