How to compose ice and snow photography

Lead: A famous painter said that composition is music and content is poetry. It is not easy for ice and snow photography to reach this level. Especially composition, this is the most important moment before pressing the shutter. A good photographer does not shoot what he sees in the viewfinder in a short time, but uses this short time to arrange the layout of the whole picture reasonably and skillfully to show the theme and artistic effect of his work.

I deeply feel that composition is one of the most important subjects in ice and snow photography for more than 20 years, and it is the key to the success or failure of the work. If you rise to the art category, composition is not too difficult, and other skills and knowledge are no matter how good and difficult. Since composition is so important, how can we constantly improve our level and skills? I think we should work hard from the following aspects: First, learn more composition and master the basic rules of composition theoretically; Second, read more famous works to understand their creative characteristics and experiences, but avoid repetition and imitation; The third is to grasp the characteristics of ice and snow, observe more and take more pictures, and accumulate more, which will naturally improve your composition ability.

Specific to thousands of works, there should be places where we can learn from each other. For example, this painting "Painted Rocks and Glaciers" was completed in 2008 by the thawed river in Aershan. In the white snowfield, I was attracted by the painted rocks and ice beside the glacier, and the colorful spots left by moss on the rocks were dazzling. More than ten meters of ice attached to the painted rocks were washed into pieces by the river, but they still stubbornly floated on the glacier.

Composition of errors:

This kind of composition makes people feel uncomfortable visually and has no sense of visual extension.

Correct composition:

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In order to shoot this work well, I stayed in the cold of MINUS 30 degrees for about an hour, repeatedly choosing among rocks and snow by the river, and kept shooting at the same time. Finally, I stopped about two meters away from this colorful rock, and I finally found an exciting scenery. I quickly put colorful rocks as the main body into the picture, and then adjusted and improved the plane position to form a commanding perspective. Constantly changing the relationship between the virtual and real pictures in the viewfinder and the composition ratio, we finally decided to take colorful rocks as the center of interest and form a diagonal composition with the row of crystal ice nearly ten meters away. The texture of black rock, striking spots on the rock surface and transparent texture around the ice raft make the picture full of three-dimensional sense.

Pay attention to the basic requirements of highlighting the main body, carefully selecting and carefully composing. In addition, the advantage of the panoramic frame is that it eliminates several stones that interfere with the picture, making the picture concise but not simple; The wide-angle lens narrows the ice in the distance, creating a sense of perspective and making the work look broad and atmospheric. In order to ensure the success of shooting, I took more than ten samples and chose this one that I am very satisfied with. This work is also of great significance to the traditional culture of China? Gangs? With what? Soft? Is a unique interpretation.

Composition, this is the most important moment before pressing the shutter. A good photographer does not shoot what he sees in the viewfinder in a short time, but uses this short time to arrange the layout of the whole picture reasonably and skillfully to show the theme and artistic effect of his work.

Composition is one of the most important subjects in this subject, and it is the key to the success or failure of a work. If you rise to the art category, composition is not too difficult, and other skills and knowledge are no matter how good and difficult. Since composition is so important, how can we constantly improve our level and skills? Efforts should be made in the following aspects: first, learn more about composition and master the basic rules of composition theoretically; Second, read more famous works to understand their creative characteristics and experiences, but avoid repetition and imitation; The third is to grasp the characteristics of ice and snow, observe more and take more pictures, and accumulate more, which will naturally improve your composition ability.

I also pay great attention to the application of lines in composition. Vertical lines symbolize strength, solemnity and firmness, such as towering buildings and towering ancient trees. The use of vertical lines makes people feel its solemnity and steadiness. The horizontal line symbolizes tranquility, broadness and broadness. For example, shooting the endless sea, the horizon suitable for horizontal lines gives people a very wide feeling. Slant lines symbolize the feeling of instability and dynamics, and can also show the effect of depth. Because of the perspective, the subject will become a diagonal line, leading to the distance, where the diagonal line will guide people's attention to the depths of the picture, reflecting a depth effect. Curves symbolize softness, romance and elegance, which will give people a very beautiful feeling. In addition to specific lines, some abstract lines, such as light bands formed by long-term exposure, are very dynamic, and the curves formed by waterfalls under slow shutter are dynamic and elegant, so lines do not exist objectively in concrete entities, but we must rely on our own eyes to explore and create.

Summarize eight writing methods that highlight the theme:

1. In order to show the close-up or close-up shooting of the subject, it is required to shoot from close range, and the picture range has only a small space.

2. Place the subject in the foreground, so that the picture can contain enough space to become a Zhang Quanjing photo.

3. Make the subject and background have appropriate differences in tone or tone, or form sharp contrast.

4. Emphasize the main part of the composition with light to make it the brightest.

5. Focus on the main body accurately, so that the secondary part or background loses its clarity.

6. Make the main line in the picture gather to the meaning center and emphasize it with light spots. This method is often used to represent the inside.

7. Set the subject at or near the center of the picture. If there is nothing particularly eye-catching nearby, the audience will first notice the subject.

8. Use the shooting angle to emphasize the subject. However, it should be noted that extreme depression angle or elevation angle should not be applied.

(1) The shooting direction can be divided into front composition, side composition and back composition.

1. The front composition produces solemn beauty and symmetrical beauty, which sometimes appears dull.

2. The side composition makes the picture vivid, three-dimensional and dynamic.

3. The following composition, through the explanation of the background environment, expresses more complex connotation in a more subtle way, giving people more imagination space.

(2) The shooting angles can be divided into Ping She, overhead shooting and overhead shooting.

1. Ping She's pictures are similar to people's visual habits.

2. upward photography produces a majestic and tall effect.

3. High-altitude photography is the level of shooting large scenes, and the depth perspective effect is obvious, giving people a vast and far-reaching feeling.

(3) Shooting distance

The pictures taken are divided into distant view, middle view, close view and close-up. For example, through the close-up description of local details, it gives people a subtle and strong visual impression.

What is the most used in photography? Golden section? . Make two imaginary bisectors for the whole frame, and four lines form tic-tac-toe. What do we call these four lines? Gold thread? . The four intersections are called. Golden section? We usually arrange the main body in? Golden section? From a close look, this is in line with people's aesthetic consciousness. Be accepted by people and widely used.