How to shoot portraits at night

Question 1: How to take night portrait photos with SLR? It is difficult to shoot a portrait at night, because we should consider the normal exposure of the foreground background and how to make the influence of the foreground people clear. Indeed, this is one of the problems that most tourists encounter when visiting the night scene. Especially when using the camera to shoot automatically, turn on the flash when shooting, so that people close to the camera can get the correct exposure. However, due to the limited flash range and short exposure time of the camera, the night scene that was originally gorgeous to the naked eye appears dark in the camera. This is because the night scene in the distance takes a long exposure time to leave a normal exposure effect on the photo, while people nearby only need a short exposure time because of the flash. Therefore, it is best to use the manual gear of the camera when shooting, slow down the shutter and force the flash to shoot. After the flash is over, it is suggested that the characters keep their original posture until the end of exposure, so that the photos of the characters and the background night scene can be exposed normally. However, portrait shooting at night is not a patent for manual cameras. Some advanced automatic fool digital cameras have night portrait shooting mode, which is also set by using the principle of slow shutter and forced flash. When shooting, you need to use a tripod to fix the camera, because it is necessary to keep the camera still when exposing the background for a long time, and then a tripod becomes a necessity. When shooting portraits at night with high shutter speed and flash, the foreground figures are usually exposed normally and the background is underexposed. Before shooting, you should explain clearly to the subject. Just because the flash is on doesn't mean the shooting is over. You must keep your original posture and position until you are told that you can change or leave. For curtain shutter, the flashing flash is a sign that the front curtain reaches one end of the film window and the power is turned on, but Hou Lian has not yet reached the film window (shutter time synchronization). The exposure ends only when Hou Lian reaches the closed position through the film window. For the shutter in the mirror, the flash flashes at the same time when the shutter is fully opened, and the shutter has not been closed since the flash. Because the exposure time required for portraits at night is often around 1 second, or even longer, the shutter is still open for a long time after the flash flashes to feel the night light. If the subject moves, the background part that was originally blocked by people will face the camera and continue to be exposed, so that the portrait part of the photo taken is transparent or translucent. Therefore, the main body should remain unchanged until the shutter is closed. In fact, it is not too difficult to take a portrait at night, as long as the following conditions are met: (1) Try not to use a "fool" camera; Low-level or intermediate "fool" cameras will automatically flash when the scene is dark. The flash of this kind of camera is not enough light, which leads people to be in an almost completely black environment, or the background is completely black, and people (especially their faces) are so white that even their eyes and nose can't appear. Therefore, it is necessary to use a camera with the function of manually adjusting the aperture and shutter time, even if it has the shutter priority and aperture function, it should be adjusted to manual shooting. (2) Don't trust the "night scene mode" too much. At present, some "smart" cameras have "night scene mode", but this mode can only set the focal length at infinity, so it can't be used to shoot portraits at night, otherwise the scenery must be clear and the portraits loose. (3) Use a tripod. Because the spotlight is dark at night, it is often necessary to use a larger aperture and a longer exposure time. If you use a hand-held camera for "long exposure" shooting, it is almost difficult to avoid camera jitter. When the camera is fixed with a tripod, even if the shutter speed is several seconds, the camera will not move. (4) flash. Flash lighting has a characteristic, that is, it is near but not far, which is of course limited by "inverse square law". Therefore, when a person is 3 to 5 meters away from the lamp and the scene distance is 15 meters, the flash light received by the scene is only one tenth or one tenth of that of the person, which basically does not work. If you want to reflect the three-dimensional effect of portraits, you must prepare more than two flashlights. Meet the above conditions, you can take a portrait at night. The specific method is: (1) Take photos first. After arriving at the scenic spot, first look for the scenery worth shooting and determine it within the shooting range. (2) Expose the night scene in the background to determine the exposure combination. Because it is dark at night, cameras with built-in metering devices often cannot measure specific data according to the conventional ISO 100 film speed. It can be exposed at the film speed of 1600 or even 3200, and then converted into 1 ... >; & gt

Question 2: How to shoot night portraits with a SLR? The background is bright and the characters are dark. Just fill the light with a flash. Long exposure requires a tripod and shooting with door B.

Question 3: How to shoot portraits at night and realize accurate exposure of characters and backgrounds at night? (Canon) Portrait at night is a difficult photographic occasion. Limited by equipment and experience, it is generally difficult to obtain ideal results.

A good portrait at night depends on the following factors

1, accurate exposure (but not underexposed)

2, the picture is clear (no jitter)

3. Portrait auxiliary light (natural and soft)

4. Background and composition (the picture is concise and the background is not messy)

Talking about shooting skills;

1, use a large aperture lens

Step 2 use a tripod

3, external flash

4. Make full use of natural light to make the subject have ideal auxiliary light, such as natural light on the left, right or side of the person, to increase the layering and affinity of the picture.

5, improve the camera sensitivity, but not too high, to control the noise on the screen in an acceptable range.

6. SLR is the best camera, try to choose a fixed focus lens, such as 35, 50 or 75mm fixed focus.

Not to mention composition, choose aperture priority when shooting, measure light against the background light source, and then synchronize the flash Hou Lian.

Generally, if these conditions are met, the picture will get by. In order to get the best effect, it is best to set it several times, take more photos and choose the best one.

Luminous portrait, using card machine, ordinary mobile phone, without external flash, the effect is difficult to guarantee, and the expectation cannot be too high.

I hope my answer can help you a little.

Question 4: How do SLR night scenes capture the effect of clear portraits and dim background lighting? When shooting with the maximum aperture of 5.6, the portrait should be half-length, not full-length, and people should be far enough away from the background light. So the lights will be more beautiful.

This was taken by myself with 70 focal length and 2.8 aperture. In fact, this effect can also be shot in the corresponding position with 105 5.6.

The most important thing is that the lights should be far away from the camera and people should be half-length, so that the effect is obvious.

Question 5: Excuse me, how on earth was such a night portrait taken? It is not easy to take a clear picture of the subject with an external light source. As for the spot of backlight, I don't think it is handled well. It may be better to reduce the aperture to produce starlight.

Question 6: How to shoot portraits at night in low light? Shooting skills: portraits at night are more difficult to shoot. First, choose the aperture priority for the shooting mode. Generally, the aperture is 5.6-8 and the sensitivity is 100. Evaluate photometry, first measure the scene, and remember the exposure time. Second, go to M and adjust the aperture and exposure speed. Third, people stand in the past, turn on the top flash and shoot. Flash exposure, the rest of the time people don't move, the camera exposure background. According to the observation results, if the brightness of people is not suitable, adjust the flash compensation, and if the background brightness is not suitable, adjust the exposure time, and you can master it after several attempts.

Question 7: How to shoot portrait facula at night? Flash is relevant. Flash at night is prone to light spots.

Question 8: What are the skills of portrait shooting at night? There is night portrait mode on the mode dial of Canon camera at night. There is a person in an entry-level frame, and then there is a star on his head. That is the night portrait mode, intermediate and advanced mode turntable. You have to look in the automatic gear.

If it's advanced, I suggest you don't shoot with automatic gear, just use manual gear M, so that you can give full play to your imagination and create something unexpected.

For ordinary night portraits, we require the aperture of the lens to be large enough, at least 2.8, so that our photos will feel better as a whole. Then, the shutter speed should not be too low, because if it is too low, the hand will shake and the influence will be blurred. Then, the ISO sensitivity will be set according to your own machine. Then the hot shoe lamp on the top of the machine, preferably with flashing lights outside the machine or more, will have better effect.

Question 9: How to use it up when taking portraits at night? In fact, outdoor night portraits are generally considered to be difficult to shoot. The biggest problem in shooting night scenes is the complicated lighting environment. The dim light outside at night will prolong the exposure time of the camera. If you don't have a tripod at hand, it's easy to shake. Although the flash is easy to use, it can only illuminate people, but the beautiful background can't. Even if the film is clear, it has no aesthetic feeling. Therefore, if you want to take a beautiful portrait at night, the key is to use it up. Here we need to talk about our flash. If you are not a professional photographer, you probably won't bring a special flash when you go out at night. If you want to show the background and characters clearly, you need to use a flash mode called slow synchronization (or slow synchronization). When we use slow synchronous exposure, the person in front of the lens is illuminated by the flash, while the background behind the person is fully exposed by extending the shutter time. In this way, we can get clear and bright photos of people and backgrounds. It needs special explanation here: when shooting in slow synchronization at night, you must explain to your friends that when taking a picture, the flash flashes, don't move the position immediately, and you must keep your posture for a while, because although the flash has flashed, the shutter is still exposed, and the photo may become blurred if you move at this time. Having said this most important point, let's talk about several other points that need attention: 1, the setting of night shooting is more complicated, so don't expect automatic file. If there is a scene mode of night portrait, you can try to take a few pictures to see the effect. If the effect is not good, then choose aperture priority or full manual setting, and choose average metering mode and central focusing, so as to focus more accurately. 2. Turn up the aperture and improve the ISO. What is said here is that if there is no tripod, only these two methods can reduce jitter. Of course, the larger the aperture and ISO, the better. Ultimately, the quality of the image should be considered. If the exposure is insufficient, we can improve the brightness of the picture by simple PS processing, but if it is jitter, PS cannot handle it. 4. Let's talk about anti-shake. It is better to have a tripod. No, don't be too confident about your "iron fist". It's best to put the camera in a stable place and shoot it in * * * mode after two seconds, which will greatly reduce the stability of the camera. Body, bicycle backseat or railing platform can be used. The difficulty of night scene shooting lies in its complex lighting environment.