How do portraits stand out?

In the shooting of portrait works, sometimes according to the needs of the shooting theme, some portraits that look very exaggerated are taken. But for beginners of portrait photography, it is difficult to operate and I don't know where to start. Let's talk about the shooting skills of three portraits first.

First, there is no limit to creativity.

If you want to shoot great exaggerated portrait works, you need to use your brains, imagination and innovation. Under the guidance of novel ideas and creativity, it is not far off to shoot attractive portrait photography with exaggeration as the theme. In the daily study of photography, you can learn from others' good ideas, then integrate your own ideas and practice constantly in shooting, and you will certainly be able to shoot the same amazing works. As the saying goes, "reading is like a book, and writing is like a god."

(Exaggerated portrait work)

When shooting some exaggerated portrait works, the photographer needs to design the story according to the shooting theme and the expressive force of the model, so in this case, the requirements for the photographer are higher, because such shooting requires the photographer to have certain screenwriter and director ability, and everyone can also learn this content in the future photography study.

Second, shoot it with a wide-angle lens.

In the portrait photographer's works with exaggeration as the theme, we can use the perspective deformation of wide-angle lens to help us shape exaggerated characters. This perspective deformation will make our role "longer" by changing the proportional relationship. Moreover, how to choose the right angle of the photographer and try to shorten the shooting distance between the lens and the subject, then we can shoot a very exaggerated portrait similar to an anime character with big head and small feet.

(wide-angle overhead shooting exaggerated portrait works)

In such an exaggerated portrait work, the photographer chose a wide-angle lens, adopted the skill of shortening the shooting distance, and took a view from a relatively high overlooking angle, thus shooting such an exaggerated portrait work. In addition, the costume model of the character is a costume, but he holds a mobile phone in the hand of the character. Such a huge contrast against common sense increases the exaggerated effect of the picture and can play a very good advertising effect in commercial photography. Photography lovers and friends may wish to learn from it.

(An exaggerated portrait of Big Head and Small Feet)

Third, exaggerate the effect through post-production.

We can use the post-production technology in digital darkroom to complete the modeling of exaggerated portraits. At present, the most popular and powerful photo processing tool is Photoshop software produced by Adobe Company in the United States. How can such an exaggerated portrait photography be done simply by shooting? In such works, the photographer shows that the position or class of the employee is lower than that of the boss by shrinking employees, which also reflects the helplessness and insignificance of a migrant worker under the strong work pressure imposed by the company boss. Through the design of the boss's action, the subtle relationship between employees and bosses is expressed in a humorous way, which gives the audience a very strong visual impact and leaves readers with a deep memory of such portraits.

(Use post-processing to "shoot" exaggerated portrait works)

When we shoot some photographic works, we need special software processing according to the shooting theme, which is even beyond and contrary to reality in some cases. However, for the general subject, excessive post-processing is not recommended. For beginners of photography, don't put all your weight and energy on post-processing.