What are the characteristics of Japanese photos? For numbers,

It is characterized by small plots, small emotions and life breath, soft and warm. The effect of shallow depth of field, every little detail, reveals the charm of photography.

Shooting skills:

1. Use the film machine

The color level and tolerance of the negative film machine are quite good. Using negative film machine is the key to take light Japanese photos. Of course, digital photos can also get similar effects through post-processing, but if you look closely, you will find that digital photos are easy to be exposed when dealing with highlights. Of course, light-colored photos cannot be exposed by highlights.

2. Use manual focusing

With the popularity of digital SLR, there are more autofocus lenses. Thanks to the use of autofocus lens, everything is focused very accurately. Press the shutter for half a minute and your eyes will focus. If you reduce the aperture to 1-2, your whole face will be clear. In fact, it is not necessary to focus the photos so accurately. Appropriate defocusing or slight defocusing makes people feel very meaningful and attractive, and MF lens is the key.

Choose cloudy weather

On cloudy days, the light is diffuse, so the contrast between light and shade of the photo will not be too great, just within the tolerance range of the negative film, and the color contrast and saturation will be low.

Use negatives

Negative film has high tolerance and high tone, while positive film (reverse film) has low tone, so negative film is most suitable for elegant style shooting.

5. Suggest Kodak 200 film.

Kodak's hue is yellow, and Fuji's is green. Of course, the hue is also closely related to the color temperature of the actual shooting scene. However, according to the experience of the last two shooting, Kodak 200 color Plus with volume 10 yuan is the best.

Scan with Vuescan

After shooting the negative, use Vuescan to select the corresponding Kodak200 film base for scanning, which is the easiest to achieve the desired tone at one time. Don't let the shop cleaner ruin your hard work again.

7. Use 120 or 6×6 camera.

120 film can capture more details and rich layering than 135 film, while 6×6 gives people a very harmonious and balanced feeling, and looks the most comfortable without too much pressure.

8. Use curves to process photos

After scanning, use the curve (Ctrl+M) appropriately in PS. When using curve processing, lifting the dark part up a little will make the photo feel a little high-key, and if necessary, pressing the bright part will be closer.

9. Pay attention to the balance and coordination of the picture.

Practice from a simple composition, even if you just shoot a watermelon, as long as you grasp one key point at a time, you won't feel that the photo is messy and the feeling will come out.

10. Enjoy a lot of Japanese photos.

Reading the works of some famous photographers often will make you closer to these Japanese methods when carrying mirrors.

Of course, digital cameras can also process the colors of light-colored Japanese photos after post-processing.

1. In terms of color, use the saturation tool to reduce the saturation of the adjustment layer.

2. Adjust the layer with curves to reduce the contrast and improve the overall brightness. For overexposed or high-pitched areas, you can pull down the curve and pay attention to the output line on the right.

3. When choosing the shooting content, you can pay attention to the colors with high brightness and combine them into a picture.

4. Of course, you can add a little light blue or a little warm yellow to the photo, and a little magenta can also have the color sense of the film. You can use the curve tool.

The photo style is set to neutral, the contrast is reduced by one grid, the saturation is reduced by two grids, and the tone is reduced by one grid; Use a large aperture. When the light is uniform and bright, shoot, composition and framing should be balanced, and the blank space should be appropriate. There are many times when I shoot against the light.