Photography skills of indoor studio

How to create a natural sunshine effect indoors? Many times, it is ideal to shoot objects in natural light, but if you miss the best shooting opportunity, you can still imitate the sun. The following are the photography skills of the indoor studio that I helped you organize. I hope you like them.

1. The wider the light source, the softer the luster.

Conversely, the narrower the light source, the harder the luster. Mass light sources may weaken shadows, reduce contrast and inhibit texture, while narrow light sources are the opposite. This is because the wider the light source, the more the luster deviates from the object, which will enhance the illumination in the scene and erase the shadows.

Reminder: Arrange the portrait subject next to a big bright window, and keep it out of direct sunlight. Windows can play the role of a soft box, without the need for special equipment in the studio.

2. The closer the light source is, the softer the luster is.

Conversely, the farther the light source is, the harder the luster is. This is because the closer the light source is to the subject, the bigger it is, and the wider it is; The farther the light source is from the subject, the smaller it is, that is, the narrower it is.

Take the sun as an example. The diameter of the sun is 109 times that of the earth. It's the same wide light source! The sun is 93 million miles away from the earth (about 65.438+0.5 billion kilometers), which only accounts for a very small part of the earth's sky, so it is very hard when the sun hits the object directly.

1. The wider the light source, the softer the luster.

Conversely, the narrower the light source, the harder the luster. Mass light sources may weaken shadows, reduce contrast and inhibit texture, while narrow light sources are the opposite. This is because the wider the light source, the more the luster deviates from the object, which will enhance the illumination in the scene and erase the shadows.

Reminder: Arrange the portrait subject next to a big bright window, and keep it out of direct sunlight. Windows can play the role of a soft box, without the need for special equipment in the studio.

2. The closer the light source is, the softer the luster is.

Conversely, the farther the light source is, the harder the luster is. This is because the closer the light source is to the subject, the bigger it is, and the wider it is; The farther the light source is from the subject, the smaller it is, that is, the narrower it is.

Take the sun as an example. The diameter of the sun is 109 times that of the earth. It's the same wide light source! The sun is 93 million miles away from the earth (about 65.438+0.5 billion kilometers), which only accounts for a very small part of the earth's sky, so it is very hard when the sun hits the object directly.

Reminder: When using the existing lighting to shoot a portrait indoors, you can change the interval between the light source and the subject to make the luster of the photo more moving.

3. Diffuse reflection can break the luster, make the light source wider and the luster softer.

Diffuse reflection is used to separate the essence of luster and broaden the light source, so as to achieve the purpose of softening luster. When the clouds cover the sunlight, the shadow on the object will be clearly erased, and if there is fog, the shadow will dissipate. Clouds, gloomy skies and foggy cities will spread the luster, which will split the luster in all directions. On cloudy and foggy days, the whole sky will become a very broad light source and a natural soft box.

Reminder: raw materials such as translucent plastic or white fabric can be used to diffuse fierce luster. You can add a soft mask in front of the artificial light source, such as a studio flash; If you are in bright sunshine, you can also use a hood or soft box to soften the luster. .

4. Diffuse luster in reflection

Shooting a narrow beam of luster on a large frosted appearance, such as a wall, roof or frosted reflector, will spread to a larger area during reflection.

However, if a smooth reflector is used, the gloss will be very narrow after reflection. A mirror is an extremely smooth reflector, and its reflected luster is almost as narrow as the incident luster.

Reminder: knead a large piece of aluminum foil into a ball, open it and wrap it on a piece of cardboard, and a soft light reflector will be ready. Although the diffusion effect of this cheap reflector is not as good as that of the white matte reflector, it can enhance the shining points in the photo.

5. The farther the light source is, the faster the gloss fades and the darker the subject is.

This law points out that the illumination of the subject is inversely proportional to the square of the interval. It sounds great, but it's really simple. For a famous example, if the distance between the light source and the subject is increased by 1 times, the luster falling on the subject is only a quarter of that before the interval is increased. In other words, the gloss will drop rapidly with the different light sources. We should remember this rule. If you plan to move a light source or an object, you must change the nature of the gloss.

In addition, it should be noted that even if a smooth reflector is used, the propagation interval of the final reflected gloss will increase.

Reminder: Flash (hot shoes or pop-ups) should be used when shooting portraits outdoors in poor weather conditions, which can eliminate the shadow on the face and not affect the exposure of the scene, because the light emitted by the flash can be ignored when it reaches the scene.

6. You can manipulate the gloss attenuation to change the correlation between the subject and the scene.

If the illumination interval is close to the subject, the illumination between the subject and the scene will be better; If the light is far away from the subject, the scene will be brighter accordingly.

This principle also applies to side light: when the side light source is close to the subject, the gloss attenuation of the whole picture will be more obvious than when the light source is far away from the subject.

Reminder: If the front light of the subject comes from the window, then putting the subject close to the window can darken the indoor scenery. If you want to make the indoor scenery brighter, you should keep the main body away from the window and close to the scenery.

7. The front light will weaken the texture of the subject, while the side light, top light and bottom light will enhance the texture of the subject.

Portrait photographers usually keep the light source around the lens axis to weaken the wrinkles of the subject's face, while landscape photographers prefer to exaggerate the textures of rocks, sand and leaves with sidelights. Generally speaking, the greater the gloss deviation, the greater the angle of the subject, and the more obvious the texture of the subject.

Reminder: If you want to highlight the furry hair of your pet, you'd better put the light source on the side and don't recycle the front light source.

8. Shadows create a three-dimensional sense.

Shadow is the photographer's ability to describe three-dimensional objects, which can make objects feel spatial in photos, not just the projection of objects on the plane.

Similarly, side light, top light and bottom light may also cast deep and long shadows on objects, thus creating a three-dimensional sense. Therefore, photographers of still life, trade products and landscapes like to exercise their angular luster.

Reminder: You can use the Hollywood Lighting Act to shoot dramatic portraits. Place the top light slightly above the main body and adjust the angle of the light so that the shadow of the nose falls slightly below the person.

9. Backlight can be used as a highly scattering light source.

There are very few objects illuminated by backlight, that is to say, there is almost no pure silhouette with light on the front of charm. If a person stands in front of a bright window, the wall that hits the face will reflect the luster of the department and fall on this person. If a person is outdoors, even if the scenery is bright sunshine, it will shine from the sky on the front. No matter what kind of environment, in order to record the luster that falls on the subject, it is necessary to enhance the exposure, and these luster will erase the details of the face and weaken the three-dimensional sense of the subject.

Reminder: When shooting a backlit portrait or silhouette, try to incorporate the light source into the composition, but this will prohibit exposure and meter reading, so you can implement the light trap exposure method.

10. Gloss is colored.

As far as possible, sometimes the luster looks "colorless", but it is actually colored, which we call color temperature. It's just that the "computer" composed of our eyes and brain can mediate perception and adapt to change, which is hard for us to notice. However, digital sensors and films will record colors that we can't see.

The sunshine in the morning and evening has a gentle tone, and the shadow cast by the sunshine at noon will become very blue. The brightness of tungsten lamp is yellow, and the appearance that reflects this luster will also have a reactive color.

For digital cameras, you can use white balance to eliminate or exaggerate glossy colors. Metaphor can enhance the warm tone of a person in a photo. When dealing with the shooting of film movies, we must choose the appropriate film according to the shooting situation, and may take back the filter compensation.

Reminder: Landscape photos taken when the weather is fine, especially in the shadow, will be very blue. At this time, setting the white balance of the camera to cloudy days can enhance the golden color in the photo, which is equivalent to adding a warm color filter in front of the camera.

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