Common construction methods in photography

Composition methods commonly used in photography

The composition method commonly used in photography, if you shoot photography, you will often hear a term that is composition. Non-professionals may not know what composition is at all. Composition is the basis of photography. Let beautiful photos record your beautiful life. Here are some common composition methods.

Common composition methods in photography 1

Tip 1: Make good use of the golden section (Jiugongge composition method)

The golden section is actually to divide the picture into nine squares, and the main body can be placed at four intersections, which is more beautiful and comfortable than simply putting the main body in the center.

The picture is divided into nine grids, and the main body is placed at the intersection.

Some friends may ask, "When I take pictures, there is no nine squares for me to refer to. How should I do this composition? " In fact, many SLR or DC (portable digital cameras) can manually display nine squares in the observation window for everyone to see. Different brands of cameras will store their settings in different places. You can look for them yourself or refer to the manual first.

Tip 2: Use shallow depth of field.

I believe everyone has seen the effect of "clearing the past and blurring the future", effectively highlighting your background. But how to form this effect? It turns out that this effect is called "shallow depth of field". To achieve this effect depends on four elements. Today, we will talk about three of them first:

1, large aperture When you adjust the camera, I believe you have seen numbers like F2.8, F3 or F5. In fact, these numbers represent the numerical value of the aperture. Remember two principles: (1) The fewer numbers, the larger the aperture; (2) The larger the aperture, the shallower the depth of field (that is, the more hazy the background).

2. On a long focal length lens, numbers like 18~55mm or 35~80mm often appear, which is the focal length. Another factor that causes the depth of the scene is the focal length, and there are also two principles: (1) The larger the number, the longer the focal length (which also means the farther you can zoom); (2) The longer the focal length, the shallower the depth of field.

3. The distance between the lens and the subject and the background, and the distance between the subject and the background also have great influence on the depth of field. Generally speaking, the larger the area occupied by the subject in the picture (close to the subject or zooming with a lens), the shallower the depth of field will be, and the farther the subject is from the background, the shallower the depth of field will be.

Tip 3: Use color contrast and background.

Composition skills are ever-changing. In addition to the above two simple skills, we can also make use of the surrounding environment to make cats and dogs stand out! Remember the following tips:

1, choose a clean and concise background; 2. According to your color, choose a color background that can be compared with it-for example, a black cat can stand in front of a white background and highlight its shape.

The choice of background is also very important.

Tip 4: Invisible, more prominent! Use silhouette effect

Sometimes it's dark in the backlight. Instead of filling the light with a flash, it is better to shoot a silhouette effect with more prominent outline and shape directly!

Tip 5: Shape contrast effect

In addition to the color contrast in Tip 3, the shape and size can also make the subject stand out! Big contrast is small, far contrast is near, high contrast is low, etc. It is also a good attempt!

Tip 6: Highlight the features-fill the photo frame.

Sometimes, as the advertisement says, "Lessismore", photos contain smaller elements to better concentrate the reader's attention. One of the skills to remove redundant elements is to fill the photo frame with the main body, which can make features (such as green eyes, big nose, etc. ) stand out!

To sum up, I briefly introduced several composition techniques used in shooting, hoping to make photography more interesting! In fact, "composition" plays an important role in photography, and it is not easy to master, because the composition technique is that it has no absolute law, so the same composition technique may have different effects when applied to other photos. It is suggested that novices understand the composition theory and practice mastery is the best policy!

Common composition methods in photography II. Seaside wedding photography skills

1, correct use of exposure compensation

When taking wedding photos at the seaside, the brightness is high, and the blue sky and white clouds and the sea will show a large area of white. At this time, it is difficult for the automatic metering system to give an accurate exposure value, so manual exposure compensation is needed. Exposure compensation is different in different scenes and different light, but the principle of exposure compensation is "white plus black minus", so photographers need to use exposure compensation reasonably.

2, wedding photography skills

(1) If you want to take a panoramic view, you should use a super wide angle.

(2) Make a good composition before shooting and control the proportion of the sky and the sea.

(3) Don't increase the sensitivity, so you can get a more delicate picture.

(4) Rational use of field measurement

(5) When shooting waves, you can use a long lens, and the whole picture will be more imposing.

Second, the selection skills of seaside wedding dresses

1, mainly light

The wedding photos at the seaside are mainly light-colored, and satin or long-tailed wedding dresses will hinder the bride to some extent. A light wedding dress is not only convenient, but also more suitable for seaside scenes and takes a more perfect effect.

Step 2 choose chiffon and tulle fabrics

When taking wedding photos at the seaside, the wedding dress will inevitably be polluted by seawater, but the seawater has a certain salinity. Some materials of wedding dresses will be corroded when immersed in seawater, so choose fabrics that can be immersed in seawater, such as chiffon, tulle and other fabrics that will be polluted by seawater.

3. The color of wedding dress is mainly elegant.

If you want to take a beautiful seaside wedding photo, you must integrate yourself with the whole scene, so the color of the wedding photo can be soft and elegant, such as white, pink, aqua blue and champagne, which is in harmony with the scenery and combines people with the scene. Then the shooting effect is very beautiful.

Third, matters needing attention in seaside wedding photography

In addition to preparing high-heeled shoes that can match the wedding dress, you should also prepare a pair of comfortable slippers to take wedding photos at the seaside. Slippers are more practical than high heels.

There are many mosquitoes on the island, so bring mosquito repellent and insect repellent.

Take wedding photos at the seaside, even if there is no sun on cloudy days, you should take good sun protection measures, because the sea breeze is very easy to get sunburned under the action of ultraviolet rays.

Take more clothes to change and make sure you have clothes to wear even if it rains.

You can bring some shooting props to make the picture more vivid.