Guide for preparation of beach portrait photography equipment

Lead: When shooting at the seaside, "the less clothes you wear, the harder it is to shoot well." This is the experience of many players who have shooting practice. In fact, it is absolutely the key to make a good work to make full preparations and ideas in advance. Because the clothes worn by models don't change much, if you want to get a perfect work, you must make more efforts in the preparation of shape, color and equipment.

Guidelines and precautions for preparing beach portrait photographic equipment

? Appropriate lens suggestion

When shooting in beaches, gravel beaches and other places, because of the vast space, you can try to shoot with a lens in the middle or long focal length, and the lens configuration at the wide-angle end. Because the background is very simple, try to avoid the perspective deformation problem of ultra-wide angle, so it is unnecessary to use a lens below 24 mm. However, when shooting in the northeast corner, or in a small fishing village, sometimes in order to emphasize the relationship between the scene and people and consider the space limitation of the foothold, you can consider carrying an ultra-wide angle below 24 mm.

The equivalent focal length of 35mm-70mm is the main range of bathing suit shooting at the seaside. When shooting, you can consider shooting from the height of the model's abdomen. With the slight perspective effect of the medium focal length, the model can look slender, and with the stretching of body movements, the figure can look better. Overlooking can be used to capture the background of the bust or compress the sea. Although there are not many opportunities, it can also create a special visual experience. It is suggested that the average player, it is better to have one camera and one mirror with a configuration of 24- 105mm, which can reduce the trouble of replacing the lens and indirectly reduce the problem that the equipment may be accidentally dirty due to the influence of sea breeze.

The standard zoom lens is the most commonly used focal length range. Telescopes can cover most of the shooting needs of bikinis by the sea.

? Selection of photographic accessories

Proper preparation of photographic accessories will definitely contribute to the smooth shooting. Players who want to create with a large aperture fixed-focus lens can additionally prepare a subtracter of ND4 or ND8, and of course, they can directly use a polarizer instead to pursue a cleaner blue sky in the picture. However, the effects of the two will be slightly different. Polarizers will filter out polarized light, so if you want to show the flash reflection of water or the reflection of sunglasses, using polarizers may weaken some effects.

Cleaning supplies for photographic equipment, including ball blowing, lens wiping cloth (lens wiping pen) and soft cloth. It is inevitable that some seawater will splash on the protective lenses or the fuselage when shooting at the seaside of the island. Even if you don't take pictures near the seaside, the sea breeze often carries tiny seawater or salt particles to the lens and fuselage, so after shooting for a period of time, you will often find that the lens becomes blurred. At this time, you can blow away the fine sand and salt particles with a blowing ball first, and then clean them with a mirror cleaning paper or a mirror cleaning pen. If blowing the ball can't remove the crystallization of salt particles, you can gently wipe it with a soft cloth dipped in edible water, and then use a wiping cloth to remove water stains.

Camera waterproof equipment, including waterproof bags or extra waterproof cameras, can help us take rare underwater images. However, if you want to ask Model to shoot in the water, you should choose to shoot in safe waters, and it is best to do it after shooting the work on the shore, otherwise the messy hairstyle on the spot after diving will not be well organized.

Models should pay special attention to whether makeup is waterproof, and the success rate in water and the difficulty of body movements are greatly increased. It is necessary to plan the specific time in advance, and there are special personnel around to maintain safety. It is not recommended for novices or players who have not communicated in advance to shoot this topic temporarily.

Pay special attention to the tidal and walrus data of the Meteorological Bureau before going out. There is a big gap in some sea areas, so special attention should be paid to the safety of models and photographers. It is suggested that the team set out and arrange special personnel to pay attention to the change of wave size at any time.

? Basic sunscreen products

The scorching sun is the most important thing to overcome, and various sunscreen products are necessary sacred products. Among them, the sun hat can carry straw hat and fisherman hat? Several different types of hats can be used as small accessories when shooting models. In addition, it is also important to prepare a large reflector, which can not only reflect large and uniform reflected light, but also block the sun when the model is resting.

Sunscreen products must be prepared with waterproof function. In addition to emulsion-like sports products, there are also spray-type sunscreens. If you care about the integrity of hair makeup, you can apply sunscreen first when you make up, and use spray products to supplement it at any time during shooting. If the shooting time has a long sunshine period, it is best not to exceed 1.5 hours. The shooting rhythm should be accelerated every time, and the interval should be hidden in the shadow to minimize the exposure time of the model to the sun.

Pay more attention to sun protection during breaks. You can carry a cleaning account as a stronghold to change clothes and rest, or you can use a reflector and a big towel to shade the sun.

? Sun protection product recommendation

Even men who usually don't pay attention to maintenance must pay attention to sun protection in the face of the hot and sunny seaside, not to mention delicate skin models. In the past, most of us only focused on SPF. In fact, we should also pay attention to whether it has waterproof function and consider whether it will damage hair makeup. In addition, we can also prepare after-sun care products. Only by improving preparation and maintenance can we enjoy the summer customs.