Various shooting methods of imitation documentary wedding dress

Lead: In real life, most wedding forms tend to be traditional, and it is difficult to achieve ideal results due to the influence of many factors such as on-site environment and atmosphere. It is much simpler to introduce this shooting method into the wedding photography of the studio and perform it to a certain extent.

1, the creation and multi-angle expression of the sense of existence

Wedding photography simplifies complexity, pays more attention to the expression of people's instantaneous emotions and captures more elements. In this series of proofs shooting, in order to minimize the composition of posing and make the expressions and movements of the characters more natural, I tried more dynamic shooting methods to highlight the sense of scene in wedding photography.

Multi-angle shooting can make photos more brilliant. In addition to overhead shooting, overhead shooting and parallel shooting, it is necessary to adjust the plane position horizontally, not only to capture the positive image of the characters, but also to capture some sides and even the back sometimes to increase the expressive force of the picture. This will not only make the presentation forms of photos more diverse, but also enhance the three-dimensional sense and realism of the whole set of works, and the visual effect will be more vivid and interesting.

Note: the composition should not be too compact, and the area occupied by the photographer should not be too full, which is convenient for the second composition in the later stage.

2. Leave enough scene space.

Wedding photography, environment and atmosphere can not be ignored. Location shooting, while highlighting the characters, should also reserve enough picture space for the scene. Divide the picture into nine squares and put the characters in it? Hmm? At a certain intersection, this composition technique not only highlights the characters, but also shows the environment well.

Step 3 shoot on a cloudy day

Most of the samples in this series were taken in rainy days. Many times, everyone likes to shoot on location in sunny weather, but in fact, beautiful photos can be taken in rainy days (light rain) without sunny weather. Cloudy or cloudy, the light is soft and the contrast is small. The picture taken along the light will be very delicate and rich, the shadows will not be too obvious, and people will easily jump out, which is very suitable for taking beautiful, dynamic and high-quality black and white images. However, when shooting on cloudy days, the average illumination of ambient light is low, so it is often necessary to increase the aperture. Therefore, we should pay attention to controlling the depth of field and create a vivid picture of the change of reality and reality.

Note: When shooting in bright sunlight, you can use a white reflector to soften the light. On cloudy days, it is recommended to use a silver or gold reflector to reflect more light. In fact, we can also use styrofoam board and silver paper to make our own reflector. Pay special attention to the color temperature of reflected light and backlight when shooting.

4. Backlight enhances visual impact.

When shooting this series of proofs, most of the details in the picture are swallowed up by the dark part, and the main part is filled with auxiliary light and reflector, keeping the main details. Because the dark part accounts for a large proportion in the picture, it forms a strong contrast with the main part, thus highlighting the posture, modeling, movements and lines of the subject.

It can be seen that the silhouette effect of backlight shooting is simple, but it is very expressive. When shooting documentary wedding photography, you can use stairs, doors and windows and other places with natural light intensity to create. When shooting in backlight, you can use a hood together, which can effectively avoid glare in the picture.

5. Take a street view or borrow people to create momentum.

The difficulty of street view photography is that people or things on the street can't be controlled artificially, so you can shoot with telephoto lens. You can shoot from a height, which can effectively avoid the clutter of the background. In order to create a wedding-like documentary feeling, we can make use of the surrounding environment, such as signboards, buildings and related people around us, to create a relaxed and romantic atmosphere. In addition, when shooting this series of works, we should communicate with the subject in advance, design some expressions such as pace, posture and expression in advance, and then complete the creation of the works through snapshots.

Step 6 create romance with night lights

Colorful light spots in the night scene can make the picture present a beautiful, dreamy and charming atmosphere, which is very suitable for taking wedding photos. Night shooting requires photographers to master and use sensitivity and white balance skillfully. It is recommended to use RAW format when shooting. The advantage of this format is that it can correct the problem of inaccurate white balance later, or you can use different white balance settings to get the desired tone. Try to use ambient light when shooting, and reduce or not use flash at all. Try to shoot in bright ambient light, and choose a camera with good image quality under high sensitivity to avoid generating a lot of noise and affecting the image quality of the work. If the camera chooses to shoot with high sensitivity, the image quality will be weak, so you can shoot with a large aperture fixed-focus lens, such as 50/ 1.2, 50/ 1.4, 50/ 1.8, 85/ 1.2, etc.

Layout design of imitating camera screen display

This photo was taken when the model's mood was aroused. At that time, the characters were full of natural emotions, and the petals used to create a romantic atmosphere were also collected without any tailoring. Instead, put a black border around the photo, add camera screen data, and focus the face with a red frame, so that the camera screen will be developed when shooting. This kind of production method provides customers with another perspective to watch photos, which makes the pictures more immediate and memorable.