The storm can't stop you who love photography.

Leave forever, esp after a disagreement.

Take out your equipment.

Arrive at the destination in high spirits.

When I was ready to start shooting,

For an instant, the sky was overcast.

The downpour suddenly came.

And all the unhappiness in my heart.

Run for shelter from the rain.

I believe that all photographers have encountered this situation. At this time, will you go home and give up the shooting, or find a cafe to brush your mobile phone aimlessly and wait until the rain stops? You must be unwilling, so what are you waiting for? You can shoot even if it rains.

But how to shoot in such bad weather? Looking around, the sky is dark and gray, and the whole world has lost its color. It was raining cats and dogs, and people in the street were running, screaming and fleeing, and their emotions were out of control. In such a poor state, where can I shoot any high-quality works?

As we all know, photos in the rain are more dramatic and story-telling. Many excellent photographers can find their inspiration in the rain, and create artistic works intentionally or unintentionally, which makes people sigh the power of nature. What's more, there are photographers who like thunderstorm scenes best, and they will create works specially for thunderstorm scenes and shoot many well-known works, just like Franklin flying a kite in thunderstorm, which is full of praise.

In the rain, it also has its own unique beauty.

? So today, I will talk to you about how we shoot in the rain.

This is necessary. Since we have decided to shoot the rain scene, we must return home in triumph, and protective measures are necessary. After all, only by protecting yourself and your equipment can you shoot more good works.

Umbrella, which is necessary, can protect yourself from getting wet, and can also protect the baby camera from getting wet.

However, I personally suggest using a poncho or raincoat to free your hands and mind, because it is inconvenient to hold an umbrella in one hand and a camera in the other, let alone shake hands. You will also have scruples in shooting and can't concentrate on shooting, which is not a good thing in photography.

Put on a raincoat, you don't need an umbrella. Prepare a good bag to wrap your camera and cut a hole in the lens to expose it. Now you can concentrate on shooting without any scruples.

It is not enough to have a raincoat. Your clothes should be warm but not too heavy. Too heavy clothes will make you inconvenient to move and seriously affect shooting. If there is no such clothes, we can use our artifact-warm the baby. In addition, wear shoes with anti-slip function. When it rains, there is water on the ground. Wearing such shoes can prevent us from slipping.

Well, with the protective measures in place, we can go out and take pictures.

In bad weather, when natural light is weak or even absent, it is unrealistic to use natural light. At this time, we can shoot with artificial light.

The lights in street shops, street lamps, cars on the road, and all kinds of lights prepared by ourselves can help us illuminate the world in the viewfinder.

Make good use of them and you will get what you want.

Some photographers will use backlight in this environment, and many people will wonder why they use backlight when the ambient light is insufficient.

Because in the backlight state, not only your subject can be photographed, but even the heavy rain itself has become your subject, and raindrops can be clearly photographed, causing a dreamy feeling.

This photo was taken by wedding photographer Jonathan Suckling in the rain. When the surrounding light was insufficient, the environment was dark and it rained, he skillfully added a lamp behind the couple to form a lamp, which not only lit up the couple, but also clearly illuminated the rain itself. The location of the light is also in the center of the couple, creating a romantic and dreamy atmosphere.

As we said just now, we should take protective measures and make good use of the light before shooting. Next, we will tell you to look for colors. When it comes to rainy days, the first thing people think of is melancholy and gloom. There is no color around, but we just want to find the color with our own eyes, and it is bright and faint.

A brightly colored umbrella, a dress, a bicycle to share, and some bright buildings can all add a lot of color to your photos.

Like this photo, the overall style is gloomy, but because of that red coat, it has a little vitality. This contrast may be the real world.

In addition, I climbed onto the rooftop and photographed the busy and bustling crowd on the street. Everyone had an umbrella in his hand. Even if it didn't rain, the umbrella in the photo could tell people the situation at this time.

No sooner has it rained than there will be water on the ground. Some people will find this water annoying and hinder shooting. Some people skillfully use water, and there will be reflections in the water, but they just make a fuss about it and shoot a lot of high-quality works.

Even without color, we still have a lens.

In cold and humid places, there will be some foggy places, such as mountains and Woods.

We can also regard this mist as another kind of beauty. When we think about it carefully, it seems that all the immortals on TV are accompanied by clouds.

? Since we have taken all the photos of the clouds, why not leave in a hurry without waiting for a while? When the sun comes out, there will be a beautiful rainbow, so it will be beautiful to take a picture of it.

Next, this is a big killer-going to high-risk areas, such as storm areas and thunderstorms.

Generally speaking, shooting storms requires a tripod, and the aperture can generally be set to f8~f 14, which requires on-site control and debugging.

To shoot lightning, you need to set the exposure time to 5 ~ 10 second, so that even the fast-moving flash can be softened, like the photo below.

However, generally speaking, I don't recommend you to go to high-risk areas, because we don't have enough experience, unless you make absolutely adequate preparations to ensure your personal safety.

So don't go if you don't have the consciousness to devote yourself to art for the time being.

Pay tribute to those artists who forget their adventures and devote themselves to art.

Skillfully using these skills, even if it rains, we are not afraid. Let's go out and create happily together. I wish everyone can create satisfactory works.

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(The pictures are all from the Internet)