How to take artistic photos?

Students who like photography will also take pictures of landscapes, portraits and the like. In fact, as long as you use your head, you can also take abstract photos with artistic sense by using the lens. We can not only add some interesting works to your photo collection, but also print them out as home decorations! Now I will share with you five tips for taking abstract art photos!

Photo of Tom Wa Hitter.

(1) Move your camera

It is an important skill to take clear photos when learning photography for the first time, but sometimes it is better to deliberately slow down the shutter and move the camera purposefully, so as to take more artistic photos! But when shooting, you need to pay attention to:

Too slow shutter speed will lead to overexposure. If you need to lower the aperture and reduce the ISO movement, it is best to follow the trajectory (such as vertical or circular), otherwise the photos in the same scene may become too messy. You can try faster or slower shutter speed to get different effects!

(2) Shooting moving objects

Similar to the first point, we take art photos by moving, but instead of moving our own camera, we take pictures of moving objects, such as walking cars and playing dogs. The shutter of the camera can be adjusted according to the moving speed of the object. If the moving object is fast, the camera shutter doesn't have to be too slow, otherwise the whole photo will be blurred (unless you do it on purpose). If the camera (you) moves in the direction of the object at the moment of pressing the shutter, the background will become blurred and the subject will become clear. This is the skill of translation!

The photo was taken by Hernn Piera.

(3) Take a clean photo

It is also a good way to take artistic photos, remove unwanted things from photos and take very clean photos! One of the most useful techniques is to shoot a small part of the big environment with a telephoto lens, such as a small spray on the whole beach or a small area of other common objects, which can achieve the same effect. It would be better if the pictures taken were simple, monochrome or with interesting textures!

Donna McNeil Photography

Photo by Jonas Tanner

(4) Shooting through other objects

Shooting through other objects is also a common skill, such as plastic bottles, glass, even leaves, grass, liquids and so on! Let your creativity play freely!

Photo by Evelyn Berg

(5) Make good use of multiple exposures

Now many digital cameras also have the function of multiple exposures. As long as you turn on the relevant options, shoot two or more objects in a row, and let different pictures be exposed on the same photo at the same time, the combination will become more abstract and artistic! However, it should be noted that when shooting, attention should be paid to keeping black/dark places to expose the next photo!

The photo was taken by Pal Sol.

The photo was taken by Dora Hon.

postscript

Photography is also an art in the final analysis. It is difficult for beginners to take abstract photos at first, but the most important thing is that they are willing to keep trying and take pictures with a goal in mind before pressing the shutter. The camera is just a tool to record this idea, so the chances of taking a successful photo will be greatly increased! Practicing this theme more will also be of great benefit to the training of photographic eyes!

Many beginners in photography have encountered this problem. The photos taken are blurred and the imaging is not clear enough. Compared with other people's photos, there is a big gap. I think something is wrong with my camera. But in fact, photography is not only the art of composition and framing, but also some foundations of photography. For example, the following 10 tips can tell novices how to take sharper photos.

1. Safety shutter

To make photos sharp, the first condition is not to shake when taking pictures! An important reason for camera jitter is that the shutter speed is too slow. Keep in mind the secret of the safety shutter when shooting in hand. The calculation method of the safety shutter is very simple, that is, U safety shutter = 1/ lens focal length.

For example, I am now shooting with a 60mm lens and holding the safety shutter 1/60 seconds; When shooting with 200mm, the hand-held safety shutter is 1/200 seconds. 1/200 seconds, try not to slow down, or your hands will shake easily and your photos will be blurred.

But someone will ask u, "I have a 10mm fisheye lens, but why does my hand shake when I use the shutter of110 second?" In theory, if you shoot with a safety shutter according to the focal length, there will be no hand shock, but in fact, everyone has physical restrictions on holding a camera and cannot be too long. Bian Xiao suggested that you should never press and hold it slower than 1/60 seconds at any time, otherwise the security shutter may appear no matter how it is calculated, making the photo unclear.

2. Turn on the anti-shake function

Turning on the anti-shake function can also reduce the jitter of photos, so as to get clearer photos. Now many new lenses have anti-shake function, but pay attention to the anti-shake level of the lens. For example, the lens has a built-in four-level image stabilization. When shooting with 200mm, 1/200 seconds is generally used as the safety shutter. With anti-shake, it can slow down to115 seconds. But remember that the anti-shake function is not omnipotent, and everyone's unstable hands can also lead to blurred photos. The shutter speed of hand-held photography should not be slower than 1/60 seconds.

Anti-shake is also divided into body and lens anti-shake, and the camera itself has anti-shake function. No matter what lens is installed or not, it can be stabilized by the camera body. However, at present, not many manufacturers have introduced this function, and the optional space is small.

3. Maximum aperture = best photo quality?

Of course not! Although a large aperture lens can have a shallow depth of field, there will be dark corners around it when the aperture is fully open. Adding a large aperture will make the subject focus clearly, but the edges will become loose and blurred. Yes, this may be good for portrait photography, but it is problematic for landscape photography or wide-angle photography. Try to shoot the building with a large aperture. Maybe the middle of the building will be clear, but the place next to it will be loose, which may not be obvious at that time. When I got home, I found it was too late.

Reducing the aperture appropriately can improve the problem. Generally, reducing the aperture by one level will make the image sharp and the depth of field effect will not be much different. Bian Xiao suggested that when shooting landscapes or buildings, you can close the aperture to f/5.6 or f/8, so that the lens imaging will become sharp, and other parts will not be loose or the foreground will be blurred, ensuring that all scenes can be focused correctly.

4. Minimum aperture = best photo quality?

After reading the above, the novice will ask u again, so that I can adjust the aperture to f/22 or even smaller, which will make the photo very sharp. Bian Xiao really wants to tell you that you are too young. Narrowing the aperture makes the light wave need to narrow the range and enter the aperture, and then disperse, which will easily make the light wave overlap or unstable, affect the light wave path, and finally reduce the imaging quality. This phenomenon is what we call diffraction.

It sounds complicated. A simple sentence that looks like a complicated picture in a movie can only be realized by extremely simple post-means. There is no complicated later stage, only unexpected creativity.

Example 7: One-time "Crossing"

I want to shoot a sense of crossing, that is, the unique artistic conception in which you have me and I have you. So I put two girls with different figures in the same picture, and put a black flag in the middle, which lights up separately and does not affect each other. I choose direct shooting instead of composition. The advantage is that I can control the composition, posture and line of sight at a glance to achieve the best balance of the picture.

Analysis of technical points:

1. A double-sided black flag cloth is set between the two figures to block the light, so as to ensure that the light emitted by the two soft boxes will not penetrate to the opposite side and affect the other person.

2. The left and right sides 150mm octagonal soft boxes are used to polish the front of the characters. The box should be as close to people as possible to obtain more light attenuation and form a more obvious transition between light and shade.

3. In the later stage, the effect of fragment color block is made in the black field between the two people to realize image crossing.

Example 8: Combination of 2D and 3D Elements

I want to create a picture that blends the characters into China's ink painting without losing the three-dimensional sense of the photographic picture. So I highlighted the level of ink painting, let it shuttle around the characters, and strengthen the perspective and layering. Before shooting, the ink was synthesized in the later stage, and the surrounding light from back to front can best show the lines and lines after the ink is dissolved in water, so it is necessary to cater to the light effect of the ink material when shooting people in the early stage.

Analysis of technical points:

1. Characters and ink materials do not use the same focal length. Because the size difference between the two subjects is too big, a macro lens with twice the focal length of the person is used in the material part.

2. A group of two lamps were used, and a total of six lamps were lit at the back and left and right of the studio. Let the reflection on the wall illuminate the characters. But this kind of scattered light around will make the characters look flat and have no three-dimensional effect. So in the light output control, back, left and right, from high to low, are separated by two apertures.

5. Let everything that can fly fly.

An important way to create the momentum of the picture is to add dynamic elements. Sometimes the scene itself lacks dynamic objects. At this time, we can use some controllable elements, such as water droplets, smoke or powdery substances, to create momentum, with certain lighting effects and characters' postures, to achieve the purpose of creating a strong picture gas field.

Example 9: Rotating flying sand

Analysis of technical points:

1. Classic straight play. There is a big soft box on the left side of the picture to illuminate people and sand, because sand is not transparent particles, and the color can't come out from the backlight point of view.

2. The golden sands in the lower body of the character were thrown out by two mineral water bottles in her hand when she was dancing.

3. The sands on the back and chest of the characters are made of synthetic materials. The assistant next to him is responsible for throwing the Jinsha out and shooting it several times until he can choose the right material.

Example 10: Bright splash

Analysis of technical points:

1. Buckets, cans, bottles, and different containers overflow in completely different states. At the same time, the size and depth of the container, as well as the strength and speed of splashing water, will directly affect the shape of the water, which needs repeated practice and testing.

2. Three assistants splash water at the same time, one of them is responsible for shouting, and the other two assistants stare at the limbs of the shouting assistants to judge the timing of splashing water, instead of simply listening to instructions with their ears. It is difficult to ensure that three people are completely synchronized by listening with their ears.

3. Try to choose a dark background when shooting, which will make the water more obvious after receiving light.

Example 1 1: dancing smoke

Analysis of technical points:

1. At the same time, six colored cigarette cakes are lit around the characters, which are scattered far and near. Before ignition, it is necessary to judge the wind direction in advance to ensure that the smoke will not run out of the shooting range.

2. Strong light can best show the contrast and high saturation of the subject. Here, we use Brownmove outdoor racket box and Para88, and adjust Para88 to the focal position to move the light quality to the maximum extent.

Example 12: flying sand

Analysis of technical points:

1. It is said that the shooting is not good enough because the distance is not close enough. At wide angle, the feeling of close combat is the most effective way to show the tension of the picture. Wide-angle lens has unique imaging characteristics, such as wide field of vision, exaggerated foreground, edge deformation and strong perspective.

2. Design a dynamic foreground near the lens. After the fluid is fixed, the dynamic performance often has vivid pictures. This kind of photo has a lot of luck. Usually, the closer you move an object to the camera lens, the better the effect, but please be careful with your camera.

3. Two lights, the light on the left side of the lens illuminates the sand spilled, and the light on the right side mainly illuminates the role, shapes the role, and also illuminates the sand kicked by the role itself.

4. Unique composition techniques can also increase the motion of the picture.