What are the skills of taking pictures of people?

Shoot things through first and use the foreground as a photo frame.

You can understand this as frame composition or foreground. Shooting people with the foreground will form a space with a certain depth, and the foreground will focus on the subject more easily. What kind of foreground, frame, even hand-to-face and so on can be used.

Second, look for non-line-of-sight angles.

Shooting a scene has certain limitations, because the scene is immobile or the shooting angle is limited. But portraits are different. Photographers or models can change the shooting angle anytime and anywhere, so everyone tries to choose different angles when shooting.

Horizontal shooting is a common shooting angle for many people. Sometimes, you can try shooting from the top, back and side. Different angles will bring you different effects.

Third, flashing lights outside the car.

It is necessary to shoot portrait flash at night, when the light source is in the same direction as the lens; Then there won't be too many shadows on the characters' faces, but the photos don't look stereoscopic. If you move the flash away from the camera and use the off-camera flash (commonly known as flying light), you can produce side light, backlight and other light sources to create a three-dimensional flash lighting effect.

Fourthly, the application of calendering skills.

Flash lamp can not only play a lighting role in weak light environment, but also be used in sunny and excellent light conditions, resulting in the effect of darkening the background and highlighting the main body. This is the calendering skill of the flash.

The principle of calendering technology is very simple. Use manual mode (M-Mode) to reduce ISO, first measure the background light, reduce the exposure (the aperture is as small as f/ 16, the shutter is set to 1/250 seconds, and then the background becomes dark), and then illuminate the subject with a flash.

Fifth, look for backlighting.

It is best not to shoot portraits in direct sunlight at noon, and try to choose the prime time of sunrise or sunset. When the angle of the sun is low, the backlight often brings strong shadow contrast to the photographed object, resulting in great light ratio difference.

The basic characteristics of backlight portrait are: from the light level, the total backlight is directed at the camera, also known as "backlight"; The side backlight is the light from the camera's left and right 135 back to the subject. The light receiving surface of the subject accounts for 1/3, and the backlight surface accounts for 2/3.

The meaning and concept of portrait photography;

1. The so-called portrait photography is a form of photography with people as the main creative object. Portrait photography is different from ordinary portrait photography: portrait photography takes the description and expression of the specific appearance and expression of the subject as its primary creative task. Although some portrait photography works also contain certain plots, they mainly show the appearance of the subject.

2. An excellent portrait photography is the sum of many successful factors: expression, posture, composition, lighting, exposure and production must reach a higher level, and they are all components of a whole.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-portrait photography