How to shoot portraits on location

What are the skills of portrait location shooting? How can I take a good photo when shooting outside? If the technology is good, of course, we should participate in outdoor shooting activities and communicate with each other, so as to make greater progress. Below, I sort out and summarize the skills of location shooting for everyone. Welcome to read the reference!

Location portrait shooting skills

1. Select a focus.

During autofocus, the camera will focus on the object with the nearest lens, which will easily lead to inaccurate focusing, so the autofocus mode is abandoned. Choosing the right focus is what photographers must learn.

Step 2 focus on your eyes

The eyes are the windows to the soul. Eyes are the most sensitive point on the face and the most important part of a good photo. When the aperture is fully open, focusing on the eyes will blur even the skin. At this time, you can also save the trouble of peeling.

3, full aperture, small depth of field

There are many reasons to buy you a lens with a large aperture. What can arouse people's awareness most is to shoot a small depth of field effect. Large aperture can get amazing lighting effect and charming background blur.

4. Try shooting with a lens above 70 mm..

Many mm will have such a question after reading the photos:? Why does my face look swollen? . Any lens shooting below 70mm will cause different degrees of deformation. The telephoto will have compression space, which will deepen the effect of background blur.

5. Shoot the original document

This has been emphasized many times. When you modify the white balance, exposure, sharpness, etc. Raw files allow you to retain more details and maintain image quality.

6. Bring a gray card or gray paper.

Raw files allow you to modify the white balance. Suppose you took 300 photos with automatic white balance. At this time, 300 data will appear. When you adjust later, you may need to readjust the white balance of each photo to be consistent. But you can take a gray card at different points and record it in the white balance. In post-processing, data can be read directly, saving time.

7. Avoid direct sunlight and shoot in a sheltered place.

Direct sunlight is hard light, which will make the subject have double shadow, hard shadow on his face and inaccurate white balance. For example, in the shade of a tree, only soft and mottled sunlight can make your subject natural, and sometimes it can create a beautiful light and shadow effect.

8. Be careful when shooting on cloudy days.

A cloud is like a soft box. On cloudy days, shooting can make the color more saturated.

9. When you really have to shoot in the sun.

You can use a reflector or a flash to control the direction of light reflection. If it's not for silhouette, try not to let the sun shine directly on the camera. A better way is to change the shooting angle and direction, or wait for the clouds to block the sun before shooting.

10, learn the sunshine rule 16.

This is the basis of photographers, and the metering of cameras is often not so accurate.

The basic law of sunshine 16 is as follows: when it is sunny outdoors, if the aperture is f/ 16, the shutter speed should be the reciprocal of the international sensitivity index of the film used. For example, in outdoor sunlight, the aperture is f/ 16 and the film sensitivity is EI 100, then the shutter should be1100 second.

Exposure formula:

Sixteen sunny days and eight cloudy days

Cloudy, eleven days and four nights.

Cloud cover exceeds 5.6.

Rain, snow and sunset.

Indoor court for two seconds

Shutters on the living room stage 8

1 1, carrying transparent white cloth.

Can help you weaken the sun and create a soft box effect; It can also play a role in shielding against wind.