How to take beautiful portraits without showing your face?

How to take beautiful portraits without showing your face?

In addition to taking selfies, many people are at a loss when facing the camera. So, how to take beautiful portraits without showing your face?

1. Back view

Don’t forget, there is a clever way to kill a man, called back view killing! The back photo cleverly avoids the sensitive topic of appearance, and sublimates all the clichéd tourist attractions to a state where everything is self-explanatory.

▲Choose an open background. The photos taken in this way will make people feel beautiful and comfortable. They have more temperament and artistic conception than frontal photos!

If there is a road, then take the portrait facing the road, and take the photo of the back and the road into the frame. The road becomes a "guiding line", which can make the photo more directional and draw the viewer's attention. The line of sight has a foothold, the photo does not look empty, and the picture has a sense of layering and space.

▲Allowing the portrait to face the leading lines can make the photo more directional. The viewer's line of sight has a foothold, and the photo does not look empty.

The photos taken inadvertently show the most natural side, and what is revealed naturally is the purest friendship, which is the most touching.

▲With your back to the camera, you can caress the flowers gently or make yourself intoxicated. It can be very quiet and beautiful.

2. Side face

Find the best angle and shoot part of the side face to show the most beautiful side and avoid the unsightly side. For example, take a picture of a profile. The side face angle ranges from 1/2 to about 1, which are all better angles for side face shots. Most girls look good when taking 45-degree side face shots. All you have to do is try many pairs to understand yourself.

If the profile of your face is not beautiful enough, you can use it to modify your face by tilting your head slightly, not shrinking your chin, or using your hair. If you are worried that the posing is not natural enough, you can inadvertently look back and smile, or lower your head slightly and look down.

▲ Use the movement of raising your head to modify your face, and the movements of opening your hands + closing your eyes to create an intoxicating and enjoyable atmosphere.

If you want to maximize your strengths and avoid weaknesses, you can only show the most perfect side part of your face. When taking pictures, you can cleverly use some blocking techniques to avoid the unsatisfactory parts. There are many ways to block, such as outdoor You can choose flowers, balloons, leaves, hats, etc., and you can choose books, water cups, pillows, etc. indoors for blocking.

▲Use flowers and plants to block and weaken.

▲When shooting, you can cover a small part of your face with your hands, or hold your chin, which are both good choices.

In addition, occasionally changing the shooting angle will bring greater visual impact and freshness ~

▲ Shoot from a low angle to make the picture look cleaner and neater , and at the same time exaggerated visual impact, more blockbuster style.

3. Silhouette

In silhouette, due to the large light ratio between the foreground and the background, we cannot see any details on the subject in the foreground, and can only see a dark outline.

▲The outline of the character is quickly sketched. The picture is simple and bright, with sharp contrast between light and dark. It is eye-catching and gives the audience endless reverie.

When actually shooting, adopt a stretched posture and stretch your arms and legs instead of curled up, because the silhouette only retains outline information. If the posture is not stretched, the overlapping silhouettes will lose their original outline.

▲The stretching action makes the outline of the silhouette clearer and also increases the beauty of the picture.

In addition, compared to front/back photos, side photos can provide richer facial features and contour information; without looking at the camera, the subject is more relaxed and poses more naturally.

▲In the side silhouette, even the long eyelashes are revealed

4. Blur the characters

Use large aperture blur to create a sense of hierarchy. It is one of the commonly used routines in portrait photography. You can blur the background and turn it into a colorful bokeh, which is beautiful and non-interfering; you can also blur the foreground and play with frame composition. However, you can also find another way to blur out the background and foreground instead of blurring out the characters. This kind of work is very novel and layered, and it is easy for people to see it.

▲Blurring the characters reduces the viewer’s attention to the model’s face, while emphasizing the foreground elements in the picture.

Similar to the back-shot works, blurring out the characters weakens the audience’s attention to the model’s face, while emphasizing the foreground elements in the picture. Because of this, the choice of the foreground scenery determines the entire The tone, theme and emotional atmosphere of the picture.

For example, when you want to express a "beautiful" intention, you can put some flowers and plants in the foreground; if you want the work to have a fresh feel, you can put some small dolls, paper airplanes and other objects, and then add them appropriately. Match the environmental elements, the model's body language, and control the tone of the picture to match the theme of the foreground scene and add color to the picture.

▲Use the clear paper airplane in the foreground to make the picture more fresh.

5. Partial close-ups

In addition to taking pictures of faces, you can take many partial close-ups to add a mysterious and beautiful feeling, such as eyes, neck, back, hands, and feet. , collarbone, beauty shoulders, back, etc. By photographing local areas, you can also use your strengths and avoid weaknesses to show off the most beautiful places.

▲Little flowers add a touch of tenderness to women’s sex appeal.

▲Small props embellish the back

▲Finger movement brings enough sex appeal.

6. Blocking

Use flowers, grass, blackout curtains, feathers, cameras and other props, or even hands as the foreground. By blocking the face, you can also use the foreground to cover some of yourself. Small flaws, taking the photo this way gives it a more layered feel.

▲You can use flowers and plants in nature for blocking.

▲You can use a straw hat for blocking.

▲You can use hair for blocking.

Of course, it can also be partially covered to create a feeling of "holding the pipa and half covering the face".

▲ Cover half of the face and highlight the facial features through the contrast between reality and reality, making the photo more layered.

7. A small person makes a big scene

This is a magic weapon for taking pictures that is suitable for everyone. You don’t have to worry about whether you have makeup on or whether your legs are long enough, just “throw” yourself in there. In the magnificent scenery, as long as the scenery is beautiful, stunning photos are not a problem.

▲In the environment of large areas of snow and gray sky, the main character in red is more prominent.

▲Classic camera position, the water in the pool reflects everything around it, as if heaven and earth are one.

You don’t need to use too many expressions, and you don’t have to worry about camera embarrassment. You don’t have to look at the camera, your posture is more casual, and your photos look more relaxed. Of course, you can be very free in the way you take photos. You can take photos from the back, the front, or the profile, all of which look good!

▲When the background is very clean, no matter how small the characters are, they can be found and stand out. Placing the characters in the lower right corner of the screen can echo the environment.

In general, showing the beauty of portraits from different angles requires us to find the most beautiful side of ourselves. As long as we pay attention, you will find that you can take pictures of the most beautiful side!

In recent years, taking portraits without showing your face has gradually become a new fashion in some people’s daily lives.

It is easy to take this kind of photos, but it is not easy to take them well.

How to take a faceless portrait photo that looks good and beautiful?

In practice, we have the following insights: Capturing beautiful shapes is a common method of taking portraits without showing the face.

Capturing local parts is another way for us to take portraits without showing our faces. Take shooting hands as an example. People often use the metaphor of the palms as the second face. , if you take a good picture of a person's hands, even if your face is not shown, you will leave a lot of room for beautiful thoughts. Capture partial shots, this is true for the hands, as well as the back, sides, legs and other parts.

Good figure and good temperament. It is one of the main objects of choice for faceless portrait shooting. It is also an important factor for portrait photos to attract the audience’s attention.

There are many skills and secrets on how to take good-looking portraits without showing the face. We look forward to getting more advice from our colleagues.

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