Indoor portrait shooting skills on cloudy days

Lead: For photographers, in the cold winter, most of them will choose to shoot indoors. If the shooting day is sunny, we can walk around looking for light, but if the shooting day is cloudy or cloudy, then Lao Zhang will talk about the practical experience of indoor shooting on cloudy days.

1, choose the site

Familiar laboratory F 1.8 1∕80 seconds iso 200 85mm

Classroom environment F 1.8 1∕80 seconds iso 200 85mm

Good environment and atmosphere can make models more natural, especially those who have just met. It's best to choose places that are familiar to each other. For example, the above picture was taken in the classroom and laboratory where models usually attend classes.

2. Curve

Let the model stand on tiptoe hard, put her feet in a triangle, and then stretch in place.

When the curve is displayed, you can try to make more changes.

Curves are the most beautiful for women. You don't have to be naked to shoot beautiful curves. In the words of Lu Xiaochuan, the most valuable and tasteful beauty of a woman is not exposure, but beauty, charm and temperament emanating from the inside out. ? These factors form an appeal. As shown in the above picture, let the model exert force on her toes, put her feet in a triangle, and stretch in place, which makes her look more comfortable as a whole.

Step 3 light

Use light and projection to enhance expressiveness and texture.

Try to choose a place near the window. The main light source is the side light from the window.

Light is the most important factor, so I'll talk about it here. In the process of learning photography, most people take natural light as the light source, shoot slowly, and progress to the stage with auxiliary light source. However, natural light doesn't just mean sunny sunshine. For example, although it looks dark on a cloudy day, there is actually light to shoot. Try to choose a position near the window at this time. The main light source is the side light from the window, and the direction of light projection is about 90 degrees from the shooting direction. The characters under sidelight have obvious dark side and projection, which has a strong expressive force on the three-dimensional modeling and texture of the characters.

In fact, sometimes, you will find that the light on cloudy days is much softer than that on sunny days, and you don't have to worry that some overexposure will affect the whole photo.

Step 4 communicate

Dare to communicate and interact with models through language.

Because of the cost, most friends don't hire professional models, so they need to pay more attention to communication. Without physical contact, the model's performance can achieve the effect you want, and even trust you completely, all by language communication.

Step 5 Pay attention and remind

Monochrome, elegant and slim clothes will enhance the temperament of the model.

On cloudy days and relatively sunny days, the overall light is dark. Personally, I think the color temperature and white balance will be more suitable, and the shutter speed will be reduced while avoiding false shooting. If you want to make the characters look better, you can actually make more efforts in the later color matching, and the color with low saturation will be more suitable.

It is also very important that you would rather be slightly underexposed than overexposed when shooting. Once overexposed, not only the layer is lost, but also the color is dull, which is difficult to make up for in post-production. Finally, I will give you some suggestions on the choice of model clothes. Monochrome, elegant and slim clothes will enhance the temperament of the model, and the slender neck and fingers of the model can make the composition more exciting.

6. The shooting is over

Draw a rest for the group with visual language

You can use a blurred or blurred photo as a rest to make the whole film more integrated.