Recently, I’ve been taking a lot of portraits. In fact, if you want to take beautiful portraits, there are three decisive factors. 1. Good environment. 2. Look good. 3. Repair well. We cannot control the second point, so the first and third points are the key to adding points to

Recently, I have been taking too many portraits.

Actually, if you want to take beautiful portraits, there are three decisive factors.

. The environment is good.

. Looks good.

. Good repair.

We cannot control the second point, so the first and third points are the key to adding points to the photo.

And at some point, they are actually more important than the second point.

Let’s talk about the early stage first:

has a good environment, what’s a good way to do it?

Take these photos I took for example. They were all taken to kill time while hanging out with friends.

@The Taste of Afternoon Sunshine

《Summer·Sunset》

The venues are common, such as camping, B&B, and outdoor.

But photos can give a photo-like feel. Why?

mainly lies in the layout of the scene.

In fact, every time when taking pictures, I will carefully use and match various elements on the scene.

For example, in a natural environment, I will choose a beautiful creek as the foreground or background to blend the characters into it.

If paired with chairs and tables, you can create a very outdoor feel.

In the camp, just choose something iconic like a tent as the background, and then look for some props (such as firewood and axes) to arrange it, and you can take pictures with a wild feel.

If you are in a B&B, then put out all the "artistic" things, such as fake flowers, carpets, and artificial lights to take exquisite photos.

Therefore, if you also want to take exquisite photos of your daily records, then you have to put a little thought into the scene selection and layout.

Here, I also recommend a few props that I like to use:

Carpet: In fact, the carpet in this photo is usually placed in the trunk of the car to cushion things. When taking pictures, whether it is placed on the table, Or put it on the ground, it's very interesting.

hanger: This hanger frequently appears in my photos. It is very small to store, but it is used as the background or foreground in almost all camping photos.

string lights: For night scene photography, the string lights are YYDS. Try to buy longer ones, battery versions, and the style will appear wherever you wrap them.

box: This small box is actually quite a prop for filming. It can be placed in the trunk of a car to hold groceries. When taking photos, it becomes a very personalized table.

fake flowers: For women, fake flowers can not only embellish the environment, but also enhance the atmosphere by holding them in hand. Among them, fake sunflowers are refreshing and refined, and the sunshine is beautiful.

Chairs: Having two chairs in the trunk is important for more than just leisure. Wherever you go, wherever you sit, wherever you sit, wherever you take photos. Sitting and taking photos will make people relax, and the photos will be more natural.

Let’s talk about the later stage:

How to retouch portraits?

I basically use my mobile phone to take my portrait photos.

is more convenient and can make full use of fragmented time.

is more accurate. After all, my monitor has a color cast...

Of course, another important reason is that it is easier to edit portraits on mobile phones.

The main photo editing software I use is Xingtu and PrettyUP. The former is free and the latter is charged. The former is easier to use, and the latter is more powerful.

If you are an ordinary fan, waking up the picture is enough. When

retouches pictures, it is estimated that many people are better than me at regular operations such as slimming down, slimming the face, growing legs, and whitening. They only need to pull the values ​​to achieve it.

computer AI is also very accurate and can directly recognize faces.

But what I want to focus on here are three small functions that may not be commonly used by everyone, but are actually very useful.

The first is the liquefaction tool.

This tool is called "slimming face and slimming down" in the wake-up picture.The function of

is to adjust the fat, thin, width and width with great freedom.

For example, sometimes our portraits are taken from the side and the chin is very wide, but the AI ​​does not recognize the face, and the automatic adjustment functions cannot be used. At this time, use the liquefy tool and directly push the chin up to slim down. Come down.

For another example, if the portrait's hair is not thick enough or does not cover the face, you can use the liquefy tool to push and pull the hair to create the effect you want.

Second, manual beauty-dodge tool.

is the tool I mainly use when refining faces.

Usually, I will use it to deal with crow's feet at the corners of the eyes or nasolabial folds.

Especially when people laugh, nasolabial folds will be very heavy. So, use this dodge tool and apply them a few times to eliminate them.

Third, manual beauty - remove acne and wrinkles. Many people only see the first two words of this function

: acne removal.

But in fact, I mostly use it to deal with the last two words: wrinkle removal.

Compared with the dodge tool, this wrinkle removal tool is more direct and can make skin wrinkles disappear instantly.

has an immediate effect especially on neck lines or scars on the body.

Actually, retouching a portrait is similar to putting on makeup. Once the big aspects are done, the details cannot be vague.

And these 3 tips I told you are "plus points" in improving details.