How to take beautiful portrait photos in daily life? Try these 5 photography skills
In daily life, how can you take beautiful photos casually? In addition to practicing more, you also need to master certain photography skills. In this tutorial, the photography self-study class will introduce 5 to you.
1. Take hazy and dreamy photos.
Figure 1:
The winter solstice has passed, and spring is coming soon. All kinds of flowers and trees will bloom soon. It is easy to take photos like Figure 2, but standing Everyone knows how to take photos under a tree. The point of this photo is to let you know how to use branches for guidance. Above the person’s head, has a thick branch, which guides the viewer’s eyes to see the person, and also increases the depth of the photo. However, in fact, this branch is above the person’s head, and is still a little unsightly.
Figure 2:
The camera is hidden behind some small flowers. When the flowers are close to the lens, they focus on the eyes of the person. If they are close to the lens, they will be photographed out of focus. , like Figure 3, allows the person being photographed to stand 1/2 on the left or 1/2 on the right of the photo. will produce a hazy and dreamy effect like Figure 3.
Figure 3:
2. When shooting in daily life, make sure the picture is clean.
Figure 4:
Can you see the difference between Figure 4 and Figure 5? Except for the posture, the on-site environment of is the same, but in the upper right corner of Figure 4, there are trees of other colors. There are thick tree trunks in the background, and the picture looks gray, messy, and unsightly, so at this time, the viewing range needs to be narrowed to allow the camera to get closer to the person being photographed. The range of is smaller, and the debris in the upper right corner cannot be captured in the picture. The photo can look more streamlined and clean with , like Figure 5.
Figure 5:
When encountering the grass of the same color like Figure 6, can make the background color of the photo more uniform and cleaner by narrowing the viewing range.
Figure 6:
3. Don’t forget to take pictures along the way.
Picture 7:
There are deers among the flowers in Pictures 7 and 8. Then let the person being photographed stand on the path. They can hold their hats with their hands like in Picture 7, or they can put their hands behind their backs like in Picture 8. Behind the head, one eye is open and the other is closed. The road is in the center of the picture, guiding the viewer to look into the distance. The sense of space and three-dimensionality of the photo will be better. The person is also more prominent on the middle line, and the color of the clothes he is wearing is obviously different from the surroundings. When these techniques are combined, you can take good-looking photos of life.
Figure 8:
4. Bring your own light source when taking photos at night.
Figure 9:
If you are taking pictures at night on the beach like Figure 9, you have to wait until the sky is not completely dark before taking pictures. You can still see a faint sunset in the distance. You should bring some light sources, such as small fireworks like Figure 9. When taking pictures, light them. The small fireworks will form a good embellishment. If it is pitch black, it will not look good. As shown in Figure 9 and Figure 10, there are some scattered lights, and the photos will not look so dull and rigid.
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5. In daily life, how can indoor photos look good?
First of all, it is not recommended. If you are wearing shoes and stepping on the sofa like in Figure 11, even if it is your own home, such a photo will give the viewer an uncomfortable feeling. In addition, the head of the person being photographed is too close to the upper edge of the photo, making the picture a bit crowded.
Figure 11:
Figure 12 is the same, but it is also a bit crowded. In Figure 13, the subject's head is far enough away from the upper edge of the photo, and the subject has stretched his legs to the corner of the photo, so that the legs are located close to the diagonal line of the photo.
Figure 12:
In the photo taken at this time, can make the legs look longer and slimmer.
