​7 useful tips for taking a group photo

Life is the most often shot, but the most underrated photography theme, canvas prints is the group photo, especially the number of 10 or even more than 100 people, the average person is only looking at their blink, but ignored a good group photo, absolutely not easy to get, I believe experienced photographers are very understand. From photographer Karen Quist, here are seven tips for getting a better group photo.

(1) Be careful in selecting the location

Although many times you can't help shooting a group photo, canvas australia there are many restrictions, but if possible, choose the venue as carefully as possible. Because the photo itself mixes too many faces and too many different clothes, the background should be as concise as possible.

Generally speaking, natural landscapes and colors such as gardens and beaches will not have too many conflicts with the photographer. In simple rural style, wood fences and scaffolding can also be used. If it is a city style, floating frames australia it can find simple walls or simple traditional or modern buildings.

(2) Pay attention to light

When shooting outdoors, try to shoot in the morning or afternoon when the sun is soft and warm. If you must shoot in the middle of the day, you must avoid uneven lighting, so if you want to shoot in the shade of a tree or a building, you should take extra care to avoid it. (Light is average, also applicable for group photo indoors)

(3) Use of legs

If you just take a group photo of several people, there is no problem without legs, or even limited positioning and creativity. But when taking a group photo of a hundred people, the leg frame is actually important because you have to be in the same position and take multiple photos quickly, because there is a good chance that you will need to deal with problems such as blinking in later stages to get a "perfect" group photo.

(4) Lens setting

What focal length can you use? Photographers recommend at least 50mm or longer to avoid image distortion, because if you shoot with a wide-angle lens, the person at the edge will become "fat", which is not the effect people want, so stand a little further away, with 50mm aperture set to f/9 or thinner to maintain the depth of field. It's also wise to keep a little more space so that the photo can be cropped.

Notice that if the shot is too long and the photographer stands too far away, it may be difficult to command. Of course, whether the shooting space is deep enough, also need to consider.

(5) Height treatment

Believe that this is a big group photo taken, have faced the problem, how to arrange the position, let everyone's face is exposed, are quite troublesome. For example, the school will have steps for students to stand in layers. In general, there may be three layers of chairs, with the last row standing, the middle row sitting on the chair, and the front row sitting on the ground (usually children). These have to be planned before the shoot.

Another way is for the photographer to find a vantage point and shoot from the top down, such as a balcony, ladder or standing on a chair.

(6) Organize your appearance

That's right, it's about asking people to clean up their appearance and having them check each other's faces and clothes, especially hair, nose, teeth, eyebrows, makeup, etc. Otherwise, the photographer will spend a lot of time on post-processing some appearance problems that could be solved in three minutes.

(7) Quick shooting

When the crowd is standing, take a quick test photo you to make sure the exposure, large canvas prints focus and depth of field are ideal. Then ask everyone to close their eyes on the count of three and take several quick shots to make sure you end up with the perfect group photo.