Fall travel photography tips

Autumn is the most colorful season in nature, the colors of autumn, autumn breeze, canvas prints autumn green water is so beautiful, so people intoxicated! So how do we create a satisfying "landscape" in this enchanting autumn landscape?

What kind of composition should we choose?

You must learn to observe the scene and surrounding environment in the viewfinder frame through the lens, canvas prints online and choose the best shooting point to obtain the most satisfactory composition. In framing and composition, the following points should be paid attention to:

Highlight the main body

Before taking a picture, you should first "make your mind" just like before painting. You should consider what is mainly shown in the picture and where the subject is arranged. Pass the modeling method such as light, color, line; form next, floating frame canvas will achieve the goal that highlights main body.

Visual balance

A photograph whose composition achieves visual balance gives a sense of stability and harmony. The composition that balance include symmetrical balance and asymmetry balance two kinds, asymmetry balance, often compare the composition that symmetrical balance is richer move feeling. The size, shape, weight and direction of the scene, as well as the color of the scene, have an important influence on the visual balance.

The actual set each other off

Virtual and real refers to the degree of clarity and blurring of the subject and the front and rear scenes of the space. The techniques used are nothing more than concealing the real, the alternate between the real and the virtual, the virtual guest the real Lord, and the virtual support the real. Its purpose is to highlight the main body, render atmosphere, and enhance the depth of space. The reality is mainly the subject of the subject; Virtual, mainly to show the subject of the companion body, to foil the main body, it is an important link to constitute the artistic conception of the picture.

Pay attention to rhythm and melody photography composition, the subject appears alternately in the same or similar form, orderly repeat, then form rhythm; If the rhythm shows the line, ease, harmony, ups and downs and other dynamic changes, it will become the melody, so that the picture is beautiful, lyrical and smooth. Rhythm and melody are important to deepen the theme; they are included in the line, color, light contrast and tone.

Simple

In fact, photography is "subtraction", which means that it is best to remove all irrelevant objects in the picture, the simpler the better. Especially for beginners, composition should be simple to start.

The sky

In landscape photography, the sky is a very important part. In many cases, the sky is the main part of composition, and the beauty of many natural imaginations in nature is enough to shock people. Therefore, good photography lovers should always pay attention to the changes of the weather, so as to sum up some natural laws, such as the sunset is the most beautiful after the rain, if the sun comes out after the rain, you will see a rainbow and so on.

Reference

Sometimes it can be difficult to judge the actual size of an object just by looking at it in a photograph, but we can "feel" the size of the object by comparing it with a familiar reference object. This reference is usually used to indicate the majesty and grandeur of nature.

Second, master the use of light

The success of photography, to a large extent, depends on the use of light results. Light directly affects color and tone, lines and shapes. Therefore, in the same scenic spot, take the same scene, if the light is different, will produce different composition of artistic conception and different atmosphere of the photograph.

Fall travel photography tips are complete

As we all know, photography is most inseparable from light, light is the soul of photography, but light can be said to be a profound and complex problem, to master is not easy. But for beginners, mastering the basics of lighting can be an instant way to improve the quality of a shot.

Light can usually be simply divided into smooth, backlight, side light, side backlight and other several kinds, but the autumn sunshine is particularly bright and warm, not like summer intense glare, as long as the appropriate understanding of the use of light, the chance of taking a good picture is much greater than in summer.

1. The suitable light:

Smoothing is when the light is shining from the front to the subject, that is, the direction of the light is in line with the direction of the lens. Shadow of light source and a different front lighting, is divided into high level low down the light, light, etc., under the condition of suitable lighting, all parts of your subject got more uniform illumination, shadow area is small, tone of light and shade contrast is not big, so often appear flat, stereo feeling and space feeling is not strong, but most easy for beginners to master light is suitable light, and the most consumers are using a digital camera, digital camera is generally more area metering as default metering, for suitable light environment can be easily recorded.

2. The backlight:

Backlighting is when light is shot from the back of the subject in the opposite direction to the direction of the lens. Backlight is the light that can best represent the outline and texture of an object. In autumn, when plants and leaves start to turn yellow, backlight is the best time to shoot this kind of picture. In the autumn in nature, as long as a little attention to, it's not hard to find from the forest when the sunshine behind the shot comes, the leaves of the transparent texture beauty, in addition, the color backlighting will appear more bright is dazing, trunk, branches will be clear to sketch out the outline of, make pictures more administrative levels feeling and depth.

The use of backlight is much more exquisite than the smooth. If overexposed, the level of the subject is less, and the color is dull and weak. If the subject is underexposed, it will appear dull and will be liable to suffer from underexposure. At this time need to master the skills of metering, the general digital camera will have multi-area metering, central focus average metering, point metering and other three modes, below we first understand their differences.

Multiarea metering

This metering mode, also known as "intelligent" metering, is an advanced metering mode. Metering system will view image into several regions (the shape of the different camera division, in a different way), respectively, set up metering device to measure, and then through the camera in the operations of the photometric information of the microcomputer to each region, comparison, and referring to the location of the subject, estimate the state of your subject by light is the backlight or general illumination, and the metering of the each region weighted proportion, after all, calculate the appropriate exposure.

Central key metering

The central key metering is mainly used to measure the brightness within the rectangle or circle (ellipse) in the center of the frame, while the other areas of the frame are averaged. The brightness outside the rectangle or circle (ellipse) has little influence on the metering results. As for the amount of central area, depending on the camera, about 20-30% of the whole picture.

Spot metering

The metering range of point metering is the area of 2 ~ 3% in the center of the viewfinder screen. Point metering is basically unaffected by the brightness of other objects outside the metering area. Therefore, it is convenient to use point metering to detect all areas of the subject or background. Point metering has high sensitivity and precision.

Obviously, for beginners, multi-area (intelligent) metering is the most appropriate, but the camera metering system is not 100% accurate, especially in the case of backlight, it is easy to have underexposure, often need to increase the exposure compensation to improve, then how much should be added? At this time, the convenience of digital camera shooting and viewing will be fully applied, and accurate exposure compensation can be easily obtained through the observation of screen photos.

If you want to get precise exposure, spot metering is your best choice, for example to show through the sun leaves, character/scenery silhouette, deep cloud and so on scene, as long as the use of spot metering to highlight parts for metering and appropriate with the use of exposure compensation can be easily obtained satisfactory results. In addition, many of today's digital cameras have the ability to surround exposure, allowing you to capture multiple images with just a click of the shutter, thus increasing your success rate.

3, side light

Side is light the light with the front of your subject form a certain Angle, side can also be subdivided into the side light, side light, the backlight, etc., all of the side just to light source from the left or right of the side of the side of your subject, your subject at this time most of the area will be under illumination, and the smaller part will form the shadow of a certain, this is 3 d objects.

In contrast, the light from the back left or right side of the subject is called the side backlight. The side backlight of the subject will be largely in shadow, but it will be clearly defined and layered.

How to use lines

Lines are the backbone of a composition. Any work of visualization cannot be separated from lines.

Line is usually the function of trees, grass, pole, rivers, such as wave, different line can give a person with a different visual image, such as horizontal line can said stability and tranquility, vertical line can be said is grave and strength, the diagonal lines are angry, vigor and move feeling, curve and wavy lines appear weak, carefree, attractive; The thick line is heavy, the light line is light, the thick line is strong, the thin line is weak, the solid line is static, the dotted line is moving, the composition can be used actively.

Iv. Subject matter

The scenery of the mist is taken, the picture does not have some interest, pure and fresh quietly elegant, be like an ink painting. In a wide, flat field, the fog is relatively stable, photographers can leisurely conception creation; and the mountain fog is floating flow, changing, and the photographer to grasp the opportunity, in the main body half covered when the shutter was pressed. The nature in the fog seems to have or not, now and then hidden, in the vision to the viewer like a fairyland experience. However, travel photographers should be aware that if the fog is too thick to take photos.

The light in fog is scattered light, so it is difficult to show the shape of objects and the color of the picture. The closer the scene is, the more blurred the scenery becomes. When choosing a scene, a tourist photographer should take a scene with certain outline and tonal contrast; Deal with the relationship between the front and the back, showing the level of the picture. The photographer can enlivened the picture by including brightly colored flowers in the foreground, or by arranging a model in red (or with other props) to enlivene the whole picture and create a strong visual contrast. The principle of colour contrast is that in a scene of one hue, objects of different colors stand out as long as there are few among them. It should be noted that, when composing, the proportion of scenery with prominent tone should not be too large, otherwise it will destroy the visual effect due to fog scene.

For fog shots, the exposure should be increased by 1EV. For high-visibility shots, the exposure can be increased by 1.5-2eV. Although fog days are mostly scattered light, but we carefully observe the direction of sunlight exposure, or the inverse of the division. Under smooth conditions, the picture should be flat, while under backlight conditions, shooting fog can increase the perspective effect of the picture.

By the way, due to the high humidity in foggy days, tourists should pay attention to protect the delicate camera from moisture. They should take it out of the bag and use it when they need to take pictures. They should put it into the drying box to absorb moisture when they return home. Foggy weather is seasonal, so photographers can't create content in foggy weather? In fog-free weather, the photographer can simulate the fog effect artificially by using the high-jian atomizing mirror (150, 151). Adjusting the position of the atomizing mirror in the lens holder during use can change the clarity of foreground and background. The farther the background distance is the more natural the fog effect will be.

Waterscape shooting

Tourism, people go everywhere from mountains and rivers, to rivers, lakes and seas, to streams and streams, the so-called heavy mountains and water is another scene, so the photography of water landscape occupies a very important part in landscape photography. In addition, Guangdong is located along the coast, so many tourists go to the seaside in summer. Waterscape shooting can be roughly divided into: beaches, rivers, streams, lakes, etc.

When shooting scenery at the seaside, the beach tends to be empty. Photographers should observe and think more when choosing pictures, and properly choose foreground (rocks and coconut trees), middle view (fishing boats sailing in the sea) and distant view (clouds in the horizon). Composition by the sea should also pay attention to the balance of the sea level; otherwise the eye-catching diagonal line in the photo will make the viewer uncomfortable. At the same time, due to the lack of changes in the beach line, the photographer can choose a higher position with the waves or beach as the diagonal shooting, to create a visual effect.

Here can also tell the photographer a way, if there is no cloud in the sea and sky, the picture is flat, can be installed in front of the lens with a high strong rainbow mirror, shot out of the effect will let you have a bright surprise. When taking pictures of rivers, the photographer should choose the curved part of the river to guide people's line of sight with the curve, pay attention to adjust different levels of film, and use the flowers and trees on the bank as the foreground. Take pictures of rivers (seascape) in the morning and evening. Add or subtract to compensate for exposure and take more pictures to get different effects.

When photographing mountain streams and streams, due to the small scene, the photographer can choose the composition technique of shooting in the middle of the stream or diagonally, and at the same time, use vertical shooting to deepen the depth of the picture and obtain a larger scene effect. Shooting the stream is mostly a random sketch, so the photographer has to use light and color to win. Because mountain streams and streams are dim, use a tripod to stabilize the camera. For a stream or waterfall, a photographer can use a high shutter speed (1/500 of a second) to solidify a clear picture, or a slow speed (1-3 seconds, depending on the flow rate) to create a dreamy, smoky water. If the light is bright, the lens can also be installed in front of a strong reducing mirror, if tourists do not have a reducing mirror, can use multiple exposure method to achieve the same effect. However, this method requires conversion of exposure values, so it is not recommended for beginners.

When photographing the scenery of the lake, as the water is calm as a mirror, tourists can focus on photographing the reflection in the water to show the tranquility of the lake. Of course, in the calm water into a stone, stirred layers of billows, or across a leaf boat, can increase the dynamic picture, the form will be active. Therefore, large photo shooting the lake water scene can be dynamic or static; can be regarded as a creative way.