​Group photography skills take you to great photo

Group photography skills take you to great photo

Both amateur and professional photographers, have a good camera will often have asked group photo shooting, family gathering family and staff travel group, a graduate student group, etc., make the photos into a large canvas prnits for memory. The group portrait photography because the person is more, will shoot a few little detail and shoot single people, take a look at today which photography skills to master, can take you to great photo!

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No.1 Small aperture and continuous shooting mode

Photo shoot people groups, in order to ensure that each person's face is clear sharp, don't forget to stop down, try to use the F8-13, otherwise a aperture is too big, may let part of people's face blurred out. Comes back to you, it is suggested that using continuous shooting mode, because people will have more meet somebody the blink of an eye, action is not ready or facial expression state such as weird, so shoot a few pieces at a time, shoot can select the most perfect one as a result.

No.2 make the height difference between characters, avoid some face is obstructed

This is one of the most basic group portraits composition method, especially the family photographs in the canvas prints, if it is found that the height of the children the same, mom and dad tall a lot of words, might as well use see below station appearance, make it easy for shooting results look more natural. When the subject itself is not big, the gap height if you stood on the steps, such as slope itself has high and low level ground, of course, is easy to reach. If standing on the ground, it is necessary to please the front people crouch or drop, let stood behind the tall can also will come to full face. In pressing the shutter, it is better to scan again, see if the entire person's face is visible.

No.3 let the subject naturally let go

From the group as if feel dull, natural open composition is also a good choice, of course, but is test of photographer ability to lead. If there are any like to try different shooting style of the subject, normal university can play all the imagination of photography, jump to the bondage of traditional. Let everyone together towards the camera, at the seaside vitality jumping, performance walk home after school, such as collective brainstorming in the meeting.

4 pay attention to the light

In the part of the light, if in outdoor shooting, of course the best as far as possible to avoid in the sun is very strong environment, on the one hand, people face step easy to leave the shadow of natural, on the other hand, at high temperatures is also easy to make the subject feel tired or heatstroke. Shooting indoors, inexperienced friend may choose to set up a tent lights, but this tends to cause the man near the light too bright, people actually underexposed results farthest from the lamp. Will also have some new lamp where the subject is too close, will result in someone's shadow reflected in the people next door. Shoot indoor group portrait, if want to use awning lamp, please use the one above, ensure that all the people the average amount of light. Moreover, the location of the shed light should be placed near the side of the camera, on the subject to keep a certain distance.

5 let everybody look a bit more "practice"

Most commonly occurs during the filming of a group photo of "ShouShouBuQin" state, may be a little bit better in family situation, but the company units or students group photo shooting often appear such "embarrassment" FU. At first we stand together to avoid standing very open, make the picture looks very loose, no team feeling. Encountered such a situation, need to open your mouth as a photographer, "Joe," if you're on time, perhaps can also through some simple before filming group game let the photographed the embarrassment between the reduced.

No.6 show self-confidence and professional photographers

Together take photos, a chaotic scene is very normal, the photographer should be in your professional eye, take out your confidence to Handle scenes, tell everyone how to station, station where, who and who, who is going to move forward in position, guide you to the shooting state, also save their argument.

No.7 using triangular composition skills

Triangular composition is commonly used in photographic painting composition rule of composition of a picture, not only work on items taken, on the group portrait is also very practical. In the faces of the stance of the triangular composition or to one who do triangle formation, can be a reference proposal.

No.8 the active degree of balance action

When shooting group portrait, try something more dynamic Pose can indeed make canvas prints pictures look more lively, but at the same time in the pursuit of "dynamic nature", don't forget to consider the safety factors, especially when the subject of a child. If some action for children some difficulty, not only may cause the strange effect (such as children struggle expression), and even cause the danger of injury.