How to shoot the city scenery photography

1. Choose the commanding heights taking large scenes

Choose the commanding elevation Angle, which is beneficial to building space, hierarchy and the relationship between buildings and environment, the scene is very grand. Because the building has not mobility, select a location filming for the performance of the picture has a great influence. Want to do grand scene, the best way is to choose the high ground overlooking the shooting. You can go to the high ground of the TV tower in the whole city, it can also be taken through a window in the high-rise buildings. This perspective is conducive to building space, hierarchy and the relationship between architecture and environment. In filming, pay attention to the use of small aperture, performance and construction details clearly.

2. Wide Angle lens involve into more environment

Using wide Angle lens fisheye lens, to include more environment, building space and extended easily. Refers to the wide Angle lens focal length between 24 mm ~ 35 mm lens, with a wide Angle lens, you will be able to view the building completely rendered on the screen, easy building space and expansiveness, very suitable for building grand momentum. In addition, you can also use 16 mm fisheye lens focal length is shorter, even through the exaggerated deformation, dramatic effect.

3. The line of formal beauty

With symmetrical composition will be graceful bridge arrangement in the future, not only to enhance the image of beautiful line and administrative levels, and you can have the effect of concentrated audience very well. Shooting construction should pay attention to observe and explore the rhythm and aesthetic feeling of line. In composition should make full use of the formal beauty of line, as far as possible to enhance image depth, give prominence to the subject, and thus improve the artistic appeal of the picture.

4. Use prospects increase visual interest

With rich do prospects for seasonal flowers and plants trees, can enrich the visual effect of image, season to render atmosphere, strongly foil theme. Building, want to avoid the picture too straightforward, the best way is to use outlook foil theme. You can walk around a building, trees, flowers, sculpture and so on into the future. Not only can enrich the visual effect of image, but also have the effect of balanced menu, highlight the main body. Such as the rich do prospects for seasonal flowers and plants trees, season can apply colours to a drawing atmosphere and the prospect of the subject is powerful foil.

5. Set up the frame on the line of sight

With a roadside barrier structures, picture frames, the lines of the arch frame abound change, through the "box" to observe building, have the effect of concentrated audience. At the same time, along with the frame is also very good to enhance the depth of the picture.

By using the roadside fence building frame, arched lines so that the screen is full of changes, through the "box" to observe the building, to focus on the vision of the audience. At the same time, virtual frame is also greatly increased the screen depth. during the filming of a building clutter environment interfere with, scattered around the line of sight of the audience, if taken alone building will appear straightforward, monotonous. In addition to the mentioned earlier in future, looking for a natural frame can eliminate clutter environment interference, also to focus the audience's attention. Trees, channel, doors, Windows, etc are common frame. Excellent frame typically by shape, color, contrast, and natural relationship between before and after the auxiliary to complete composition of the subject.

6. Use shoot tall building

Using wide Angle lens shoot low Angle, building as if straight into the sky, showed the dimensional feeling of strong convergence line up. Want to building tall majestic, below is the best choice. Because of the look up when shooting point lower than the subject, the camera lens lifted upward, often make the horizon in the picture. And the sky in the background picture phase When the area big, exaggerated subject, make its have high. If cooperate with wide Angle lens, due to the perspective, building will become below wide on narrow and small nearly coscodl, give a person a kind of tall and upright, to Pierce the sky visual effect. When shooting in such a way, pay attention to the use of small aperture clap a building clear lines and administrative levels.

7. Use the silhouette to strengthen the construction of contour

Sunrise, sunset light and color rendering images well atmosphere, clean-cut silhouette picture appears simple and powerful. Taken the outline of buildings can also use the silhouette way to highlight and lines. Choose the sunrise, sunset time, in view of the sky brightness uniformity area metering, then lock exposure to recompose. Sunrise, sunset light and color is able to render scene atmosphere. Clear-cut silhouette make the picture appear concise and powerful.

8. Add appeal using reflection

Reflection to extension, repetitive construction, brings the change of images and hazy beauty, add a picture of appeal. Photographing buildings and scenery, surrounded by water, it is important to pay special attention to the use of reflection. Reflection can be enabled buildings to extension, repetition, expanding the scope of the image performance. At the same time, bring the change of images and hazy beauty, add appeal for images and bring visual pleasure.

9. with a telephoto lens to depict the details

The details of the building can bring the audience more intuitive, the true feelings. You can try to use different angles, different frame, in the form of picture appear in front of the audience. Each building has its unique beauty, the details of the color, line and exquisite carving, is incorporated into the lens. Therefore, in addition to building the overall appearance, but also pay attention to using telephoto lenses depict detail. These details can be more intuitive, true feelings to the audience. You can try to use different angles, different frame, in the form of this Mosaic will present it in front of the audience.

10. In special weather

The building in the mist is like concealed, have rich administrative levels feeling and hazy beauty, can mobilize the people's curiosity. In fog, rain, snow and other "bad" weather, many people give up, get out. In fact, in this weather tends to captured by special photos. Fly of dispute whether fog and the storm or snow, will create a special atmosphere on the picture, give a person the feeling that find everything new and fresh.

11. A symbol of geographical features

Shooting street signs should pay attention to in the surrounding environment, this work USES diagonal communication, to extend the curve enhance the vitality of the picture, the line of sight of the audience. In the city's streets, as long as careful observation, will find a lot of things are fresh. Especially the symbol of regional characteristics, such as addresses, street signs, etc. And in the surrounding environment fusion, can have the effect of profile and description, photos and travel notes, also facilitate memory and find the photo.

12. The excavation of the characteristic landscape

Shooting street view you should discover difference, characteristic bright scenery. Qantas road, such as Chengdu ancient intensive and deep cultural atmosphere, when found the sculpture, of Sichuan opera is dressed up, it must not be missed. With wide Angle lens shoot, included in the background of the sharp features, ancient opera immediately appear on the screen.

13. Looking for formal beauty in the street

Chengdu is a leisure city, when with symmetrical composition, extension lines will street comfortable, neat desks and chairs in the picture, quietly to the audience present state of the old Chengdu people's life. Shooting street scenes from the lines should be good at finding the beauty of form, color Horizontal lines can make move up and down the line of sight, open, stretch, stretch the effect; Line gradient can make one feel from one end to the other end of the expansion or contraction, produce the feeling of uncertainty, dynamic; Curve line is fluent, stretch, make the light active picture. In photography, the color is also important design elements, strong colors tend to be a good composition of visual center. Photograph street kei chan, exquisite artistic skill and performance means, combination of various elements of the scene, collocation, can the audience a better visual effect.

14. Focus on the cultural landscape of street

The characteristics of the old chengdu is leisurely slow life, compound represents a kind of traditional leisure culture. Walking in the long alley, house has a courtyard, the courts have a tree. Cany chair, old man, carefree manner, the old city of life comes to life in front of the audience. Street view reflects a city is the most ordinary folk culture, some of the old street is representing the city the epitome of the past, a symbol of deep memory. Photograph street kei chan, also should pay attention to include people in the picture, the old city transformation life scene unfold in front of the audience, showing vivid life breath.

15. Slow shutter in dynamic with static

Set to a shutter speed of 1/60 ~ 1/60 second, aim at the subject half press the shutter, mobile lens after him, to be subject to move to reservations composition background, press the shutter, and continue to follow the camera moving subjects. , as long as there is on the body of the mobile will be able to take action the effect of the combination. Set the shooting mode to shutter priority, even lower 1/30 of a second shutter speed. Keep the camera steady, press the shutter button. Under the slow shutter, mobile population, vehicles will naturally rich move feeling, show the city crowds, the hectic atmosphere. The shutter speed is different, the degree of dynamic and static is also different, can according to their performance, need to adjust the shutter speed.

16. Present charming sky blues

At nightfall adopt "tungsten" white balance, can make the sky presents a charming blues color. Taken in photo at night should pay attention to grasp the opportunity. In the sunny day, the day will be black not black when is the ideal time. There are about 15 minutes of this period of time, often present a fascinating blue sky, hand in photograph reflect with light at night, dreaming. In filming, in order to use a tripod, a small aperture, low ISO, so as to maintain stability and get the best quality. And, more importantly, set the white balance for tungsten filament lamp mode, can strengthen the blue of the sky, show a picture color fan.

17. Traffic flow dynamic track performance

Use 1/10 of a second or sometimes a slower shutter speed, because the shutter speed is slow, and fast traffic, the traffic in the photo have naturally turned into a dreamy light rail. Traffic path is city light will make the theme, under the slow shutter, creates a line of light rail traffic together, like flowing. Shooting flow, the choice of the location is very important. Position is higher, the view is wider, the effect is better. Therefore, can choose at overpasses or tower. Best in the intersection with a traffic light, red light can stop a large number of motor vehicles, once the transition to a green light, traffic will appear beautiful. Set the camera to shutter priority, use 1/10 of a second or sometimes a slower shutter speed, use a tripod, a small aperture, low ISO, remained stable. Due to the slow shutter speed, traffic fast, the traffic in the photo naturally becomes a dreamy light rail. The slower shutter speed, the longer the light rail.