Landscape portrait photography skills

Sunny outdoor portrait photography:

A sunny day is a good day for outdoor photography, canvas prints online and plenty of light and cheerful mood is one of the most important guarantees for good photos. However, it is not easy to make good portraits on a sunny day, and there is much to be desired. Due to the May Day holiday when the summer season, when the sun is strong in sunny day, and under the strong sunlight in portrait photography is one of the more difficult thing, so in time generally choose in sunny day 9 to 11 o 'clock in the morning, or a sunny day at 3 PM to 5 PM is good, because the two period of time the sun position is lower, the light is not very strong, the sun in the oblique brightness moderate, canvas prints au not like the noon sun prone to ugly shadows.

In addition, the characters in the soft sunshine are also relatively better, and the eyes are not susceptible to strong light, and the photos taken are more natural. In the choice of location is also has exquisite, generally a shady spot under the shade of trees or fit in with the shoot the light is downy portrait photography, and exposed under the sunlight, the light is strong, the main light is light, easy to use sunlight to shape a more special image.

Too strong sunlight is easy to cause subjects to be exposed to too much light, loss of detail and three-dimensional sense. On the equipment side, because the light of sunny days is more abundant, so the requirement of equipment is not very strict. But in outdoor portraits can often be used when the reflector, light reflector is more commonly used tools, fill light, eliminating shadows, prominent eyes, on which all help with that, the effect of different.

Obvious in the main light sunshine outdoor portraits, profiles of easy because of the strong light and shadow, would then use to reflect light or absorb light reflector to get rid of the shadow. In addition, some reflective boards also have the function of a soft light board. When the soft light is used, the strong light can be diffused, so that the light of the projection can be softer.

Sunny outdoor scenery photography:

Sunny days should be the most suitable weather for landscape photography, because the light is abundant, the picture is transparent, the color is bright, it is easy to make good works. However, in sunny days, because of the obvious direction of light, it is very important to use the light when shooting scenery on sunny days. The light is generally divided into several types, and the light from the back of the camera is called the smooth light. On the contrary, the light from the back of the subject is called the backlight.

The light coming from the side of the camera and the subject is called a semi-retrograde or oblique light. In the case of backlight or semi-backlight, the contrast between light and shadow causes the subject to create a three-dimensional sense. The light from the setting sun was just half of it. In the smooth light, it becomes a very flat landscape image, which will become very vivid in the backlight or semi-backlight.

Overcast outdoor portrait photography:

For the type of light that should be used when shooting a portrait outside, many people often choose the bright sunlight directly from behind to illuminate the positive light of the subject. But a lot of times this direct light causes the subject to squint. If the sun is in a low position, the light on the squinting face is flat. If the sun is in a high position, there will be shadows under the eyes and nose. Either way, it's not good.

Do not allow the subject to be in direct sunlight at this time, which is to place the subject in moderate diffuse light. And this trouble in cloudy day it is easier to get settled, as people know, filming outdoor portrait, many experts would rather choose cloudy, rather than a sunny day. So it might be a better day to photograph people than sunny summer days. But there are a lot of issues to be noticed during the cloudy day.

As said above, cloudy day can achieve more downy light reflection and let the subject by light degree more ideal, but sometimes cloudy insufficient light is also a problem that makes poll painful, this time is high to the requirement of the camera. First your camera in the case of insufficient light need to use more stable to higher sensitivity for shutter speed, but the high sensitivity and can bring bigger effect to image quality, particularly on consumer digital camera, then you should use a digital SLR camera, high sensitivity, after all, cope with the effects of the image quality in digital SLR camera is far better than above the consumer digital camera.

Another lens configuration, cloudy day often appear insufficient light, and insufficient light in addition to using high sensitivity in order to obtain more stable shutter speed, using a large aperture lens is also a faster shutter speed method, but for digital SLR, large aperture lens are generally more expensive. The tripod is also a more commonly used tool when the light is low in the cloudy sky. When the light is slightly dark and the shutter is slow, the shooting success rate of the foot frame is much higher than that of the barefooted frame.

Outdoor landscape photography:

The light of the cloudy sky is downier; there is no bright sunshine like the direct light, so it is more suitable to show some quiet and peaceful scenery theme. Some of the performance of the mountain village smoke and the countryside field scene actually is the cloudy sky shooting, very atmosphere, also very emotional appeal. It is also easy to encounter light when photographing landscapes on cloudy days, when the use of tripod is more important.

Outdoor rain photography:

What can we do on rainy days? The characteristic of rainy day is, water produces the reflection phenomenon, the scenery in the rain is reflected more strongly, when rain, by the diffuse of light, each thing appears to appear to differ with ordinary color and luster. The diffuse light is magically put those in the sufficient sunshine often appear too gorgeous color to try to reconcile dilute, especially when shooting color, people in the hands of an umbrella because of different color, often make the rain scene to the attraction, if can clever use the reflection in the water, are more likely to increase interest.

If you want to make a raindrop scene, you must choose the background of dark hue, which is appropriate to choose the side or backlight. The light is darker in rainy days, and the exposure time tends to be longer. The most distinctive feature of the rainy day is lightning, which is a natural phenomenon, and it is not too difficult to photograph the other natural scenery. If you've ever learned photography skills about lightning or if you've heard an experienced photographer tells you the secret to shooting lightning: "f/8, then stay there and wait." This is really a very useful way to shoot lightning, but f/8 is right, but staying there is not a good suggestion. Watch out for lightning and the next one will be you! So it's important to be safe when shooting lightning.

The best place to shoot lightning in a rainy day is the window of a tall building, so that you can protect your beloved photographic equipment in addition to a good view.

Shooting lightning is a matter of luck, that is, to do a "wait" word, requires the photographer to have full patience to wait. Lightning can happen anywhere, anytime, and very quickly. No matter how fast you react, when you see the lightning, press the shutter and the lightning disappears before the aperture is opened. So some experienced photographers using small aperture exposure under the same conditions to obtain a longer exposure time, hope in this period of exposure time lightning would come within the scope of your camera.

In filming, group frame on a tripod, choose one who has a large area of open the prospect of the sky, if use ISO100 sensitivity, set the aperture in 5.6, will choose exposure speed dial to "B" or "T" position, the shutter release, if lightning are outside the scope of view flash all the time, general won't produce the phenomenon of overexposure, can keep the shutter exposure in the open state to continue, until the lightning appeared only after the frame including the space close the shutter.

If feel the location of the lightning flash is not ideal, can be different according to the brightness of the lightning with negatives for 2 ~ 4 times of repeated exposure, as long as the lightning is not in the picture appear in the same area, of course also won't appear overexposed. Therefore, the exposure time is not entirely dependent on the size of the aperture, but the most important thing is to see if lightning has been captured.

In addition to shooting lightning, there are a lot of things to be photographed in the rainy days. For example, the reflection in the rain, all scenery is changed from one to two, the scene is melted, if it is night, it is more confusing, worth a beat; Beads look to splash in the eaves, under the rain, use your camera to coagulation of water splashing up, or water droplets pat move feeling, branches and leaves test you to master the skills of the shutter speed, a challenge; Another before the heavy rain "to the breeze full building" the majestic scenery, scenery of former thick clouds burst under the weight of the heavy rain let you experience the heavy depression, the wind volume let you feel the time flies, why don't you pick up the camera recorded?

Nocturnal portrait photography.

The shooting of the night scene portrait is a relatively difficult one, because the exposure of the foreground background should be taken into consideration, and it should be considered how to make the influence of the foreground person clear. Indeed, this is one of the problems most tourists encounter when they visit the night scene. Especially when using the automatic transmission of the camera to shoot, shoot opened the flash and make closer to the camera man got the right exposure, but due to the limited camera flash range combined with exposure time is short, make originally gorgeous matchless night scene in the camera appears to the naked eye to be a piece of black mass.

Filmed at the night view of this is because the distance on the need to long time exposure to normal exposure effect in the photo, and near the characters because flash exposure requires only a short exposure time is ok. Therefore, it is best to use the manual gear of the camera to slow the shutter and force the flash to be shot. After flashing the flash, it is recommended that the character maintain the original position until the exposure is over, so that the image of the person and the background night view will be normal. But night portrait photography is not the patent of manual camera, some advanced automatic fool digital camera has a night portrait shooting the model, and use the slow shutter, flash on this principle to set up.

You need to use a tripod to fix your camera when you're shooting, because you need to keep the camera still when you have a long exposure to the background, and the tripod becomes a necessity.

Before shooting, it is necessary to make clear to the subject that the flash is bright, which does not mean that the shooting is completed. The original position and position must be maintained until they are told that they can change or leave. The flash is shining. For the shutter release, it is the front curtain that reaches the end of the window to connect the power, but the rear curtain has not yet reached the window, (with the synchronous shutter time).

Only after the curtain passes through the window to the closed position exposure is finished. When the shutter is in the mirror, the flash of the shutter is shining, but the shutter is not closed. Because the night portrait exposure time is often required in 1 seconds, or longer, after flash shine, still have a long time the shutter is open, to feel the night light, if moving subject, the original was covering the background of the part will be in the face of the lens, continue to light, so beautiful photos, as the part is transparent or translucent. Therefore, the subject should remain unchanged before the shutter is closed.

Landscape photography at night.

Night scenery photography is night shot. Even the nights are better this sentence is appropriate for night of cities, the city that never sleeps with rich colors, bright lights, the night scene of the shooting a photo of a subject. Although camera at night there are difficulties, but we can rely on the LCD screen timely procuratorial exposure conditions, by adjusting the color temperature obtain more satisfactory color, it'll be for a digital camera for shooting night scene provides a great convenience. At present A lot of high-grade digital cameras offer P (to be automatic), A (aperture priority), S (shutter priority) and M (manual) exposure of the shooting mode, moreover most digital cameras offer the scene mode, the most common two kinds of models is the night view and macro mode, and some digital camera provides A more detailed rich scene mode, even in the evening, the night shooting mode, and other functions can be obtained.

Through this kind of bulb mode generally can obtain satisfactory results, for beginners, most digital cameras to take the night scene in the form of film is the most simple and feasible method and security. The tripod is not optional for the night scene. When the camera is mounted on a tripod, it can be used to photograph the light or crowd flow of a car lamp at a slower speed.

Of course, in order to achieve the best artistic effect, the evening light after the evening light can effectively separate the outline of the building, showing a better sense of hierarchy. The pursuit of artistic effect of photographers in the same location using secondary exposure technique, exposure time, namely the dusk after dark after all kinds of lighting, chandeliers, open exposure again, it is important to note the techniques in the process of two exposure camera cannot move, each exposure should take half of the exposure.

For example, in the first exposure, it takes 1/60 seconds to measure the value of a aperture, and 1/30 of a second for the shot, and 1/4 second for the second exposure, and 1/8 of a second for the scene. In addition, the application of white balance is also very important. Choosing different white balance will directly affect the tone of the picture and the artistic conception. Generally speaking, do not choose the automatic white balance, which will affect the inherent color of the light, making it lose its unique color temperature sensation. If the view is taken city, generally speaking we use Tungsten (Tungsten) white balance, because with the white balance is more close to the effect of lamplight. Of course, this is not absolute, depending on the environment.

Of course, the weather is unpredictable, acrylic prints glass want to have fun playing in the May Day photography must be ready to deal with all kinds of weather, otherwise all strange weather to a sudden attack, then disturb our photography plan holiday time and a waste of a good that is too sad. So before the May Day, we should prepare for it. No matter what kind of weather it is, a clear sky or a storm will not prevent us from pushing the index finger.