Local close-up photography skill

There is a photographic scene is called "close-up", we in the shooting scene of a small show emotion or is salient objects in time will use close-up view. It is a term of photography, originated in the film art. By the early movie guide Griffith and others creating, using, it is a major development in the history of creation. Movie artistic technique of expression, we usually it can be used in photography, although expressed in different ways but to still the performance of a straw, then tell you how to get the local close-up images of the performance to the limit.

(1)Character local close up.

Usually the characters local close-up is the head of over one shoulder. Close-up picture message can build suspense, subtle performance characters facial expressions, depicting characters, complicated relationships, and it is not common in the life of the special visual perception. Facial features mainly used to depict the characters' inner activities. The inner activity to the audience through facial, can give strong impression to audience. Standing out in the landscape box contains only partial face, a look, or face little affectations, are indispensable to the details. Local extreme close-ups are mainly commercial photography. In order to promote a brand of lip gloss or eye shadow, eyeliner, propaganda close-up photography.

(2)Part of the body close-up

Part of the body close-up is not limited to the facial details, also can be a part of the body. Body parts, more were taken and then want to highlight emotion and scene, have a more profound meaning. For example, the moment wearing a diamond ring in wedding; Mother and baby moment hand in hand. Situational features more feelings of the characters, and the photographer wants to deepen the essence of photography. When shooting mainly focus on the body parts of the interaction with the environment or the actions of communication. The emergence of local features and applies, enrich and enhance the unique expressive force. Subject is full of images, more close to the audience than close shot. Differs from the ordinary point of view, close-up look the picture feel more novelty, it is not common special visual perception in the life.

(3)Environmental close up

Environment and local features is put aside, for local shooting environment scene, is often used to highlight the key part, build atmosphere can be more strong. To produce simple, feel local works, might as well try to more white space on the composition of space, make the picture don't be so full, in addition to make readers have a breathing space of vision, also can create an empty inspiration. Make a lot of "white" in stark contrast to the main body, and guide the audience's eyes stay on the subject itself. The body of the selective many can be on behalf of the main body of a certain environment also can be the body of the rich colors.

(4)The use of equipment

Since filming is part feature, then show the vast scene have wide Angle lens, prime lens for the limitations of the focal length is not suitable for local features, and shoot telephoto zoom lens is the most appropriate choice. For example, 55-200 - mm, 55-300 - mm, 70-300 - mm focal length lens. Choose in local features, large aperture lens IS another advantage, such as the Canon EF 70-200 - mm f / 2.8 L IS II unsharp mask. The subject prominent local, background with large aperture lens blur, create a hazy artistic atmosphere. Filming process may be limited to the environment or the lens focal length, the composition of a picture can't hold too accurate, performance of the less-than-perfect picture, then we can also through the late photo cropping, secondary composition. Images will be tailored for high quality requirements, recommend the use of high pixel DSLR, such as a half million pixels of the Canon EOS 5 ds/ds R, 50.6 million pixels CMOS image sensor is adopted, especially in the fuselage is equipped with two pieces of DIGIC image processor, using a dual core processor in high-resolution camera, can better handle sensitive noise reduction, multiple exposure, for secondary clipping also provides better quality assurance.

(5)Emotional amplification into the shooting blend in emotional amplification

The image of a successful work, is the ability to use hand lens elaborate gives compelling story, and then guide the viewer to think with Lenovo, and even cause emotional resonance and moved. For the capture of local content, but also to adhere to the principle of Less Is More, not full content More rich, the focus of the single picture can express feelings tend to be More. Focus is need be taken when the shooting Angle control snap shots. Shooting Angle can be roughly divided into three kinds of head-up, overlooking and elevation. Heads up is the most common viewing Angle with declarative and ordinary point of view, the lack of a breakthrough. Often have expectations of elevation, worship. If you can grasp the characteristics of these shooting angles, the work will be able to inject more different subjective ideas. On the basis of the original images with feelings into the photographer's subjective mind, let the feelings of the richer full-bodied picture. Photographers need is to develop a keen observation, everyday life in a similar environment, hard to avoid can ignore the ordinary local pictures. Find new picture in the insipid life picture, can continue to provide material for filming.

Conclusion: distinctive local image, as if to a photo of complete divided into several small images, show the effect has been refined. Learn to use the method of close shot, local to highlight and emphasize the people or things, looking for best way each scene, will bring you special expressive force.