The technique of taking group photos

In daily life, group photos are very important to me, as well as the types of photography we have experienced since childhood. A photograph of a picture has its inside knowledge, with the skills and the essence of it, focus, location, environment, location and so on, so let's look at our group photo, this type of graduation photo shoot.

I. Focus selection

When shooting a large photo of focus should be placed in what place? We need to know the "focus" is actually a "distance", far and near respectively at the same level of object timely theme with the camera, their focus distance is the same, so if the two pictured is side by side, we only need to focus on one person can; but if it is the two or three row of the array, we need to focus on in the middle of the first row, if the photo is more than four rows, then the focus is on the second row. The first point is that the depth of field is greater than the foreground due to the characteristics of the depth of field, so it is very scientific to focus on the first row. Second, in general, the first row is relatively important people, such as the director, ah, leadership, principals, and so on, it is best to ensure that the focus can be placed on them. For example, in this multi person group, our focus should be placed in the second row.

2. The choice of aperture

Before we talk about the need to focus on in the middle of the second row to make the depth of coverage, in fact, the size of the aperture will affect the depth of the range, so if there are a lot of big photo rows (for example 6, 7 rows of people photo) we will transfer a small aperture, front row number more. The aperture will need more small, generally use f/5.6, f/8 or less to ensure the depth of field, unless using ultra wide angle lens, so that the influence of the depth of the aperture will be relatively small. If the light is poor, in order to ensure sufficient depth of field, it is necessary to sacrifice their shutter speed, but generally cannot be less than 1/8 seconds.

3. Outdoor shooting

If this group is taken as a collective, in outdoor shooting, the best weather is cloudy shooting, because cloudy light is relatively soft, will not cause great impact to the face. There are two options, one is taken against, when shooting backlit, to light on the face, to ensure accurate facial exposure. If there is a large flash light to do, the effect will be better, don't shoot in the shade, otherwise there will be the face.

4. Station selection

When shooting a large group photo, arrange the queue can use tables and chairs, can make the front row more compact point, in order to make full use of the depth of field, take better pictures, mainly to shoot more layers of photos, to avoid blocking the front row. Take a group photo composition is very important, if the photo shoot of more than one hundred people, will be the best camera as the axis to chairs placed into an arc, because the plane of focus lens is most clearly in the lens focal distance is the radius of arc. Therefore, the arc clan shooting, there will not be a group photo of the common characters on both sides of the situation is not clear, so as to ensure that the middle and both sides of the characters are as clear.

When there are fewer characters, you can also stand up to some more creative stations to make the photos look more interesting. For example, one person can stack up in front of the others, which is suitable for both movie posters and game posters. The movie roles in movies and games to cover collective design, game characters, position, orientation and the relationship between them is very important, when we group photos can also learn from the study.