Why don't your portrait photos look good?These photography problems, pay attention to taking pictures

Why don't your portrait photos look good? These photography problems, pay attention to taking pictures

Original 2022-07-30 18: 24 · Liu Shimo

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People used to take pictures with cameras, and most people now take pictures with their mobile phones.

No matter what equipment you use to take pictures, you should not take a blindfold.

Why do some people take pictures of portraits and look like passers -by and mess?

It is because the first step is not done well.

So, do you know what the "first step" of taking good photos?

In this period of photography reviews, I will talk to you ink. The first step of portrait photography is also the most critical step -how to choose photography background?

I hope my sharing can be helpful to the photos you took.

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Why is the first step of portrait photography to choose photography background?

You can think about, how did you take your photos?

Under normal circumstances, the photographer takes the model to take photos, and will first "look for" in the shooting environment -Oh, the scenery here is good, come on, take this background? I came here and I will take a picture for you!

You see, the same is true when you take a photo -the photographer first chooses a suitable photography background, and then calls the model to take a photo.

So the first step of portrait photography is to choose the background of photography.

However, many people do not choose photography background!

So the photos taken are especially like "here", and there are many messy things in the photos. The shooting object is not prominent, looking like "Passerby".

So, how should we choose the photography background?

This is also a question that this issue of photography is a question that ink wants to explain.

The background of the photography is very important, and everyone can't take pictures. How to choose, how to choose?

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The shooting environment of this photo is very good.

The model is also very eye -catching. The pink -colored collar shirt and the blue photography background form a sharp color contrast.

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However, the lack of this photo is quite obvious.

First of all, the horizontal line in the photography background passes through the model's neck;

Secondly, the shooting angle is a bit biased, and most of the models are taken ... The photographer should stand in front of the model, and the front is more positive.

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In the end, the movement of the model is very restrained, the hands are drooping, and the traces of the shooting are heavy.

When encountering this fresh and natural beauty, the most commonly used posture should be as shown below -open hands and embrace nature.

The shooting angle must also be referred to the following picture -photographer takes pictures in the front side of the model.

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Pay attention to various lines in the photography background

We take portraits, the most commonly used photography background is the following:

1. Where there are flowers bloom. Including is not limited to large -scale flower sea, artificially planted flower gardens, carefully managed flower shops, community green belts, small flower beds in the park;

2. Various small forests. Those who have no way, no way, trees are lined up, weeds are clustered.

3. An empty place. Such as Gobi Beach, small deserts, large grasslands, mountains surrounded by mountains, strange rocks;

4. Where there is water -rivers and lakes. The endless horizontal plane, winding river, and artificial lake in the community.

5. There are many places with many buildings. Retro town, pavilions, pavilions, high -rise buildings, commercial streets, ancient temples, etc.

These photography backgrounds have a common feature, that is, there are many lines.

The horizontal and vertical lines of the high -rise building are obvious; the river is curved, the road is stretched, and the curves are very common; the photography background of flowers and trees will have various branches, stems, and slopes, lawn edge lines ... These are naked eyes Visible lines.

The most direct visual effect of lines is to segment the screen.

So why do you look particularly chaotic?

There is a very important reason because there are too many lines in your photography background.

The screen is divided into the lines and has no overall effect.

The background of the photography is messy ... Of course, the photos are not good.

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The more lines in the photography background, the more obvious the effect of the screen is split, such as Figure 4.

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Compared with Figure 4, will the effect of Figure 5 be better?

Because the branches are thin, they are blurred, and the segmentation of the lines is also weakened.

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This is why many photographers like to use monochrome photography background.

The less lines, the more unified the photography background; the more lines, the easier it is to be split in the photography background.

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How to choose photography background?

Do you often listen to others -the photography background should be concise?

This makes sense. Because the simple photography background is the easiest to highlight the subject of photography.

Imagine, if a good -looking beauty is in a pile of firewood ... Do you need to pull the wood chopping to find this beauty?

This is also the truth to take portraits and choose the background of photography.

To make the photography background simple, the lines are less, and try to maintain the integrity of the background.

1. The horizontal line in the background of the photography should not be located behind the model's head and neck. Because the "cutting line" will be formed, the model and neck of the model will have a sense of "cutting"; 2. The vertical line in the photography background should not be located behind the model's head and shoulders. Because the "vertical plug" will be formed, the model of the model will have a sense of vision of "long horns";

3. The diagonal line and curve in the photography background should be as little as possible. In particular, avoid the head of the model.

4. If there are particularly obvious lines in the photography background, try to move down as much as possible. Putting it below the waist of the model, the effect will be better.

5. If it is obvious, it can prove the reference of the horizontal line, you must pay attention to "horizontal and vertical".

Because if the horizontal line is crooked, all the picture elements in the photo will be crooked -portrait models must be crooked.

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The visual impact of this photo is strong, right?

That is because the blue sky and purple flowers form a sharp color contrast.

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But this photo has a very obvious error, that is ,---

The boundary between the sky and the sea of ​​flowers was covered over the head of the model.

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The blue sky cover will bring a sense of visual oppression.

Therefore, in order to avoid the model from "standing alone", we can move the color division line.

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The photographer can change the shooting angle and move the color of the sky and the sea of ​​flowers to the model of the model.

Of course, the lower the horizontal line, the better the effect.

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The shooting environment of this photo is very good. It's good to spend. The model is also slim.

However, there is a green tree in the background of the photography, which "opens branches and leaves" on the head of the model ... It feels weird.

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