The rules of portrait portrait

Each type of photography has its own rules. Some rules are conventional, while some rules exist in the shooting experience of each photographer. They may be commonly used and think of easy shooting methods. People do n’t work much, but there will always be some ways to shoot. If you have just come into contact, you may not be able to make very good works, but at least it will not be ugly.

Sometimes, if you want to make some more distinctive works, you often need to break some rules.

Let's talk about those commonly used portraits of portrait.

1. Change your perspective

What is your most commonly used portrait perspective? The perspective of standing with a shot? Squatting on the waist flat perspective? Still looking up at the perspective of looking up directly?

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Most of the portraits are taken down from the perspective of the eyes or waist flat, but in some cases, we can also shoot from some special angles. For example, standing at a high point of view of the perspective, or looking up at the ground to look up at the ground, looking up at the ground. Perspective.

In fact, there is no so -called perfect angle at all. Because everyone's expression is different, and the themes of each of our shooting are different, what you think of the best angle on one person, on another person's body It doesn't feel good, so we have to try a few more angles on everyone to discover the best angle that they can show for them.

2. Eye communication

The communication of the eyes is not to say that the person you shoot must be staring at your camera. Of course, this communication can be the communication between the photographer and you, but it can also be the communication between the person who is photographed and the picture.

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For example, let your shooting targets focus on the camera vision. This can attract viewers to become interested in the screen and want to understand the content of the model. Especially when the filming of people show some kind of emotions (joy, surprise, etc.), this attractiveness will be particularly strong.

Or, you can let your subjects look at someone or an object in the picture. In this way, you can create a second interesting point for the picture, establish a connection with your main shooting objects, helping to create stories in the picture.

3. About composition

There are naturally many composition rules for composition. However, although the composition rules have a very important role in creating lens language, it is not necessarily that the so -called composition rules must not violate it. In other words, any way, as long as it can effectively guide the viewer's understanding of the content of the picture, it is a good composition.

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Just like the three -point method we know, it is not necessarily that every time we take a picture to place one -third of the picture. Placing the subject at the center can enhance the power of the subject. Sometimes the subject is placed on the edge of the edge. It will make the picture more storytelling.

Of course, all composition is to serve the content. As mentioned above, as long as you can correctly guide the viewer's understanding of the content of the picture, it is a good composition.

4. Free shooting

Some people always like to ask the other party how to put their posture when shooting portraits, and these postures may only be taken by them often. For non -professional models More violation.

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Take a shooting on the subject that the other party is good at, which will make the other party more comfortable. We can always take some good photos in the environment where the subject is located. We can even use telephoto lenses, like paparazzi, leave room for the other party, and take truly frank photos.

Especially in children's photography.

5. With some small props

A suitable prop, you can definitely add points to the photo, whether it is portrait, product, or even landscape photography, the use of props can play a finishing touch.

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Because we choose to match the screen props do not appear as the subject of the picture, the role of the props is very simple, improve the composition and add a certain visual anchor point to assist the expression of the subject.

In fact, any small objects around us can be a prop for our portrait, a chair, a small accessory, a pot of flowers, a blanket, a hat, etc., so we do not need to buy an additional item at all, even if we It is some common things in daily life, such as a book, a balloon, a table lamp, and even a mop can make the picture look more vivid and help us take a more story -sense photo.

6. Focus on part of the body (then approach!) When shooting, we can use telephoto lenses or close to each other, so that we can shoot the main body, such as eyes, hands, legs, mouths, and so on.

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Some portraits will bring more imagination to viewers.

Sometimes, the story that the unsatisfactory content brings photos is more than the content of the photos.

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