Lead: When shooting a photo of a couple, we should be informed and try our best to open up various ways to show love. This time, popular photographers Da Di, Lin Chuhan and Gyeonlee were invited to introduce us to the experience and skills of couples' photo shooting. The following coup is especially suitable for taking photos of couples who are life-oriented, natural, traveling and street-shooting. P>TIPS: Inspiration comes from life, but the inspiration in life is abstract, and it may stimulate a certain point in your mind at a certain moment. This unpredictable image also needs a photographer with enough skills to turn it into concrete. For most photographers, the inspiration of generate lies in daily accumulation, which requires us to read more, study more and learn more good works. After a long time, we will naturally have ideas.

the first trick: make good use of props to create a romantic atmosphere

In order to help the romantic atmosphere of photos, in addition to the warm and sweet look, some romantic scenes and props are also bonus items, such as flower fields, seaside, Woods, bedrooms, food, pets, etc. You should be good at finding elements that can be used in the environment to create an emotional atmosphere for photos. Props are very important, but they should be matched with the shooting theme, environmental occasions and characters' costumes.

Bicycle is a prop that often appears in youth movies, romance movies and campus movies, and it always brings the implication that the most beautiful time is on the road.

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Couple photos are not necessarily all about two people showing their love. Let the pets at home appear together, and the daily scenes will reappear, and the picture will be particularly warm and romantic.

Step 2: Make the picture full of story

A photo of a couple with story is like a frame of a movie or a space scene in a comic book. A photographer should have a preset picture in his mind, just like a director, and prepare a shot script before shooting. You can carry a notebook with you. When you see or think of a picture in a movie, advertisement or even on the street, you can record it in a notebook in time and read it at any time. In addition to collecting materials over time, imagination is also the key to shooting a sense of story. From the early stage to the late stage, there is no quick way to make photos have a sense of story with one click. In the early stage, you need to have enough experience and technology to take high-quality photos, and in the later stage, you need to have enough aesthetic ability and keen perception of color.

it's like shooting a movie. what do you have to do first? Script? . Communication between the two sides is a necessary prerequisite to understand the feelings the subject wants and to let the other side know the style you want to shoot.

Step 3: Taste more records

When taking photos of couples, the photographer is more like a recorder? Not to create love, but to keep a faithful record. The perspective of onlookers and the occlusion of the foreground will make people feel the same, and will also make the emotional expression more real and natural.

The recording perspective, foreground, angle and composition of street shooting style make people feel the truth and nature of the picture.

the fourth trick: don't be too formal in choosing scenery for travel shooting

travel shooting is a complicated work, and the first thing is to make the itinerary. Generally speaking, we should communicate with customers first, understand their thoughts, then do our homework online, and make an overall grasp of the whole trip, so as to be more comfortable and confident in shooting. There is no need to be formal about the choice of itinerary? Famous scenic spots? If you pay too much attention to landmark buildings, it will usurp the host's role

secret 1: you can choose a living block with local characteristics and not particularly famous.

Tip 2: Find local homestays on Airbnb, which can greatly enrich the travel scenes.

secret 3: change and create in imitation. Before each trip, you can watch more movies and TV works related to the destination, and find some classic scenes and lens applications, which will be enlightening for scene selection, composition, lighting, costume matching and prop preparation.

secret 4: it's more convenient to rent a car. you can stop and go and find beautiful places at any time.

Watching movies is a quick way to get inspiration for photography. Movies have pictures, music, words and dialogues, which can quickly capture the essence of a place and a story. If you go to Paris to shoot, you can relive Paris, I Love You, Midnight in Paris and Angels Love Beauty. If you go to Hokkaido, you must read Love Letters and so on.

Go deep into the living block of the travel destination, look for distinctive and unknown scenic spots, echo the scene environment, imitate the local people's costumes, add a little life-like plot, and incorporate personalized humor to take a unique love commemorative photo.

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photos themselves can convey more meanings, and borrowing streets or stairs can show a sense of extension, just like a new life is about to begin.

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tips:

1. Give up the way of framing and composition on the tall, adopt a hidden shooting method, and make more use of the foreground for proper occlusion.

2. imagine that you are shooting a movie instead of a photo, that is, don't wait to take a photo to see the subject from the viewfinder, but always observe their every move through the lens.

3. Don't let the subject look at the camera, shoot their interaction more. Photographers should be diligent in running and create more novel shooting angles and composition methods.

4. Dare to tell the subject all your thoughts, so that they can fully understand your intentions and encourage them? Directing and acting? . Of course, you can't pin all your hopes on the subject. Sometimes the atmosphere of the scene depends on the photographer to create and infect the subject.

5. Strong field control ability is also one of the necessary qualities for photographers.

measure 5: adopt? Half-shot? The way to capture the most beautiful moment

The most beautiful moment means that many factors are just right, including background, composition, mood, expression and so on. The most beautiful moments in lovers' photo often come from the heartfelt interaction between lovers. Smiling at each other and fighting are the most basic interactive expressions. There are some deeper interactions: as long as two people are together, even if they do nothing, they can see that they are lovers and love each other.

pay attention to the combination of characters and environment, as well as the contrast of the overall atmosphere and the rendering of characters' emotions. Many people think that such photos are captured, but they are not.

shooting mode: photographers will always observe the models' every move, and if they find their beautiful eyes and movements, they will usually be impressed? Play? Again, find the best angle? Half-shot? Sometimes it will be played for the second time and the third time until a satisfactory picture is taken.

trick 6: shrouded in romantic aura

If you want to take a good photo of a couple, you must master the lighting skills. If you want to master the skill of using light, you must first understand the characteristics and application of light in different directions.

when shooting, it was originally the top light, but a large parasol changed the top light into smooth light, making the skin of the characters white and translucent.

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The side backlight not only coats the characters with a shining outline, but also makes the wooden fence cast an extended line on the street, which enriches the level and movement of the picture.

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