I encountered a phenomenon at work: every time after helping a customer select photos, I specially adjust the window to a horizontal version, suitable for the ratio of mobile phone shooting, and let the customer use the mobile phone to take a picture of the computer screen. As it turned out, they didn’t follow my idea of ??shooting horizontally—they all shot their phones vertically. They felt that they couldn’t accommodate such a wide screen, so they moved farther away and continued shooting.
It can be observed from this that people like to shoot vertically with their mobile phones - the same is true in life. Many people take out their mobile phones and shoot vertically.
The biggest difference is that the viewing range is different.
When shooting horizontally, the left and right sides are wider; when shooting vertically, the top and bottom are higher.
You may say, isn’t this nonsense? Then think about yourself, will you make reasonable use of different aspect ratios?
Let’s give an example.
When shooting vertically, the main subject of the photo is smoke (to be precise, it is fog, and small solid particles are smoke). Due to the presence of smoke, the picture has a steaming atmosphere. The lights on the top and the food on the bottom echo each other, and people’s movements are just embellishments on the picture.
To be honest, this picture is not taken horizontally, but a horizontal composition that I cropped, but it is enough to illustrate the problem. Horizontal composition will lead to the loss of the upper and lower pictures, and the rising smoke will have no room to rise. The main subject of the picture will instantly become this pot of delicious food, and the overall atmosphere will not be as good as the vertical composition.
No, let’s give another example.
A very dynamic sculpture, with mountains in the background and birds circling in the sky. There is a wider space in front of the sculptured figure, and the picture looks complete.
With a vertical composition, the environment in the left and right directions will be cut off, leaving less space in front of the character, and the left and right sides will not be complete enough. There will be more sky above and below, but these skies will have no effect on the composition.
Horizontal composition is suitable for shooting broad and vast scenes to express an open and stretched mood. Such as the sea, grassland, crowds, etc.
I don’t know if you have noticed that the proportions of TV and movies are gradually moving towards widescreen - TVs used to be close to square, but now they are all widescreen; movies also have wider screens, and even Achieving an aspect ratio of 2.35:1.
What about photos? There is a word called "cinematic feel", and one of the big factors is having a wide proportion. There is an app called "Zuji" which was once very popular. One of its features is that it has a very wide proportion and adds movie lines, giving it a very cinematic feel.
Vertical composition is the direction of sight from top to bottom, giving people a sense of towering. For example, vertical composition is often used when photographing tall buildings, trees, and people, which can show the tallness and slenderness of the characters.
In addition, vertical photos can also show a stronger sense of depth, giving the picture more depth.
In one sentence: Whether to use a horizontal composition or a vertical composition depends on what kind of scene you are facing. If the scenery is vast and majestic, a horizontal composition is suitable; if the scenery has height and depth, a vertical composition is suitable.
Just capture what you want to capture (beautiful) and remove what you don’t want to capture (ugly).
I don’t take photos of ugly things, only beautiful things; I don’t take pictures of things that are different from others, I just seek new ideas - I am Mr. Zhu Zi.