How can I improve my photography skills? What are the methods to improve photographic composition technology? Below I have made a summary of the above problems, welcome to read!
How to improve the photography skills
1. Participate in the photography competition
Although there are many types of topics and different scales in the photography competition, all of them can force people to do their best to create, because your entries will be spread out in the sun for criticism and inspection.
the only thing I can do is to make sure that my work is the most satisfactory before submitting it. If your photography career is at the bottom, it may be a good way to take part in a photography competition to restore the photographer's confidence.
2. Rent a new lens
Every photographer must have his usual lens, which is quite handy to use. Maybe if there is an opportunity, he can rent a lens that has never been used.
try to compose a composition from a perspective that you have never discovered before, and you will find a brand-new world. The commonly used 24-7mm can try 16-35mm, and the commonly used 7-2mm can be changed to fisheye lens, which can also successfully strengthen their multi-thinking and composition ability.
3. Write down a wish list
If you have any new ideas or discoveries, write them down on the photo list immediately! Whether it's the equipment you want to buy, the place you want to go, or the theme you want to shoot? By checking the list, I can be more clear about my future direction and help my future photography career.
4. Appreciating photos with high popularity
Learning how to appreciate photos of other people's works is also an important basic subject. Try to analyze and summarize the reasons or laws for the popularity of photos with high popularity, and then turn them into tips when taking photos, which is also the best shortcut to improve yourself.
5. Making photography topics
If you really lack new inspiration, you might as well focus on a certain photography theme and try to shoot by telling stories, so as to make a coherent series of high-quality video works.
6. Shoot new things
If you love landscape photography, try to shoot good portraits; If you like food photography, pat your pet; If you have your own unique style, please try to change it. Take photos with a tripod, go out in the middle of the night, leave the comfort zone of photography and get rid of the unchanging regular photography, and you will find more interesting things.
7. Print out the photos
In the digital age, I believe that there are not many photographers who will enlarge and print out the photos. It is actually a waste to look at the high pixels of 2 million and 3 million on the computer screen. If you have the opportunity, you might as well print out your proud photographs and frame them, and introduce them to your relatives and friends when they visit, so as to see how they react.
8. Photography Seminar
Find some photographers you know or appreciate to discuss photos together, and be sure to discuss them face to face, so that you can directly disclose the quality of photos and listen to the valuable opinions of your predecessors with an open mind, so that you can quickly break through your blind spots.
9. Practice not looking at the buttons
Please be familiar with your camera thoroughly, and remember the function and position of each button firmly with your fingers until you can easily control various parameters without leaving the viewing window. The shorter it takes to find the function keys, the more time you can leave for thinking and composition.
1. Take a walk
Take a walk around your home with a portable camera, and you may find some interesting elements. You may find more amazing discoveries by combining these familiar things from different angles and backgrounds. After all, endless creativity is in your head.
methods to improve photographic composition skills
1. the picture effect of the shooting point
photographic composition is the composition of the camera lens. The location where the camera lens is aimed at the subject is the shooting point. The effect of the same scene on the screen is very different with different shooting points. Choosing a good shooting point can often be the key to a good photo.
A, the picture effect of different shots.
Different shooting distances will bring different effects to the picture, and different scenes have different performance effects. Generally speaking, it can be divided into the following categories:
Foresight: The subject has a wide and far-reaching range, and is good at expressing the momentum of the scene, mainly taking nature as the performance object, emphasizing the overall structure of the scene and ignoring its performance.
Panorama: The scope of the subject is smaller than the foreground, and it is good at showing the panorama of the subject and its environmental characteristics. Relatively speaking, panoramic view has more obvious stereoscopic effect than distant view.
Mid shot: The range of the subject is between the distant view and the panoramic view, and it is good at expressing the relationship between people and things, and winning by plot.
Close-up: It highlights the main parts and features of the subject, and is good at depicting the characters' demeanor or the main shapes of the scenery delicately.
close-up: it is a more concentrated and prominent reproduction of a certain part of the person or scene being photographed. It is more detailed and specific than the close-up depiction.
B, picture effects in different directions.
? Direction? Refers to whether the shooting point is located on the front, back or side of the subject. Changes in the direction of the shooting point will not only significantly change the image of the theme, but also significantly change the background environment.
front direction: that is, the camera is facing the front of the subject. He is good at expressing symmetrical beauty and can produce a sense of solemnity, majesty and silence. But the picture lacks perspective.
Oblique direction: It can make the horizontal line of the subject itself become a convergence line that can produce a strong perspective effect on the picture, thus helping to show the three-dimensional sense and spatial sense of the scene, making the picture vivid and helping to highlight the subject.
positive direction: that is, the side direction at 9 degrees from the front of the subject. It is often used to shoot people, and its characteristics can vividly show the outline lines of people's faces, especially their noses. But it is not suitable to shoot buildings, because it will weaken the three-dimensional sense and space sense of buildings.
Back direction: shooting from the back of the subject. When shooting people with the back direction, if you pay attention to the use of posture, it can produce a kind of implicit beauty and arouse more associations.
C, the picture effect of different heights.
? Height? Refers to whether the camera is higher, lower or the same as the horizontal height of the subject.
pan shot: the camera position is at the same height as the subject, which is characterized by the lens shooting horizontally.
overhead shooting: the camera position is lower than the horizontal height of the subject, which is characterized in that the lens is tilted upward to shoot. Upward shooting helps to emphasize and exaggerate the height of the subject, but the lens should not be tilted too far, otherwise it will cause serious deformation of the characters or scenery.
prone shooting: the camera position is higher than the horizontal height of the subject, which is characterized by shooting with the lens facing down. Its biggest feature is that it can fully develop the front and back scenes on the screen, which is helpful to produce rich scenes and far-reaching sense of space.
2. Modeling effect of light
Light will have different shading modeling effects on the position of the subject, that is, the direction and angle of light, and on the same object at different light levels. Including:
A, front light. Light comes from the front of the subject and is divided into flat light, smooth light and high-level smooth light according to the angle. The subject illuminated by frontal light will make people feel bright, but the stereoscopic impression is poor.
B. front side light. Refers to the front side light at 45 degrees. Subjects and characters have vitality and three-dimensional sense.
C, sidelight. Also known as 9-degree sidelight, the subject under sidelight has a yin-yang effect, which can highlight the strong contrast between name and darkness.
D, rear light. Also known as side backlight. The light comes from the back side of the subject, which can make one side of the subject produce outline lines. The subject is separated from the background, thus enhancing the three-dimensional sense and space sense of the picture.
E, backlight. Also known as backlight. The light comes from directly behind the subject. Can make the subject produce vivid outline lines. The subject is separated from the background, thus enhancing the three-dimensional sense and space sense of the picture.
F, top light. The light comes from directly above the subject, such as the noon sun.
G, foot light. The light comes from below the subject, which is often reflected on the water surface in nature.
3. Visual effect of the subject
The most important thing in composition is where the protagonist (that is, the subject) should be photographed, which is the orientation of the subject. In a good PP, generally speaking, you should use a central point that attracts the most visual attention, that is? Visual center? .
The location of the visual center in our common pictures can be nine squares. Third-class method? , forming a tic-tac-toe shape. That is to say, in a picture, two lines are used to form TIC-tac-toe, then the four intersections in TIC-tac-toe are the best points to arrange the position of the subject.
in order to achieve the visual effect of the picture, we should also pay attention to the use of foreground and background. Foreground refers to the scene in front of the subject and close to the camera. It helps the subject to reflect the seasonal and local characteristics, prompting the audience to associate and produce artistic conception. The background is the scene behind the subject on the screen. It is an integral part of the picture to set off the main body. Note that the background should be concise and in sharp contrast with the subject, which can improve the visual effect of the subject.
4. Form and effect of lines
Once many objects in nature enter our lens, they obviously form a line structure. Common compositions are as follows:
A, triangle composition
There are various triangle compositions on the screen, such as equilateral triangle, right triangle, regular triangle, inverted triangle, oblique triangle and side triangle. The regular triangle has the characteristics of stability, balance and stability, while the inverted triangle gives people a sense of instability, but it is very dynamic and the visual stimulation is fierce. Besides,? V? Font composition also belongs to triangle composition.
B, S-shaped composition
The S-shape is actually a curve, which belongs to the regular shaping curve. It has the advantages of a curve, beautiful, energetic and lasting appeal, and the picture is lively, which can effectively express the sense of space and depth of its scene.
C, cross figure
A cross is the vertical intersection of a vertical line and a horizontal line. This composition gives people a sense of stability, solemnity and seriousness. It can be mature and mysterious, healthy and upward, but it is not easy to make the horizontal and vertical lengths equal. Generally, it is better to make the vertical and horizontal lengths short. If the two lines are the same in length and the intersection points are equal, it will give people a sense of symmetry, lack vitality and movement, and will weaken their expressiveness.
D, diagonal cross-shaped composition
the cross-shaped deformation is the diagonal cross-shaped composition. Taking the intersection of the original cross-shaped horizontal and vertical lines as the axis, it becomes two oblique lines when it is tilted. Compared with the former, the picture formed in the form of diagonal lines reduces the symmetry and rigidity, and is more dynamic, more lively and stretched.
E, herringbone composition
The herringbone composition is not only? Rice? Glyph, and it is a multi-line cross pattern with an intersection as the axis. He has the feeling of unity to cohesion. Its line is a symbol of cohesion and centripetal force at the intersection, such as the two wings of a butterfly, so it is also called? Butterfly? Composition.
F, frame-shaped composition
Frame-shaped composition is to surround the main body to be represented with trees, flowers and plants closest to the camera, so that the foreground forms a? Box? So that the audience can appreciate the subject through the frame. This kind of PP should pay attention to the strong contrast between the frame and the subject.
G, full-shaped composition
It not only means to fill the picture with a single subject to highlight the main body, but also means to fill the picture with a large number of subjects without leaving any blank. Because the image of the subject is crowded, there will be no problem of imbalance and instability, which will give people imagination and lead their eyes out of the picture.
H, diagonal composition
diagonal composition refers to the relationship between the four corners of the picture and the role of diagonal, and the other refers to the composition form in which objects create diagonal lines in the picture to make the picture come alive.
Diagonal lines can guide people's eyes to form a sense of movement, make the picture more energetic, and change the fixed image. In addition to using the diagonal of the picture, you can also use the scenery to create a diagonal in the picture. There are many ways to create a diagonal, such as tilting the picture, choosing the shooting angle and using perspective to make the subject form a diagonal state.
I. Orientation angle composition
Orientation angle is to intentionally create an angle in the picture, which is different from diagonal composition in that it creates one or several angles in the picture to indicate the direction of movement. The smaller the angle, the greater the impact; The sharper the angle, the stronger the movement. This composition can create an atmosphere and enhance artistic expression. The composition in the form of orientation angle can not only make use of buildings, but also use other people's group images and scenes, all of which can make angles.
J. Composition in the form of central convergence
Central convergence means that all the lines in the frame converge toward the center to form an intersection shape, which leads the audience's eyes to the central point of convergence. This kind of composition should not only reflect the lines deep into the distance, but also arrange the main scenery at the position of the convergence point, so as not to form a situation of convergence without the owner.
K, symmetrical composition
symmetrical composition refers to the same or similar formal factors in the scene, which are unfolded or combined on both sides of the central axis in a corresponding relationship to form a whole. Symmetry, it requires that the left and right sides of the picture or the upper and lower ends have the same objects corresponding to each other, or the objects are not exactly the same, but their sizes are commensurate and their positions are corresponding.
5. Emotional effect of tone shadow
In real life, due to different light irradiation conditions, objects have different characteristics of absorbing and reflecting light, and they all have different colors and brightness. The change of light and shade of the scene will be displayed on the screen, so that we can know the shape, volume and texture of the scene. For example, in the brightest to darkest tone, there are many levels of tone with different shades, and the excessive trend is slow. Is this called? Soft tune? , on the other hand, called? Hard tone? , which is in between? Intermediate tone? . Different proportions of black and white tones in the picture will form different feelings. Some are presented? High profile? , some are presented? Low profile? . Color photos are divided into warm tone, cold tone, contrast tone, harmonious tone and so on.
in this colorful tone, it gives people a psychological emotional, symbolic and functional feeling effect. For example, in different colors, warm colors make people feel close and give people a warm feeling; Cool colors make people feel distant.