Introduction
Portrait photography or portraiture is photography of a person or group of people that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is usually the person’s face, although the entire body and the background or context maybe included.
Task
How to take a nice photo ? Now you follow me do it…..
Process
Shooting data
EOS 5D MARK 3
EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Aperture priority automatic exposure (F2.8, 1/800 seconds)
Exposure compensation: +1/3EV
ISO 100
white balance: Automatic
Impotent
Choose the bright part as the background, and a virtual
Choose the brighter part of the light to shine as a background, this can avoid the picture gives a heavy impression. Note that evergreen color is thick, even if is the virtual color looks not too beautiful. The subject background does not need to be a plant, can also choose the wall color.
Using inverse let the hair to produce high light effect
Let be shooting position must carefully consider their position, choose the appropriate location, make the hair appear high light, looks very shiny. Once the hair look shiny, the photographed face will give the audience a particular impression. If the hair looked very black, the overall picture will appear darker, so the photographer needs to consciously adding high light.
Using reflective plate let dark face becomes bright
The dark face reflector can make effective use of light caused by becoming bright, let the skin texture. In the portrait, in principle should use the backlight or sidelight, not suitable for use that will make the face appear obvious shadow light. So in the outdoor portraits reflecting plate is must carry shooting tools.
In the composition can be arm cut
Sometimes the subject position to the shoulder or wrist part in the composition range, this no problem. It can let the picture changes, give a person with bold sense, so don't hesitate to shoot. If the force will be filming all income picture, pictures will be mediocre. Try boldly patterned.
Evaluation
Very good:31%
Just so so:47%
Not good:22%
Conclusion
Well done !! good job!
Learning photography skills coupled with the intention to observe shootingwill take a satisfactory photographic works.