Snow portraits are simple and easy, how to take them?

Winter is coming, and the beautiful snow scene when the snow is falling is always unforgettable. The snow scene brings a romantic color to the boring winter, and it also makes us want to leave some amazing ** in the snow scene. When shooting portraits in snowy scenes, you don't need to think too much about the color design of the picture, you just need to do a good job of composition and lighting, and it will be very brilliant.

It can also allow the subject to wear clothes with strong color contrasts, which can also highlight the main position of the characters well.

When shooting snow portraits, we should pay attention to the use of light, it is best to use sufficient natural light to make the picture look beautiful and moving, and natural light shining on the face of the character can also make the character become **translucent,**The style will also look very fresh. You can choose a sunny time to shoot, let the subject's face follow the light, and create a natural light for the portrait, but also be careful not to let the light directly hit the person's face, which is easy to shoot a big white face, and it is not good-looking. Photographing a person from multiple directions, such as the side, can also be a good way to outline the character and take a good portrait.

In portrait shooting, the expression and movement of the person are very important, which is also the most brilliant part of portrait shooting. In the snow, if you want to express the atmosphere through **, you must first choose a tone for this group of portrait photography, such as high-end atmosphere photos, small and fresh feature films, or portrait photos that express joy, which need to be considered before shooting portraits. Taking the small fresh style as an example, this requires that the subject's makeup does not have to be too gorgeous, but pursues a natural feeling, and the expression when shooting is mostly smiling, and the emotions are conveyed through the feelings of the eyebrows and eyes.

The amplitude of the movement does not have to be too large, and you can use movements such as looking back and jumping lightly to convey emotions. <>

If you want to be amazing in the snow scene, creativity is also very important. First of all, the costume of the character, which can make the subject's clothes have a large contrast with the white, so that the feeling of shooting will produce a good visual effect. Red, yellow, etc., all of these colors can make you stand out in the snow, which is a success in the first step.

The props can also be carefully designed, for example, they can be matched with physical objects such as small snowmen, and the ** shooting will also have a more intimate feeling.

Teach you to skillfully use the portrait function to take beautiful snow portraits on snowy days.

If I want to take a simple and easy snow portrait, I usually wear brightly colored clothes in the snow, or take photos with my head down and eyes closed.

Choose a good snow site first. Then it is possible to strike a variety of poses. When shooting, you can turn your phone upside down to shoot, so that the shooting effect is very fresh.

Let's set up the camera as an example:

1.Set the white balance.

If you lower the color temperature K value in the camera, the color of the picture will be cooler overall, because snow portraits are more suitable for cool colors.

2.White balance shift.

Set the early color of the camera, here you can shift the color to blue and magenta, and the picture will be blue and cold.

3.** Style settings.

This is also the key to the upfront color setting. The first two steps will make your picture very blue saturated, so here you need to reduce the contrast and saturation, and shift the hue to the right.

After shooting in this way, ** will present this color: the overall low saturation blue cold color, and the post-color basically does not need to be retouched too much.

** Control.

The snow is white, and when we are shooting a snow portrait, the focus is on the person's face, and the skin tone will be slightly darker than the snow. So when we take pictures of people normally, you will find that the snow is easily overexposed and details are lost.

Here it is recommended to use M gear manual metering, observe the viewfinder, control the brightness of the white snow, I will shoot the subject a little darker (in the later stage, you can remedy it by brightening the curve, it will not be affected), so that the snow is normal**.

You should choose a pure white background to shoot, and then pose for a good look, and the most important thing is that the model should be beautiful.

The snow portrait photo tutorial is as follows:

1. Selection of costumes and props.

First of all, in terms of clothing style, modern clothing and modeling are more in line with the aesthetic feelings of modern people. Of course, in addition to daily clothing, you can also choose hanfu, kimono, jk clothing, etc.

2. Scene selection.

The choice of shooting locations is relatively arbitrary, such as a sea of flowers, woods, and a roadside Xunpi, as well as brightly colored playgrounds, parks with a lot of greenery, open lawns, rooftops, buses, and even gray skies. The more simple the scene, the better, try to be as concise as possible, photography is to do subtraction, especially composition, a simple background can shoot a clean and fresh **.

3. The use of light.

The scattered light on a snowy day, the light effect is flat and soft, especially helping to present a quiet atmosphere, and at the same time, falling snow can add a sense of atmosphere to the picture. However, due to the fact that the picture is prone to be flat, lacking a sense of hierarchy and three-dimensionality, it is necessary to choose the use of bokeh, perspective, foreground, etc., to eliminate the phenomenon of "too flat" caused by scattered light shooting.

4、pose

The most important communication of the portrait is emotion, and the action is only an auxiliary. But for many novices, it is easy to lose inspiration and have a blank head due to lack of shooting experience, so the necessary actions are of great help to the film. Squinting, turning heads, backing hands, stretching, looking into the distance, etc. are all very suitable poses.

If the face is not too dark due to the reflection of the snow (under normal circumstances, the face in the snow will not be very dark), the brightness of the face and the brightness of the snow will not contrast greatly, and it will be very harmonious; On the contrary, if the face is indeed very dark, it is necessary to ensure that the snow does not turn white without details under the appropriate condition of the face, which will test the tolerance and dynamic range of the camera on the one hand, and the photographer's ability to reduce the light ratio on the other hand. If the face is too dark, you can use a reflector to fill in the light. The level of opening the aperture or increasing the level of ** compensation is not a static formula, and the amplitude can be flexibly grasped according to the scene situation, because the judgment of the camera depends on the proportion of snow in the picture, if the snow area in the picture is not large, but the person is large, even without changing the camera parameters is okay.

Snow shooting tips.

1.Composition should highlight the subject matter - that is, a sheet should have a clear central content. The framing should not be too messy, the picture should be concise, the main and secondary should be clear, and the position and direction of the subject should be reasonably arranged on the picture.

The theme of a ** sheet generally cannot be placed in the center, but can be placed on the four black dots at the intersection of the two lines of the tic-tac-toe grid.

2.Pay attention to the balance on the screen - **The picture should not be heavy at one end and light at the other; Don't be big on one side and small on the other; One side more, the other less. It should be relatively balanced visually.

In the shooting of birds in the sky, sheep on the ground, waves on the sea, etc., all need to have a certain amount of room for maneuver, so that ** gives people a comfortable feeling.

3.Pay attention to the stability of the picture - we have to give the picture a stable feeling. That is to say, when framing, the horizontal line, the horizon, etc. must be arranged in a horizontal position, and the surface should be perpendicular to the ground objects, such as buildings, telephone poles, etc., they should be perpendicular to the bottom edge, otherwise they will be unstable, which is noteworthy.

While paying attention to the stability of various objects, it is also necessary to avoid giving people a feeling of being inactive, dull and dull.

4.Straight or horizontal - If you want to reflect the width and expanse of the frame, or if the subject has more horizontal lines than vertical lines, such as water, fields, streets, etc., it is best to shoot horizontally. If you want to emphasize the sense of height, or if the subject has more vertical lines than horizontal lines, for example:

Towers, tall buildings, mountains, etc. are best shot straight. In short, to show the tall, use vertical framing, so that the scene can be extended upwards, and sometimes we put the lens up, which can better express the height of the tall object. When framing the scene, use horizontal shooting as much as possible, so that the horizontal line of the scene can be extended to both sides, and it can express its wide characteristics.

For example, in this photo I took, try to use a high-speed shutter speed when possible, such as 200 or more, so that the snow can be condensed.

If the snow is heavy, then it is okay to form a drawing at a slightly slower speed, and if the snow is small, a slow shutter speed will result in almost no visible snow.

It doesn't matter if the aperture is smaller, a little less snow will appear a little more, but an aperture that is too small is not very meaningful, and snow affects the depth of field.

Flashes are almost unusable, otherwise they will bounce off the snowflakes and flicker.

The most important thing is the human face, which will appear gray on a cloudy day, and it is possible to give reflective light, or post-processing.

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Teach you to skillfully use the portrait function to take beautiful snow portraits on snowy days.

How do you shoot snow scenes? I've learned.

Proper metering and correct lighting are key to shooting snow scenes. In a large area of snow, the use of the camera's internal metering system to shoot snow scenes according to the displayed data is generally insufficient, because the camera's internal metering table is metered with a certain program, and the data it displays is the average light value of the highlight part, mid-tone, and shadow part in the comprehensive scene. This is possible in most cases, but in snow scenes, strong reflections often distract the metering results by 1-2 degrees**.

In this case, you can use **compensation, increase the amount by 1-2 levels as appropriate, or you can point the camera at the mid-tone object, take a local close-up measurement, and adjust the camera to the "manual" position to take pictures according to the data measured at this time. A photographer with an incident light meter, in the snow according to the beam metering on the subject of the photo, according to the data obtained, that will be accurate.

On a snowy day, to get a picture of snowflakes flying, you should choose a dark background as a backdrop; The shutter speed should not be too high, generally 115 to 160 seconds, so that the flying snowflakes can form lines and have the dynamic feeling of snowflakes falling. When photographing a person in a snowy down, be careful not to let the snowflakes get too close to the camera, so as not to let the snowflakes block the person's face due to perspective.

When shooting snow scenes, we should also make full use of tree branches, fence walls, buildings, etc. with snow or ice cubes as the foreground to improve the expressiveness of the snow scene, increase the spatial depth of the picture, and strengthen people's feelings about ice and snow.

Just for reference! Take a few more shots with different ** values! I'm used to ** value +1 and the rest can be adjusted when rinsing again!

Use the manual M-gear. The point is to adjust the shutter well. Light and dark are observed in the monitor to adjust the shutter. Wear a polarizer.

Teach you to skillfully use the portrait function to take beautiful snow portraits on snowy days.

1. Clothing matching

The snow is white and bright, so the snow scene is almost versatile, and the requirements for clothing are not too high.

Light color series + fresh and elegant style.

Have the model wear light-colored clothes, such as white, gray, light blue, etc. Clothes in this type of color are easier to match with white snow scenes, creating a fresh, elegant style.

Bright color series + lively and bright style.

The so-called bright colors are clothes with high color saturation, which are just the opposite of light-colored clothes. There are many bright colors of clothing, such as: bright red clothes, bright yellow clothes, etc., this color of clothing will form a strong color contrast with the white snow scene.

Second, with the help of props

For most photography enthusiasts, it can be a bit embarrassing to stand in the snow and pose for photos, so you can use some props when taking pictures, such as: umbrellas, hats, scarves, cameras, etc.

The presence of props is to distract the model's attention and not to look embarrassed, and the second is to play a role in shading, such as: scarves and hats can play a role in shading.

3. Take pictures and pose

Interact with snow: You can hold snow in your hand or throw it into the sky, you can also kick the snow with your feet, etc., and it will be better to interact with the snow.

Look up at the sky: Especially when the snowflakes are falling, look up at the sky and take a 45° angle shot.

Deliberately look to the side: If you find it awkward to look directly at the camera, try looking to the side and the photographer captures the moment you look to the side.

Try to snap a shot: If you feel that the pose is too fake, try to snap a photo, the model can walk, play in the snow, take pictures, etc., and the photographer will capture from the side.

Matching the snowflakes with the people: The key to shooting this is to control the shutter speed and freeze the snowflakes next to the model with a slightly faster shutter speed.

4. Precautions

The first is that the temperature is low in winter, and the camera battery drains quickly, so it is recommended that you bring an extra spare battery;

In the second winter, it is easy to fog up, so everyone carries a lens cloth with you, and when the lens or viewfinder fogs up, use the lens cloth to wipe it, and try not to wipe it with clothes or hands.