10 common problems for warm family photos

To get a good family photo is not difficult, but if from the start to ignore some simple rule of thumb, you can easily go astray. This chapter involves some common errors, these errors are easy to avoid, but if we don't overcome, a photograph will be ruined. To give the definition of a good family photo is very difficult, because in the photo is your friends and family, personal insights will have obvious tendentiousness. But what is certain is that any good photos are inseparable from the high-tech skills. In addition, the work is good or bad or not mainly depends on the mood of the photographer and the photographed communication, vibrant photographs often can make you feel the outpouring of love. Pay attention to the processing of detail, follow a few basic rules, you will soon be able to shoot the photos of the more standard. Here let's analyze some common errors in the filming.

First, improper view

In view of many photographers when easy to make the biggest mistake is to subject the hands, feet and head improper handling. This is usually due to shoot too hastily and ignore the details of the composition. When you press the shutter button too hard to random body, resulting in lack of the head part of the subject in the photo; when you breathe too much, it can cause slight jitter, the cameras affect image quality. A handheld camera view tends to cause some error. Chosen the wrong lens focal length or, of course, also can cause the same problem.

Second, Improper combination

Many families look after uncomfortable one main reason is that the position of the subject processes improper, especially when they are in large number. Each person's body is certainly different, which requires the photographer to reasonable arrange their position accordingly. Usually let the child is located in the top right, but if the child's body is tall and big, also will arrange in front of them will block other family members. Often large, everyone can freely while standing, so should try to make sure there is enough space to make everyone was captured, so you don't need to deal with the position of the subject.

Third, the expression does not reach the designated position

Shooting family photos, how to organize it is a key subject, and to make reasonable arrangements and know when to shoot is a science, it requires you to constantly explore and summarize in the practice. Filming sometimes waits too long, children will lose interest, even blubber, eyes will be turned elsewhere. If you put all your attention in children and others will interest was off again.

Fourth, the composition is poor

The composition is generally pay attention to balance and harmony. Poor structure, the main body often messy photographs are to make people feel out of balance, as if has a tendency to one-sided. When the group photos, you should first consider who is the central figure, and then to artificially center of the others. Otherwise, not only the overall image will look imbalances, and visual effects will be discounted

Also, if the number of the frame side significantly more than the other side, photo will also have a sense of imbalance. Background if mishandled, also included the building frame, the concise composition principle also imbalances and destruction as the picture. Poor composition of another problem is that the subject too much white space, especially when they are in the picture center the camera, such pictures he had lost the care of like some effect.

Fifth, the background chaos

Background is an important composition element photos, but often ignored by some inexperienced beginner. Some of the details, such as the structure of the drainage pipe or a passerby head is enough to destroy a wonderful. In addition, when shooting indoors, often to find some plants or furniture to do background, while the figure head of refracted light will make the picture appear glare. The solution is to avoid the light source, or to block them, so the spot of light conditions should be carefully observed in advance. Complex background tends to be a distraction, so if you can't change site, then try to use large aperture to blur the background. Simple background can bring more strong visual impact.

Sixth, Flash

Flash is an easy mistake, in many cases are likely to lead to flash. The most common is to open too large aperture, overexposed causing images. In today's highly developed digital photography, any image serious photo is does not have to print value, even if you shoot in Raw file format, it can only be corrected by post-processing on the computer. The second cause of the image also could be the flash itself, such as flash when the camera is too close to the subject. This image is usually much more on a portable camera, while SLR camera with more complex metering system for intelligent correction. Small external flash (also known as the "flash") by the frame at the top of the hot boots connected to the camera. Use the external flash. So the people are the usual cause of exposure Settings, rather than the flash itself.

Even professional studio flash, if the output power is too high can cause the image. In the designated power Settings using large aperture will cause the same result. If the subject is insufficient light indoor or outdoor in the night, when the flash power shortage or body is too far away from the camera exposure may cause inaccurate. When using a professional studio flash, if the power is set too low, it can make underexposed. The same will happen when you get an aperture is too small. Flash abnormal work also is a common problem, may be because back speed too slow, also may be due to external flash sync line caused by poor contact or damaged. If flash, infrared connection problems may be the flash and insufficient in infrared waves and failure.

Seventh, Camera shake

Only experienced professionals can do a handheld camera for a long time, and avoid the adverse effects of camera shake. Generally as the growth of the age, you need to set a higher shutter speed to guarantee the sharpness of the picture. In a photography exhibition of the appraisal process, I found that one of the biggest problem is that even slight camera shake will lead to less visible ghosting, especially in the case of using flash and slow shutter, more prone to the so-called ghost effect.

If the shutter speed is low, hand-held camera dithering occurs often. So without preparing a tripod, not to gamble to set low shutter speed, because the larger the photos are printed, the fuzzy ghosting will be more obvious. Also, you use the longer the lens focal length, the greater the likelihood of camera shake. That's because the weight of the telephoto lens makes a handheld camera shooting prone to jitter, long focal length and magnify blur caused by camera shake.

Due to insufficient light, iso setting error or handheld camera, will cause the shutter speed is reduced, thus lead to camera shake. If you want the photo is clear, it is necessary to use a tripod to prevent camera shake. Under the tripod support, using the low shutter speed, not only for fur move feeling, also keep the characters face clearly.

Eighth, The camera choice is wrong

When using wide Angle lens, if the focal length too short or distance too close, cause the main image distortion. Main body will look fatter than actual situation, and even imbalance. Telephoto lenses will not allow you and your subject too near, because you have to maintain a paragraph of distance with them. Especially when there are a lot of people, you have to ensure that everyone can be intake of the frame. In general, telephoto lens is suitable for portrait, of course, to capture the effect you want is the most appropriate lens.

Ninth, False use of light

Proper use of light to achieve a good picture, and the wrong use of light will be counterproductive. Run of a lot of mistakes, sometimes against shooting light condition, sometimes on the ability of photographers and camera performance is a challenge. For example, when the subject background light is too strong, or you have a professional camera exposure function become automatic, are likely to cause underexposure. In addition, the sun was shining the lens will be projected on the focal plane of colorful polygon halo, also is what we usually call glare, this case will be detrimental to the contrast and sharpness of photos.

Portrait in sunny day, there is a biggest problem, is the direct sunlight can cause uncomfortable strong contrast, and make the subject facial expressions is not natural. In the shade will be more downy light, but if will be the subject completely placed in the shade, by contrast is too small, the profiles of blurred. Normally, the evening light is warm color to move, while at noon tonal slants cold, so you should learn to judge color. At the same time, the picture is tonal also is affected by the reflection or scattering from an object, for example, the light cast on the green leaves will scattering micro green hues. In the current digital camera's automatic exposure mode, exposure errors are a common fault. Camera cannot be totally blamed for fall, but in automatic mode, you can do manually is limited, therefore one extreme light conditions, this automation mode can cause improper exposure. When the subject is glare, light than increase, highlights part will be brighter, and the shaded part will be darker. Metering in this case is difficult to correct the metering, overexposed or underexposed, photographs the image of a piece of white, the contrast is too big, and underexposed part will be part of the loss of detail.

Tenth, the focus is not allowed

Now we rely more and more on camera or camera autofocus function, it is more simple and more fast than manual focus, and in most cases the visual focus and more accurate than us. However, know your camera's focusing ability and creative to dig some focus skills also is very be necessary, at the very least, you have to ensure that the subject focus accurately.

In the insufficient light or when the subject is not in the image center, the camera's autofocus function will focus on the background or foreground rather than the subject. Understand the camera's autofocus system is very important, but in this case, using manual focus to solve the problem. In addition, we can control the depth of field to achieve the purpose of body clearly, so that range from the background to the foreground image is clear. Normally, the inaccurate focus is due to the cameras autofocus system will focus on the foreground or background of the subject. Opportunity to prompt the sound when focus accurately, phase, and the viewfinder is prompt, then you need to do is to make sure that focus on the subject.