How to express the texture and details in photography

Each object has its own unique texture and surface detail, indeed, it is often the most distinguishing feature of the object in. The photos appear to be successful this sense can greatly enhance the effect of the photos, especially for clap a fascinating and remarkable effect. Show the simple sense is not very difficult, it only requires many observant. The key is to know what your subject in the light of different works best. Once you know you need the light effect, so you need to take a good photo half can be mastered.

In order to perform simple sense, it is the most obvious and common side light, light hitting the surface at a low Angle. It on the wood, stone, and fabric produce excellent results. But it requires that the point light source, outdoor photography with sunlight, indoor will need to use flash. If you close observation, you will see from each small bumpy formed on the surface of the long, contrast larger shadow, effect is strong.

Sunny weather is an ideal opportunity to practice, you can practice your subject from different angles, change your location, so that we can get the best results. In order to take a picture of a distinctive, it may be necessary to wait for a few hours, until the sun is in the right place, or come back the next day, nine times out of ten is worthwhile to do so.

Side light, however, is not always effective. When the side light was just right, it will be very good, but sometimes more shadow, also appears. When the effect is too strong, can appear the phenomenon. Choose an outdoor scene, you watch the effect produced by when the sun's movement. First of all, when the light Angle caused by the shadow of more and more big, the texture is more and more obvious. But when the shaded part begins to be long, that account for most of the images, problems came out, the effect has been destroyed. Using the side light part of the skill, is to be able to judge when the ray Angle is the most appropriate.

If your subject surface concave deep part of, or shape is complex, so there will be another difficulty. Side light both to appear to be very good texture on the surface of the object, but it will also from the rest of the object structure cast a huge, dark shadows. One day when I took an old aft of the wreckage, I met this kind of case. I well shows the shaft rust texture, but when I printed photos, I found the rest of shadows surrounding axles are outstanding.

However, despite its shortcomings side light, but it is still photographers have a handy and useful weapon. Don't want to use the sun, don't put the flash on the camera can provide a kind of indoor photography by the side of the light. Even better, if you have a slide projector, you can use it as a light source, the use of this light source can adjust the light Angle and position of the camera, until you are fully satisfied. Slide projector light strong and clear, is the ideal light source. This is very light and bright, exposure without more than a few seconds.

Use side light shooting, the depth of field is a serious problem that is worth considering. If your subject parallel to the camera, you can use the large aperture, so without losing the main under the condition of your subject's definition blurs clutter background. It will get to make your subject seems to be more clear effect, make the body more compelling. If your single-lens reflex camera with a depth of field prediction button, you can use it to determine the best shooting the object aperture.

In addition to the side of the light, and texture of the other way. Backlight may be particularly effective, for example, when the light to the surface to the camera, you never think of minutiae and indefinable things will be presented. In some cases, backlighting can obtain good effect, as the side light just to make the camera to the light, and not let the light irradiation from the side. Backlight really wonderful place is wet or slightly illuminated surface - light reflecting tens of thousands of small window, very attractive.

Because there are a lot of light, exposure must be careful. Light part into the side of the bright light table, the result can cause underexposure, half silhouette effect. If you just want to get that kind of effect, of course, is better, but should bear in mind that if you wish to obtain more normal effect, so you want to increase the exposure of first or second gear. Many automatic backlight control button on the camera is very useful in this case.