How to shoot beach portrait

When people go to the seaside, in addition to swimming and playing, they will also take a lot of nice pictures as a souvenir. If you are asked to help a friend with a digital camera some nice pictures of you didn't know and master skills, it is very embarrassing. The portrait photography due to the difference of the light environment of the sea, a day in each time period will have different effect, so use some skills to improve the level of portrait photography in the seaside becomes necessary.

(1)How to choose equipment.

Since orientation is portrait photography, so a large aperture prime lens is little not. For starters, Canon and Nikon 50 mm 1.8 is preferred, conditional good friends to buy 1.2 L portrait lens 85 mm or 85 mm II 1.4 G, these are all you filming the beach like really big artifact. Without these devices classmate Jane simple single paragraph SLR or set of machine, starting from the basic practice is completely no problem.

The portrait is generally divided into two kinds of situation during filming, sufficient light pole when shooting is a kind of satiation that everybody meets most, in the evening is also another shooting mode. Two kinds of different style and express emotions, entry-level APS - C format cameras in the latter stage of weak light, than the whole format cameras is poorer, mainly displays in the need to use better ISO to increase the shutter speed. While higher ISO will bring different levels of noise, affect image quality. Continue to adhere to, of course, you can use the flash, but the author thinks that the subject and the background of alignment is greatly reduced (like P up slightly off), is not recommended.

To do a good job must first sharpen his device. In addition to the fuselage lens, you need extra preparation with flash and a reflector. The two things of auxiliary function is very powerful and important, don't give up because takes a more cost to buy these equipment. We suggested that photography beginners buy them as soon as possible, with future career will play a big role.

(2)the metering and polishing

To perfect the like the sea, a metering is very difficult to master. Because involves to the details of the sky and the sea, the sea like a most can test and dynamic range performance of a camera photography subjects. Good or poor condition as a result of the shooting Angle and light, metering technique also should make corresponding changes. One of the most simple is suitable smoothing background, which means that the sun or the injection from behind you, you, is also facing the sea model is facing the sea, is the result of the model with the sea can get accurate exposure.

But we often encounter conditions are relatively poor. Discovered has not the blue sky white clouds like to go to the beach, go to the beach only to find that there is no sunlight, more do not talk about front lighting backlight. It doesn't matter, we step by step to solutions. First, we make light without sunshine. Below, during the day and cloudy day, thick clouds provides us with the most natural diffusers, we just need to keep the details of the sea and the character's face right of light, composition learn knowledge again, even a beautiful shot.

Normal circumstances, if there is no flash light, for facial metering the sea and the sky will be a piece of white no stereo feeling, but if the sea on metering facial will become dark again. So with TTL (flash) from the tractor function flash money really can't save (don't rely on the roof the built-in flash). Cloudy conditions do not need to be 1/8000 of a second high speed synchronous flash, but if the sunshine is sufficient also wants to play photographing light up, need to purchase a high-speed synchronous flash.

In addition to fill flash light, the author is recommended to use more hair plate for polishing. Very many different kinds of reflector, gold and silver and black and white translucent completely opaque, change the use for actual photography is different. Reflector advantage position adjustment and reflective strength is more flexible and convenient, harm is, of course, a person can't be completed. If there were a few friends to do a film together, use the reflector will be better.

Reflector is cheap and easy. When we have taken the beach like exposure point after, we can play some faster shutter speed and low speed shutter shows photos of different visual effects, such as surf beat moment ACTS as a dynamic background highlight spirit, such as freeze time water effect.

(3)Later don't be too superstitious

There is no denying the fact most of the movies are presented with a little modification by late. But you know, for starters, if the control is not good, for detail color overflow, late PS becomes is the behavior of "destroyed". Late for photographers, the key is not toning and exfoliating kung fu, more is the use of RAW shooting retain good highlights and shadow information show come back again.

Although late PS can achieve more image effect, but there are also early than the later more easily and more real easy we can do, such as the use of medical Vaseline coated UV mirror, can create a local hazy effect portrait photography of the sea. But after using medical Vaseline UV protection remember to clean the mirror, use of alcohol can restore clean. Many beginners tend to see great photography master portrait of the sea, the mistake is a pure late on PS processing to do to be some results, but in fact a large at most only visual effect. Must learn to shoot the beach like, don't rely too much on the PS, late prophase solidly photography base, basically glass can be beautiful and moving.

Conclusion: When the time I also in broad daylight for photographers to open flash said don't understand, always think once flash will "dead white" the effect on photos, but it is not. In the portrait photography, flash light effect is very obvious, the purpose is to dark light. As to the amount of fill light is more or less, the Angle of the fill light, how should handle this in-depth study and improve their feeling, became one of the joys of photography. So if you have a chance to go to the seaside portrait, would you like the author said hints do reference?