Indoor portrait photography skills

1.Keep the characters away from walls and objects

According to the principle of the projection of the light, cheap canvas prints when people are near behind walls or objects close, indoor original and natural light can't light or reflected to object, such as the wall behind when strong light flash light, can make the subject character in heavy objects such as the wall behind him flash shadow. Therefore, without affecting the composition of the picture, let the character as far as possible away from the white walls or objects behind, maintain a certain space and distance, canvas prints the flash shadow will be significantly weakened.

2. Select external flash

The external flash can be refilled from different angles to lighten the shaded areas, such as the DF800 flash. If you are shooting with flash under such circumstances, you should pay attention to the correct shooting distance. Generally, it is not recommended to be too close to avoiding shooting unnatural light points.

3. Properly block the flash

Due to the interior space is smaller, closer, flash is not only easy to create the shadow, but also may make people face white, at this time, we can use the white gauze, * * even towel paper have astigmatism effect obstructions properly keep out flash, flash light become soft. When using, paste gauze and other materials on the outside of flash with adhesive cloth (note not to block the viewfinder and focus hole). If one layer of soft light effect is not ideal, add two or even three layers. However, after blocking the flash, the flash will be less illuminating, so increase the exposure appropriately.

4. The camera should have a higher position

In indoor use flash, a seat on the camera to high some, some, this flash projection will directly behind the characters, will be subject blocking part of looks less obvious, use less as far as possible while filming or inverted flight. In addition, to avoid vertical picture composition, because when filming vertical picture, the camera will rotate 90 degrees, a flash in the lateral position, it is easier to make flash shadow fall on one side, on the background of left a consistent with the character profile contour line of black shadow. When you take a banner photo, the flash light is coming from directly above the lens and the projection is relatively weak.

5. Use slow synchronous flash mode

Indoor use flash photography, in addition to the flash of light, there will be from the Windows and doors into the natural light and indoor lighting, just because after two kinds of light source is weak, cannot let the subject have enough exposure. We can use a slow sync flash mode, use flash light to illuminate the principal characters, and then use a longer shutter (1/15 ~ 1 second) shoot indoor other still life; you can use interior original light to weakening of the shadow flash. It is best to use a tripod and shutter release to prevent the camera from vibrating, while the subject should hold his or her position until the shutter is closed when the flash is on.

6. Use jumping lights

For can adjust the direction of the flash or can use the external flash installed on the roof of digital camera, flash lamp holder can be toward the opposite characters or side of the ceiling, wall, such as white reflector, using the reflected light to illuminate your subject. This reflected flash can change the direction of light from the original front to the front or the front, and similar scattered light is naturally soft and produces good eye light. Use this method to avoid a colored surface, as its reflected light will give the photo a special color. Will put as much as possible external flash from the camera at the top of the higher position, the reason for this is the point of view that make the flash light illuminate your subject is similar to the Angle of the sun, so that the shadow falls behind your subject naturally, and there will not be boring. Of course, this method will also damage the light, wall art need to pay attention to the accuracy of exposure.