How to make good use of light to take good photos in mobile phone photography?

? As the saying goes: "Photography is the art of lighting a door";

The key to a good photo is to find the right light source.

Light sources can be divided into natural light (the light that the sun shines on the earth, including moonlight and starlight), landscape light and artificial light.

The most common sunshine is the so-called "golden time", one hour after sunrise and one hour after sunset, which is real and kind.

Among them, the so-called Jesus light is the Dindar effect of the photography circle;

That is, when the air is full of fog or dust, the sun shines on it, which can project a large area of rainbow light.

Scene light is a kind of artificial light source, such as the light from windows, neon lights at the performance site, street lamps and so on.

Artificial light refers to the artificial light source set by photographers in order to achieve their creative intentions. Photographers can control the intensity, direction and color temperature of light.

For example, professional studio lights, flashlights, flashlights, and small desk lamps for daily use.

Light is the soul of photography. When shooting, we should pay attention to the relationship between the subject, shooting position and angle, and lighting conditions.

It is best to make good use of light, and have a sense of light in your heart before shooting. Common ones are: backlight, forward light, side light and top light.

Backlight is the light from behind the subject, and the shadow part is the subject of expression;

Features: You can sketch the outline of the subject, lighten the background tone, brighten the color of the subject, and deepen the sense of space and three-dimensional sense of the scene.

If the subject is a silhouette effect or a "silhouette light" effect, we should pay special attention to the outline and shape of the protagonist and whether the background can highlight the subject.

For example, taking pictures of leaves, we can take pictures on the other side of the leaves, and use sunlight to penetrate the leaves, so as to make the leaves clear and highlight the texture.

The light from the front of the subject, the subject is the main body of shooting, which can make the background look vivid and clear, the photos attract attention and the whole looks bright.

Features: high brightness, small contrast, often used to shoot small fresh, antique and so on.

Disadvantages: the lack of light and shade and hierarchical contrast often makes the scenery lack of three-dimensional sense and space sense.

Side light illuminates the main body from the side, which is beneficial to outline the main body and has a strong sense of hierarchy and space.

Features: it is an ideal lighting condition for shooting color films, which is conducive to the expression of objects with rough surface structures such as reliefs, waterlines and ridges, and can highlight the difference between the main body and the background tone.

However, the disadvantage is that the side light is easy to expose skin defects in portrait photography, forming a "yin and yang face" of light and shade transition.

Warm reminder: when taking portraits, you need to add auxiliary light to the darker side.

The top light source is above you and the subject, the light shines from your head and the shadow is under your feet.

The common shooting technique is to greet the light; That is, let the characters raise their heads to meet the light, let the light hit people's faces and put on "golden coats";

However, if the light ratio of the subject is too large, the shadow will be too heavy and the aesthetic feeling of the characters will be destroyed.

However, photography is the result of chemical reaction between light and shadow.

Everything in life is nothing but light and shadow. When you see a beam of light coming in from the window, you should immediately think of its shadow. The two do not exist independently.

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In fact, where there is light, there are shadows. Sometimes shadows can add more interest and provide more imagination.

For example, reflection is the most creative shooting method in light and shadow effects, which is suitable for scenes such as glass, mirrors and even water reflection.

Color It is worth mentioning that in mobile phone photography, color is inseparable from light and shadow, and there is color when there is light;

It is best to have a better perception and understanding of the elements of color (hue, lightness and saturation), and highlight the characters through the matching of contrasting colors to increase the visual impact.

Tip: In the color circle, two opposite colors, that is, two colors distributed as 180, are called contrast colors.

Finally, the significance of photography is that a click can turn an instant into eternity, and the light of joy in your eyes is the most beautiful scenery.