Have you ever wondered: why in the same scene, some people can use their mobile phones to take pictures with a sense of blockbusters, movies, and epics, while the photos you take are mediocre, and even ruined?
If it is said that the difference in the filming effect is caused by the same equipment and mobile phone parameters, then it is somewhat understandable, after all, it is lost to the banknote ability. But sometimes the other party's equipment does not have an advantage, but they can still take good photos. In the long run, it may also ruin your enthusiasm for taking pictures, and make your mobile phone completely reduced to a code scanning machine.
Next, the article will take you to see the 4 common pitfalls of mobile phone photography, avoid these pitfalls, and maybe you will find that it is not difficult to take good photos casually!
The double-edged sword of backlight shooting - glare
Many times, when we are shooting against the sun, light bulbs or other light sources, it is easy to have the following situation:
This situation is caused by glare.
Lens glare, in layman's terms, means "extreme brightness contrast exists under the lens, causing uncontrollable diffraction and refraction". Therefore, as long as the "extreme brightness" and "excessive diffraction and refraction" are solved, this pit can be avoided.
The solution to brightness is very simple. Do not shoot directly at the sun or a strong light source, such as changing the light source or changing the angle.
The refraction and diffraction of light are related to the lens. Generally speaking, it is not easy to solve it, but you can also try to solve it by cleaning the lens (dirty lens will cause more uncontrollable refraction), blocking the upper edge of the lens with your hands, etc.
Of course, there are also some flagship phones with excellent photos that can solve all troubles with "money ability" through their own machine configuration. The effect of glare.
Correct composition is the best filter
There are many ways to compose a picture. A good composition needs strong aesthetics and experience to support it. But for mobile phone photography that only needs to cope with daily photos, we only need to know some simple composition skills, such as the most common and practical Jiugongge composition.
As shown above, if a screen is divided into thirds by horizontal and vertical lines, then we will get 4 intersection points (that is, where the red dot is located) in the screen. This is the composition of Jiugongge, and the four red dots in the diagram are the visual focus.
After we have the visual focus, we only need to put the object we want to shoot, or put the visual center on one or more red dots to complete a composition when we take a picture. In most mobile phone cameras today, you can Set Jiugongge auxiliary line.
Of course, the knowledge of composition is not so simple. Jiugongge composition can be used for daily mobile phone shooting, but if you want to come up with a blockbuster, you need to learn more composition skills by yourself.
Cosmetic surgery in the photo world - the choice of camera angle
If the words glare and composition still have a sense of distance from the world of ordinary people, then taking pictures of a big face and a pair of short legs must be familiar to everyone, and there may be many masterpieces.
For the same person, some people can shoot 1.8 meters, while others can shoot 1.5 meters. This is probably because of the wrong angle. For example, in the picture below, it can be easily proved that shooting from the bottom up (upward shot) makes the character appear taller than the normal shot (overhead shot).
Knowing the role of angle, we can skillfully use "sideways" to take pictures to slim down the face and body of the characters, use "elevation angle" to enlarge the tall and magnificent objects, and use "depression angle" to capture the cuteness of the characters... Try various angles, When you want to shoot, choose a suitable angle, and you can achieve unexpected good results.
Learn to focus and let your fingertips become the focus
Sometimes the whole photo is dark, and sometimes it becomes too bright; sometimes there are too many objects in the photo, and the things you want to shoot are not highlighted, and sometimes the things you want to shoot are blurred.
The above-mentioned problems can be quickly solved by focusing, and the current mobile phone shooting is very convenient. You only need to tap the screen of the mobile phone, and the lens will focus on the position clicked by your finger. Using this feature, we can highlight the items we want to shoot and blur the background in cluttered items.
At the same time, in backlit scenes, the picture tends to become very dark. At this time, we only need to tap to focus on the dark place, and the picture will become brighter. Conversely, it can also darken the overly bright scene.
Here I recommend the telephoto macro of Huawei's flagship mobile phone P60pro just launched this year. When focusing on ultra-close-up objects, the picture quality is really top-notch.
The above are the 4 pitfalls that Xiaobai often encounter when taking pictures with mobile phones. In fact, the solutions are very simple, so go and try it out! Add a little texture to your life!