Learning photography from scratch || Camera parameter settings for portrait photography

1. Portrait Photography (Key Points)

The parameter that I am more concerned about in portrait photography is 光圈that it can affect the effect of background blur. Shutter and sensitivity only play a cooperative role.

1. Day scene status:
   There is enough light in the daytime and shutter priority cannot be used. 光圈优先Generally, you can directly turn 光圈开到最大on the camera's face recognition (eye recognition) and let the camera automatically operate the focus.
   Key points:

   • Aperture priority, open to the maximum for portraits
   • Focus area: wide area
   • Mode selection: AFC continuous focus

2. Night scene status:
   There is insufficient light at night. Even if the aperture is opened to the maximum, the shutter speed will be affected. If the model moves, the picture will be blurred. At night, the shutter speed should be set, 快门优先such as 1/100 s, isoto automatic.
   Key points:

   • shutter priority

3. White balance setting:
   Generally set to automatic, but on cloudy days or at night, the picture will feel a little white 脏, and the warm tone will feel weak at sunset.

4. Backlight shooting:
   If you think the face is too dark and you want it to be brighter, increase the exposure compensation;
   if you want the picture to be darker, decrease the exposure compensation.

5. Light ratio:
   If there are very bright and very dark situations in the picture, you can only choose one of the two. For example, when the face is backlit, the face is dark.
   Suggestions:

   • Select RAW as the photo storage format and adjust it later;
   • Fix the camera position on a tripod and take two pictures of the same object, one dark and one bright, and then combine them later.
     
   • Fill light, supplement the light in dark parts
   • Give up one of the two, give in 人物暗黑or give in背景过曝
     

2. Landscape Photography

3. Street sweeping photography

4. Summary