Portrait shooting techniques for beginners

No matter how expensive of your camera, what concerns to girls is wether you can shoot them beautiful or not. As photography beginners, do not worry about girls who are not good at making poses, this article will teach you eight strokes to shoot beautiful photos even with the cheap camera like EOS 100D SLR!

Shooting secrets one: large aperture

Model : EOS 100D Speed: 1/320s Aperture F1.4 ISO: 100 Focal length : 35mm

Large f/1.4 aperture to bring a strong bokeh

Model : EOS 100D Speed: 1/250s Aperture F1.4 ISO: 100 Focal length : 35mm

Large f/1.4 aperture to bring a strong bokeh

What should be concerned is not the big aperture but the exposure time.

Shooting secrets two : shoot with backlight

Model : EOS 100D Speed: 1/250s Aperture F1.4 ISO: 100 Focal length : 50mm

Shooting backlight at sunset

Model : EOS 100D speed : 1/3200s Aperture F1.8 ISO: 400 Focal length : 50mm

First,what is backlight? Is it natural light or artificial light? Girls must pay attention to several questions:

1, note that fill light , appropriate to add some exposure compensation with the sun screen.

2 , pay attention to choose the height of the light , top light is not suitable for close-up shots of people .

3 , pay attention to selecting a dark background , or get silhouette effect .

4 , careful not to let light into the lens , take the hood to avoid damaging the screen .

Shooting secrets three: back can also be beautiful

Model : EOS 100D Speed: 1/800s Aperture F1.4 ISO: 200 Focal length : 50mm Blue born with the feeling of youth

Model : EOS 100D Speed: 1/800s Aperture F1.4 ISO: 200 Focal length : 50mm large aperture brings soft feel

In fact,the partial composition can find the most beautiful people on the other side , either the leaves or the use of multiple exposures block is your holy grail , good at finding people the most beautiful moments , not "faceless child " still able to a large child .

Shooting secrets four: large spot

Model : EOS 100D Speed: 1/600s Aperture F1.8 ISO: 160 Focal length : 50mm

use spot light to create an atmosphere

Model : EOS 100D Speed: 1/500s Aperture F1.8 ISO: 160 Focal length : 50mm

Using a large aperture shooting is generally divided into light  spots in night and spots in the woods; at least F3.5-F5.6 need to be selected and the self-timer mode according to the scene to determine the specific focus distance , shutter speed settings according to the scene , so you can shoot distant light source formed by the large spot.Meanwhile, you can add portrait retouching to your photos.