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Celebrate the Spring Festival, celebrate the Lunar New year | where to start shooting Spring Festival activities

How to learn photography

By testPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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During the Spring Festival, there will be annual fairs, temple fairs and other activities to welcome the Spring Festival. Photography language is used when shooting, combined with the surrounding environment and character characteristics, can show local customs, customs, highlight the warm festive, peaceful and beautiful festive atmosphere.

Shooting spring greeting activities with a sense of environmental prominence is to highlight the lively and festive festive atmosphere, so we can choose a higher shooting location through the separation or combination of "point, line, surface". Through panoramic overshot to show the full picture of the assembly, but also can show the characteristics of the event with local features, such as the archway and gatehouse arranged for the festival, echoing with the lively crowd. Play up a rich festive atmosphere.

We should pay attention to the environmental characteristics of the scene and incorporate the local folk culture and characteristic landscape into the photos, such as the spring flower market in Guangfu area (which refers to the area where Cantonese and Guangfu culture is popular). It is a folk landscape wit from those in the usual days. When shooting, people should be good at capturing the movements and expressions of the characters, so as to make the photos more infectious. It is recommended to choose a telephoto lens to take continuous shooting at a distant position, so that it will not disturb others, and the facial expressions of the characters will be more natural. Before shooting, you can consciously select the subjects to enhance the expression effect, such as father and son, grandchildren, couples, and so on, to highlight happiness through joyful expressions. You can also look for "special people" at the rally as points of interest, such as those dressed in strange clothes and holiday headgear.

Highlight the sense of painting with contrast

The skillful use of different contrast techniques can enhance the visual effect of the picture.

Mobile crowds and still stalls and shops can form dynamic and static images, such as using tripods when shooting during the day or night, reducing the shutter speed by reducing the aperture or installing a dimmer in front of the camera. create a dynamic and static contrast shooting effect through a slower shutter speed. Or with a slower exposure time (it is recommended that the shutter speed is less than 15 seconds), turn the zoom ring while shooting to create a clear main body and a radially blurred picture around.

The change of light can form the contrast of light and shadow, such as the bright light shining on the main body in the picture and the contrast of light and shade formed in other areas of the picture, which can better highlight the prominent position of the subject in the picture.

Crowd occlusion will reduce the success rate of shooting, which can easily lead to the problem that the main body of the picture is not prominent and there is no distinction between primary and secondary screen elements. When shooting, the virtual and real contrast can be used to

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