How to set the camera when taking portraitsGaoen Product Photography Company believes that some people may not know how to set the parameters inside the camera. Before discussing camera parameter settings, let's first talk about photography equipment. Most people are more focused on cameras, but when it comes to imaging and shooting effects, the lens has the greatest impact..
What kind of lens we choose actually largely depends on our shooting habits and what kind of effect pictures we want to take. For example, if you want to take portrait photos with an environment, Gaoen Product Photography Company recommends using a lens of less than 50MM. If it is a portrait photo of half a body or more and there is obvious blurring to separate the subject and background, then it is recommended to use a medium telephoto lens of 85MM or more.
Generally speaking, using a 28MM or 35MM lens can capture clear environmental photos and is suitable for taking portrait photos with landscapes. However, when using this type of lens to take portraits, it is difficult to have a completely blurred background unless the distance is close enough for a headshot. It is advisable not to use a 28MM lens to take portraits because too wide a focal length can easily cause distortion.
A focal length lens above 85mm is easy to capture photos with completely blurred backgrounds, and due to the small incident angle, the coverage of the background will be very narrow. Even if the background appears, it will not appear very wide, suitable for capturing portraits of the half body. Although a standard 50MM lens cannot achieve extreme performance of wide-angle or medium telephoto, it can depict the environment at a relatively small aperture and blur the background at a large aperture.
If you want to take a portrait photo with a more obvious blurring effect, you still need to use some factors, which are the position of the subject being photographed. Similarly, under the same premise of the other two elements, the closer the subject is to the photographer (camera) or the farther the subject is from the background, the more obvious the blurring effect will be.
If you want to take portrait photos in motion, you need to increase the shutter speed. If it is in a low light environment, it will be difficult to take photos, and can only be solved by opening the aperture or increasing the sensitivity. Gaoen Product Photography Company recommends that you experiment more when taking portraits in low light environments.
