Macro photography can bring us a unique perspective that is invisible to the naked eye, so how can mobile phones shoot blockbusters with creamy blur effects? We need to learn some small skills to make your macro photos beautiful and advanced.
Most mobile phones have the macro function, some need to be turned on manually, and some are automatically triggered. For example, when the iPhone 13 Pro Max is focusing at close range, the phone will automatically trigger the macro function.
iPhone 13 Pro Max The focusing distance of the macro function is about 3 cm, while other models may be 2 cm or 10 cm.
The effective focusing distance of different models is different, so we should pay attention to whether the viewfinder of the mobile phone screen is clearly focused when shooting. My experience is not to get too close to the subject when framing, otherwise it will easily fail to focus.
ONE.
ˉ Shoot insects
Macro shooting is different from shooting buildings. It doesn't have particularly high requirements for scenes. It can be shot in ordinary parks or communities. The most important thing is that we should be careful to discover some interesting things.
For example, the little bees flying around in the flowers are very good shooting subjects.
When shooting insects, you need to keep your phone stable. You can use quick capture. iPhone users can press and hold the shutter button and swipe to the left for continuous shooting.
TWO.
ˉ Slap the petals
In addition to photographing insects, petals are also great subjects to photograph.
To make the macro of petals look more three-dimensional, it is necessary to look for petals with light and dark light and shadow. The texture and three-dimensional effect of petals will be better due to the contrast of light and shadow.
In addition to photographing a single flower, we will also photograph flowers.
You can use small props of life to shoot flowers, such as sprinkling water on a transparent plastic board and using water droplets as the foreground, which can shoot a hazy beauty ~
The same scene changes different angles, and with the help of sunlight, the beauty of light and shadow colors can be well reflected!
Different kinds of flowers will have different shapes. When you look at the stamens through macro, it's really like walking into the plant world!
Three.
ˉ Use fill light
There will be some water droplets on the petals in the morning, so remember to take pictures!
Water droplets are transparent, so it is highly recommended to use the flash of another mobile phone to fill the light.
With the illumination of light, the layering of the whole picture will become better.
Similarly, when shooting leaves, you can also light up the light behind them, so that the details and lines of the leaves will be more clearly visible.
Four.
ˉ External lens
Friends who don't have macro function can apply a macro lens and also take very good macro photos.
Compared with the macro mode that comes with the mobile phone, shooting with an external lens can achieve better optical blur effect.
This time, I used the master Kase mobile phone lens. Besides shooting insects, I can also use this external macro lens to shoot water droplets dripping on leaves. The picture is also very beautiful.
Ok, the above are some application skills for macro shooting with mobile phones. I hope you will like it!
