Every time you go out on a trip, you take a lot of photos, but the selection is a "crematorium". What appears in most of your photos is not a beautiful scenery, but everyone, everyone....
You must be interested to know,Why don't other people's travel blockbusters have passers-by?
In today's issue, I will share 10 very practical methods to help you skillfully "avoid" the vast tourists and shoot simple and advanced travel blockbusters.
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Find a unique perspective
In some popular scenic spots, tourists come in an endless stream from morning till night. If you search for a certain book or a certain sound, many online celebrity camera seats will be recommended. You can take photos of tourists "visiting here" in these online celebrity camera seats.
If you don't want to "collide" with others, it is recommended to walk along the scenic spot. You should pay attention to the following perspectives.
① Rearview mirror
In the palm-sized lens, there are colorful worlds hidden.
Get up close! It can not only distinguish the photos of ordinary tourists, but also connect the real world with the virtual world, which makes people feel as if they have entered a fantasy country, true and false, false and real.
When shooting the rearview mirror, the simple background can highlight the subject in the mirror.
The background can be a car body or wall with simple colors. Using telephoto shooting can better eliminate the influence of other surrounding elements on the picture, including the photographer himself.
② Body reflection
The exterior design of a representative building is an object that photographers can't miss. If you like the exterior wall design of a building very much, you can observe whether there are black or red cars around, and you can take pictures with the help of the reflection of the cars.
Because of the curvature of the car body, most of the reflected things are distorted, so the building reflected on the car will have a bizarre interest.
③ Window
Nowadays, many shops use glass for exterior wall decoration, and there are all kinds of glass windows and floor-to-ceiling windows on the streets, which are very good shooting objects.
Turn on the ultra-wide angle of your phone and shoot close to the glass window, and you will find a "mirrored" fantasy world.
In a limited space, it can effectively avoid cluttered crowds, and use mirror reflection to record various pedestrians without showing clutter.
④ People as prospects
There are bound to be many tourists gathering in the central area of city landmarks. In fact, there are many ways to punch in city landmarks.
You can pay attention to the obviousVisual symbolsCharacters, such as old people riding bicycles, working workers, fashionable online celebrity, sweet couples and so on.
Using people as the foreground and landmark buildings as the background can add more story to your photos.
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Symmetric reflection
Specular reflection will visually present a symmetrical formal beauty. In addition to using water reflection, we can also take symmetrical and beautiful photos by combining some props around us.
① Mobile phone screen
Put another mobile phone close to the lens and adjust the shooting angle, so that you can shoot buildings with symmetrical beauty.
Focus: inBlues MomentShooting, the picture atmosphere will be deeper and purer.
② Mineral water
Mineral water in your hand can not only quench your thirst, but also create a reflection effect when taking pictures.
Pour a little water on the flat ground, and then turn the phone upside down to shoot, which can show a beautiful reflection when shooting buildings or sunset.
③ Glass cabinet
In some ancient buildings or museums, we often see cabinets selling souvenirs or displays. You can turn your mobile phone upside down to take pictures of some symmetrical doors and windows.
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Dynamic blur
If you are in a busy street and can't avoid the crowds coming and going, then you will definitely need to use the following methods:
① Traffic flow
Android users can turn on the dynamic effects function and shoot the passing traffic with their hands.
The iPhone user turns on the live mode and selects the long exposure for post-editing. The long exposure of the iPhone is a photo composed of recording multiple photos. It can be boldly used to blur the vehicle in places with a lot of traffic during the day.
When shooting night scenes, only large cars with bright colors can leave beautiful colorful ghosts, so the choice of cars should be brightly colored and large cars as much as possible, and the track photos taken will look more attractive.
② People flow
In many classic movies, directors will use the combination of virtual and real shooting to highlight the hero in the picture.
Similar effects can also be achieved by using the live function of mobile phones. It should be noted that when shooting, the photographer mustKeep your phone stable, the model adjusts its posture and keeps still, and after waiting for a few seconds, you can get this film effect photo combining virtual and real.
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Blur background
A clean and concise background can make the characters more prominent, and there are two functions of mobile phones to shoot background blur effects.
One is portrait mode, where the phone will simulate a blurred background effect; In addition, you can also use the telephoto function of your mobile phone to shoot. When shooting at close range, the telephoto will produce obvious optical blur effect.
There are several matters that need everyone's attention:
1. The light should be sufficient when shooting in portrait mode, otherwise it will easily lead to inaccurate cutout;
2. Keep a certain distance between the characters and the background, and the blur effect will be more obvious;
3. It is not suitable to blur the background when shooting buildings, and the effect will be very abrupt.
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Emphasizing light ratio
Photos with large contrast between light and dark can better show architectural lines, and pressing the details of dark parts can reduce the influence of irrelevant elements on the overall picture. Photos with contrast between light and dark will give people a simple visual look and feel.
There are two points to pay attention to when taking photos with light and dark contrast effects. InThere will be a strong light contrast before and after sunrise and sunset, is a better time to shoot in the day. On the other hand, when shooting, you needReduce exposure compensation,Enhance the contrast of the picture.
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Try low angles
Changing the regular perspective will often lead to surprises. When shooting some towering buildings, you can use low-angle upward shooting.
When shooting upward at a low angle, the ultra-wide angle will bring obvious perspective effect, which can better reflect the height of the building.
If the building is sparse, you can look for billboards or street lamps, so that the space presented will be more compact.
Of course, you can also put your mobile phone on the ground and use the countdown method to shoot some jumping movements.
iPhone users can use Apple Watch to preview the picture and find a more suitable composition angle.
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Photograph part
Taking travel punch-in photos is not just big and complete. When going out to relax, you should pay more attention to some small details and record them with your mobile phone.
In public scenic spots, partial shooting can not only bring visual strangeness, but also make the group pictures composed of partial photos more visible when sending to friends.
So another way to get rid of ordinary tourist photos is moreRecord the local details of the building, such as windows, pillars, steps, etc.
In the later period, these partial photos with prominent light, shadow, color and patterns were added with white edges and made into group pictures, which immediately gave a sense of advance.
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Amplify the foreground
When you go to the seaside to take pictures, ordinary tourists will take pictures of the whole beach, and 90% of the pictures they take are "crowds".
The way to distinguish ordinary tourists from taking photos: You can use ultra-wide-angle and low-angle photos to shoot the waves surging on the beach. The lens characteristics of ultra-wide-angle lenses, such as near, large and far, will bring strong visual impact.
When encountering some dignified classic buildings, ordinary tourists will take photos and punch in on the front.
Ways to distinguish ordinary tourist photos: Look for some foregrounds to add layers to the photos. For example, if the mobile phone is turned upside down to emphasize the gaps in the floor tiles and guide the line of sight to the main body of the building, the photo will have a stronger sense of space.
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Finding a framework
The problem with many tourists' photos is that the pictures are disorganized and the subject is not prominent, so the audience's attention can't fall on the points of interest of the photos at the first time.
The best way to solve this problem is to adopt frame composition. Frame composition has a strong sense of form in photography, and it will make the subject of the frame more focused in the absence of a telephoto lens.
Therefore, we should pay more attention to the geometric space around us, such as the fence by the lake, and use the fence as the foreground to eliminate the interference of other surrounding elements. The audience's visual focus will fall on the white palace at the first time.
For example, the ordinary telephone booth on the roadside can only accommodate a limited number of things in a small space. In this example picture below, I believe your attention will be attracted by the orange building for the first time.
For example, if you add a messy foreground in a messy environment, the orderly things in the picture will naturally become the focus.
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Wait for an opportunity
If you are traveling freely, of course, you should choose a suitable shooting time period to go out and take photos.
My favorite shooting time is around sunrise and sunset. On the one hand, it can avoid most tourists, and on the other hand, everything has rich colors, light and shadow before and after sunrise and sunset.
In addition to choosing time periods, sometimes you have to wait for your time!
Taking photos is divided into hunting style and guerrilla style. Obviously, it is more hunting style when photographing buildings.
If you only take pictures of buildings, it will inevitably be a little empty, so we can wait for the appearance of characters and press the shutter when forming a contrast in size, which can better highlight the grandeur of the building.
I hope the above methods can help you take clean and concise photos during the National Day.
Review of knowledge points:A person who knows how to take pictures needs to know what kind of photos are suitable for taking in what time period. The sunrise and sunset light are relatively soft, and the colors are rich and suitable for outdoor shooting; In places with many tourists, you can use portrait mode or live mode to blur the background; Choosing a niche seat and using the foreground can allow you to take photos that are different from ordinary tourists.
