Summer wind is flamboyant, but June is different. Continuous rain ☔ It also came suddenly. But rainy days have a magical magic, which can provide more creativity and surprises for our shooting.
When I was playing The Pianist on the Sea for the second time, I really can't forget the rain scene in the movie. I can seem to feel the entanglement in the male host's heart, and with the pouring rain, I am anxious for him!!
This is also because the rain scene can set off the atmosphere and better promote the development and trend of the storyline.
So rainy days and cinematic feelings are a perfect match.
Taking advantage of the rainy season, today I will teach you how to shoot in such a special environment as a rainy dayUnique cinematic photos！
1/. Unique perspective
Different compositions bring different peeping feelings
The sense of cinema is a very comprehensive feeling. In addition to imitating the sense of cinema through light and color, we can also try different angles and compositions to shoot.
For example, peeping into the perspective, which can create a sense of observation that peeps into the story, and makes people have the impulse to imagine constantly.
① Foreground composition
When walking on the street on a rainy day, we can first clarify the subject in the photo, and then look for the object closest to the lens to block it and compose the foreground. PictorialRelationship between virtual and real, distance and nearYou can add photosLayered senseAndSense of space。
Besides, the foreground also has important expressive forms and artistic effects. We should be good at using mobile phonesTelephoto lensTo capture a distant picture. Bring more curiosity to people.
On rainy days, you may see many different pictures through the glass surface. ˇ If you want to take a clear picture of the characters, you can stand farther away and observe the expressions of the characters behind the glasstake a candid photographSo that the picture conveys the resonance of the soul.
On the contrary, if you want to blur the characters, the distance between the mobile phone and the glass surface can be closer, focus on the raindrops, and observe the changes of the characters at the same time. UseContinuous shootingRecord the best moment, and such a picture, layers and sense of story will be stronger.
② Frame composition
Rainy days, weather with its own story atmosphere. And the frame composition also has a strongNarrative effect。 Use visual occlusion to create a sense of peeping and increase the appeal of the picture. ˇ When waiting for the rain to stop indoors or outdoors and watching the rain scene, you will encounter many kinds of things. You can use doors and windows to frame pictures. It gives people a feeling of watching.
Of course, I also need myselfBe observantThe surrounding things, just the right pictures, and better express the sense of story, which is fascinating.
In addition, in a narrow space like a car, when you catch fear and record from the perspective of passengers, do many movie pictures flash through your mind? ~ At the same time, the raindrops in the windows and the car lights outside will create aSense of substitution。
2/. Use contrast skillfully
To take cinematic photos on rainy days, in order to enhance the visual effect of the picture, the "contrast method" can be used to create a contradictory relationship.
① Comparison of warm and cold
The weather created by rainy days is cool. If a person is placed in this environment with a warm umbrella, the atmosphere created by the contrast between cold and warm will have a stronger visual sense.
Be good at capturing colors in life while. You can also utilizeCharacters' body language to express characters' psychological feelings and emotions。 It is easy for people to associate and resonate.
Use the contrast between warm and cold to reflect light and dark. The beauty of light and shadow can be increasedPicture atmosphere and spatial artistic conception。
② Dynamic and static comparison
Cinematic sense is a feeling based on narration and narrative feeling.
On the streets on rainy days, it is not difficult for us to find some scenes that combine movement and static. For example, cars are waiting to pass, and pedestrians are hurrying across zebra crossing with umbrellas. Such photos seem to tell the story of their journey.
We can also useSlow shutter function of mobile phone to take pictures of car tracks。 You need to find still characters and keep your mobile phone stable to shoot. The dynamic effect of track in rainy days is an important means to enhance the appeal of photos.
3/. Use puzzles skillfully
The combination of different scenes, relatively uniform picture tone, and breaking the conventional thinking of posting pictures can also spell out a sense of movie story. Umbrellas on rainy days are a good embellishment. Capturing the backs of people holding umbrellas on the street is also a common technique to explain the plot and scene in movies. Interspersed with some empty mirrors will give the picture aSmart beautyAndA wider space for imagination。
Sometimes after taking a photo, it is not suitable for a single display. canTake a part of the pictureMake puzzles to make the photos better and full of stories.
So when we want to send photos to friends or Weibo, the puzzle will give peopleA renewed visual experience。 Cinematic photos can express what you want through your own puzzles.
4/. Use screen proportions skillfully
PassChange the proportion of the picture to enhance the cinematic atmosphereEveryone should have heard of the method ~ The big screen 16: 9, which is usually called, is the most widely used in the world.
So when we pick up our mobile phones and shoot, we canFirst set the photo ratio to 16: 9, which will make it easier to compose in the early stage.
If you are not satisfied with the pictures taken in other proportions, you can also crop them through retouching software later. Such asSnapseedYou can also add black bars to the top and bottom of the photo. Make the picture longer and narrower in the horizontal direction, creating a sense of artistic conception.
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Ok ~ The most important thing to make a movie feel is how to lay out a picture and how to accurately capture that classic moment from the flowing daily clips.
Therefore, on rainy days, you can't stop watching movies on the sofa, but also pick up your mobile phone to make your rainy life feel like a movie ~
