"If photography is what you dream of and if it is the first and last thing on your mind, You are probably a lucky guy in the world of no rewind."
Pictures must convey emotions, environments and relationships which can be best portrayed outdoors. While clicking an outdoor portrait you expose yourself to a more volatile environment where poses, people and objects will be more dynamic than ever. In this case you get a chance to be candid, honest and make 'real life' pictures appear 'larger than life'.
Here are 5 simple Tips for making your outdoor candid portraits 'look' and 'feel' real.
Tip 1 - Wait and Watch - The one least appreciated quality in a photographer is impatience. The more will click. Time you take to study the subject, the better picture you Watch what the object is doing, study his background, his relationship with the environment around him etc. This will give you an edge over a random click. The point in making a portrait candid is not being formal or 'made up'. Let the subject do whatever he is busy in and then click a picture. A candid picture must set up a mood or convey an emotion. A lack of this quality will make the picture dull and lifeless.
Tip 2- Use a Longer Lens - A longer lens serves a great purpose for the picture. It makes the field view narrower and lets you focus solely on your subject and the background you chose for it. Moreover, a longer lens like the telephoto lens will not disturb your subject. You may focus on them without interfering in their activity. Anyone may become extremely conscious of themselves if they suddenly see a camera in front of their eyes, trying to click a picture. Keep the focal length at 150-200 mm for the best picture.
Tip 3- Avoid Direct Sunlight - Presence of bright sunlight may often excite you but it is better to use a little shade while clicking a portrait. Too much sunlight will affect the white balance and make it hard for you to process and retouch your photos later. Use shadows to your advantage in outdoor photography and let the shadow of your subject's features and the objects around them fall in to perfectly match the background.
Tip 4- Use the RAW file format - While using a DSLR, you may often click on the.jpg format which becomes accessible after the photo has been processed on the camera. If there is a slight deviation in the real picture than what you wanted it to be, you may want to retouch it later, which becomes a little difficult with the.jpg format. Save your pictures in the RAW format. This unprocessed file may be easily played with on your editing desk and you may finally save the picture in.jpg after the desired result is obtained.
Tip 5- Use Bokeh for a Dramatic Effect - Though an unplanned bokeh is dreaded by some photographers, a planned and critically placed bokeh will make a manually clicked picture as good as a digitally edited one. The bokeh effect slightly softens/blurs the background making the subject look prominent. This trick would specially work if there is light in the background and makes the sources of light appear like small luminous circles. Use a larger aperture with a smaller f-stop number and keep the background as far off as possible. The real trick is best observed in the night with artificial sources of light in the backdrop.
Pictures must convey emotions, environments and relationships which can be best portrayed outdoors. While clicking an outdoor portrait you expose yourself to a more volatile environment where poses, people and objects will be more dynamic than ever. In this case you get a chance to be candid, honest and make 'real life' pictures appear 'larger than life'.
Here are 5 simple Tips for making your outdoor candid portraits 'look' and 'feel' real.
Tip 1 - Wait and Watch - The one least appreciated quality in a photographer is impatience. The more will click. Time you take to study the subject, the better picture you Watch what the object is doing, study his background, his relationship with the environment around him etc. This will give you an edge over a random click. The point in making a portrait candid is not being formal or 'made up'. Let the subject do whatever he is busy in and then click a picture. A candid picture must set up a mood or convey an emotion. A lack of this quality will make the picture dull and lifeless.
Tip 2- Use a Longer Lens - A longer lens serves a great purpose for the picture. It makes the field view narrower and lets you focus solely on your subject and the background you chose for it. Moreover, a longer lens like the telephoto lens will not disturb your subject. You may focus on them without interfering in their activity. Anyone may become extremely conscious of themselves if they suddenly see a camera in front of their eyes, trying to click a picture. Keep the focal length at 150-200 mm for the best picture.
Tip 3- Avoid Direct Sunlight - Presence of bright sunlight may often excite you but it is better to use a little shade while clicking a portrait. Too much sunlight will affect the white balance and make it hard for you to process and retouch your photos later. Use shadows to your advantage in outdoor photography and let the shadow of your subject's features and the objects around them fall in to perfectly match the background.
Tip 4- Use the RAW file format - While using a DSLR, you may often click on the.jpg format which becomes accessible after the photo has been processed on the camera. If there is a slight deviation in the real picture than what you wanted it to be, you may want to retouch it later, which becomes a little difficult with the.jpg format. Save your pictures in the RAW format. This unprocessed file may be easily played with on your editing desk and you may finally save the picture in.jpg after the desired result is obtained.
Tip 5- Use Bokeh for a Dramatic Effect - Though an unplanned bokeh is dreaded by some photographers, a planned and critically placed bokeh will make a manually clicked picture as good as a digitally edited one. The bokeh effect slightly softens/blurs the background making the subject look prominent. This trick would specially work if there is light in the background and makes the sources of light appear like small luminous circles. Use a larger aperture with a smaller f-stop number and keep the background as far off as possible. The real trick is best observed in the night with artificial sources of light in the backdrop.
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