“Dynamic” is a relatively important element in photography. Many specific photography themes are inseparable from movement, such as sports, documentary, etc.
The sense of motion not only creates a tendency for photos to show that movement is ongoing and stories are happening, but also enhances the visual impact, triggers associations, and leaves people with a feeling of unfinished business.
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If you want to express movement in your photos, you can pay more attention to these tips:
1. Seize the moment
To grasp the moment when the story happens, you not only need to pay attention to the shooting technology, but also be fully prepared and think about the shooting process in advance.
On the one hand, we need to be familiar with the subject and the shooting environment, and prepare for the shooting in advance, such as calibrating the camera, finding the right angle, lighting, etc. This is why many photographers will visit the spot many times before the official shooting.
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On the other hand, we need to be able to predict the shooting process and the objects to be photographed, that is, to understand at which moment the picture will have the most impact. This requires the accumulation of a lot of shooting experience, and after shooting more, it will naturally develop. acuity.
2. Use slow door
Seizing the moment often requires a relatively high shutter speed, and slow shutter speeds can also be used to express movement.
A relatively low shutter speed will cause moving objects to produce ghost images and a blurry texture, which in itself is a dynamic expression. In other words, we record a “relatively long moment” with a static picture.
If the shutter speed is slower, the moving objects will have more obvious changes, such as mist, filamentous water flow, clouds, traffic flow, etc. This effect is not only dynamic, but also shows a feeling of high-speed movement.
Effects such as chasing shots and zooming also use relatively slow shutter speeds to produce special effects of motion in the picture, thereby creating a sense of movement.
3. Comparison between movement and stillness
“The noisy forest is more quiet, and the birdsong mountain is more secluded.” This technique of contrast and foil can also be used in photography.
For example, if we use a slower shutter speed to take pictures of stationary objects in crowded places, this is “using movement to contrast stillness”;
To highlight moving scenery in a quiet environment is to “use stillness to contrast movement”.
In pictures with a contrast between movement and stillness, movement and stillness will be highlighted more clearly. Therefore, if you want to express the movement of objects, you may wish to arrange appropriate elements in the picture to combine movement and stillness.
4. Shooting angle
Different shooting angles can also affect the dynamic expression in the picture. Here is an example:
When we take pictures of people coming and going on the sidewalk, if the shooting angle is relatively high, the main thing that stands out is the person’s upper body, which is not dynamic enough; if we lower the angle, what is photographed is a pair of legs and walking feet. , the dynamic suddenly became much stronger.
There are many examples in reality. For example, when we ride a bicycle, at the same speed, if we focus our eyes on the distance, we will find that the speed is slower; if we look down at the wheels and the ground, we will find that the speed is very fast and dynamic. Very strong. This is the impact of different shooting angles on the movement in the picture, or the different feelings brought by different reference objects.
In actual shooting, in order to express movement, we also need to think about shooting angles and reference objects.