CHỤP ẢNH BẰNG ĐIỆN THOẠI SAO CHO ĐẸP

Bây giờ ai cũng có điện thoại thông minh và ai cũng có thể dùng nó để chụp ảnh, chụp cho bạn bè và tự chụp seo phì. Các nhiếp ảnh gia không phải lúc nào cũng kè kè máy ảnh bên mình nên nhiều khi cũng dùng điện thoại để chụp và chụp vẫn đẹp.
Có phải các nhiếp ảnh gia tài giỏi không? Đúng là họ giỏi hơn người không chuyên nhưng cái giỏi của họ là ở chỗ nếu biết chắc sẽ không đẹp là họ không chụp.
Muốn chụp đẹp bằng điện thoại phải:

1. Biết thế nào là bức ảnh đẹp
Định nghĩa về ảnh đẹp có rất nhiều, tuỳ theo cung bậc thẩm mỹ và chuyên nghiệp, ở đây xin bàn ở mức độ số đông, bình dân nhất. Nếu không biết thế nào là bức ảnh đẹp bạn sẽ mãi mãi chụp không đẹp, có chăng là ăn may mà thôi.
Đầu tiên bức ảnh đẹp phải rõ nét, đủ sáng và bố cục hợp lý.
Bức ảnh giống như một bài thơ, càng cô đọng càng tốt, nên tránh những chi tiết rườm rà. Chụp bông hoa hay người mà xung quanh lộn xộn, dây dợ lằng nhằng, đồ vật lộn xộn là hỏng. Những chi tiết xấu làm người xem ảnh không còn tập trung chú ý vào nhân vật chính nữa.
Tôi vẫn nói chụp ảnh khó nhất là chọn phông (nền), nếu phông xấu ta không chụp, chọn phông khác.
Nhiều người không phân biệt giữa ảnh phong cảnh với ảnh chân dung (cả người hay bán thân). Phong cảnh thì cảnh là chính, nhân vật trong ảnh là phụ hoặc chỉ để làm cho ảnh sinh động. Vì vậy trong ảnh phong cảnh phong cảnh là nhân vật chính, con người trong đó là nhân vật phụ. Vì vậy “nó” không được chiếm nhiều không gian trong bức ảnh.
Ngược lại, ảnh chân dung người là trung tâm, là nhân vật chính, phong cảnh chỉ để tôn vẻ đẹp hình thức và nội tâm nhân vật nên không thể chụp người bé tí tẹo trong không gian rộng lớn. Đây là lỗi thường gặp của những ông bà chủ điện thoại thích chụp ảnh nhưng không có khái niệm gì về thể loại và bố cục ảnh.

2. Biết được thế mạnh và thế yếu của điện thoại thông minh.
Như bất kỳ một kẻ thông minh nào, máy ảnh tích hợp vào điện thoại cũng có những cái cực ngu.
Bên cạnh ưu điểm là nhỏ gọn, tiện lợi, thao tác dễ dàng và có nhiều thành tựu công nghệ kể cả trí tuệ nhân tạo, máy ảnh của điện thoại có những nhược điểm làm cho nó thua kém máy ảnh kỹ thuật số:
⁃ Cảm biến nhỏ, thu ánh sáng yếu, chủ yếu là “tâng sáng” bằng thuật toán, ảnh chụp bằng điện thoại thiếu độ sâu màu và thường bị vỡ khi phóng to. Các hãng sản xuất cố gắng cải thiện việc này bằng cách ghép từ 2 đến 4 camera, dùng trí tuệ nhân tạo ghép hình ảnh của nhiều camera lại để tạo chiều sâu ảnh và xoá phông như thật.
Lời khuyên 1: Muốn chụp đẹp thì dùng điện thoại đời càng mới càng tốt.
⁃ Vì camera bé xíu nên độ méo hình khá là tàn bạo. Lại vì camera góc rộng nên chụp chân dung ta cứ phải tiến gần đến đối tượng, mà chụp càng gần càng bị méo hình, rất khó đỡ. Các nhà sản xuất “bịa” cho ta chế độ chụp chân dung, cho phép ta đứng xa khoảng 2,5 mét là chụp được mà không bị hiện tượng chụp mẹ vợ thành “mẹ vợ ngậm dấm”.
Lời khuyên 2: Khi chụp chân dung ta nên chuyển sang chế độ “Chân dung”, nếu có.
⁃ Một cái tội nữa khi chụp ảnh bằng điện thoại là đầu to chân bé, hoặc người cao như cái sào. Đó là ta không biết một quy tắc “camera ngang tầm mắt đối tượng” là chụp người thật nhất. Ta cao hơn đối tượng thì hạ điện thoại xuống, ta thấp hơn thì nâng nó lên. Nhiều người có xu hướng hạ thấp điện thoại chụp bạn cho nó cao như người mẫu. Như người mẫu đâu chưa thấy chỉ thấy ảnh bạn giống cái cột cờ một cách phi lý!
Lời khuyên 3: Camera ngang tầm mắt đối tượng chụp.
⁃ Điện thoại mỏng tang, khó để nó vuông góc với mặt đất. Anh để nó hơi ngửa ra sau, chụp người chân bị dài đầu bé, anh để hơi úp về phía trước, bạn anh đầu to chân lùn. Đừng tưởng đầu to mà thông minh, khối thằng đầu to rất dại đấy!



Lời khuyên 4: Cố để máy ảnh vuông góc với mặt đất.
⁃ Camera của điện thoại là góc rộng độ méo hình lớn, càng ra rìa càng phóng to ra.
Vì thế lời khuyên 5: cái này áp dụng khi chụp tập thể từ 3 người trở lên:
Người cao to béo mượt đứng vào giữa hàng, người thấp bé nhẹ cân đứng ra ngoài (rìa), khi đó người đứng rìa sẽ được phóng đại lên, đẹp mỹ mãn.
Cũng cùng lý do trên tuyệt đối không đứng thành vòng cung. Nhiếp ảnh gia phải tuyệt đối cương quyết không cho những người ngoài rìa tiến lên mà phải đứng thành đường thẳng, kẻo người đứng rìa sẽ to gấp rưỡi người đứng ở giữa. Cái này tưởng đơn giản nhưng rất khó vì người đứng rìa luôn có xu hướng tiến lên phía trước, lo sợ mình sẽ bị “ra rìa”.

⁃ Lời khuyên 6: Lấy ngón tay chạm nhẹ vào mặt (mắt càng tốt) của đối tượng để điện thoại lấy nét và đo sáng. Nhớ là chạm trên màn hình chứ không chạm vào mặt đối tượng, mất người yêu như chơi.



⁃ Lời khuyên 7: chụp bằng máy ảnh hay bằng điện thoại đều phải làm hậu kỳ. Trên điện thoại nào cũng có phần mềm chỉnh sửa ảnh tích hợp. Ta có thể chỉnh thoải mái, khắc phục những khiếm khuyết khi chụp và hoàn thiện bức ảnh. Chỉ lưu ý chớ có làm mịn mặt quá đà mà chồng và ông hàng xóm đều không thể nhận ra. Cao tay hơn một chút, ta có thể cài thêm app Snapseed mà tôi đã có lần giới thiệu, dùng nó chỉnh sửa ảnh rất tốt.
⁃ Lời khuyên 8 và cuối cùng: chụp ảnh bằng điện thoại vừa rất dễ vừa rất khó như trình bày ở trên. Ai chụp cũng được vì tưởng nó dễ, chỉ khi ta biết những cái khó (nhược điểm của điện thoại) ta mới cố tìm cách hạn chế chúng. Muốn chụp đẹp, quan trọng nhất là đam mê và chịu khó vượt qua chính mình.
Chúc các bạn tôi, những người chỉ chụp bằng điện thoại chụp ngày càng đẹp!

8 Tips for Mastering Your Portrait Photography

Becoming a master of portrait photography takes lots of patience and practice. It’s likely there are a few mistakes you are making with your portraits that hold them back from excellence. In this article, I will walk through eight tips to instantly boost your portrait photography game and take it to the next level.

#1 Adapt to the available light

Light is one of the most important elements to keep in mind when taking portraits – specifically how the light looks on your subject’s face. Proper lighting, or lack thereof, can make or break your image. Direct the person you are photographing to turn their head towards the main light source, whether it’s a street lamp or the sun. If you’re having them look towards the sun, tell them to look in a direction that won’t cause them to squint or be unpleasant for them. You don’t want people going blind on your shoot, right?

While the golden hour is a fabulous time to photograph portraits, you won’t always have the luxury of perfect lighting thanks to the whims of Mother Nature. In these situations, you need to adapt to the available light to maximize your portrait opportunities.

Keep in mind, there is no such thing as bad light. It can all be used to your advantage if you know what you’re doing. Here are some basic tips for different natural lighting scenarios:

• Harsh sunlight – have your subject stand in the shade to provide even lighting across their face.
• Golden hour – have your subject face the sun to give a nice glow on their face or put the sun behind them to get some halo lighting.
• Cloudy day – you will pretty much be good to shoot anywhere since the clouds will naturally diffuse the sun and provide flattering, even light on your subject’s face.
• Night time/low light – look for a street light or other light source that can provide good lighting on your subject’s face.

#2 Give directions to your subject

Let’s face it, most people are not confident or even comfortable being in front of the camera. Providing gentle directions to the person you are photographing can help them relax. Keep your directions simple and positive. If you don’t know any poses, focus on one thing to improve each shoot. Perhaps you ask your subject to lift their chin to provide a more flattering view of their face. A little positive direction goes a long way.

#3 Find a clean background that contrasts with the subject

Backgrounds are extremely important in creating pleasing portraits. The key role of the background is to provide context to the environment the person is occupying and make them stand out. Finding a clean background that provides contrast with your subject is crucial.

Some things to be mindful of:

• Branches, poles or other objects may look like they are growing out of your subject’s head, depending on where they are in the image. Try to frame the shot so that your subject’s head is distanced from distracting elements.
• Try to find colors or tones that either complement or contrast your subject’s skin tones and clothing.

#4 Focus on the dominant eye

This is particularly important if you’re shooting with shallow depth of field. Be sure to focus on the dominant eye of your subject, the one that is closest to the lens. If the dominant eye is out of focus, your photo will end up looking slightly off. This can ruin an otherwise good portrait.

#5 Keep your lines straight

Crooked horizon lines can give your portraits a weird look, so make sure to keep those lines straight. The same goes for environmental elements like doors and the edges of buildings. If these types of lines aren’t straight, it can give your portraits a tilted look that isn’t flattering. Of course, you can straighten important lines in post-production, but this will involve cropping, which may ruin the composition. Focus on getting it right in camera.

#6 Be careful where you crop extremities

Hey, I get it. Sometimes you don’t want to frame up a full body shot of your subject. Maybe you want to pull in closer for an upper body profile or headshot. In these cases you will be cropping a portion of your subject’s body out of the frame, so be very careful where you crop their extremities.

Some tips about cropping:

• Don’t crop body parts at the joint: Cropping your subject at the elbows, knees, or wrists can make them look like they have lost a limb. Try cropping halfway between joints instead. For instance, if you are cropping out part of the arm crop halfway up the wrist or bicep rather than at the elbow.
• If your subject’s hands/feet are in the frame make sure they are all the way in: Don’t accidentally lop off fingers or toes at the edge of the frame. This can ruin your portrait.

Look at the hand here, it appears somewhat cut-off or missing.

This is better, it includes her while arms and hands.

#7 Pay attention to the edges of the frame

If you’re shooting portraits on the street, get that trash can out of the corner of your frame! Or at the very least, make sure it’s out of focus and blends into the background.

When you’re photographing a person, it’s easy to have all your focus on them to the point where you lose track of the outside of the image. But having distracting elements on the edges of the frame can ruin your portrait. Make the proper adjustments in framing before you press that shutter and keep those edges tidy.

#8 Incorporate something interesting

If you really want to take your portrait photography game to the next level, it’s important to think outside the box and get creative. A lot of portraits can be boring and look the same; properly exposed pictures of people just standing there.

To spice up your portraits, try incorporating some interesting props or environmental elements. Now, you don’t need to grab onto Instagram trends, like wrapping your subject in LED lights, but including props can help your portraits stand out from the crowd. Get creative and start mastering your portrait photography game.

Conclusion

Follow these eight tips and see how your portrait photography improves. Please share any comments or questions you have in the section below, as well as your images.

10 Tips for stunning portrait

You often take a portrait for your friends, your children and your clients. The following 10 tips can help you improve your photo and make you different. If you have chance to take a children portrait, you also can read my other post on children portrait as well.



Tip #1 – have your subject look up at you
It’s slimming and flattering (see images above). Bring a small step stool to stand on and photograph your subjects from slightly above their eye line. Watch double chins disappear. Keep a step stool in the trunk of your car so you don’t even have to think about adding it to the list of gear to bring when you prep the night before. It’s there, ready to go.
 
Tip #2 – capture the moments in between poses
Personally this is a favorite of mine. If you’re noticing the images look too posed, or your subject is uncomfortable in front of the camera, shake things up. Ask them to do the most ridiculous pose or ask them to pretend to laugh really hard. Take that photo, but keep the camera up and wait. The moment after that photo happens you’ll find their guard will come down, they will laugh authentically or give you a moment that feels much more real.

8 Tips for Mastering Your Portrait Photography

Becoming a master of portrait photography takes lots of patience and practice. It’s likely there are a few mistakes you are making with your portraits that hold them back from excellence. In this article, I will walk through eight tips to instantly boost your portrait photography game and take it to the next level.

#1 Adapt to the available light
Light is one of the most important elements to keep in mind when taking portraits – specifically how the light looks on your subject’s face. Proper lighting, or lack thereof, can make or break your image. Direct the person you are photographing to turn their head towards the main light source, whether it’s a street lamp or the sun. If you’re having them look towards the sun, tell them to look in a direction that won’t cause them to squint or be unpleasant for them. You don’t want people going blind on your shoot, right?

4 Tips to Help People Photographers Shoot Interior Spaces

As a people photographer, I am not a specialist in photographing still forms like architectural structures and interior spaces. However, because I photograph weddings, I often take photos of interiors and locations as part of the wedding photos I give my clients. This is essentially how I learned to develop an eye for detail, form and structure as part and parcel of my work.

Let me share with you a few tips I have learned that will hopefully get you started in photographing interior spaces and architecture if you are a people photographer.

#1 Use natural light
One of the advantages of still photography is simply that – nothing moves.

Best camera focus techniques: 10 surefire ways to get sharp photos

One of the first rules of photography is that the subject should be sharp. Most modern digital cameras offer a number of ways of achieving sharp photos, and in this post we’re going to look at the most important digital camera focus techniques and the best settings to use. We’ll look at how to select the AF point and which focus mode to use.

Manual focus

Although nearly all modern digital cameras can focus the lens automatically (the Leica M9, Leica M9-P and Leica Monochrom being notable exceptions) they also allow you to focus manually instead.

Manual focus is a particularly good option with macro photography because many cameras struggle to lock onto very close subjects and the lens ends up hunting (moving in and out of focus) every time the shutter release button is depressed.

It’s far less frustrating to switch the camera (or the lens) to manual focus and do the job yourself.

What’s more, Live View technology makes manual focusing very easy because it is usually possible to enlarge the image on the screen so that you can see the precise spot that you are interested in, and then adjust the focus until it is perfectly sharp.

[Music] Photograph

Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimes
But it's the only thing that I know
When it gets hard, you know it can get hard sometimes
It is the only thing that makes us feel alive

We keep this love in a photograph
We made these memories for ourselves
Where our eyes are never closing
Hearts are never broken
And time's forever frozen still

[Chorus:]
So you can keep me
Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans
Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet
You won't ever be alone, wait for me to come home

And if you hurt me
That's okay baby, only words bleed
Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won't ever let you go

Wait for me to come home
Wait for me to come home
Wait for me to come home
Wait for me to come home

You can fit me
Inside the necklace you got when you were sixteen
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Next to your heartbeat where I should be
Keep it deep within your soul

And if you hurt me
Well, that's okay baby, only words bleed
Inside these pages you just hold me
And I won't ever let you go

When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me
Under the lamppost back on Sixth street
Hearing you whisper through the phone
"Wait for me to come home"

Tips for Photographing Local Parks

Parks are wonderful places to capture fantastic, unique photos. Besides the obvious fauna and flowers, you will often also find people interacting with each other and the environment. All of which can lead to some great photos, to highlight another point of interest at a destination.

Here are some simple tips to try out next time you are heading to a local park:

Check the RulesOften you will find that local parks (e.g. parks in cities) have guidelines regarding photography. The majority of the time if you do not intend to use the photos for commercial purposes (i.e. they are just for yourself) you will be fine and should have no problem. But, be on the lookout for signs in the park which indicate otherwise. However, if you are intending to sell the images you should check the guidelines and rules that apply. For example some of the Royal parks in London allow photography for editorial use but not commercial. This means the photo can be used when in context to a story, or feature about the park or London, but not advertising something – so make sure you check the rules before selling your images.

Be Selective with Your PhotosOne of the great things about parks is the wealth of things you can photograph. Flowers, wildlife, trees, lakes, animals, statues and even people, all offer great opportunities for photos. But instead of trying to photograph everything, think about what the park represents, and is famous for, and focus on a few subjects that will bring it to life. This will mean you end up with a few great photos that really highlight the best attributes rather than a hundred that end up being repetitive.


One of the most iconic things about Hyde Park in London is the Peter Pan statue.

Portraits on an Overcast Day? Use a Reflector

Photographer: Sylvain Latouche. Shot with a Sony A850, 85mm lens and a 105cm silver circular foldable reflector.

As we head into Autumn here in Australia the days are becoming shorter and we’re seeing more and more overcast days. While some might say the weather is poor – this is one of my favourite times to shoot portraits out doors. (source: dPS)

Overcast cloudy days present photographers with some beautiful soft and even light with the loads acting as a big natural diffuser.

12 Portrait Photography Tips You’ll Never Want to Forget

Portrait photography tips can run the gamut from simple tweaks to your camera settings to the seemingly impossible task of getting children to stay still.

Although many photographers upgrade to a decent DSLR to give them more control when they take family portraits or pictures of friends, getting great shots of people is always a challenge.

The difference between amateur and professional portraits can be vast. So we’ve compiled this list of 14 of the most important portrait photography tips for any photographer to know.

We’ll start off with the basics on aperture, shutter speed and lens choice, then move on to focusing and photo composition techniques, before showing you how to use natural light and reflectors to dramatically improve your results.

We’ll then discuss some of the more advanced portrait photography tips, such as the benefits of using flashguns and other accessories when shooting portraits.

Whether you’re taking portraits of your friends or you’ve been commissioned to photograph a family, and whether you’re shooting in a pristine studio or outside in your local park, the helpful advice below will help you become a better portrait photographer.

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40 More Portrait Ideas

Recently we shared with you our free posing guide with 54 different portrait ideas to try at home. It was so popular, we decided to share some more portrait ideas from that shoot!

Our latest photography cheat sheet is another visual posing guide that you can download and use as inspiration for your portrait photography.

Often, though, a simple, new pose you’ve never tried before can give you the burst of inspiration you’ve been needing. A creative pose and a willing subject can get you shooting again.

To this end, in our infographic below we’ve suggested some portrait ideas for having your subject try a range of creative postures, such as posing on the floor.

We’ve also explored how different hair styles can add different moods to your portraits. And there’s much more.

54 Portrait Ideas: free downloadable posing guid

Are you stuck for portrait ideas? Sometimes we’ve found that you can over-think these things. When you put so much thought into backdrops and colour schemes and following others’portrait photography tips, you can overlook some of the fundamentals of portrait photography, such as your subject’s pose. We believe our posing guide below should help!

A great way to reignite you portrait photography with new portrait ideas is to shoot a model in your home photo studio, using as minimalist a set-up as possible. By experimenting with different poses you can see what works and get new portrait ideas to apply to your next shoot.

To help you along we’ve put together our latest photography cheat sheet, a visual posing guide that you can download and use as inspiration.

21 Sample Poses to Get You Started with Photographing Men

It is always a good idea to prepare before the photo shoot. Just one more piece of advice – involve your subject in the process! He will feel more confident knowing the plan, what he has to “do” and what kind of outcome is expected. Showing this kind of posing cheat sheet to your model is indeed a very good way to prepare your subject for a photo shoot and make him feel more relaxed and confident at the same time.

So, let’s look at some sample poses for men.

1. Very simple pose for a man’s portrait: An upper body shot with crossed arms. Two things to take care of: Shoulders should be pulled back a little, stomach muscles kept in check.

Beach Photography Tips

Here in Australia we love to hit the beach.
We’re one big island and most of our population is scattered along the coast line so the beach is a natural place for us to go both on day trips and longer holidays.
Beaches present digital camera owners with a number of wonderful opportunities as they are places of natural beauty, color and interesting light. However they also present a variety of challenges including camera damage, privacy issues and making large open spaces interesting.

Here are some tips for when you head to the beach with your digital camera next:

How to Improve Your Portrait Photography in Five Minutes

People often ask me for tips on taking better photos of their friends and family.
After much thought on photography tips that can apply to various experience levels and equipment — from DSLRs to smart phones — I present to you a short article with tips you can learn in five minutes to help you improve your portrait photography. If you have more time and would like more specifics, I’ve noted additional articles on each tip that may interest you.


Tips that will instantly improve your portraits:

1. Don’t put everyone in the center

10 Portrait Tips to Take Your Photography to the Next Level

A Post By: Catherine Just

You have all the makings of a beautiful photograph: the perfect client, an overcast day for soft natural lighting and a gorgeous landscape as the backdrop. You’re taking photos but noticing that something’s not quite right. The photos look underwhelming. Believe me, I’ve been there. Here are 10 tips to take your portraits to the next level.

Photographing Danielle LaPorte – author

9 Tips to Help you get Sharp Focus at Night

Autofocus is so good on modern cameras that most photographers use it all the time. It seemingly never lets you down. But, let’s say it’s nighttime and you are going to do some shooting. You find a good spot. You set up your tripod. You go to focus your camera using the autofocus. You can feel the camera’s focus ring twisting back and forth, trying to focus. But it never gets there. The camera keeps hunting for a focus spot but never finds one.

Uh-oh.  What are you going to do now?

5 Tips for Stress-free and Successful Child Portraits

Children are the best examples of spontaneity, creativity, and wonder and that is precisely why we all love them so much. Then family picture day comes and you wish they’d just sit down and be still for five seconds. Photographing children comes with its own brand of challenges, but if you arrive to a session with a few tricks in your bag, you’ll come away from that shoot with pictures that perfectly capture that what being a kid is all about. Here are five tips to help you have more stress-free and successful child portraits

1 – Kids Don’t Like Dictators

Children are used to being told what do to. All day long, it’s all they hear. “Sit down,” “Be quiet,” “Don’t hit your sister,” and “Spit that out!” Wven though they don’t like being told what to do, they’ll expect the same treatment from you. You’ll find, however, that you’re more likely to get great photos out of them if you shatter those expectations and treat them as equals.
Children like being helpers and they like being grown-up. So give them what they want. Instead of saying, “Sit down there and look at the camera,” you might try something like, “Hey buddy, would you help me out by sitting right here so I can see if the light is right?” In that phrase, you made them the big helper. You may already know that the light is right, but the child doesn’t know that. All he knows is that you needed his help and you see him as an equal. Another technique is asking the child where they’d like their picture taken. This gives them adult-like control. Give them options though or you run the risk of them picking a bad spot. Point out a few spots that you’re okay with and let them choose from those. Even go as far as to ask their advice when it comes to posing. Give them a little control and they’ll be happy to give some back when you need it. I once had a three year-old tell me that he wanted to do his epic mad face for a pose. I told him, “That’s a great idea! Let’s do it!” After I took a picture of that epic mad face and I then said we should try out a few other faces just to make sure we get them all. He was more than happy to let me pick the next face.

Tips on children photographing

I thoroughly enjoy photographing children and have opportunity to do quite a bit of it lately after many of our friends have had babies.
Probably the most important tip I’ve learned in photographing them is to get on their level. So many of my friends show me photos of their kids which are taken from 4 or so feet above the child which does nothing but dwarf them and make them look almost toy-like.
Getting on your hands and knees or crouching down before you take a shot of a child takes you into their world and helps you to engage with them through the images you take.

Late spring yellow leaves in Hanoi