When we talk about mobile photography, what are we talking about?
Aperture, shutter ISO、 Exposure compensation, white balance?
Or panorama, delay, slow door, depth of field?
Nowadays, almost all mobile photography books, public accounts and tutorials will try to clarify these in the opening chapters. It is necessary to learn photography and master the basics. However, if you are just an ordinary consumer, and you just want to record the scenery during the journey, or just need a good photo to send to the circle of friends, then I don't think you need to spend a lot of time to learn the knowledge that is easy to discourage halfway.
When digital replaces film, the light measuring formula like the Sunshine 16 Rule is eliminated. Similarly, mobile phones are becoming more and more intelligent, and a large number of AI algorithms are added to mobile photography. When the inherent experience is no longer needed, what do we need to do?
We want to impress people, so we should give emotion;
Details determine success or failure, so pay attention to observation;
Photography is the art of light, so we should use light to create;
Color is the way the world is composed, so make good use of color;
Photography, like painting, needs to build a frame first, so it needs to be composed;
And, improve personal aesthetic. It is very important that the aesthetic level will directly determine the quality of a photo.
On June 20, MediaTek organized a mobile phone travel photography activity, and the destination was Macao. The author was invited to participate in this activity. Therefore, this article will explain what we are talking about when we are talking about mobile photography based on the photos taken in this activity.
Shooting equipment: OPPO Reno Z with MediaTek Helio P90 chip.
Affect
How to give a photo emotion? It's easy to take pictures of people. The most direct way to make a photo full of emotional expression is to take people as the main body, which is the most intuitive way. What else? Stubbornly growing trees on the wasteland, ice blocks left by the far north beach, street shadows under the city sunset... All things that can make you have emotional resonance can become a unique landscape under your camera.
This photo was taken in an old street near the Mazu Temple in Macao. Both sides are normal buildings, and only this building has been abandoned. What happened in the building? What was the situation on the other side of the lock? The rusty locks and doors make the whole picture story come out, which is the original intention of taking this picture.
In the same place, just one step to the edge, another scenery appears. An unknown wild grass near the door grows strongly in the cracks of cement, and becomes more vigorous in the rust and decay. This is what we call emotional expression.
Observe carefully
Observing attentively has two meanings. One is to find something that can be photographed. This is easy to understand. It solves the problem of what to shoot. The other is the same thing. Is there any other shooting possibility to make the picture more interesting? It can be used for different planes or different scenes. Learning this will sometimes bring unexpected surprises to your photos.
This photo is taken under the Macao Tower on the other side of the bank. It looks good, but I always think there are some shortcomings. Then the author observed the railings around me. If I step back, what would be the future with the lines of the railings? So there is a second picture.
But this is not enough, it just adds a prospect. The form is in place and the composition is reasonable, but it is still a little far from the perfect picture. At this time, the author found that the metal of the railing formed a flat mirror. If the aircraft stand was attached to the railing, it would make a reflection of the distant landscape, and what it looked like, so there was a third picture.
The final film became much more interesting. Because of the metal material of the railing, the reflection also forms a dynamic blur effect. So you see, the same scenery, just a little change of thought, will immediately produce a completely different effect.
And this one. At the beginning, the author stood outside the city hall to shoot, and the whole picture was ordinary. After several pictures, I could see the gate of the city hall behind me. The dark green gate is very special, so I stepped back and waited for pedestrians to pass, then pressed the shutter. So we have this picture with the effect of a picture frame. Of course, the dark details of the dark green door can still be kept so intact when the sun outside the door is so strong at noon, thanks to the excellent AI algorithm of MediaTek Helio P90.
Therefore, a good photo really needs careful observation. And it's not that difficult. Sometimes, it's just two steps back.
Create with light
Photography is the art of using light. This statement is particularly important in mobile photography. Due to the portability of mobile phones, CMOS is usually very small, which makes it difficult to describe the imaging quality of ordinary mobile phones in dark light environment. Therefore, the more sufficient the light, the higher the photo quality. On the other hand, the combination of light and shadow will increase the tension of photos. Light can be soft or hard. In actual shooting, light energy affects the tone style, color beauty, etc. of the whole picture.
This photo is very interesting. The sun shining out of the window has a wonderful connection with the lights of the wall lamp. In addition, the overall warm tone style makes the whole photo feel staggered in time.
The fence on the hallway of Santa Maria church divides the sunlight into regular blocks. This is the magic of light.
The exterior walls of Mazu Temple, the shadows of trees and mottled walls. Light produces shadow, and shadow gives vitality to the picture.
Make good use of color
Baidu entry said: color is the most sensitive form factor that can cause our common aesthetic pleasure. Color is one of the most expressive elements, because its nature directly affects people's feelings. Especially for mobile photography, on the premise that the picture quality cannot win the professional camera, the rich color of the picture can reduce this gap in the sense.
Macao was once a Portuguese colony with a large number of Portuguese style buildings. The most important feature of Portuguese architecture is its rich colors. Therefore, the author planned the topic of color before shooting, so during the journey, he will pay special attention to color.
Orange and yellow house number.
The yellow bus at the entrance of the alley.
You can take photos of the same color, and then send a circle of friends. This is also an important way to improve the power of your circle of friends.
Focus on composition
When it comes to composition, many people think it's a big idea. There are too many Jiugong style compositions, diagonal composition, curvilinear composition, frame composition, three-point composition, centripetal composition, diagonal composition, vertical composition, triangular composition.
In fact, you don't need to care about these things. We will never like a picture that is rigidly formal. Your photos can just match a certain composition, but if you create for the purpose of completing a certain composition, that is to abandon the essentials and ignore the essentials.
So, forget about these bullshit compositions. You just need to remember that as long as the picture is as harmonious as possible and will not kill Virgo, then this picture is a qualified picture. If you still think it is unreliable, then the author can share two new composition methods.
1、 Observe the dots, lines and planes in the picture and match them into a harmonious picture.
In this picture, the wall is divided into regular lines and color blocks by different colors of wall paint. As long as the picture is stable, it will look good.
In addition, the ceiling of the hotel and oblique angle shooting are also the use of lines.
Another composition method is the central composition method. No matter what, put the subject in the center of the picture. At least make sure there is no error.
The door on the second floor of Santa Maria is also a symmetrical composition.
Wetland Park looks at buildings in the distance.
Improve aesthetics
Finally, aesthetics, of course, is a very metaphysical thing. There is no absolute way. Only by appreciating as many excellent works as possible can we improve the aesthetic level imperceptibly. When you see a landscape, you can immediately judge whether it can be produced. This ability needs long-term accumulation.
In addition, the author also wants to talk about the late stage. Don't resist the later stage; Don't resist the later stage; Don't resist later. Important things are to be repeated for 3 times. The darkroom of the film age is the later stage. There is an old saying in the photography circle that "digital is not a late stage, it's just a silly X.". Therefore, if you are a straight out person who despises the later stage, it is recommended that you go out and turn left. Adams also said that shooting is music composition and later stage is performance. Later, you can correct many problems in the shooting process, such as color matching and cropping, which can greatly improve the quality of photos.
In order to improve the shooting quality, mobile phones now carry AI chips, which are also one of the later ones. It just solves the later needs in the earlier stage. Just like this Helio P90 chip, it is a product launched by MediaTek to improve the imaging quality of mobile photography.
Night shot
I didn't mention night photography in the whole previous content. Because in the field of mobile photography, there is no methodology for night photography. In dark light and night environment, the small CMOS weaknesses of mobile phones are magnified infinitely. In case of insufficient exposure, a lot of noise will be generated. In addition to some ordinary mobile phone smears, the final piece really can't be seen. Therefore, in terms of night photography, a mobile phone equipped with AI chip can actually defeat any methodology.
Helio P90 chip combines APU+ISP together with the exclusive Imagiq image processor. In the night shot, through multi frame noise reduction technology, image noise is minimized and image quality is improved.
These two photos were taken at nearly 8:00 p.m. There was no light at the scene, only the faint yellow light of street lights. But thanks to the Helio P90 chip algorithm, it can be said that the performance is better than the naked eye. The image is obviously improved, with bright colors, few noise points and no obvious smear marks. Photo 1 The hair of the model is clearly visible, and the details of the clavicle are intact. The details of the dark part in Figure 2 are still preserved. You can see the green leaves, and the words "beach is clean, you and I are responsible" on the wall are also clearly visible.
In fact, this is the first time that the author did not use a professional camera to create during the journey. The greatest feeling is relaxation. It's really great to travel with only one mobile phone. Free from the shackles of camera, lens and tripod, we can truly grasp the moment with our hands moving. However, mobile photography is still a mobile phone after all. Even if it is equipped with AI chips, professional photography is still not competent. However, when we took pictures of the world with a 300000 pixel mobile phone, we did not expect that mobile photography could develop to the present. So, be patient and keep looking forward. Who knows what will happen in the future.
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