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When we learn to adjust colors in the later stage of photography, we sometimes find that the edited photos will look a little strange, and the colors look unreal and unnatural.

Especially when imitating other people's color blending style, there is nothing wrong with the train of thought and operation, but it is not so satisfactory.

In fact, these are common phenomena in the later stage of learning, and the reason may be that we have ignored these problems:

1. The meaning behind the color each color has a unique meaning, such as green will give people a natural, comfortable feeling, red is warm, warm and other feelings, which are the principles developed by the combination of natural laws and social culture and other elements.

If we only pay attention to the visual effect of color and ignore the meaning behind it, it is easy to make the overall color of the photo inconsistent with the theme we want to express.

Therefore, we should not blindly apply color matching, but should combine the elements and characteristics of the photo itself to choose the appropriate color.

two。 Scene fit We have to consider the fit of the scene when we mix colors later. For example, many street photos taken by foreign photographers often use bluish orange tones. Photos taken on domestic streets use the same effect, but sometimes they don't look so harmonious.

Part of the reason is that the scene doesn't fit the green and orange style.

This point has also been discussed by some domestic photography enthusiasts, and the conclusion is that the roadside green belt is one of the influencing factors.

Don't underestimate these seemingly innocuous objects, they do affect our later effects.

So in the later stage, we should pay attention to the fit of the scene, if we want to imitate a certain style, we try to choose photos with a suitable scene, it is not advisable to apply blindly.

3. Color details and personalized elements although the late color adjustment is a bias to the general direction of the adjustment setting, but we should also pay attention to details.

For example, when we color the photos taken by the roadside in the later stage, if we change the red tone of the signal light to orange yellow and green to blue in order to pursue the effect of color unity, although the visual effect will be more comfortable, it also creates the problem of the photo. In short, it is illogical and unscrupulous in terms of details.

To take another example of the blue-orange tone, some European and American photographers sometimes use this tone when shooting portraits, and the skin of white people looks more natural and healthy under this effect (the skin is adjusted to orange).

And if the yellow people add this effect will become dark yellow, because our own skin color has a slightly yellow effect, looks natural and healthy.

This reminds us that in the later adjustment, we should also pay attention to the details of color, cultural attributes and other personalized elements, can not simply covet the overall visual impact of color.

4. We have emphasized this point many times in conjunction with the pre-shooting, and we suggest that you try to cultivate your own sense of independent thinking and judgment, and think about these questions before or even before shooting:

What will the immediate scene look like in a camera or mobile phone?

What will be the effect after importing devices such as computers?

Which elements of the scene do we want to focus on?

How can it be adjusted to make it better?

What effect will be achieved in the end?

If we think more about these problems at ordinary times, we will naturally form "photographic eyes" in the later stage.

Naturally, the mind will form the perspective of the camera, and it will be clear what kind of scene is more worth pressing the shutter.

This article comes from the official account of Wechat: play some Photography (ID:wakexiao), by AGER

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