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"contrast" is a technique often used in photography. Comparison can construct the contrast in the photo, emphasize the theme, highlight the content, arouse emotion, etc., if used properly, it can make the photo very interesting.

Contrast is also a complicated skill. Specifically, it includes light and shade contrast, color contrast, virtual and real contrast, and so on. Today, let's briefly introduce several kinds of contrast that are often used in photography:

1. Light and dark contrast, that is, there are relatively obvious bright and dark areas in the picture, and form contrast, foil and so on.

In the photo below, there is a clear contrast between light and shade:

It is obvious that this contrast makes the light and the bright part of the picture more prominent, but also enhances the sense of atmosphere, and the dark part here plays a good role in setting off.

However, the dark part not only serves as a foil, the relationship between light and shade in the picture can also convey emotions, such as brightness usually represents light and positive, while darkness can express emotions such as gloom, negativity, terror and so on.

The "split light" we mentioned earlier is to form a contrast between light and shade on the character's face to express complex emotions.

two。 Size comparison is to control the distance, angle and other methods to make the appearance of different sizes of elements in the picture, and use this size to express and emphasize a certain idea.

Foil is a very common method of use, such as large lining small and small lining large:

Using scenery to set off the smallness of characters has the meaning of implying the relationship between man and nature.

Size comparisons can also convey emotions, such as the following photo:

It is realistic and ironic to hint at the identity gap in terms of character size.

3. Color contrast color contrast is easy to understand, because color can give us a very intuitive feeling, a red window on the white wall, at a glance will directly notice, this is the color contrast.

Color contrast is usually strong, such as complementary color contrast, or bright colors in plain colors.

In addition to the contrast between different colors, colors can also be contrasted through the level of saturation and brightness.

Color contrast can also express emotion, because color itself can represent different emotions and meanings, such as warm colors show warmth, cold colors show cold, etc., that is to say, color contrast can also be used to construct emotional contrast.

4. The contrast between virtual and real is also easy to understand, that is, the contrast between virtual objects and clear objects, and usually clear objects are emphasized, such as when we use a large aperture to shoot portraits. the clear character can contrast with the virtual background, thus strengthening the existence of the character subject.

On the one hand, the advantage of virtual-real contrast is to build the primary and secondary relationship in the photo, on the other hand, it can also enhance the spatial sense of the picture. Virtual-real contrast is also a manifestation of three-dimensional sense.

5. Texture contrast texture contrast is to highlight the texture structure of different objects. for example, when we long expose and photograph the river, the atomized water is "soft", while the angular stones in the water are "rigid". Can enhance the overall texture of the photo, but also enhance the visual impact.

The following picture of "the hands of hungry children in Uganda", taken by American photographer Mike Wells, shows the tragedy of hungry children by combining the size, texture and color contrast between the hands.

Wonderful contrast, can let the photo convey the power.

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

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