To make formal photos look good, you can follow the following three suggestions:
1. Choose appropriate background and lighting: Background: Choose a simple and professional background, such as solid colored walls or simple indoor environments, to avoid complex backgrounds that distract the audience's attention. Light: Natural light is preferred, try to shoot on clear daylight days to ensure sufficient and soft lighting. When shooting indoors, soft lighting can be used for supplementary lighting, or tools such as softboxes and reflectors can be used to adjust the light to reduce shadows and reflections.
2. Pay attention to posture and composition: Standing posture: Keep your body straight and avoid hunchback, which can show a better temperament and mental outlook. You can try standing with your legs apart or placing one foot in front and one foot behind to increase the sense of depth. Hand movements: It can be naturally lowered or placed in pockets, waist, or other positions to avoid crossing hands on the chest or back, which may appear restrained. Composition: Using the portrait mode of the phone camera or the portrait lens of the camera, focus on the person and naturally blur the background. The shooting angle can be slightly higher than the character to create a more confident image. At the same time, pay attention to keeping your head straight and your eyes natural.
3. Pay attention to details and post-processing: Clothing organization: Ensure that formal attire is neat and wrinkle free, tie, bow tie and other accessories are positioned correctly, and the overall image is clean and tidy. Facial expression management: Maintain a smile, natural gaze, and show a confident and sincere attitude. You can try different expressions and angles to find the most suitable shooting effect for yourself. Post processing: Use mobile photo editing software or professional image processing software to perform basic exposure, contrast, and saturation adjustments on photos, making them brighter and clearer. At the same time, appropriate cropping and composition adjustments can be made to ensure that the subject is prominent and the proportions are coordinated.
By choosing the appropriate background and lighting, paying attention to posture and composition, and paying attention to details and post-processing, it is possible to take beautiful formal photos.