What should I do if my succulents turn out to be ugly? Don’t worry, just take pictures!

Blue sky, you are the best background wall for succulents

Look at these beautiful photos of Chu Rou Rou below. With the blue sky as the background and the sun as the lighting, the photos taken are so beautiful. If you don’t know, you would think that they are all professional photographers!

The blue sky is the scenery, the white clouds are dotted, and the sun is the light

That’s right, Yaoyao’s unique photography skill is blue sky + sunshine, using the beauty of nature to set off the beauty of succulents. The golden light time is: 8-10 am and 3:30-5 pm.

1. Hold the meat with your left hand and take a photo with your right hand

The first step to photographing succulents is to hold the succulent in your left hand towards the sky, hold the camera (mobile phone) in your right hand, use the blue sky as the background, place the succulent in the middle of the image, and press the shutter.

2. Shoot from above

The second trick to photographing succulents is to place them on the table, with the blue sky still as the background. Then hold the camera (mobile phone), bend your knees to lower your height, and look up to shoot.

3. Shooting at eye level

The third trick to photographing succulents is to place them on a table, with the blue sky, white clouds, and mountains and houses in the distance as the background. Keep your eyes parallel to the succulents, and press the shutter to shoot.

Tips for taking succulent photos: learn not to ask for help

A high-quality photo must look clean and simple, with a prominent theme, so that when you look at it, you can immediately focus your eyes on the succulents being photographed.

1. Take photos to do subtraction

The blue sky shooting method introduced by Yaoyao above is actually a process of subtraction, which is to subtract all unnecessary objects in the image and set the background to a wall, a piece of cloth or even a blue sky.

2. Background blur method

We can achieve the purpose of highlighting the subject by blurring the background. Generally, we use a mobile phone to take pictures. As long as we are close to the succulents and click on the subject to focus, the background can be blurred automatically.

3. Choice of composition

When you are struggling to decide where to place the succulent in the image, you might as well place it in the lower right corner of the entire photo, making other background objects blurred or far away.

4. Water spray method

If your phone has a higher pixel, you can spray water on the surface of the succulent to remove dust before taking pictures, making the color of the succulent bright and translucent, making the entire photo look more saturated and transparent.

5. Nine-grid photography

We can also turn on the phone's built-in nine-square grid mode, refer to the grid and place the succulents in the center of the nine-square grid, pay attention to the horizontal and vertical directions, and press the shutter.