Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 130 Summary of Photography Schools
Push the cup to change the cup, and the gong and chips are staggered.

On the carpet embroidered with light gold patterns, there are three long tables, covered with white tablecloths.Barbeques, cold meals, and snacks are neatly arranged in categories, and there are chefs making new dishes nearby.

Chen Pingsheng followed James to the table. Several people took a few glasses of red wine and chatted while eating.

"Chen, I don't think anyone will take pictures of crows anymore." James said while chewing the steak meat.

"Why?" Chen Pingsheng asked as he took a sip of red wine. He felt that he was not very used to it, so he put down the glass and found another bottle of beer.

"Because your photos are so good, Chen." Ryan replied: "This work will bind your name to the crow."

"Okay, thank you for the compliment." Chen Pingsheng smiled and picked up another piece of pastry to eat.

As the award ceremony progressed, he was indeed a little hungry.

Shah held the wine glass and sipped it in small sips, looking very elegant. She took the conversation and said, "So Chen, what else do you plan to shoot in the future?"

"Yeah, you said on the stage that you would continue filming the album. Do you have any ideas again? God, I can't wait to know." Ryan kept waving the fork in his hand with a very curious expression.

Chen Pingsheng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I have an idea, but we are still filming, so... Ryan, it will take a while."

"Chen, you are so embarrassing. Can you tell me what you are filming? Just reveal a little bit..." Ryan stretched out two fingers and made a small gesture.

Very good, Ryan, your Korean visa is gone, Chen Pingsheng complained in his mind.Then he shook his head and said: "No, Ryan, I can only say that it is very important."

Both for the photography community and for viewers.

"Damn it, Chen, you've whetted my appetite." Ryan looked frustrated.

Several people were talking when a voice suddenly interrupted: "Excuse me, can I join your chat?"

Everyone turned around and found Mr. Ericson. He had changed into loose casual clothes and was looking at them with a smile.

"Mr. Chairman, of course you are welcome." Shah was the first to step forward and held Mr. Ericson's hand: "Long time no see. How are you?"

"Of course, little Shah, you can tell that I am in good health when you see how energetic I am on stage." Mr. Ericson said hello, and then said to Chen Pingsheng: "Chen, you are the most beautiful person I have ever seen. Calm newcomer winner.”

"Miss Shah also told me this." Chen Pingsheng replied politely.

"Really? It seems that everyone has the same impression of you." Mr. Ericson smiled and said: "By the way, Chen. Your work has not been published yet. Have you chosen a publisher?"

"No." Chen Pingsheng spread his hands and said, "I was only thinking about participating in the competition, not publishing."

"That's just right. There are many publishers here tonight, and I think they will definitely be interested in your work." Mr. Erikson blinked at him, as if he was secretly conveying a message to him.

Chen Pingsheng suddenly realized that this was undoubtedly an opportunity to raise the price.

"Rick, Lucy, Abner." Mr. Erickson raised his hand and pointed to the three people around the dinner scene: "These are all the best publishers Gesai cooperates with. No surprise. , I think they will take the initiative to talk to you about the publication of your works."

"Okay, Mr. Chairman, I understand." Chen Pingsheng nodded and thanked Mr. Chairman for his kindness.

"I wish you good luck." Mr. Ericson clinked glasses with him, and then took Shah to find James to talk about things alone.

After Ryan found that there was no way to pry open Chen Pingsheng's mouth, he left his contact information and went to chat with other photographers.

While no one was looking for him, Chen Pingsheng quickly started eating. He took a bite of salmon on the left and a big lobster on the right. He was very happy with protein.

He stopped talking when his stomach felt a little bloated, and then found a chair to sit comfortably.

Just then, a middle-aged man found him.

"Hello, I am the editor-in-chief of Huaxia Literature Publishing House. I am a writer." The man was wearing a plaid suit and a pair of black glasses. He looked elegant.He speaks fluent Mandarin and has a distinct newscasting accent.

"Hello, Chen Pingsheng." This was the first time he saw someone with a different surname, and he couldn't help but look at the person more curiously. "Isn't this surname quite unique?" Gai Tuowen smiled and sat on the chair: "When I was a child, everyone called me Screwdriver. I was so angry that my mother and I argued many times, but in the end they still didn't change my name. But later When I went to college, everyone thought the name sounded nice, so I didn’t want to change it.”

"It's indeed unique. Mr. Gai, what can I do?" Chen Pingsheng sat up straight, not knowing what he wanted to talk about.

"That's right, we want to publish your photo album "Crow"." He changed the text and got straight to the point. He looked at Chen Pingsheng and said tentatively: "I think we haven't negotiated with other publishers about this work yet."

"Yes, I am also thinking about publishing now."

"Then you must consider our publishing house." Gai Tuowen took out a business card and handed it to him: "We are one of the publishing houses with the longest history and the widest distribution channels in China. If you choose us to publish your works, we will We can guarantee the printing quality and nationwide distribution of "The Crow", and the number of copies will definitely satisfy you."

There are many things to consider when publishing a photo album, such as printing, channels, and quantity.

Especially the quantity. Generally speaking, in order not to lose money, publishing houses arrange a relatively small quantity for the first batch, ranging from a few thousand copies.If the sales effect is good, we will continue to add more. If the sales effect is not good, we will not lose money.

Unless you are a popular author or a well-known author, it is difficult to achieve a print run of more than [-] copies.

After all, this part of the money has to be paid by the publisher out of its own pocket and given to the printing house first.

Moreover, now that online media has developed, bookstores and paper media have been in a slump. Except for some old bookstores that can still survive due to their geographical location, other bookstores have opened up new tracks.

For example, if you open it in a shopping mall, use a high-quality environment and Internet celebrity style, and then sell a large number of exquisite gifts to attract customers.

So the sentence of changing the text is actually implying that they will give Chen Pingsheng's photo album some preferential treatment in terms of printing volume.

Chen Pingsheng nodded to show that he understood.

Upon seeing this, Gai Tuowen immediately changed the topic: "But today we will not talk about publishing. I am actually more curious about the inspiration for the work "The Crow". Although I only glanced at it on the screen a few times, I have already decided Be sure to get a copy when it comes out, because it’s really unique.”

As he said this, he and Chen Pingsheng discussed the inspiration for the work.

During the chat with Gai Tuowen, Chen Pingsheng found that he had a deep understanding of photography, not only for his work, but also for his daily hobbies.

While chatting, we talked about the current mainstream photography genres.

Gai Tuowen stretched out his hand to take stock of the domestic and foreign schools one by one: "In China, the main school is landscape freehand painting. They like to imitate ancient Chinese landscape paintings. In fact, I think this method is very good and is unique to China. But some photography Teachers use this method very superficially and superficially. The representatives of this school are teachers Cang Ruanping, Shi Honghua and Li Baozhen. The great thing about teacher Cang Ruanping is that he has both classical painting techniques and does not break away from the photographic frame.

"Teacher Shi Honghua, within the scope of photography, used post-processing to achieve an effect consistent with landscape painting, which is very unique. But this third teacher Li Baozhen, well, how should I put it, I can't comment on his works because of the addition of fairy birds Yunhe and stamped inscriptions are one of the characteristics of his works. And because he has the most disciples, it has become the most influential landscape freehand style in China.

"Except for freehand landscapes, there is no popular photography genre in China. It should be said that there are all types of photography, but there is no style recognized by the photography community."

Listening to his summary of freehand landscapes, Chen Pingsheng suddenly learned some information about freehand landscapes that could not be found online.Unexpectedly, the source of everything lies in this teacher Li Baozhen.

So he asked: "What about abroad?"

Gai Tuowen paused for two seconds and continued: "Abroad, there are three main popular schools. One is the documentary school, which mainly focuses on news photography and battlefield photography, and mainly expresses reactions to the real world. But in recent years The quality has dropped a lot because many political factions in the West have taken advantage of this and hired many photographers to take photos that benefit them, causing the public's perception of this faction to have been shaken."

Chen Pingsheng knew what he meant. In fact, photography itself has a subjective consciousness. Even if the photographer advocates objectivity, he cannot be completely neutral and objective.For the same character, photographers can create tendencies in the emotions they present by shooting from different angles.

Therefore, Western politicians like to use photos to support their party's speeches and the situation in a certain region.For example, in the war between the US military and some small countries, a photo of an injured US military can prove the cruelty of the enemy. Politicians then use this to manipulate public opinion and ask Congress to increase military spending, allowing arms dealers to make huge profits. As for the real situation, who knows? Do you care?

Of course, everyone knows that the most common thing politicians talk about is lies, so after this situation has been exposed several times, when this kind of photo appears again, everyone will immediately question it.

This is also one of the dilemmas of documentary photography.

"The second category is the calm school." Gai Tuowen continued: "The calm school broke away from the documentary school, mainly to reflect on the true purpose of photography, so most of the shooting techniques they adopt are direct. There is no emotion, or even movement. This genre started with photographing people, and later extended to calm photography of architecture, calm photography of cities, etc.”

Having said this, Gai Tuowen looked at Chen Pingsheng and said with a smile: "The photos you took in Yao Village were just chill-out parties."

　Second earlier at six o'clock

　　
　
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