Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 148 The decisive moment of street scene (with color)

Standing on the crowded street, Chen Pingsheng picked up the camera in his hand and planned to continue shooting "The Decisive Moment".

Of course he couldn't finish the photo in one go. He was still confident about it, but after trying for a day yesterday and finding that he only took less than ten photos of the work he recognized, he gave up the idea of ​​a quick shot.

In fact, if he wanted to complete this work, he would need at least hundreds of pictures, so he could only choose to go out and take some pictures every day.As time goes by, the work will naturally be completed when there are enough pictures.

Because this work is not a simple photo album, but a masterpiece of style, a collection that combines several works of Bresson.

Therefore, there must be enough photos to make people aware of this shooting method and learn the concept of shooting in a surreal decisive moment.

Today's weather is unusually warm, and the temperature in January can rise to above freezing. Chen Pingsheng can only say that the weather in South China is changeable.Therefore, the windbreaker he was wearing now was enough to resist the coldness spreading in the air.

Walking along the old streets, Chen Pingsheng took photos of everything that interested him.

Traffic, crowds, breakfast, children, the change of shooting location and era make it impossible for this work to restore many of the works originally shot by Bresson.

But it also leaves enough room for Chen Pingsheng to shoot the decisive moments that belong to China and himself.

Just as he was looking at the street scene, he suddenly spotted a little boy.

He was about six or seven years old, wearing a brown sweater and dark yellow trousers with a belt. His short hair looked very cute with his baby-fat face.

The reason why I noticed this little boy was because he was holding two large soy sauce bottles in his hands.In order to hold them better, he held the bottom with his hands and let the soy sauce bottle fall on his shoulder.

Moreover, the little boy looked confident and slightly showing off.

As if to say: Look at me, I am carrying such a heavy thing on the street at such a young age.

It seems that what he holds is not soy sauce, but two big trophies.

Chen Pingsheng laughed when he saw this and pointed the camera at him.

"Crack."

The little boy's victorious gesture was permanently recorded by the camera.

Then he continued to look at the little boy, but unfortunately, the soy sauce bottle in his hand did not fall down until he entered the corridor.In fact, Chen Pingsheng really wanted to film this scene, but the little boy walked very steadily and did not give him this opportunity.

Continue walking along the old street, and in front of you is an old memorial square.

In the past few years, due to new construction in the city, too many commercial centers have been built. As a result, few people come to hang out here anymore. Only some old neighbors come here to walk their dogs.

Chen Pingsheng walked to the Memorial Square, which was surrounded by old-fashioned residential buildings, neat and orderly.But maybe because everyone went to eat in the morning, the whole square was empty.

He walked around and found a monument platform. There were no statues or stone tablets on it, only a stone platform remained, which seemed to have been removed.

It would be nice if someone came at this time, Chen Pingsheng thought, when the sound of children laughing and playing suddenly sounded next to him.

He looked back and saw three well-fed children chasing each other to the square, muttering words like Ultraman monsters, just like Chen Pingsheng when he was a child.

In other words, every boy will try to play a hero when he is young. Whether it is Ultraman, Dragon Fighter, or One Piece and Naruto, they are all indelible parts of his memory.

Thinking about it, a smile appeared on Chen Pingsheng's lips, and then he watched several children circle around the stone platform for a few times before actually climbing up.

Inspiration suddenly burst out of his mind, and Chen Pingsheng immediately raised his camera and captured everything in the shot.

The children seemed to have the same idea as him. They jostled for position at first, and finally the tallest, strongest and loudest child occupied the middle position, with the other two children standing next to him, one on the left and one on the right.

Afterwards, they discussed the movements, but maybe the movements in the animation were not neat enough, so they gave up the idea after trying it a few times, and instead chose a pose that only the Chinese people could do.

Raise one arm, make a fist in front of your chest, and lift your elbow upward so that your arm forms a triangle.

From a distance, the three people looked like newly painted statues of People's Liberation Army figures. They were in a charging posture, just waiting for the sound of the charge horn.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

Chen Pingsheng took several photos in succession, capturing the changes in their movements, and then looked at the scene in front of him with emotion.

This is the reason why Chinese people have a long history, and it is also the root of the survival of this nation. It is this kind of spiritual inheritance from generation to generation that makes it always stand.

After finishing the shooting in the square, Chen Pingsheng continued to wander around.

Soon after, we came to an art park.

There are many strange sculptures and shops here, including huge red half-figures, animal metal sculptures like ostriches, and some twisted humanoid statues.

Chen Pingsheng rarely comes here to hang out, but he didn't expect that there are so many interesting things here.

After taking a few photos, he felt a little tired, so he ordered a cup of hot milk coffee at a milk tea shop decorated in dark green.

He sat on the bench next to the humanoid statue, drinking and watching the flow of people around him.

At this time, Wei Seya sent him a message.

"Look where I am!" she sent an indoor photo.

Chen Pingsheng identified the location at first glance, so he replied: "Isn't this a film magazine? Are you filming the next issue?"

If it was Wei Seya, he felt that he would be willing to accept this kind of shooting. After all, it is always pleasant to work with beautiful women. "That's right, I can't help Sister Feilin! It's the cover of the next issue, shot by Brother Yu Xiang."

"Okay." Chen Pingsheng knew that Wei Seya's popularity has been rising recently. She occasionally cooperates with a group and works alone most of the time. After all, the resources are really good.

However, I heard from Wei Seya that the ancient puppet show she was filming was very boring. There was basically no plot, it was just about love.

Chen Pingsheng curiously asked her how she felt about the kissing scene, but she said that it was all done on a stand-in or in a borrowed position. She had already told the company that she was not willing to shoot such scenes.

Although speculating on CP is a way to quickly increase fans, the consequences are uncontrollable.

Wei Seya herself is more willing to sing and dance, and she also has the strongest dancing skills among all the debut girls.

"Are you still in South China? (Maomao's confused expression)" Not long after, another message came.

Chen Pingsheng typed a reply: "Yes, I usually don't need to go to the magazine, I just need to complete the portrait shooting."

"So good! So free! (Cat's envious expression)"

"Big star Wei is making fun of me, right? You're quite free, too. I see the movie industry posting about eating every day." Chen Pingsheng said in a tone that said don't think I don't know.

"Hehe, I only have this little hobby, so I can't post some photos! And I always eat near the crew, so how can I go anywhere like you!" Wei Seya said in a very sour tone across the screen. I can feel it all my life.

"No way, who calls me a photographer? I don't have any idol baggage."

"Hmph, okay, let's go shoot."

Chen Pingsheng sent a like emoticon as the end of the chat.

After putting away his phone and taking another sip of hot milk coffee, Chen Pingsheng looked up.

Suddenly I noticed a very strange man walking from a distance.

The man's hair was rising in the wind, revealing his broad forehead and high hairline. He held a white business card in his mouth.Wearing a black suit and black tie, he was holding a huge metal statue in his hand and walked forward quickly.

At first glance, Chen Pingsheng thought it was some strange thief carrying the loot home in broad daylight.

After taking another look, he immediately picked up the camera, put the figures on the side into the lens, and waited for the man to enter through the screen.

The reason why I brought the figure next to me is because its posture is consistent with that of a man. The slender black body has no arms and only extremely slender legs making a walking gesture.It's as if the inspiration for its construction came from the man not far away.

This is very interesting. Chen Pingsheng waited quietly, with steady hands, he quickly increased the shutter number.The larger the shutter number, the slower the image will be, and the people photographed will have a flowing feeling.

If you want to shoot a motion blur effect, you need to adjust the height appropriately and take a snapshot.

Of course, if it's too high, only one line of light will be visible in the photo.Photographers often use it to take pictures of speeding traffic. Those car lights will leave light trails in the photo, forming a unique perspective.

The wait didn't last long, only five seconds passed before the man walked up to the statue.

Chen Pingsheng quickly took three photos in a row. After the man had completely passed by, he turned on the playback and looked at his photos.

There were no mistakes or accidents. The man in the photo showed a dynamic blur, which was in sharp contrast to the fixed posture of the statues around him.

As if two people were engaging in a foot race, the obviously fake statue was extremely real, while the real human beings seemed false and blurry.

"It's an interesting comparison." Chen Pingsheng was very happy after completing what he had in mind.

Pick up the hot milk coffee and drink it all in one gulp.

Then he stood up and continued to move in an unknown direction. It was still early and he planned to take a few more photos today.

Capturing this kind of moment will be fascinating and magical.

It is as if he is a magician performing stop-motion magic in the human world. Every moment and every fragment makes the viewers excited.

This reminded Chen Pingsheng of Cartier-Bresson's views on photography. He believed that among all expression methods, photography was the only one that could accurately fix precise and fleeting moments.

Judging from the current era, it is naturally incorrect.

Photography is not the only way to capture fleeting moments.

But the reason why an instant is an instant is precisely because of its uniqueness and evanescence. Chen Pingsheng believes that only the moment that is intercepted and frozen can be regarded as an instant.

As for the moments that appear in the video, they are only a continuous record and do not have the function of photography to focus and magnify the moment.

The art of photography is to freeze the moment and show it to the audience, allowing them to forget time, use their imagination, and feel the impact and thinking this moment brings to them.

This is also the living soil of surreal decisive moments.

Precisely because it is not high-end, not kitsch, and not conscious.

Therefore, each piece has a very large room for interpretation, and the audience can gain their own understanding based on their own experiences and ideas.

Close to life, yet higher than life.

Chen Pingsheng feels that this may be one of the final forms of artistic expression.

(End of this chapter)