Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 158 Late surprise and special status of attribute points (6K chapters with color)

"Chen, our exhibition is scheduled for the 24th. I will record a video for you then, and don't forget to promote it on the film industry."

Chen Pingsheng stood in front of the window sill and moved his shoulders. The mobile phone next to him was playing the message Shah sent him last night.

"On the 24th... the opening exhibition of "Crow" is scheduled for the 23rd."

It is now January 1th, and the opening of the exhibition is getting closer. Chen Pingsheng has already booked a flight ticket and is preparing to arrive in Shanghai the day before to attend the film festival in the first two days.

All there is to do now is wait.

But before that, he needs to buy a new camera.

The fees for the magazine's recent two issues have been settled to him, and the museum's fees have also been paid to him.

"The fifth stage goal: 300000 yuan. Achieved: 286000. Mission reward: Photography inspiration points*3"

As long as it is entered into the account, the system will calculate it as his income and will not deduct it for expenses.Therefore, Chen Pingsheng can spend money confidently and boldly.

And he didn't hesitate for too long, and directly bought a rangefinder full-frame camera called Ledo, which is similar to Leica's M series cameras and takes the path of quick capture.

The reason why he bought the camera was that he found that reshooting the decisive moment was not very smooth. Many images disappeared in a flash. Even if his hand speed was fast, it could not match the speed of the camera itself.

So just buy a camera specially designed for snapshots.

This also makes it easier for him to create on different themes.

In addition, he also spent tens of thousands of yuan to purchase a Linhaft Artifact 45.Yes, it’s the same model used in the museum series.

In the future, he will also take various types of photos, so whether it is full frame, medium format or large format, he must be prepared.

You can, but not without.

In addition, it goes without saying that there are various lenses, from telephoto to fixed focus, Chen Pingsheng selected some classic models and purchased them directly.

It can only be said that although he still earns a lot of money, he can already buy what he likes without considering the price.

Chen Pingsheng closed the purchase of the software with satisfaction and started today's work.

At the same time, Lin Zishan returned to Xijiao Studio.

"Dad, I'm back." She was wearing thick clothes and put a scarf on her head to protect her from the cold. From a distance, she thought she was a winter limited edition mummy.

"Simu, you're back. Come on, warm up." Today is Monday, so the store is resting. Boss Lin turned the little sun blowing hot wind towards Simu, trying to dispel the chill on her body.

Lin Zishan took off her clothes, and just like her character, all her beautiful parts were hidden out of sight.

Only by taking off your coat can you get a glimpse of the mountains.

"How's it going? Is the shooting going well?" Boss Lin stood in front of the counter, asking while recording the purchase and shipment of film in the past two days in his notebook.

"It didn't go well." When talking about the shooting, Lin Zishan had no expression on his face and sighed.Originally, this time I went out to shoot a group of portraits at West Lake in Suzhou and Hangzhou.

The person who asked her to be photographed was also a customer of the store. I heard that she was still single. Although she was 30 years old, her skin was well maintained.

But when the two of them got there, the guest started to get angry.

First, he said that the scenery of the West Lake was not beautiful and could not complement her, and then he said that her clothes did not look good.

It was a set of clothes with Hanfu elements, which Lin Zishan and she chose together.

But when it came to the guests' mouth, it turned out to be Lin Zishan's fault, and he kept criticizing her for her aesthetic problems.

Lin Zishan could only persuade her with good words, and it took her a long time to persuade her to continue filming. However, this was the beginning of her speechlessness.

Before each customer shoots a scene, Lin Zishan will ask Lin Zishan to take a photo for her with her mobile phone. She will also have to adjust the color and smooth the skin before she is willing to shoot the film.

Lin Zishan only took half a roll and spent a whole day on it.

She felt something was wrong, but she couldn't give up, so the next day she deliberately took wrong pictures when shooting with her mobile phone.

Unexpectedly, the customer couldn't tell at all and just urged her to continue filming.

By night, Lin Zishan, who had spent two days shooting only one roll of film, couldn't go on anymore and planned to cancel the shooting with the guests.

However, the guest was one step ahead of her, and when she returned to the hotel, no one could be found.

It turned out that the money just transferred to her on WeChat ran away!

This made Lin Zishan very angry. They agreed that 70.00% of the filming fee would be paid after the filming was completed, and 30.00% would be paid before the finished film was delivered.And the photographer’s travel and accommodation expenses are paid by the guests.

But now that she leaves, Lin Zishan can only go home at her own expense.

Not to mention that I didn't make any money, but I still contributed a fortune.

If it was just like this, she wouldn't be so speechless. At most, it would be when she met an unscrupulous customer.What she didn't expect was that on the way back, she actually saw this customer's negative review on Xiaohongshu.

She sent a few photos and said that Lin Zishan's skills were not up to par and he was not satisfied with the test shots at all, but he still used film to shoot them.According to filming regulations, each roll is an expense.She didn't want to, but because of the film photography, she couldn't point it out on the spot, so she had to run away quickly.

And she also paid the cost to Lin Zishan, so there was no such thing as defaulting on evading fees.

She also sent screenshots of her payments to prove what she said.

As soon as this little red book came out, many passers-by began to sarcastically say bad things about Lin Zishan, and some concerned bloggers, saying they were unkind to photographers.

Although some customers who have been photographed expressed doubts about this, saying that Lin Zishan's skills are very good, his character is good, and he has a physical store, so he will not damage his own sign.But there are still a lot of passers-by who express disdain for this.

Lin Zishan was furious when she saw all this. She worked so hard to accompany her clients to Suzhou and Hangzhou, and then she was used for sex for free and filmed, and now she is even posted online!

She suddenly understood Chen Pingsheng's previous experience and what he said to her.

Fortunately, Lin Zishan was obedient and bought a voice recorder. Although he didn't record anything useful, it could at least prove one thing.

That is, the customer never said he was dissatisfied from the beginning to the end, and the mobile phone shooting was not a test shoot.

On the plane, she started tinkering with editing software.

After preparing the recordings and evidence, I wrote a long article in the taxi to counterattack.

She didn't send out the little red book until she was almost at the western suburbs studio. Now she had silenced her phone because she didn't want to hear any sound.

"What's wrong?" Boss Lin heard that his daughter's voice was a little low and asked.

Lin Zishan shook his head and hung up his clothes: "Nothing."

She didn't want her father to worry too. Anyway, she had already prepared for the worst. If she really couldn't prove her innocence, she might as well not take any more filming in the future.

There should be no problem if you just stay at home and look after the store or find Teacher Chen to be his assistant.

Lin Zishan went up to the second floor, threw her body into the sofa, and let gravity take her down.

Thinking of Teacher Chen, Lin Zishan suddenly thought of the previous phone call.

"No. 23, what do you mean?" She was a little confused about Chen Pingsheng's thoughts, as if she could never guess what this man was thinking from Chen Pingsheng's facial expression.

She still remembers the last time she went shopping. Even though he was right next to her, he still couldn't give her the slightest sense of reality.

She always felt that he was like a dream, fleeting, she wanted to catch him, but she could only watch.

It was as if Chen Pingsheng's entire state of being and the world was separate and unable to integrate into it.

She didn't know whether this was the true state of an artist. She only knew that if this continued, she was afraid that one day Chen Pingsheng would suddenly become a monk and stay away from the world.

"Simu, there's your express delivery!" At this moment, Boss Lin's voice came from downstairs.

Lin Zishan was silent for a moment and let out a low "hmm".

Boss Lin naturally couldn't hear it. He thought his daughter was busy, so he picked up the large envelope and went upstairs.

Seeing his daughter lying on the sofa, he knew that her daughter was tired, so he quietly placed the envelope on the coffee table next to him, turned around and went downstairs again.

After he left, Lin Zishan slowly turned his head and looked at the envelope on the coffee table.

"What?" She muttered, with a confused expression.

She couldn't remember what she had bought, let alone what letters she had to receive.

Lin Zishan was too lazy to get up, turned his body to one side and grabbed the envelope with his right hand.

"Lin Zishan..." She looked at the words on it, and then followed the instructions and tore open the outer packaging of the envelope.

After shaking it upside down, a colorful bill fell in front of her.

The memories in Lin Zishan's mind were suddenly triggered. She quickly picked up the ticket and found that it was indeed the Mayday ticket in her memory.

"Who gave this to me?" Lin Zishan looked at the time again in confusion, January 1, Tianjin.

"No. 23?" She opened her mouth in surprise, and suddenly thought of an absolutely impossible candidate.

During this period, he was the only one who mentioned this time when he called himself.

"Could it be..." Just when Lin Zishan was doubting something, he suddenly saw a piece of tissue paper mixed in the envelope.

She stood up quickly, pulled open both sides of the envelope, and took out the tissue paper.

Above is a typed handwritten font that reads: "A belated birthday wish, happy birthday, Simu. - Chen Pingsheng."

The initial suspicion of something was suddenly extinguished, but Lin Zishan still felt very moved.

She is not a girl who wants to trouble others, and she doesn't always care much about her birthday.

Therefore, the concern of friends is particularly precious.

I thought Chen Pingsheng was an artist outside the world, but I didn't expect that he actually remembered it and prepared his favorite gift.

This feeling is really not bad.

Lin Zishan wanted to thank Chen Pingsheng, so he immediately turned on his phone.

Then she saw a series of message prompts.
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"So your fans also killed that customer?" Chen Pingsheng was sitting in a Western restaurant at this time, opposite Lin Zishan who was telling the story of the past few days. "Yes, after my article was published, it also attracted some fellow photographers. It turned out that this customer not only paid for my... shooting, but also paid for other people's shooting." Lin Zishan finished speaking and drank. A sip of fruit juice sparkling water.

"She's a prostitute. Why is she doing this? She still has to pay for your air tickets." Chen Pingsheng didn't quite understand the brain circuit of this kind of person.

Lin Zishan pondered for a moment and said, "I guess we were originally planning to travel, and the flight we took was also very bad. From the beginning, the flight attendant kept selling products in front of us. Even the meals had to be purchased separately."

It was her first time to take such a flight, and she felt physically and mentally exhausted after a few hours.

"That's a low-cost flight." Chen Pingsheng understood this: "But it's not cheap, because there is a separate fee for baggage check-in. If you bring a heavier suitcase, you will definitely pay more than you would for a normal flight. High. Your customer probably bought this flight because you had so little stuff."

"I see, I'll just bring a big suitcase next time, huh." Lin Zishan raised his fork pretending to be evil.

"What happened next?" Chen Pingsheng was curious about the subsequent development of the matter.

So Lin Zishan showed him the comment section.

Basically, they were complaining that this customer was hurting others and not benefiting himself. He clearly wanted to be a prostitute for the photo shoot, but he still insisted on hiring a photographer.He even portrayed himself as a victim to gain sympathy.

But that's not the funniest thing. The most outrageous thing is that one day later, the guest was overwhelmed and posted another little red note saying that he was depressed due to online violence.

He also used a hospital certificate to support his words.

But the people on Xiaohongshu were all female warriors who had experienced hundreds of battles. They all had sharp eyes and quickly found the exact same online picture.It was a photo posted by a blogger on Weibo last year, but she actually appropriated it.

After the picture was posted, she suddenly became a street rat, and everyone shouted for beating her.

Now I have completely pretended to be dead and not responded.

While the two were chatting, they suddenly found that the comment section could not be scrolled. When they exited, it turned out that the article had been deleted.

"She won't affect your family's business, right?" Chen Pingsheng asked.

"No, she has purchased services online before and has never been to our store offline." Lin Zishan shook his head, thinking it was nothing.

Chen Pingsheng nodded. It seemed that the storm would soon pass.

"How do you feel?" He asked Lin Zishan curiously.

"It feels very unpleasant! It feels good at the same time!" Lin Zishan looked up at him: "If I hadn't been prepared, I might have been framed successfully this time."

"Well, let's take a rest during this period." Chen Pingsheng advised. Lin Zishan used to go filming every week, which was actually very tiring.

"What about you? I see you haven't stopped." In Lin Zishan's impression, Chen Pingsheng never seemed to have any time off, either filming or on the way to other cities for filming.

"Me." Chen Pingsheng lowered his head and took a sip of lemon juice from the straw. He felt the sweet and sour feeling slowly dissipate on the tip of his tongue before he said, "For me, shooting is actually about relaxation. Don't look at me. Busy, but I’m actually not tired. At least I’m not tired in my heart.”

At least here he doesn't need to consider anyone's face, doesn't need to worry about fictitious things every day, and puts heavy shackles on himself.

"Well, it seems that Teacher Chen is still at a higher level!" Lin Zishan's expression was heavy, as if he was resigned to being defeated.

Chen Pingsheng couldn't help but smile.

"I have decided that I will not take any more photos before the Chinese New Year." Lin Zishan stirred the bubbles in the cup, and the slight sound accompanied by his breathing made the surroundings seem more and more quiet.

After saying that, she raised her head: "What about you?"

""The Crow" will be exhibited soon, and I'm going to meet people in the industry and the media." Chen Pingsheng only has this one important event before the Chinese New Year.

"Really! Where is it? What's the number?" Lin Zishan became interested.

"In Shanghai, on the 23rd."

"It's the 23rd..." Lin Zishan's tone sounded a little low: "I thought you could go to the concert with me."

Chen Pingsheng shrugged: "I would like to, but time does not allow it."

"Well, you are a busy man after all. If I tell my classmates now that the winner of the competition is my good friend, they will be jealous to death." Lin Zishan joked.

"Haha, it's not like that, they are just ordinary people."

While the two were talking, Chen Pingsheng's cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone and looked at it. It was an unfamiliar number.

"Take it." Lin Zishan told him not to worry about anything.

Chen Pingsheng pressed the answer button, and a crisp female voice came from the phone.

"Is it Chen Pingsheng, Teacher Chen?"

"Hello, I am, are you..." he asked.

"I was introduced by Qin Yi and asked you to shoot Zhang Jia." The woman's voice seemed to have a pleasant tone, and she sounded very young.

"Oh, hello, Sister Qin told me."

"Teacher Chen, are you free tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? Can you take photos?"

Chen Pingsheng thought about it for a while, and it seemed that there was no problem. He just happened to make money before going to the "Crow" exhibition.

"No problem, you can shoot."

"Okay, I'm still on my way now. Can we talk tonight?"

"okay."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Zishan's face was full of gossip: "Are you going to shoot celebrities again?"

She just heard the name on the phone.

"That's right, it wouldn't be good if you don't accept the friends introduced by Sister Qin." Chen Pingsheng explained.

"That's great, I want to shoot celebrities too!" Lin Zishan looked forward to it, expressing real envy of Chen Pingsheng's treatment.

"Forget it, these stars are bigger than the others, it's very difficult to deal with." Chen Pingsheng said "tsk".

"Yes, I just want to have fun shooting and don't want to be ordered around." Lin Zishan suddenly asked: "By the way, when will the exhibition of "Crow" be launched in South China?"

"We have to wait until after the Capital Film Festival ends after the Chinese New Year." Chen Pingsheng said.

Lin Zishan rolled his eyes and suddenly suggested: "Then let's go shopping together when the time comes."

"Okay." Chen Pingsheng nodded. Anyway, he probably didn't have anything to do at that time. It was okay to go shopping with friends.

"Okay, it's settled then." Lin Zishan smiled, with the corners of his mouth as shallow as a crescent moon.
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After chatting with Lin Zishan in the afternoon, Chen Pingsheng went out to take pictures with his new camera.

This time he mainly wanted to take some pictures for posting on the photo circle.

After all, all that can be distributed has been distributed, and fans are already "waiting for food".

Arriving at the city center, there used to be an old building, but now it has been converted into a square.But there are still some old corridors and stairs inside.

Chen Pingsheng stood under the spiral staircase, picked up the Ledo camera in his hand, and chose a suitable angle.

It happened that a girl with short hair walked up the stairs at this time. Chen Pingsheng immediately raised the camera in front of his eyes and took a picture with a click.

Every camera's shutter sound is different.

Feiming's shutter sound is duller than that of Laido, and there is a strong feedback when pressed, while Laido's shutter sound is more brisk, and you can press the shutter to complete the shooting without any effort.

After looking at the photos, Chen Pingsheng was very satisfied, but this was not the end, there was still post-processing to be done next.

He planned to make the pictures black and white to express the beauty of structure and composition.

This is also preparation for the next master experience ticket.

"Click!" Another photo.

Chen Pingsheng was standing on the upper half of the stairs, looking at the people walking below. The entire space was very dark. Only the sunlight from the doorway and the light pouring from the gap above made him look locally.Just now, a pedestrian happened to walk to the door. His figure became a silhouette against the sunlight, and the white lines on the floor behind him became a contrasting color.

The composition of this picture is also very cool, and it can be regarded as a show of skill in terms of look and feel.

After taking the photo, Chen Pingsheng went to the back of the building. There was a triangular-like support structure with seven or eight parallel structures. He walked to the end and looked forward.

Here is a typical frame composition. The progressive quadrilateral frames are constantly nested and guide the line of sight. On the innermost side, there is an old man sitting looking at his mobile phone.

"Click" Without much hesitation, Chen Pingsheng stretched out his hand and took a photo without even looking.

When he saw the replay, he found that there was no problem and it was incredibly stable.

This is what photography does.

It’s not just typesetting technology, parameter adjustment and the use of various equipment, but also a state.

Chen Pingsheng has only recently understood this state. As long as he takes a shooting stance, his hands will be very stable and the framing is very accurate. The effect of the shooting can be judged just by looking at it with the naked eye.

If it weren't for the fact that he wasn't very proficient at this and had a cautious personality, he wouldn't even have to watch the playback, achieving the ideal state of filming and leaving.

Chen Pingsheng feels that this is similar to the effect brought about by photographic vision, both of which give him a unique state. So what about the last attribute, photographic inspiration?
Could it also mean a certain state?

Chen Pingsheng didn't know, but he was looking forward to it.

Walking to the outside of the building, he planned to end today's shooting here, but when he turned back to look for the direction of the subway, he suddenly saw that the side door of the building formed a unique composition with the overall facade of the building. At this moment, there was A person walks out of the door.

He subconsciously raised the camera. In the process, he completed the adjustment of shutter, aperture, and ISO in one go. Then he raised the camera and pointed it in the direction he wanted.

"Crack!"

In less than two seconds, everything was completed so easily.

"Wow!" He stood there for a long time, and then looked at himself exaggeratedly.

"This hand speed is really too fast." Chen Pingsheng sighed, and then he felt that he had bought the right camera.

(End of this chapter)