Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 262 "The Asada Family" (Complete Chapter)

"Asada-kun, I already have some ideas for your family album."

A few days later, Chen Pingsheng, who had finished lecturing at Neon University, got rid of his enthusiastic classmates and was walking around the campus with Asada Masashi.

Masashi Asada has been doing his best to follow Chen Pingsheng these two days, and his attitude is very good, so Chen Pingsheng plans to remind him.

"What is it? Teacher Chen!" Asada Masashi immediately stood up after hearing this and looked at him expectantly.

"Look there." Chen Pingsheng pointed to a few young girls wearing COS clothes not far away and said: "Interesting and different life experiences can actually be achieved by changing a set of clothes and scenes. Just like when you were a child It’s the same as the one taken.”

"You mean..." Masashi Asada looked at the girls with dull eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

"Let's keep looking forward." Chen Pingsheng saw that he hadn't thought about it yet, so he led him a few hundred meters further. At the electrical box opposite, two workers in blue uniforms were working on it. Regular maintenance.

"Look, if you put your family into it, would it feel the same as the ones you have photographed before?" Chen Pingsheng said.

Upon hearing this, Asada Masashi immediately replaced his father, mother, brother and himself as these workers, and an interesting feeling suddenly emerged from his heart.

"Really! I understand! Thank you, really thank you! Teacher Chen!" He bowed to Chen Pingsheng again.

"Okay, okay." Chen Pingsheng was a little helpless. What he hated most was the red tape of Neon people.

Yes, this seemed to him a waste of time.

True respect is not spoken with words, it must be expressed with the heart.

Just like now.

After Asada Masashi expressed his thanks, he hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said: "Teacher, can I make a request to you?"

"What request?" Chen Pingsheng looked at him in confusion.

"Please...as the photographer of this album, complete this work!" Masashi Asada bowed his head slightly and proposed his idea to Chen Pingsheng.

"Ah?" Chen Pingsheng was stunned.

"Please take a photo album of our family!"

He reiterated his request.

Chen Pingsheng couldn't laugh or cry and said: "This is your family, why do you want me to film it?"

"Because you came up with this idea, I can't appropriate your idea for my own photo album."

"But……"

"You must not refuse. If my family knew about this kind of thing, they would probably not agree." Masashi Asada's words were sincere and were his true thoughts.

"Well, okay." Seeing his insistence, Chen Pingsheng agreed, and then said: "But I hope you can complete it with me. This is not my work alone."

"Really! Teacher!" Asada Masashi looked at him in surprise.

"Of course, without you and your family, this work would not have been possible." However, Chen Pingsheng also had another idea in mind, that is, if he left midway, Asada Masashi could be used to film.

After the discussion, the two decided to go to Asada Masashi's hometown, Yokohama, tomorrow.

"What are you taking pictures of?" In the evening, after a busy day, Chen Pingsheng just returned to the hotel when he saw Huang Liao standing on the street facing the building to take pictures.

Huang Liao had her period today, so Chen Pingsheng didn't let her follow him.

Unexpectedly, she still took advantage of the free opportunity to shoot.

"Brother, look." Huang Liao raised the camera and handed it to Chen Pingsheng. The picture showed a corner of a building, with red and yellow colors spread out. The triangular composition made the whole picture very quiet and stable.

Chen Pingsheng raised his eyebrows and thought the photo was taken very well.

He had previously felt that Huang Polygonum was very suitable for photographing works in the style of William Eggleston. Now it seems that the two do have certain similarities in their use of color and capture of life details.

So he said, "I think you could make a series of photos of this feeling."

"Series?" Huang Liao looked at the camera and frowned slightly.

"Because your style has always been very unified. What is missing now is to fully express your own ideas. Of course, there are also some later problems. For example, I found that your color tone is not very uniform and there are gaps."

Chen Pingsheng explained to her little by little what she needs to pay attention to in photography.

The post-production stage of photography is one of the difficulties that prevents many people from realizing their own works. Many people can and can shoot, but are too lazy or unwilling to do the post-production stage.

This also results in the photos taken being unable to form a unified style.

Just like writing an article without its own writing style, even photographers who have their own unique composition angle will often put more effort into post-production to achieve a more exaggerated effect.

Therefore, when Chen Pingsheng was teaching Huang Liao, he would specifically ask her to do more color mixing.

Only by forming your own aesthetic appreciation of color can you present your work with twice the result with half the effort, otherwise it will easily become half the result with twice the result.

Mature photographers have their own operating procedures, such as coloring the scene first and then coloring the characters.If you are shooting commercial photography, then microdermabrasion, whitening, polishing and other methods must also be arranged one by one.

Chen Pingsheng also uses these things when taking some artistic portraits.

Many people also have misunderstandings here. They think that for artistic photos and the pursuit of authenticity, skin polishing should not be used to cover blemishes.

But the skin conditions of the people being recorded are actually very difficult to control. They may have had pimples or pimples during the filming today, but they don't usually have pimples at all.

And it is not beautiful at all, it can only have a vilifying effect.

Therefore, after the shooting is completed, it is normal to cover up these unexpected factors that hinder the appearance of the face.

Of course, this does not mean that those girls do uncontrolled whitening and photoshopping after the photo shoot.

As an art photographer, every step of Chen Pingsheng's photo retouching process is to present the best state of the characters, not just for pure beauty.

He will not cover those spots, sparrows, and natural flaws on the skin. On the contrary, highlighting them can often achieve better results.

After chatting with Huang Liao, Chen Pingsheng went upstairs to rest.

Sitting on the bed, he was still thinking about Asada Masashi's family photo.

What name should I use to name it?
"Playing Family"?It sounds like a circus-like place.

"Asada's Family"?The words are a bit redundant.

"Asada Family"?
This is good. Chen Pingsheng nodded, feeling that these three words can sum up everything. When readers open the album, they will see a group photo of a family with an interesting soul.This is undoubtedly the best cure.
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"Mom! I'm back!"

Asada Masashi stood outside the courtyard wall and shouted inside.

Chen Pingsheng and Huang Liao followed him and looked at the word "ASADA" on the brown door number on the wall.

After shouting, Asada Masashi opened the door and led the two of them into his yard.

A middle-aged woman with gray hair walked out, wiping her hands and saying hello with a smile: "Long time no see, Zhengzhi."

Then he looked at Chen Pingsheng and Chen Pingsheng, and said with some surprise: "You brought guests, I'm so sorry, I didn't even change my clothes."

"Mom, this is Chen Pingsheng, Teacher Chen, you can call him that. This is Teacher Chen's assistant, Huang Liao." Asada Masashi introduced the two to his mother.

"Huang...Polygonium?" Ryoko Asada repeated the two words, feeling a little difficult.

"You can just call me pop." Huang Liao smiled and gave herself a nickname.

"Hey, can pops be used? It sounds cute." Ryoko Asada didn't know this animation, so naturally she didn't know what the name represented.

Chen Pingsheng looked at Huang Liao helplessly, but said nothing and just followed the steps of Asada Ryoko and walked into the house.

The Asada family is a typical Japanese-style home, with its natural wood color scheme, tatami floors, and plants growing in the yard, which makes it look very relaxed and comfortable.

There are also many home decorations in China that imitate the color of logs, but that is not suitable because there is no yard and no plants, which will make the color of logs look much monotonous.

In fact, the reason why many people like this kind of decoration style is that they fall in love with the atmosphere.

But this atmosphere is also reflected in every detail. If the old-fashioned style is transplanted into your own family, it will only feel awkward.

"Guests, please take a seat, Masashi, and get everyone some teacups." Ryoko Asada asked her son to do things for her, and then brought boiling hot water from the kitchen to make a cup of tea for the two of them.

"Mom, Teacher Chen is a famous photography master. I specially invited you to take photos for everyone." Asada Masashi once again explained to his mother the identity of the guest.

"Ah!" Asada Ryoko seemed to have remembered something. She covered her mouth in surprise, and then looked at Chen Pingsheng: "Is this the author of "The Crow" you have been talking about?"

"Hi!" Asada Masashi nodded affirmatively.

"It's amazing! You are so young. What kind of maintenance do you usually use?" Asada Ryoko held Chen Pingsheng's hand, with a look full of desire to find out.

"Uh, madam, I'm only in my 20s this year." Chen Pingsheng was embarrassed.

"Really?" Ryoko Asada looked at his son, then turned to look at Chen Pingsheng and said, "I thought you were already 30 years old. It's amazing that you are still a young man when you have achieved such great results. ”

Masashi Asada also felt a little embarrassed by his mother's performance.

However, Chen Pingsheng feels that this kind of character is much more interesting and does not look rigid at all.

"Mom, do you still remember the shooting I told you about before?" Asada Masashi quickly changed the subject, trying to remind his mother.

"Is it a group photo? Yes, there are only a handful of photos taken by our family over the years, and each time there are only three or two people. Alas, when I look at the photo album, I sometimes feel like I have lost one child. "Asada Ryoko started complaining about the children when she mentioned the group photo.

Asada Masashi twitched the corners of his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

"Where's the father?" Finally he could only ask another question.

"Him? He should be fishing. You also know that this guy doesn't know how to clean housework at all." After Liangzi finished speaking, he apologized to Chen Pingsheng: "I'm sorry, my family's politics must be troublesome to you. This kid has had a lot of weird ideas since he was a child. .”

"No, no." Chen Pingsheng waved his hand quickly.

"That's good, Masashi, you greet the guests here, and I'll go cook now." After saying that, Liangzi stood up and walked into the kitchen with small steps.

"My mother has been a little lonely since she left the hospital." Masashi and the two talked about their family: "My brother, Masamune, works in the local fire station. My father works at the dock and he owns a fishing boat. , when you have free time, you two can go out to sea with us and see the scenery."

"I have never experienced this before." Chen Pingsheng laughed.

"You must not be polite." As soon as Zhengzhi finished speaking, he heard a hoarse man's voice coming from the yard.

"Why are there two extra pairs of shoes? Are there guests at home?"

"Wow!" The wooden door was opened, and a man who looked more or less like Asada Masashi appeared in front of several people. His hair was longer, and his tone was a little careless. He looked like a delinquent gangster.

"Brother." Zhengzhi greeted first: "These two are the photographers I mentioned, Chen Pingsheng, who took our family photos, and his assistant Pop."

"Hello! Thank you for your hard work! I am Asada Masamune, please take care of me!"

As a result, as soon as Zheng Zhi finished explaining, the seemingly evil brother bowed directly and expressed his gratitude to Chen Pingsheng and the other two.

Then after he sat down, he couldn't help but complain: "Pop, is that the anime character with yellow hair in pigtails and a foul mouth?"

"Yes, have you seen it?" Huang Liao replied.

"I've seen it, but it's too noisy. I think Pipi is more interesting."

"Hey, really?" Huang Liao also learned this traditional modality after coming to Neon for a few days.

Seeing the two anime watchers chatting, Chen Pingsheng also took the initiative to ask Zhengzhi: "Have you told your family before what you are going to film?"

"Hi." Zhengzhi confirmed: "I have asked for their opinions, and my family is willing to support me in completing this work. By the way, teacher, look."

As he spoke, he took out a notebook from his bag, and when he opened it, he could see page after page of storyboards.

"This is the photo lens I designed. Do you think there is anything that needs to be modified?"

Chen Pingsheng took it, looked at it carefully, and praised: "You painted very well, both in terms of the identity of the characters and the composition. Thief, gangster, firefighter... hahaha, these are your professions The arrangement is really interesting.”

Think about what it would be like to have people in a family play one profession at the same time, no matter whether it is good or bad.

For example, a family is all lock-picking thieves, or a family is all telegraph pole maintenance workers.

This kind of role-playing is undoubtedly very interesting and enjoyable to watch.

It also separates it from ordinary family photos.

Chen Pingsheng can feel that this work will be loved by the public just by looking at Zheng Zhi's storyboard.

After all, who wouldn’t want to have family members who are so cooperative and never let anyone down?

(End of this chapter)