Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 280 Unusual Place (Colorful)

“Why shoot at noon?”

This was a new question that Huang Liao had when Chen Pingsheng was shooting. Chen Pingsheng did not follow the photography rules this time and did not choose any golden time or blues time. Instead, he chose to take photos at noon when the sun was the brightest or when it was cloudy.

This undoubtedly aroused Huang Liao's curiosity again.

The two of them were on the road outside the town, where a huge blue billboard was erected, with snow-capped mountains and lakes under the snow-capped mountains spray-painted on it. The overall tone was blue.

Beyond the billboard are endless stretches of yellow weeds and blue skies.

The large format camera is pointed directly at the billboard, taking everything into the viewfinder.

But Chen Pingsheng did not press the shutter immediately. He was still waiting for the moment when the color matched his inner goal.

So taking this time, he explained to Huang Liao: "I said before, there are three kinds of perspective, right?"

"Yes, linearity, color, clarity."

Chen Pingsheng picked up a piece of dead grass and played with it in his hand while saying: "The reason why I chose this time to shoot is for color perspective. You should know that as the distance changes, the colors in our eyes are actually changing. "

"Yes." Huang Liao recalled it, and it was indeed the case.

“The mountains nearby are darker and the mountains far away are lighter, because of the effect of the atmosphere.

"Generally, people think that the colors near are strong and the inherent colors are strong. In the distance, the colors weaken and the inherent colors become weaker and begin to approach gray tones. So paintings also follow this concept.

"But I choose to say no." Chen Pingsheng looked at the blue in the distance: "This album is not based on conventional rules. I chose it at noon or on a cloudy day just to avoid the effect of the atmosphere and make the tones of the far and near tend to be similar. Consistent.”

"What about the third perspective?" Huang Liao was completely attracted by Chen Pingsheng's idea and couldn't wait to know the answer to the next question.

Chen Pingsheng stood up and pressed the shutter without answering her question directly.

"Crack!"

Then he shook his chin with satisfaction: "I'll explain it to you when the next one comes."

They returned to the town's shopping mall. There were very few two-story buildings in this town, and most of the buildings were flat floors, which was very convenient for shooting the sky.

Chen Pingsheng searched around for a while and finally decided to set up his camera in front of a retro car.

It is cyan blue and very eye-catching, with warm orange mall walls and red signboards behind it.

After the set-up was completed, Chen Pingsheng waited for the pedestrians to leave and said to Huang Liao: "Clearness perspective is also called hidden perspective.

"This has to go back to the field of painting. Do you know who was the first painter to use hidden perspective painting? It is very famous and everyone knows it."

Huang Liao frowned and thought for a while, but couldn't think of a specific name.

Upon seeing this, Chen Pingsheng revealed the answer: "It's Da Vinci's Mona Lisa."

"Oh~~" Huang Liao suddenly realized.

"You must know that the characters and backgrounds in previous paintings were not excessive and were very hard, but since Leonardo da Vinci adopted hidden perspective, this has become the basic skill of all painters.

“This is completely different from a camera, it’s the opposite. The camera will automatically blur when shooting. Many people are obsessed with large aperture and depth of field, thinking that it is an air cutter that can infinitely highlight the beauty of the subject.

"But obviously, this is wrong. If you want the photo to stand up to scrutiny, you cannot choose a large aperture. This will result in too little information in the frame, and the audience only needs to understand it at a glance."

Speaking of this, Chen Pingsheng sighed: "But this is also related to the current environment. Anyway, on social platforms, a large aperture is very suitable, because it can be seen clearly at a glance, but it is easier to attract the audience. Moreover, the image quality on the platform itself is poor. , a large aperture is also conducive to highlighting the subject.”

Huang Liao said thoughtfully: "This is completely different from artistic photography."

"That's right." Chen Pingsheng shrugged: "But now the photography world is also obsessed with large apertures, so I wanted to reverse the change, so I chose a large format with a small aperture to create a clear range of infinite depth of field.

"In this way, when the audience sees this photo, they will feel that everywhere is worthy of attention and that every place is worthy of viewing."

Huang Liao suddenly realized: "This is contrary to perspective, and it is completely different from the world of human eyes. Everything is clearly visible and the colors are uniform, so the photos are more eye-catching, right?"

"Well, this is my purpose." Chen Pingsheng nodded.

"So that's it." Huang Liao's head almost turned into a rattle today, but she couldn't help it because she understood a brand-new photography concept that ran counter to the development of painting.

Rather than pursuing the world seen through human eyes, it is closer to what the real world shows.

Yes, the world in human eyes is a set impression formed through the eyeballs and brain using humans as the medium.

But who says the real world is the world in people’s eyes?

This is something Chen Pingsheng has only recently figured out.

The so-called virtualization, near large and far small, are all rules given to this world by humans, and what Chen Pingsheng has to do is to violate the rules and then create a more real and realistic world.

In short, Chen Pingsheng is deconstructing photos and photography.

Huang Liao didn't know what kind of response this album would have after it was published.

If the decisive moment is the master of expression of the world to the human eye, then Chen Pingsheng has directly overturned this theory and reached a new level.

These two theories do not contradict each other because they describe different worlds.

But when it happens to a person, it only makes people feel more magical.

How did he change his mind and put it into practice so quickly?

It is simply unimaginable.

At least from the perspective of the photographers Huang Liao pays attention to, they often follow the same old path, and even if they are subversive, they are just innovating.

They will never be like Chen Pingsheng who has no baggage at all and just throw away his past works.

Just like after filming "The Crow", people thought that Chen Pingsheng would continue to explore this field and become a master of emotional photography.

However, Chen Pingsheng photographed "The Decisive Moment", which laid the foundation of the classic theory in the photography industry.

After everyone thought this was his peak, he shot "Beiliu Huohuo" to prove his accomplishments in classical photography and broaden his field.

So much so that now everyone thinks it is possible for him to produce any kind of work, because since his debut, no one of his works is exactly the same, they are all new shooting methods and new concepts.

It's jaw-dropping.

This made Huang Liao feel that Gesai was unfair. This kind of photographer was not the best of the year, which was an insult to Gesai's own reputation.

But looking at Chen Pingsheng's current works, she can't help but look forward to next year's competition. She wonders how the judges will judge such a work?
After taking this photo, today's shooting work is over.This is more strenuous than shooting along the Yellow River. Chen Pingsheng has used a prayer music box, but what limits the shooting time is not only the weather, but also the color of the crowds, vehicles, etc.

At dusk, the color has deviated from its original appearance due to the influence of the atmosphere, so there is no need to take pictures.

Huang Liao also has more time to shoot her own works.

Her works are not so particular. What she wants to shoot is a delicate balance in daily life.Therefore, the places chosen are all corners with a sense of life.

For example, in the photo in front of me, she took a photo of the door of the house where the two lived.This is a house temporarily rented for filming. A basket of flowers hangs on the white door, which is one of the most common sights here.

But Huang Liao found it very beautiful. Under the light and shadow, you can see the faint shadows of leaves on the door. The colors of the whole photo are very balanced, and it looks plain and comfortable.

This is what Chen Pingsheng admires most about Huang Liao.

She has an unparalleled sense of perception and is very good at capturing various colors in daily life and blending them together.

Maybe Huang Liao didn't notice it herself, but Chen Pingsheng noticed this ability from her photos at a glance because he had seen so many works.

Huang Liao has also taken many similar photos, such as a yellow dog drinking water from a mud puddle on the roadside, with blue cars and dark green villas behind him.

There is also one of Chen Pingsheng’s personal favorite works.

It was also taken in this small town. It was taken inside a house. Huang Liao was sitting on a chair and captured a photo with restrained colors.

There are large pieces of puzzle pieces on the black table. Two sofa chairs are leaning against the table. Next to it is the white door. The whole picture is simple and warm, but it is worth taking a closer look and savoring it slowly.

After Huang Polygonum finished taking the photos, I thought they looked pretty, but I didn't realize how much artistic value they had.

It was Chen Pingsheng who asked her to sort it out and publish the photo album, and then she really realized how she should treat these photos.

In terms of his vision for artistic photography, Chen Pingsheng would probably be ranked second, while no one would be ranked first.

These photos look very boring, but in fact they hide a lot of sense of crisis. This sense of crisis comes from various subtle metaphors and contrasts in the photos.

For example, the photo of a yellow dog drinking water looks ordinary, as if it was taken casually by a passerby.

But the vehicles and villas behind it are very new things. They symbolize a lot, money, luxury, and change.

This is an interesting contrast to the mud puddle in front of the yellow dog. On this dirt road full of gravel, the mud-yellow puddle is so dilapidated, but it is right next to the brand new villa.

This is a metaphor, the crisis under calm, what looks like prosperity is actually just fake like a dilapidated dirt road.

Many people would say that this kind of interpretation is over-interpretation, just like Chinese reading comprehension in middle and high schools.

But the misunderstanding lies precisely here. The so-called contrast is not the clear contrast that everyone can see at a glance.

That's called deliberateness.

If you don’t photograph the contrast between cement workers and high-rise buildings, it’s called art.

That’s too easy to understand. It’s art that can get likes on social platforms, but it’s not the art that artists pursue.

If it is limited to this step, it can even be said that this photographer has not entered the door of art at all, just like the difference between Internet celebrities and celebrities, civilian scientists and scientific researchers.

In any field, art and making money are both distinct and ambiguous.

You will definitely not make money once you get started with art. Only when you become famous and your works are recognized by the public can you start making money.

Art pursues a state of ambiguity, that is, what I express may not be the same thing as what you see, but through the details of the picture, you can restore the author's original thoughts, or even exceed the author's thoughts. Think of something new.

A movie that truly expresses anti-war may not necessarily film a war.Works that truly express love may not necessarily be shooting love.

Many artistic values ​​are not given to the work by the artist himself, but are given to it by the spiritual impressions of everyone in this era.

Just like Mr. Lu Xun's article, it is a summary of an era. Why do more and more people love Lu Xun now?Not because he wrote about the pain points of modern people, but because the era he recorded began to overlap with the present.

The boomerang even hit many people hard.

Worshiping foreigners and scorning those who are weak are the weaknesses of human nature.

When people in a similar era see it, they will naturally involuntarily interpret the spiritual core of their own era, and then make it a classic and pass it on.

This is the power of classics.

Photos are no exception. When a photographer takes a photo album, the content he expresses will also become one of the epitome of the times.

When you meet those who feel similarly, it resonates and becomes a classic.

The works photographed by Huang Liao will definitely resonate with many readers if a financial crisis occurs in the future.

Because this is what her work expresses subconsciously.

A sense of crisis hidden in the calm and prosperous surface.

Just as Chen Pingsheng was sitting at the table, planning the shooting for the next few days, Huang Liao came over.

"What is the name of this work?" she asked, looking at the photos on Chen Pingsheng's computer.

"What's it called?" Chen Pingsheng looked at the road billboard under the blue sky and white clouds on the screen and replied, "It's called an unusual place."

"Unusual... place?" The name sounded strange, something Huang Liao had never thought of.

She originally thought it would be called "Eliminating Perspective" or "The Back of Photography" or something like that.

It seems that Chen Pingsheng's naming ability is still very good.

"How many pieces are there in the whole work?" Huang Liao sat down and picked up the puzzle on the table. She bought it in a local mall to kill boring time.

Who would have thought that a sudden burst of inspiration and the idea of ​​filming a film would lead to no time to put the puzzle together.

"Not many, just a few dozen pictures." This unusual place is to show this concept, so it doesn't need to take hundreds of pictures.

But even so, it’s still a lot of work.

Huang Liao smiled and said, "Maybe by the time you finish filming, my work will also be finished."

"I hope so." Chen Pingsheng agreed.

(End of this chapter)