Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 71 The Surreal Decisive Moment

Waiting often doesn’t always pay off.

But if you don’t wait, you won’t see even a hint of reward.

The old man stopped in front of the church for a long time without moving. I wonder if he recalled the scene when the church was intact and everyone gathered together to pray in front of the statue.

Or maybe he is a retired priest who is reminiscing about the years he spent serving the Lord and solving people's doubts.

Chen Pingsheng did not know his identity, but felt that he was indispensable in the painting.

At this time, another person passed by, probably because he didn't want to disturb Chen Pingsheng with his camera, but taking a detour was not a good option.

So he decided to cross the plank over the sewage.

Chen Pingsheng watched him awkwardly walk to the board, and then looked at the next board some distance away with hesitation.

He seemed to be debating whether to jump or not.

However, in the next second, he made a sudden decision and took off directly without a run-up or preparation. Chen Pingsheng could completely foresee the situation when he fell into the water.

But he had no time to think because he had waited until he saw the picture he wanted.

"Click! Click!" Chen Pingsheng, who took several photos in a row, couldn't help laughing when he heard the sound of the elder brother falling into the water.

After his eldest brother left in a somewhat embarrassed manner, he checked the replay.

The man's leaping posture in the air perfectly corresponds to the reflection formed in the water. At the same time, the old man and the church behind have also become part of the composition.

Chen Pingsheng put down the camera with satisfaction, feeling that today's shooting went particularly smoothly.

I can't tell if it's because of the Master Experience Ticket or just luck, but I just feel like I got all the pictures I had in mind.

At this time, only more than two hours had passed.

There is still a long way to go until 24 hours.

Chen Pingsheng continued to move forward, and on the side of the road, he saw a huge curtain.

It was an area covered with cloth. Chen Pingsheng couldn't see clearly what was inside, nor could he hear any sounds.

It feels like a certain family took out their own cloth to dry, but who would use such a long cloth?
While he was curious, he saw two young men wearing jeans walking to the side of the curtain, with their hands in their pockets. One lowered his head to see from below, and the other jumped up to see from above.

As expected, curiosity is the driving force for human exploration. With a smile on his lips, Chen Pingsheng leaned against the wall and planned to see what they were going to do.

The two young men tried several methods without success, so they started wandering around the curtain.

Suddenly one of them saw a hole in the curtain, and immediately reached out and stabbed the companion in front of him.

The companion turned around and saw the hole, with a surprised expression.

Then the two of them searched again and saw another hole not far away.

The two looked at each other, smiled slightly, and stood in front of the curtain in unison, using the holes to peek inside.

At the same time, Chen Pingsheng picked up the camera and once again had the idea of ​​taking pictures.

However, he didn't intend to film them peeping, but had other ideas.

Chen Pingsheng approached slowly, deliberately slowing down so as not to disturb the two young men.

When the distance was enough, he raised the camera, his energy dropped, and he was ready to go.

At this moment, the two young men were still looking in, frowning, as if they didn't see anything satisfying.

The next moment, a powerful shout startled them.

"What are you looking at!"

The young man standing further forward turned around in a panic to see who was shouting, but unexpectedly he saw a huge lens!

It’s over!I was filmed!

The young man was so flustered that he couldn't care less about anything else. He directly reached out to grab his friend behind him and trotted away in the distance.

The friend looked confused and was dragged away before he could figure out the situation.

Chen Pingsheng was left standing alone.

"Hahaha." It was as happy as if he had made a prank. Chen Pingsheng smiled and looked at the photos. There was nothing wrong. His panic expression and movements were completely captured.Another very representative decisive moment.

Although this somewhat interferes with the state of the subject and has the feeling of interfering with photography, Chen Pingsheng is also aware of the gap between himself and the master.

That is having an unnecessary obsession with something.

For example, art photography must be in a purely natural state without interference, which seems to be more in line with the feeling of photography in the public imagination.

But from a photographer's perspective, it's actually overkill.

Because photography itself is human’s observation of the world, and it is an act full of human subjective aesthetics.

Most of the photos taken by Chen Pingsheng before were based on waiting, but in fact intervention is an important part of photography.

For masters, they can clearly know what they want to shoot and what they need to do to better complete the shooting.Wait when you need to wait, intervene when you need to intervene.

The so-called objectivity in photography is only artificial objectivity, and there is no absolute sense of objectivity.

Therefore, interference is also relative. For example, in the photo just now, the purpose of the photo was to show the moment of panic.

If you just wait, you may miss the opportunity.

Chen Pingsheng's shout was not from his own will, but a reaction after being possessed by Bresson.

While absorbing the master's grasp of photography, he found his own problems.

Only in this way can he progress faster.

Seeing that there was nothing to shoot around, Chen Pingsheng decided to have lunch.

I randomly found a fly restaurant and ordered a fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl.

After eating it, I found that it was his favorite sweet and sour taste, not the common hot and sour taste here.

Chen Pingsheng thinks that the owner of this restaurant should be from the north. Such authentic sweet and sour food is rare in South China.

While eating, a group of children passed by the door of the restaurant.

The sharp-eyed Chen Pingsheng discovered that they were the same group of children in front of the church before, and couldn't help but wonder where so many children were going.What are you going to do?
Thinking of this, he immediately couldn't sit still. He quickly took a bite of food, picked up his camera and followed.

The walk lasted more than ten minutes. The children were very familiar with this street and would often cross it through some paths.

Chen Pingsheng almost lost the team several times, but luckily there were some stragglers who helped him find the main team.

When they arrived at their destination, Chen Pingsheng discovered that it was an old construction site that had been abandoned for a long time like the church. It looked deserted.

The place is littered with stone bricks and scrap wood.

The children skillfully slipped in through the gaps in the wall, running and playing inside.

Chen Ping was afraid that he would disturb them if he went in, so he could only follow their route and walk along the edge of the construction site.

Occasionally, a few lone children can tell their next route.

After searching, he suddenly saw a huge gap.

There is a huge shell-shaped gap on a gray wall. Under the exposed bricks and wall, there is a passage formed by the ruins of the wall further away.

As soon as Chen Pingsheng saw this wall, he was stunned by its natural geometric beauty.

He raised his camera and pointed it at the gap, praying in his heart that the children would come quickly.

Perhaps hearing his cry, more and more children appeared in the camera. They stumbled on the bricks, laughed and touched each other.Because the passage naturally formed a queue, it looked particularly orderly in the shell-shaped gap.

And when Chen Pingsheng saw that the number of children in the lower left corner of the picture gradually increased and became the center of the picture, he quickly pressed the shutter!

"Crack."

A surreal photo of a decisive moment immediately emerged.

Chen Pingsheng knew that this would be the best photo he took within 24 hours.

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