Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 8 "Portrait" of Yao Cun

On the morning of the third day after arriving in Yao Village, Professor Li did not go out due to physical reasons.

Several other young people went to the fields.

But when they arrived at the place, Li Binbin suddenly discovered that Wang Yifan was missing.

"Jiani, where is Wang Yifan?" he asked Jin Jiani who was taking a selfie.

Jin Jiani put down the camera and looked around: "I don't know, maybe I went to the toilet."

After seeing the unchanged fields, Li Binbin suddenly thought of what Chen Pingsheng said last night and guessed: "Did this guy go to take other pictures?"

"Ah?" Jin Jiani didn't react for a while.

After she figured it out, the two looked at each other, and then left the field in unison.

At this time, Chen Pingsheng finally started his own photography creation.

Seeing the steep cliff, he unfolded the tripod and put it aside, then took out the Braunica SQ-A, skillfully disassembled the machine into two pieces, and inserted the torn film along the film shaft. , then clamp both ends tightly, and then twist the grip clockwise to allow the film to bypass the entire backing plate and be rolled into the film spool.

Then he loaded the film back into the machine and shook the film winding handle on the right side of the machine until it stopped shaking. As he shook it, the viewfinder of the machine gradually changed from white to the picture in front of him.But contrary to reality, the picture in the waist-level viewfinder is mirrored, that is, the left and right are opposite.This is also the reason why many people can’t use film. If they want to shoot, they have to get used to it in the early stage.

Chen Pingsheng first checked to see if there were any dark spots or dust. After making sure it was correct, he pulled out the tofu knife.This thing is a baffle inserted into the machine. It was renamed because it looks like the knife used to sell tofu on the roadside when I was a kid. You can only start shooting by pulling it out.

When using this kind of medium format film camera, you need to pay attention to two things: one is metering, and the other is tofu knife.I don’t know how many people have caused tragedies because they didn’t pull out the tofu knife, and a roll of film was wasted.

Of course, Chen Pingsheng couldn't escape, so he had to check carefully before every shooting.Several people around him were fascinated by this smooth operation.

Especially the little Li Mao, he thinks what Brother Chen is holding is so cool.

"Huihui, I'm going to use this in the future. What kind of camera should I use to take pictures?" He reached out and patted the little girl with braids on the left.

"It's a film machine, Brother Maozi." The little girl's voice was crisp and pleasant to the ear: "Grandpa said it was very expensive."

"It's expensive, then make money!" Li Mao was completely unaware of the difficulty of making money and was still thinking about the future.

"Okay, Brother Maozi, will you take pictures for me then?" Huihui turned around and asked.

"Fine, but you have to pay."

"Humph, I'll ignore you." Huihui immediately turned away from him as soon as she heard him mention the money.

And Li Mao was completely immersed in his imagination and couldn't extricate himself: "Ten yuan for one person, one hundred for ten people, hehe, I will shoot thirty people at a time, that's three hundred." He smiled so beautifully that his nose was filled with tears. flowed out.

"Okay, Brother Li, you come first." At this moment, Chen Pingsheng, who had finally finished measuring the light and adjusted the aperture, called the first model over.

He deliberately chose the side of the cliff, which is blocked by the mountain and will not be exposed to direct sunlight. Moreover, the sunlight today is very soft and not strong, which is suitable for shooting portraits.

Li Aping walked slowly to the cliff. Due to the height difference, he could just see the general appearance of the village from the bottom of the cliff, while Chen Pingsheng's lens could cover the bottom of the cliff and the man's upper body.

This cliff is the only way for Li Mao and others to go to school. Due to the lack of protection, it is particularly dangerous.Chen Pingsheng came to see it yesterday and immediately decided to shoot here.

"Brother Li, don't be cautious, go a little further to the left." Chen Pingsheng smiled and guided the man to stand in the middle of the camera. He raised his head and looked at the light on Li Aping's face, feeling that it was not bright enough.

So he took out the reflector and said, "Maomao, help brother lift it." He tried the angle and placed the reflector under the character. The reflected light just brightened the character's face. He pulled Maomao over and helped. He raised the board.

Li Mao seemed to have received some kind of mission, holding the reflector motionless. Chen Pingsheng was extremely satisfied.

After confirming the light, he began to guide Li Aping again: "Brother Li, you don't have to smile or stand so straight. You can use my lens as a mirror now. Yes, just stand in a natural posture and look at the camera calmly. .Yes, that’s right, very good.”

Li Aping was a little unfamiliar and at a loss at first, but with Chen Pingsheng's gentle voice, he began to slowly let down his guard.He changed into short-sleeved clothes today, and the defect in his left arm was completely exposed to the camera, but he felt that he had not changed clothes, or that he felt that he was still the same healthy person and was not treated differently.

Looking at the lens that was basically parallel to his own, Li Aping felt at this moment that he had gone back to the time when he went to a photo studio to take one-inch photos in order to find a job. There, there was no difference between anyone, and they could only face each other head-on.

And Chen Pingsheng, who had been guiding the man and looking down at the viewfinder, also waited for the moment he wanted!

"Click!" He pressed the shutter, then quickly shook the grip to prepare for the next photo.

"Very good, Brother Li, let's take another picture." He looked up with a smile and continued to guide Li Aping: "This time, lift your chin again, oh, that's right! Very good, keep it up."

Just as the shutter clicked, Chen Pingsheng took 4 pictures of Li Aping.

Immediately afterwards, he asked other people to come forward to take pictures one by one.

That's when he visited every house and found the most unique elderly people and children who were most suitable for photography. "Uncle Luo, stand a little to the right. Yes, that's right. Don't look back. Look at me. Not at me, but at this machine. Yes, look at it."

Naturally, it was impossible to guide the old man as smoothly as Li Aping. Because of his hearing loss, Chen Pingsheng shouted very loudly, and his voice carried far along the wind.

But even if the old man could hear clearly, his expression and movements were very stiff.

As a last resort, Chen Pingsheng called Huihui over and asked her to stand behind the machine. When the old man saw the child, he smiled and his facial expression relaxed.

"Yes, yes!" Seeing that the moment he had been waiting for was finally coming, Chen Pingsheng hurriedly bent down and looked at the viewfinder. Then he saw that the old man's face changed from a smile to a calm one, and then began to become a little stiff.

"Click!" He accurately captured the photo in a calm moment.

After the old man finished taking the picture, he took another picture of an old lady in the village. Her hair was half black and half white, and her rickety posture made her look particularly thin.But Chen Pingsheng noticed a different sense of calm from her face, and later asked Li Aping specifically. It turned out that this old man had joined the Red Army, and his ears were damaged in the war and he could no longer hear.

It may be that her extraordinary experience has created her calmness. She is so natural when facing the camera that Chen Pingsheng does not need guidance at all, he just needs to seize the opportunity and press the shutter.

One roll of film was shot just like that.

Afterwards, Chen Pingsheng readjusted the tripod and angle, and then called Huihui and another boy from the village, Yuanyuan, to come forward to prepare for the shooting.

Yes, Li Mao was not selected by Chen Pingsheng.

But he was not lost. Without having to lift the board, he was jumping and looking at the picture in the viewfinder at waist level.

It seems that he really plans to take photography as his future path.

Upon seeing this, Chen Pingsheng touched his head and returned to filming.

"Hui Hui, don't laugh. Although your smile is very sweet, brother wants to see you calm down." The most fearful thing to encounter during filming is the child, because the child's naughty is completely uncontrollable. Fortunately, Chen Pingsheng found Both of these characters are relatively good, not very bad.

Huihui was obedient and stopped smiling. Chen Pingsheng noticed her restraint and continued to coax: "Huihui looks good when she is calm. She will definitely be a great beauty in the future."

The girl couldn't help but smile, and then thought of Chen Pingsheng's words and quickly returned to her expressionless face.

"Yes, let's be calmer and imagine the camera as a river."

"Brother, I have never seen the river."

Chen Pingsheng paused for a moment. He thought for a while and said, "When you grow up, my brother will take you to see the river, okay?"

"Okay!" Huihui agreed loudly.

"I want to see the river too!" Yuan Yuan and Li Mao next to them also shouted.

"Okay, let's go see the river together then." After receiving the promise, the three children immediately jumped together. Although the filming was interrupted, Chen Pingsheng was not impatient and just smiled and watched them playing.

Only when the children got tired from jumping did they remember to take pictures.

Huihui returned to the camera embarrassedly and stuck out her tongue. Maybe it was because she was feeling sleepy near noon, and her face finally relaxed.

"Very good, Huihui, just stay in your current state and look at the camera, great!"

"Click!" Chen Pingsheng finally captured the picture he wanted.

On the way down the mountain, except for Li Mao who was still awake, Huihui and Yuanyuan were carried by Chen Pingsheng and Li Aping.

Li Mao looked at the bag behind Chen Pingsheng and asked, "Brother Chen, can I also be a photographer in the future?"

"Do you want to make money? Or do you like taking pictures?" Chen Pingsheng did not simply say some words of encouragement, but asked him a question.

"Well, I want to use it to photograph other villages like ours." Unexpectedly, Li Mao gave an unexpected answer.

Chen Pingsheng looked at the light reflected in the child's eyes and said seriously: "That's no problem."

"Really?"

"of course."

While talking and laughing, the group of people walked back to the village and saw Wang Yifan and the other three who were looking for a location to shoot.After simply saying hello and not paying attention to their probing glances, Chen Pingsheng and Li Aping sent the two children home.

After that, Chen Pingsheng distributed all the candies and cigarettes he bought. They will leave the village tomorrow and may never come back again.

(End of this chapter)