travel starts with photography

Chapter 211 The Undefeated Beauty
Chen Xing hadn't taken a good video before, it was all for fun.

The main reason is that there is a first-person perspective provided by the system, and the clarity and stability are perfect. Chen Xing has been using it to edit travel vlogs, and he doesn't shoot much.

But photography and videography are originally interlinked.

From taking photos to shooting videos can’t even be said to be cross-border, the gap in the middle only needs a little familiarity, and it can be reversed soon.It is not uncommon for a well-known photographer to become a certain director.

Professor Nobel is like this. He used to be a photographer, and since a certain year, he has become a well-known documentary director.

Fortunately, Chen Xing didn't have to make such a quick decision.

Continue reading, and meet Alizee at La Closerie des Lilas the next day.

La Closerie des Lilas is a very famous cafe in Paris. It was opened in 1847 and is now favored by tourists and artists. The interior decoration looks like an old tavern.

Because a shed was built outside the cafe, a lot of flowers were planted inside, and these plants blocked the light, so the interior of the cafe was a bit dim.This should be intentional, because the additional small orange lights are not very bright, so the slightly dim light is enough for you to clearly identify the path under your feet, but that's all.

Chen Xing saw Alizee at the corner, and there was another person sitting beside her.

I couldn't see clearly from a distance. When I sat down, Chen Xing and Alizee greeted each other, then went to look at the person sitting next to her, and then asked in a daze, "Are you..."

She quickly stretched out her hand: "Hello, Sophie Marceau, it's a pleasure to meet you here."

Chen Xing shook hands with her, but he was still dumbfounded.

is that true?

it is true!
I saw a living Sophie Marceau?

Chen Xing mentioned this to Delrin before. He said that in China, Sophie Marceau is several times more famous than Alizee, which is not an exaggeration at all.Even people of Chen Xing's age knew her.

Haven't seen her movies, haven't seen her clips yet?
Such a big star, sitting in front of me now?
OMG!

Chen Xing was shocked, and it took half a minute before he returned to normal.

Sophie Marceau and Alizee both understood.

They have seen Chen Xing's expression too much. Every time they go out to a party, after being discovered by people, those people will have Chen Xing's unbelievable expression. To be honest, they feel a little dark.

Chen Xing quickly recovered his expression management.

"My name is Xing Chen."

Sophie Marceau nodded: "I know you, I came here specially for you."

Alizee was drinking coffee with a smile on the side, and she didn't mean to interrupt the conversation between the two of them. She asked Chen Xing out to thank him for the photos he took for her and send the thank you fee along the way. Let's go to Chen Xing.

"for me?"

"Yes, I really like the photos you took, they are very Chinese style." Sophie Marceau said.

She has a good impression of Huaxia.

Some time ago, I filmed a movie in Huaxia. Before I went there, I thought it was the style in Chen Xing’s photos. It had a taste of the previous Huaxia Hong Kong Island movies, but who knew it was a bad movie.

This bad film is estimated to be released in October, I hope the French will not be fooled.

"Do you have time in the afternoon? I'm still in "ELLE", I would like to ask you to help me shoot a group of works with the same style as Alizee."

"I am glad to."

Chen Xing immediately agreed.

It's a real loss for Delrin to go to the UK to shoot some celebrity chef variety show. These two are his idols. I don't think he would have thought of meeting Sophie with Alizee today when he left. Marceau will come too.

Chen Xing was very interested in their entertainment circle and asked a lot about making movies.

Sophie Marceau is also a very chatty person, and she described the shooting process with Chen Xing in an exaggerated manner, especially when he was filming in China some time ago.

Alizee waited until she drank the coffee in her cup and said, "I still have a few tasks to do, so I won't go with you, Xing, I'll charge the money to your bank card? Your card accepts Is it foreign currency?"

If Huaxia's bank card does not handle foreign exchange business, the money received will be returned directly, and it can be accepted after handling, and it will still be in euros when withdrawn, and will not be converted into Huaxia currency.

"No problem, to be honest, I'm a little guilty of accepting this money from you, I just went to visit the senior's work."

"This is my personal thanks to you."

After asking for the card number with Chen Xing, several people walked out of the cafe.

Alizee skillfully put on a round-framed glasses, and Sophie Marceau put on a mask, making a simple disguise.

In fact, it is enough for celebrities to do this. Few people can recognize them directly. Many people can be recognized wearing masks or even hats. people followed.

Wearing glasses may be a bit risky, but it is really amazing that people can be recognized while wearing a mask.

Alizee drove away by herself, and Chen Xing took Sophie Marceau's car.

After getting in the car, Chen Xing said with a smile: "This is the first time I've been in a big star's car. Are you sure you won't be recognized? Your fans will tear me apart, right?"

Sophie Marceau also sat in the driver's seat, took off her mask and said, "No, they will treat you as my illegitimate child."

Chen Xing was taken aback.

"Impossible, I'm not a mixed race, I don't have blood from other countries."

"Because you look good."

"..."

Sophie Marceau looked at the road, drove the car out first, and then said:

"Didn't your country say something about me, a Western beauty with an oriental temperament? Hahaha, then I think you are a handsome oriental guy with a Western temperament. Seriously, are you really not going to make a movie? I have a script here that is very It suits you."

"You wrote it?"

"Yes, I've been writing this script for five years, and I'm going to shoot him in 2023 at the latest. Do you want to try the male lead?"

"Forget it, I don't want to be a star."

Wouldn't it be nice to be a traveler, writer or something, go around, eat, drink and have fun?
As a celebrity, there is no other way of entertainment other than making money, and you have to be careful not to be photographed by the paparazzi when you go out to play.You have to be careful when you go to a bar, what's the point of that, if you get photographed, you might be exposed by fans.

Nowadays, there are so many sunspots in being an Internet celebrity, is it worth being a celebrity?

Half an hour later, Sophie Marceau drove the car to the downstairs of "ELLE" magazine. As soon as she got out of the car, people from the magazine came out to greet her. The leader, Chen Xing, also knew her. It was a woman named Lidovia.

She seems to have a good relationship with Senior Delrin.

She didn't look at Chen Xing at all before, but this time, she actually smiled at Chen Xing. She was so flattered.

"Photographer Chen, long time no see."

"Yes, long time no see." Chen Xing shook hands with her.

Chen Xing actually doesn't have a bad impression of her. In the process of shooting, the people of ELLE magazine kept saying that he shot well, but the Chanel team didn't like it.

They also left their contact information afterwards.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Lidovia led a few people upstairs.

The person in charge of hiring the photographer and Sophie Marceau was still the eldest sister Chen Xing knew called Sylphid Harding. When Lidovia brought the two into the studio, they were moving the shooting equipment.

Xi Ludi looked back and saw them coming in, and said enthusiastically: "Welcome, Sophie Marceau, Chen."

Chen Xing looked at these devices with envy.

It costs a lot of money to open a studio like this. Chen Xing added all his current money together, and it should be enough to open such a studio, but what should we do next?But is it time?Moreover, such a studio does not improve photography much.

Going deeper, it is the debate between the pre-photography and the post-photography.

These arguments could speak for a book.

Chen Xing sat and watched, Sophie Marceau was on the phone to contact her assistant, and the people from the magazine were listening to Xi Ludi's instructions, and with Chen Xing's acquiescence, the studio was restored to the state of the last shooting.

After Sophie Marceau finished the call, Chen Xing asked, "Do you have any other requirements for the photos you took, the same as Alizee?"

"No, no, I like that kind of filter, but I hope that the me in your photo is the me now."

The current her?

Chen Xing fiddled with the camera, looked up at Sophie Marceau who had already changed and was wearing a red dress.

She is not young anymore.

Compared with Alizee who is in her 30s, Sophie Marceau is more than 50 years old. Her face and neck have traces of time, but she is still beautiful. Her eyes are so clear that she does not look like a 50-year-old person. .

Many female stars are afraid of aging, because once the face has undergone plastic surgery, once they age, they will be too ugly to look at others.

Sophie Marceau's face has obviously not been touched by a knife, it is very natural.

An employee working in the studio mustered up the courage to say: "You were beautiful before."

He is probably a fan of Sophie Marceau.

As soon as these words came out, Xiludi, whose expression changed drastically, immediately dragged her away.

Will you speak?
Sophie Marceau sat on the chair, spread her hands and said: "I am also beautiful now, I specially brought my favorite skirt, you see." She got off the chair and walked around the studio with a smile .

Then she sat back and said: "I am not afraid of aging, this is a gift left by the years."

Her face is confident, strong.

Chen Xing was touched by her words in his heart, and quickly raised his camera to take a few snapshots. Chen Xing didn't even deal with the location and lighting of this photo, and took it directly at his resting position.

Whether a photo is good depends not only on the model itself, but also on the mood of the photographer.

This sounds very unscientific.

But none of the most touching works in the world are taken by photographers with a flat mood. You can use technology to shoot starry sky, you can use technology to shoot time-lapse, but how to rely on technology to shoot emotions?
Several employees who were still working wondered: "Eh? Is this the start of filming?"

"No, keep busy."

Chen Xing looked down at the photo he had just snapped. Sophie Marceau had just been hinted that she was old, but there was no sense of loss in her eyes, and she had hope for the world just like boys and girls.

What charming eyes.

Chen Xing thought of the movie she was most familiar with, a movie from 40 years ago.

"First Love"

At that time, Sophie Marceau seemed to have just debuted, in her teens?But if you overlap her now with her in her teens, even though her face has changed over time, her eyes are still bright.

The French say that Sophie Marceau is their treasure.

correct.

Sophie Marceau flicked her hair and said, "Let me see the photos you took?"

"Yes, but this photo is not within the scope of my work."

"No, of course not."

Chen Xing went over to find the photo. In the viewfinder, he couldn't see the photo too clearly, and there were many icons blocking it, but this did not affect Chen Xing's optimistic attitude of Sophie Marceau.

"It's true that I asked you to take a photo." Sophie Marceau said with a smile after seeing the photos.

Chen Xing was a little proud: "Of course."

Xiludi looked at the energetic Chen Xing, and said with a smile: "When Sophie's works are published, maybe you will have to come to our magazine often. I guess many female stars will like you very much."

"That's not bad." Chen Xing said with a smile.

But when you smile and smile, you can't laugh anymore.

Who did he take the picture of?

Alizee, born in 1984.

Sophie Marceau was born in 1966.

I will not be a friend of middle-aged and elderly women, will I?
This is not the kind of photographer I want to be!
The scene was set up in the next few minutes. According to Sophie Marceau's idea, behind her was a solid color background. Chen Xing still used the Hong Kong style filter, but it was not the same side light as Alizee before. , but the side headlights.

Normally, this kind of light will definitely be very dazzling.

But professional photographic equipment is expensive here. Although this kind of light can easily cast people's shadows on the background, it is really not very dazzling.

One hour to prepare, 10 minutes to take pictures.

Chen Xing quickly finished shooting this group of works.

Xi Ludi looked at the photo taken by Chen Xing on the computer, and nodded in satisfaction... It really is the style of last time, chic, handsome and charming, but this color is not very eye-catching when used on the cover, and it will have to be used at that time. Just redesign it.

After the filming was over, Chen Xing put the camera in the camera bag, and Sophie Marceau was accompanied by her assistant to change her clothes.

After seeing more than a dozen photos taken by Chen Xing, Xi Ludi walked up and said:
"We will choose one of this group of photos to be the cover of one of our future issues. We have discussed it internally. Your shooting fee will be 5000 for the cover and 1800 for the inner page. How about it?"

"can."

Among commercial photographers, this money can be considered a mid-to-high end.

Many students in the photography class of their school are engaged in commercial photography in the fourth and fifth grades. A photo costs about 300 yuan, and even the cover is only [-] to [-] yuan, no more than [-] euros.

Of course, these are small magazines, and they can't afford to publish too many magazines.

There are very few people like Chen Xing who reached the sky in one step and were directly invited to shoot in top magazines.

Xi Ludi didn't mention the signing of the contract. She asked Delrin before, and she also knew that Chen Xing's ambition was not here, so just treat him as a freelance photographer. If the people invited like Chen Xing's shooting style, Then they will contact Chen Xing at that time.

It has been two hours since I left the magazine.

Chen Xing received another income, thinking about where he should eat something good to celebrate at night, or invite his roommates to have dinner together?
Forget about men, just ask Hedwig when the time comes.

He was sitting in the back seat of the car, and the driver was Sophie Marceau's assistant, a young girl in her twenties with freckles on her face. Chen Xing didn't quite understand why some Europeans and Americans thought freckles were cute.

Sophie Marceau was in the co-pilot, looking at the souvenirs given to her by the magazine... a few photos just developed.

"It turns out that I'm already so old, and I still have a lot of things to do." She said suddenly.

The assistant lady hurriedly said, "How old are you?"

"What's so shameful about being old? I'm just an old man, a tortoise that's been crawling around the world for a hundred years."

(End of this chapter)