travel starts with photography

Chapter 225 Preparing for the School Photography Exhibition
Cheverny Castle is only a 10-minute drive from where Chen Xing lives. When they were chatting in the morning, the landlord said to Chen Xing: "Chen, you must take a look at this castle. It is the most beautifully decorated in the entire Loire Valley." one."

So Chen Xing came over after breakfast.

In a broad sense, Cheverny Castle has deviated from the appearance of an ancient castle in people's impression, and looks like a very modern white palace from a distance.

This is because the main body of the castle was built in the 17th century. At that time, France had already begun to promote the classic style with rigorous modeling and emphasis on symmetry. The French architecture during this period was also officially called the French classical style.

This style is very recognizable in France.

Buildings with many towers and complex shapes, such as the Rouen Cathedral that Chen Xing saw in Rouen before, are obviously Gothic in style. Many churches built since then have paid more attention to his comfort, and Not tedious visual art.

To Chen Xing's surprise, this place does not belong to the French government. Since its construction, it has always been owned by the French Yuhou family, and they still live here.

This kind of family is obviously the top group of dignitaries in France, and the interior decoration in the castle is naturally extremely luxurious.

A huge gold-plated fireplace, elm furniture carved with family crests, a silver-plated bronze chandelier weighing two hundred kilograms, and even the cushions on the tables and chairs are silver-plated or firmly fixed with gold-plated nails.

Chen Xing also saw what the daily life of the French nobles was like here.

Just two words.

envious.

Envy is over.

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After returning from the Loire Valley, he couldn't sneak out to play for the next three weeks. The daily courses were arranged closely, and they were the professional courses that Chen Xing didn't want to take leave.

For example, the camera course, which he must strengthen now, otherwise it will be too late to study after going out for an internship.

And at the end of the semester, a photography exhibition held by the photography class of the third grade.

There was also a photography exhibition last Christmas, but Chen Xing didn't enroll at that time, so he missed it.If he doesn't participate this time, he will have no chance in the future. The school has never held a photography exhibition for students in the fourth and fifth grades.

The school is still very tough, and it is very good for students under the third grade, with various preferential policies.

But for those who are entering the college studio for internship in the fourth grade, the attitude is - you have all started working, if you have the ability to hold a personal exhibition outside!

After attending the full class for several days in a row, Chen Xing was a little depressed.

Ke Leiji, a classmate in the photography class, saw Chen Xing coming in with his laptop in his arms, and asked him to come over and sit down, and asked, "What's the matter with you these days? You're in such a hurry."

Chen Xing put down the computer, yawned and said:
"I'm not like you. I've been studying in school for three years. I still have a lot to learn."

"Just learn what you need to use. How can you have so much energy?"

"Easy to say."

Chen Xing even thought that it would be good to enter school one year earlier, so that he would not be so anxious for the internship, and the performance during the internship is related to the issue of graduation. Although it seems that it takes two years to graduate, if you perform well and exceed the teacher's expectations , then it is not impossible to graduate in half a year.

Professor Nobel promised that if Chen Xing followed his team, he would be able to graduate in one year.

But he doesn't want to stay in Africa for so long, he wants to be better, graduate in half a year, and then he can continue his global travel career.

The class started, and Chen Xing recorded the content of the teacher's teaching in his notebook. If he didn't understand something, he quickly searched it with the search software to avoid missing the teacher's teaching progress.

Now he is totally a good student.

But there may be a bad student next to every good student who induces him to degenerate. Ke Leiji obviously felt that the photography class was too boring, so he asked Chen Xing: "Have you submitted the work for the photography exhibition to the teacher?"

"Isn't there still two weeks?"

"Then you don't need to make more preparations. I heard that the theme this time is the future world. Those works you took before are not in line with this theme."

This is a problem.

Chen Xing stopped typing and fell into thinking.

Then I immediately thought, I'm in class now, think about it, let's think about it after class.

So I hit the keyboard again.

Ke Leiji felt bored and went to play with his mobile phone by himself.

He will not develop in the direction of photography in the future, he just wants to be an ordinary photographer, so it is normal for him to take fish in the photography course, and he basically does not take the oil painting class, and he does not take the painting of the human body.

How nice it is to take private photos. When you meet a beautiful girl, taking photos is more exciting than drawing a human body.

After class, Chen Xing ran to the first floor of the teaching building and looked at the detailed announcement of the third grade photography exhibition.

The theme this time is 'Future World'

Have you been targeted?

Although Chen Xing is just a transfer student, he is now the most famous one in the photography class of the third grade. His famous style is retro portraits, and the second is the story-based photography that is circulated in a small area.

The storyline shows that Chen Xing has a deep understanding of Chinese culture, and uses a unique perspective and language to show people a real and diverse China.

The teachers who teach photography in the high-end installation in Paris like Chen Xing's style very much.

But this also cannot express the theme of the future world.

I always feel that the themes proposed by the teacher are more towards those students who are imaginative and like to shoot surreal photography. Such students will have greater development in the future, and many of them will gradually enter other industries.

Forget it, think about it slowly during this period of time.

Back in the dormitory, after eating, Chen Xing habitually walked into Hedwig's room. Recently, she was drawing a picture of a woman in black sitting on a dead branch in a world of ice and snow.

Hedwig likes to use cool colors, but this color can easily make people feel lonely.

Chen Xing watched her draw.

Painting is also what he has to study hard, and strive to be a teacher within two years, and then surprise everyone.

A photo may not make much money, but if he becomes famous in the field of painting, then both the manor's money and Annie's money can be earned back. I don't know if Annie can wait until Chen Xing really makes a lot of money.

Chen Xing suddenly asked, "What do you think of the future world?"

Hedwig thought about it seriously, but still shook her head and continued to draw.

Her performance showed that she didn't know how to explain it, which made Chen Xing sit on the bed a little discouraged.Hedwig looked at him and said, "You don't have to be so anxious, even if you can't take new works, you can still use your previous works to participate in the competition."

Graduation season is approaching, and there are exhibitions in major colleges and universities.

The works that Hedwig is painting now will also be hung in the school's art exhibition in a few days.

"That can't be done." Chen Xing sat up and said, "My previous photos didn't match this theme at all."

"You said retro is always popular. How come there is no retro in the future world?"

Chen Xing suddenly laughed.

Hedwig could joke now.

"I'm going out for a walk," he said.

Chen Xing picked up his coat, opened the door and went out. Sitting at home is the worst choice when he lacks inspiration. If he goes out for a stroll, he may be able to find what he wants in a casual place.

He actually has a little idea, which is to combine a lot of color and photography, and use post-production to synthesize a work similar to cyberpunk.

But this requires a lot of post-production technology.

He has always disliked the use of post-production in photography. He always feels that your works in the early stage cannot express the style you want, so does the work you modified through post-production technology still have a soul?So why not paint?

That's why he wants to learn to paint.

Chen Xing's photography philosophy is to take pictures of what he sees. If he can't take pictures, it means that the picture is not what he wants.

When passing by an Apple store, Chen Xing stopped.

The minimalism of the Apple Store opened Chen Xing's long-congested brain.

Yes, the future doesn’t have to be complicated. It might be very simple. Compared to adding so many colors to make people dizzy, wouldn’t it be the kind that can catch people’s eyes with just a few lines? More awesome?
Chen Xing had an idea.

There is a place that is very suitable for shooting such works.

Of course it's not in the Apple store, it's in the building of their school, Academy of Fine Arts.

The Academy building of the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs was designed by French architect Auguste Perret.He is a pioneer of modernist architecture, and the top floor uses a lot of minimalist design.

Chen Xing has been there a few times, but he hasn't paid much attention to it.

But just now, several images from the Academy of Fine Arts came to his mind in an instant, so clear that he could even recall some details.

Frankly speaking, although Chen Xing hasn't rushed over with the camera yet, he has already thought about the composition of the picture.

Wrapped in a white fence, the staircase spirals down in a square shape.

The window opened obliquely, inside is the lounge for the students of the Academy of Fine Arts.

A white skylight with several also white, irregular glass shelves supporting the glass above.

However, this skylight has not been cleaned for a long time, and it is a bit dirty.

It took an hour to shoot, and then I hurried home and started retouching.

Photographic works still have to be retouched, but not too much.If in a photography competition or photography exhibition, there is no clear instruction that you cannot retouch the pictures, then you can do a little retouching, or just like Chen Xing wanted to do before, directly use a lot of retouching as your own photography style.

The judges are always afraid that you will cultivate too much, and also afraid that you will not cultivate at all.

Chen Xing cleaned up the skylight, and then removed all other surrounding decorations, leaving only a few very simple buildings with line structures and their light and shadow.

He submitted this group of works.

In fact, if this group of works is placed in Chen Xing's circle of friends, it is estimated that there will be a lot of question marks.

Because this is a group of pure virtuoso works, the author can explain what concept and theme he used to create, and he can explain it in any way.But without the author's explanation, he is just a set of simple style photos showing the photographer's photography skills.

But compared to the things Chen Xing took before, this group of photos will definitely not deviate from the theme.

(End of this chapter)