travel starts with photography

The idea was completely sent out, and now they couldn't call Chen Xing, and there was nothing they could do.

Besides, there is no point in completely copying your own work.

If you want to improve, you might as well take a look at the works of the ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River that you have taken during this period, start from imitating the style, and step by step out of your own style, this is the way for a normal photographer to advance.

Thinking of this, Chen Xing suddenly laughed twice.

I have never experienced this period at all, and I saved a lot of time.

Then he ignored his account and checked the recently updated anchors of the dance area.The female anchors of the recent beep station are getting more and more curly, and even a lot of music masters are fine to dance now.

This is really a good thing...

the next day.

Today's appointment was in the morning, so Chen Xing didn't have time to watch videos in the room, and walked towards the art center with a backpack of cameras.

A backpack is a bit exaggerated, but there are actually only three pieces.

The Hasselblad lens mount is different from that of Sony, so Chen Xing left all the previous lenses at home and bought a new set of Hasselblad XCD lenses. The focal lengths cover 21, 65, and 80. Among them, the super wide-angle of 21 is suitable for portrait photography. It is basically not used in the medium, and Chen Xing bought it specially for the scenery.

After all, he is a traveler, and he always wants to shoot some masterpieces.

Even if there is no representative work at present, the lens cannot be missing.

But it happened to be used today. Chen Xing wanted to take a blockbuster-style creative work for them. He had already thought about the effect, and it would definitely attract the attention of gringos.

65 and 80 are the most commonly used by Chen Xing in commercial photography and daily shooting.

Why are all fixed focus and no zoom?

joke!

Hasselblad lenses are super expensive!

索尼买三款不错的定焦用于商业摄影，然后再来一个24-105用来旅行拍摄，这才多少钱？陈星的a7m3就是这几款镜头，加起来也就哈苏一款80mm/f1.9定焦镜头的钱。

So Chen Xing really couldn't afford it now.

Since the school holidays, Chen Xing has very few opportunities to make money. If he is not short of money, who would not want a zoom lens?

Without further ado, Chen Xing has already arrived at the art center with his bag on his back.

The weather today is fine, but it has nothing to do with the interior of the theater. Once the door is closed, it will be dark if there are no lights inside.At this moment, there are already many people sitting in the front row seats in the hall.

President Wang and Ning Junping, whom I met yesterday, were both there.

"Xiao Chen, are you here?"

"Mr. Chen, good morning."

Chen Xing also greeted them and said, "Good morning."

It is a custom in China to be called a teacher. Chen Xing was not used to it before, but he gradually got used to being called himself by others.What else?With so many people in the crew, not everyone dared to call him Xiao Chen.

Some dancers who have finished their makeup are also resting here.

They also come early for makeup.

Ning Junping saw that Chen Xing had also arrived, so he said to others: "Go and remind, the photographers are here, how long is their makeup?"

Chen Xing quickly said: "It's okay, I can take close-ups of them first."

"That!"

Chen Xing nodded to the curious girls.

No, it can't be called a girl, Daji is not as feminine as them.

"Zhaojun Out of the Fortress" has been choreographed a few years ago, but it is an international tour after all, and the China Song and Dance Theater has sent a relatively strong cast, not only Tang Shiyi, who is as famous as some entertainment stars, but also Hao Ruoqi, Zhang Di and so on.

Regardless of appearance or figure, they crush many modern female idols.

Of course, there are more young female dancers, but they wake up a little later and are still doing makeup backstage.

Classical dance makeup is inherently more complicated and delicate than modern makeup, but the dressing room in the Culture and Art Center is only that small.Those who come early will of course finish their makeup soon, and those who come later can only wait slowly.

"Beauties, I didn't get to know each other well yesterday. Today I will introduce myself first. My lord, Chen Xing, is currently very young and has never been married. If you have any sisters who want to get out of singles, you can introduce them to me...Of course, if you meet me in private You can also exchange contact information..."

"Hahaha!"

Many beauties laughed, and the hairpins on their heads shook, only a few middle-aged men frowned, wondering why this person is a bit unreliable?
Is it better for the photographer to be humorous or rigid?

Of course, it’s better to be humorous. You have to show your relaxed attitude in front of the guests, so that the people being photographed will not be so nervous.After all, nervousness is a big taboo in shooting, and the model cannot relax, so Chen Xing's group of photos today will be difficult to take.

And don't worry about whether the joke will go too far.

When a group of girls are together, the strong sense of security will not only prevent them from being afraid of Chen Xing, but also want to tease him.

The stage lighting in the theater is very complete. Even if it is not professional equipment, it can still achieve the effect Chen Xing wants. Therefore, his close-up shot of the leading role was quickly finished, and it was eleven o'clock at this time.

"When will the photos of the group be taken?" Ning Junping asked.

Chen Xing said: "At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, it's enough, but I'm not going to shoot here. Can you find a car? Let's go to Zhouzhuang."

Zhouzhuang is an ancient town in Suzhou, only three to ten minutes' drive from their location.

If you don’t come to Jiangnan once, it is difficult to imagine how dense the ancient towns in Jiangnan are. Let’s not talk about the famous ancient towns like Wuzhen and Tongli Xitang. There are only two ancient towns within three to 10 minutes of Chen Xing.

One of them is Zhouzhuang.

The reputation here is not low, it belongs to one of the six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and is also known as the first water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

When Chen Xing came to Jiangnan, this place was taken care of by someone. The key word that Chen Xing remembered was the word "water town". If a place like Jiangnan could be named after water, one can imagine how authentic the scenery of the water town here must be.

He looked it up, too, and there were places where the stream was so shallow that it just submerged the ankles.

Therefore, this is the ideal shooting location for Chen Xing.

Specifically how to shoot, let’s go and see.

Chairman Wang and Chen Xing were chatting about what to have for lunch, and on the other side, a group of girls were also discussing the works that Chen Xing took in the morning.

After coming here in the morning to take a photo, Chen Xing made some adjustments to the parameters of the camera, so that a photo in JPG format was displayed in front of their eyes in a straight-out manner.

In their eyes, this kind of photos are no different from the publicity photos that many photographers have edited.

"He's amazing!"

"Oh, you know all this?"

"Did you ask him to WeChat just now?"

"do you have?"

"no!"

"I don't dare, you guys go." Several leading actors said.

Those young girls who just joined the dance troupe became more and more excited as they chatted. Apart from Chen Xing and his shooting skills, they rarely saw someone who could adjust such a beautiful style on the spot without having to do post-production of it?

It's decided to eat seafood at noon.

As President Wang's home stadium, Wujiang was naturally up to him. Chen Xing sat in the auditorium for a while, and sent an emoji to the sisters who had just joined on WeChat.Then put away the phone and walked towards the girl and said:
"There's still some time, shall I take two photos for you too?"

It's a waste of time not to take pictures now, Chen Xing doesn't want to waste so many high-quality models.

Not one ugly one.

When Chen Xing walked towards them, it was a bit like entering the kingdom of daughters...but their current outfits are more like the female fairies in Pansidong. The clothes are all golden, showing arms, shoulders, and a small piece of back .

"Thank you!"

They had been greedy for a long time, but they didn't dare to take the initiative to disturb Chen Xing. At this moment, Chen Xing himself brought it up just as they wanted.

There is a photo of myself, even if I can't use it this time, it's fine to take it back and frame it and hang it on the wall.Which dancer does not have an artistic photo taken by a well-known photographer at home?Now is a great opportunity.

Chen Xing was instantly surrounded by stars.

"Come on one by one, don't worry."

Now these are taken casually, and there is no need to save them for repairs at night, so Chen Xing takes them casually and quickly.His preset parameters are very suitable for the lighting of the scene, and any poses of the actors will produce beautiful close-up photos.

It has to be said that a professional is a professional.

The camera sense of these dancers is definitely not inferior to those movie stars, and they are also open in front of the camera. When Chen Xing said something difficult, one of the girls who looked very young gave Chen Xing a vacant stand on the spot The split horse.

"It's all gone!!" Chen Xing said with greed and reminder.

"I'm wearing pants, what are you afraid of!"

"Mr. Chen, are you shy?"

"..."

President Wang's sudden appearance made Chen Xing break free from the daughter's country, and he said, "Let's go, East Lake Hotel, I've made a reservation."

Chen Xing went over and asked, "Where did Mr. Ning go?"

"I went to the dance association to contact the bus. Are you really going to Zhouzhuang to shoot in the afternoon? Can I bring some actresses there?"

The Art and Culture Center itself is also cultivating Yue opera actors. Chairman Wang mainly wants to get acquainted with the seniors of the China Song and Dance Theater with these little girls. If they have the opportunity to go to the China Song and Dance Theater in the future, it will be their fate.

Especially Tang Shiyi, now Tang Shiyi has gradually moved behind the scenes, and will probably be one of the leaders of the China Song and Dance Theater in the future.

"You don't need to ask me, President Wang, you can do whatever you want."

With two private rooms and four tables, everyone was seated.

There are many good things on the table. Sea shrimp and crab are considered low-end. For Suzhou people, hairy crab is the most high-end delicacy nowadays. There are still very few mature crabs, but this restaurant still serves up a large plate.

President Wang said:
"We Suzhou people generally pay attention to eating from time to time, that is, we don't eat crabs when they are growing. This restaurant is not bad, and we can find so many mature female crabs."

"Come on, Xiao Chen, you worked hard today, this is the biggest one for you."

Chen Xing took it after a few polite words.

Europeans don’t eat river crabs, but this kind of steamed hairy crabs has a clear fragrance that sea crabs don’t have after opening the shell. There are a lot of crab roe, not only not fishy, ​​but also has a sweet taste, which tastes very good.

Chen Xing ate a lot, and then belatedly saw that the seafood on the table hadn't moved much, and a group of people were eating light food.

"You eat too."

"Oh, gout..."

"..."

Chen Xing ate this meal very happily. Chen Xing ate half of a plate of hairy crabs, and the female crab had a lot of roe.

After eating and resting until two o'clock, everyone went downstairs to get on a tourist bus and drove towards Zhouzhuang.Chen Xing rested with his eyes closed in the car, and Tang Shiyi shouted at Chen Xing from the back: "Mr. Chen, they asked you when to shoot."

"It will be at least 04:30, what's wrong?"

"Then can we change back to our casual clothes first, we dare not go out to play in this suit."

Chen Xing smiled and said, "Haha, of course."

The make-up artist is dark-faced.

Why go out to play when it's so hot, isn't it good to just stay in the car?
If the makeup is spent, it will be her who will work hard at that time.

There are also two people from the Suzhou Art Association in the car. They were found by Ning Junping. They were asked to coordinate the bus, and then to coordinate with the ancient town of Zhouzhuang, so that the dance troupe could have a better shooting scene. .

The official one is convenience.

The shooting plan that Chen Xing came up with on the spur of the moment, they were able to get the ancient town to make way for the shooting.

But it is not emptying tourists, but temporarily closing a small scenic spot.

This also made him unexpected. His initial thought was to use composition and post-production to avoid tourists.

Zhouzhuang will arrive soon.

The buildings here are actually quite different from what Chen Xing saw before, but the second floors of many ancient buildings are pavilions made of wood-carved windows instead of brick and stone buildings, which makes Zhouzhuang more ancient. .

The girls kicked the men out of the car, closed the curtains, and changed into civilian clothes in the car.

They have been busy for many days. Originally, today is their day of rest. Tomorrow night they will perform another repertoire in the theater, and then they will perform abroad, so they don't know when the rest time will be.

Therefore, even though it is not long before 04:30, they still want to change into beautiful clothes and take a walk in the ancient town.

After getting off the car, Chen Xing said, "I'll go and see first, what's the name of that scenic spot?"

He only found such a place, but he didn't know where it was.

After all, he has never been here.

"Let Xiaoxia take you there."

Xiao Xia's name is Xia Rihai, a 26-year-old boy who nodded heartily and said, "Okay, Mr. Chen Xing, come with me. That place is a bit far from the main street of the scenic spot, and now tourists are banned from entering, so there shouldn't be many people there." .”

As soon as you enter the scenic spot, there are naturally countless tourists.

But after arriving at the Qianshuixi area, there were indeed not many tourists. Chen Xing saw the few tourists who hadn't left to play on the water inside, looking very happy, and took a few photos of them with peace of mind.

The height of the stream is just right.

If you shoot from the shore, you can't take pictures of the ancient town, and it has nothing special.

Chen Xing walked around here, but found two very good seats.

In one of them, Chen Xing went into the water and used an ancient building in the distance as the background to shoot the beauties of the dance troupe. The second camera was a small slope only tens of centimeters high, or it could be called a small waterfall.

Standing below and shooting them from a low angle, Chen Xing can ignore most of the sundries and only shoot water, people, and the sky.

They're all good, let's take a picture of each.

Although there is an expectation of making a film, Chen Xing is still very much looking forward to how this photo will be made by him in the end.

It must have been beautiful and shocking.