travel starts with photography

A Chen Xing fan group.

'When I joined the group before, I wanted to buy a camera, and I have been procrastinating until now, where can I buy this camera advertised by Xing Gecha? '

'can't buy anywhere'

'? ? ? '

'It hasn't been released yet. Brother Xing got the camera for evaluation in advance. It really deserves to be the grandma I follow. It's amazing.Also, Hasselblad cameras have always been very expensive, whether it is the lens or the body, I can't afford it anyway'

'I said a number, 39900'

'? ? ? '

'This is the price of the Hasselblad X1D II, do you think the new X2D will be lower than this figure?For a novice camera, one that costs tens of thousands of dollars is enough, don’t buy such an expensive camera. '

'Shit, don't listen to him, the camera needs to be in place in one step, and when the X2D is released, buy one immediately and it will last for at least ten years, and even if you sell it ten years later, you won't lose much.Isn't this better than changing cameras one by one? '

Chen Xing's fan base ranges from beginners to photographers.

Whether the X2D camera is good or not, and whether it is necessary to buy it, all of Chen Xing's fans are arguing.At dawn, the activity of the group increased several notches, which was enough to show how popular Chen Xing's evaluation was among his fans.

After following Chen Xing for two years, this is the first time they have seen Chen Xing have a meal.

Of course those who are capable should support it.

However, with such a lively discussion in the group, there are still few people who are really sure to buy.Some of them are practitioners in the photography circle, and some of them are photography enthusiasts who are not short of money.

How to say about the Hasselblad camera, the pixels are indeed good, and the imaging is also beautiful, but in the understanding of professional photographers, it is a work machine rather than a daily machine, so they did not want to buy the X1D before.

And Chen Xing spoke very well about the new X2D.

There is that feeling of traveling the world with one machine.

This enthusiasm reached its peak during the daytime of the second day. Chen Xing received a lot of WeChat messages as soon as he arrived, and many people were asking about the camera.There are also people who are looking for a shooting location, they really like the ancient Buddha stone wall that Chen Xing photographed.

Before Chen Xing could downscale the photo and put it on the website, he saw that someone wanted to buy this photo.

Seth: (picture) génial! ! ! (Awesome), this photo is amazing!When will it be sent to us.

President Zhou: Xiao Chen, did you take a photo of a Buddha statue?The people from the Pompidou Center asked me to ask if this work is for sale.

President Zhou is an elder that Chen Xing met in France, the president of the Paris Art Association.Although he was brought to France by his parents to receive European education when he was young, he has always paid close attention to Chinese culture and speaks Mandarin very well.

Chen Xing also received a lot of help from him during his time in Paris.

Paris reacted so quickly?

Chen Xing only made the domestic Chinese video last night, and the foreign video had to be re-dubbed and provided with English subtitles, but it was too late.So Chen Xing is going to sleep in one room first and then change it today.Unexpectedly, after waking up, France received the news.

Chen Xing didn't expect this, but he still understood.

Although Chen Xing has many fans in China, the French photography circle pays the most attention to his works.

Miao Village, which is still exhibiting in Arles, has been asked by many people, and the gallery is also negotiating prices.If there is no accident, after the end of this photography exhibition, Chen Xing will be able to use the technology of photography to reap the largest amount of money he has received since he started this work.

Chen Xing first went back to Chairman Zhou and said: Good morning, Chairman Zhou, you can ask them to contact Perunna Gallery.

Then reply to Seth: I'll see you later.

Chen Xing washed his face, sat in front of the computer and stared blankly for a while.

He was wondering whether to color this photo, but to be honest, Chen Xing didn't know where to modify it. The texture and color of the original photo were already very strong, so he could just leave it to Seth.But really don't adjust the color?
If the original photo is sent to others, then the money for this photo is not too easy to earn.

Forget it, anyway, what other people are looking at is the original film, so why should I adjust it?Doesn't this just mean that I'm very naive in the early stage?

So Chen Xing sent this photo to the gallery mailbox.

In fact, if given a choice, Chen Xing would not want to place his works in the Center Pompidou.

When Chen Xing traveled to France for the first time, he divided the three major museums in Paris into three categories: 'understandable', 'between understandable and incomprehensible', and 'unintelligible'. Among them, Pompidou is the one who can't understand.

Most of them are modern works of art that appeared after the 19th century.

Although there is no shortage of high-quality goods, many of them are the kind of 'a few paper-cuts', 'unknown pigment oil paintings', 'bicycle rims', and even oil paintings that Chen Xing thinks are ugly and the colors are very ordinary." Reporter Searle Portrait of Via von Harden'.

It's really ugly!

Chen Xing felt that his current oil painting skills were better than this one.

But even if they are famous and rich, they are firmly established among the three major museums in Paris, and the number of tourists who visit them every year is no less than that of the Louvre.

The more Chen Xing recalled, the clearer the works in it became. Chen Xing quickly sent another message to Seth.

"If there is a better option, don't sell it to the Pompidou Center. The price is cheaper."

Seth had been waiting for news from Chen Xing, and after receiving it, he sent a speechless emoji.

Where is there a better choice than the Center Pompidou? The Louvre does not accept photographs, and there is at most a Musée d’Orsay, but you can’t just sell it to them. Only the Center Pompidou accepts it. There are many photographic works of art.

Seth suddenly realized the reason why Chen Xing said this, and quickly asked, "Did the Pompidou Center contact you?"

"They asked someone to ask if my work would sell."

"That's good, that's good, hahaha, you're really on fire"

Artists whose works are collected by the three major museums sell much better than before. There are even big collectors who pay special attention to Chen Xing. They don't need them to recommend their works to others, and they can sell at a high price.

"This is a good thing. I will help you contact the Musée d'Orsay. If it doesn't work, the Pompidou is the best choice."

Although I don't know why Chen Xing has an opinion on the Pompidou, Seth has no opinion on this museum, and its existence is reasonable.And he viewed modern artworks from a different angle than Chen Xing.

Visually, there is indeed a lot of modern art that is ugly.

But you have to know what the artist was thinking at the time.

An artist who had been kind to others for a long time, suddenly got angry at home one day and scribbled a lot.

Can you say that this painting is not precious?

Of course, the premise of doing this is to be famous, and to distinguish carefully, there are not many unknown creators in the Center Pompidou.Chen Xing can become one of them, and Seth even thinks that Chen Xing is superior.

After all, Chen Xing is only 20 years old now, no matter how you look at it, he is too young.

After spending some time processing the waves of messages on the phone, Chen Xing began to re-dub the edited video last night and make English subtitles.

Last month, Chen Xing got more than 1 US dollars on YouTube, which is not just a promotional channel.

It's okay to use a little bit of snacks as a way to make money.

In the afternoon, Ji Xuehua sent a video request, Chen Xing was still dubbing in the hotel, and then saw the top of the ancient Buddha stone wall, and then Ji Xuehua's face appeared.

"Brother Star?"

"Did you go there overnight?"

"Yeah, I still want to take pictures of the sunrise. The sunrise was photographed, but there is no Buddha statue."

Chen Xing smiled and said: "Sure, the sunrise is from the direction of the cliff, but I think it's also very good to take pictures of the sunrise over there. That mountain is the highest mountain nearby, and the surrounding view is very wide."

"Yeah, can you help me see how I'm doing in a while?"

"can."

"And this is it, brother Xing, do you know that the fence is being repaired above?"

He switched the camera to the back of the phone, and Chen Xing saw many workers wearing hats building fences around the ancient Buddha stone wall. As Ji Xuehua rotated, Chen Xing saw someone driving piles and erecting pulleys beside the cliff.

There should be something to be dragged up from below.

Because there is a very narrow road up the mountain, if you want to drag something larger, you can only drag it up from the cliff.

"The action is quite fast." Chen Xing said.

Ji Xuehua said:
"Just now I had a meal in the temple below, and I was going to take another picture of the sunset. I didn't expect to see them carrying the stone up, saying that the government asked them to make a guardrail for the stone wall, and there were repairs to be made next to the cliff. A viewing platform."

Chen Xing told the director about this place before posting the video.

It is estimated that after seeing the video, he thought about repairing this place.

There are quite a lot of scenic spots in Jiangxi, but the scenery here is not bad compared to other scenic spots.The key is that there are no villagers around, and they will not occupy their fields and homesteads, so it is too convenient to develop a scenic spot.

The tourism industry in various provinces is too busy this year, and tourists don’t like to go to old attractions like Lijiang and Sanya. They feel that these attractions are too much of a rip-off, so the directors of tourism and cultural bureaus in various places are looking for new income-generating projects.

The most amazing thing is that there is a well-shaped cave temple 10 minutes away from the mountain.

Isn't this a free scenic spot?
Ji Xuehua said: "Fortunately, I came early. If I come back in a few days, I probably won't be able to capture the pictures in your video."

"The main reason is that it is safer. The cliff before is still too dangerous." Chen Xing said.

If there is no guardrail, if someone slips on the side of the cliff, wouldn't it be a tragedy? Now repairing the guardrail and viewing platform can at least guarantee the safety of tourists who come up to visit.

The rating of a scenic spot is not only based on whether the scenery is good or not, but also whether the road to the scenic spot is good or not, and whether it is safe or not.

That's why many scenic spots in Tibetan areas are only rated as 3A. It is because the scenic spots in Tibetan areas are difficult to walk and the altitude is too high. Many tourists will have altitude sickness after coming to these scenic spots, which is a dangerous item.

Now that the local area is ready to develop here, Chen Xing and others revealed that there is no burden for this shooting location.

He was afraid that tourists would go up and destroy the Buddha statue.

Originally, this stone wall has been severely weathered. If there is no one to protect it, and tourists go up and write and draw on it with stones or pens, then this beautiful stone wall of Buddha statue may not last for the next hundred years.

After sending out the English version of the evaluation, Chen Xing went out to look for food.

After all, it is a county town, and there are many kinds of restaurants downstairs. Chen Xing found a Sichuan restaurant through his new mobile phone, and he simply dealt with it with yellow flower preserved egg soup and boiled beef. Then he went to Wuyuan Railway Station to see if there was any restaurant in Poyang. train.

35 yuan a ticket, the fare is still cheap.

Now is the time when the students are on vacation, there are more special forces for college students, and there are many tourists like this on the bus that Chen Xing took.

Next to Chen Xing was a "special soldier" who came out alone. She was making a WeChat call with a friend, holding her mobile phone while putting her luggage and saying:

"I just went to see Huangling. Wow, it is really like a painting. There is a hotel on the top of the mountain dedicated to taking pictures. It is too profitable. Then I went out and took a cable car and came back. Now I am going to visit Poyang Lake. Grassland, ouch..."

Her suitcase couldn't fit in for a long time, and almost fell down, but fortunately, Chen Xing caught it.

"I'll come." Chen Xing said.

Only then did she notice Chen Xing, secretly stuck out her tongue, and said, "Thank you."

Chen Xing put away her suitcase, sat down and nodded, "You're welcome."

She chatted for a while, then hung up the phone with her friend, and said to Chen Xing, "Are you also visiting Wuyuan?"

"Well, I stayed here for two days." Chen Xing said, and then he couldn't hold back, and asked a little curiously, "I just heard that you came to Wuyuan in the morning, and you went to Huangling and Likeng in the morning, so you can run like this Don't you get tired?"

The key is to go to two ancient towns without taking a break, and then return to the county to catch the train.

The distance between these two ancient towns is not too close. It is estimated that she spent half of the time today in the car.

"Tired, what can we do? We don't have so much time to travel. I just came out from home a few days ago, and I have already checked in many scenic spots such as Shanghai, Jiangsu, etc. I will take a look at Jiangxi in the past two days. I am planning to go to the mountain city, and the time is too tight."

She frowned and sighed.

"You can travel slowly."

"I don't have time." She said, the girl looked at Chen Xing, and said: "Handsome guy, you must have time to say that. I will have an internship next year. After graduation, I will find a job. At most, I will be in the local area." Take a walk, and think about where there is still time to travel far.”

"My older sister has graduated five years ago, and the SLR camera she bought when she graduated has been useless. Now it's cheaper for me."

She held up the camera and smiled.

This is a Nikon SLR, which is very bulky, and thanks to her, she can hold it.

The train would take two hours, and she shared with Chen Xing the photos she had taken in the past few days on the way.

Nikon is really good for landscapes.

Girls are more talented in taking portraits. Many boys take pictures of their girlfriends with big faces and short legs. But when they encounter big scenery, they are very good at finding composition. It is probably a kind of talent.

The female student's landscape and portrait are well shot.

"Have you learned it before?" Chen Xing asked.

"No, hee hee, sometimes I read those short videos that teach me how to take pictures for self-study." She said with a smile.

The train arrives at the station.

She took down her suitcase from the luggage rack in advance, and as soon as the car stopped, she turned around and waved at Chen Xing, and then immediately walked out with the crowd leaving the station.And Chen Xing waited until the people had almost left before leaving the station slowly.

Sometimes, don't blame them for this kind of punch-card travel. If there is plenty of time, who doesn't want to go slowly.