Introduction skills of humanistic documentary photographers

Lead: From shooting dead buildings to shooting living people, this is a qualitative leap for myself. At this moment, I realized that I wanted to be a documentary photographer. How to deal with strangers, from being close to strangers to falling in love with strangers, is the first lesson of humanistic documentary photographers.

First, dare to shoot strangers.

Dare to take pictures of strangers, often starting from stealing photos. Prepare a long enough telephoto, choose a hidden place, aim at the stranger and photograph him without his knowledge. Although my hands are a little shaky, it's better to shoot more and have more courage. Dare to shoot, even steal, this is also the first step. However, I don't want everyone to be a paparazzi. I want to shoot the good side of others, not the bad side.

When I entered the village, I met an old man waving a cattail leaf fan. He couldn't hear or understand my question, but he responded to my smile.

Second, get close to strangers.

Stealing photos is not enough. Do you think you are not good enough? That's because you're not close enough. This famous biblical saying in photography always reminds us to get closer and closer. So, next, what we have to do is how to get close to strangers. From 30 meters when stealing, to 10 meters, to 3 meters, and then to 1 meter. We are not far from success.

She is eighty years old. She was planing persimmons in the yard when I met her. Neighbor said she was always busy.

Give a stranger a smile.

Being close to a stranger is not enough, but also arousing his emotions. Of course, what I want to shoot most is a smile, so I will give the other person a smile first. This world is so polite. However, you should reflect that the world is cold, and it is your business to laugh or not. Another wonderful use of smiling is that when others watch you slap him and want to slap you, you may smile and walk away.

I met an old branch secretary in the village and enjoyed the sunset at the road pavilion at the entrance of the village. I said take a picture, and he smiled.

Fourth, learn to observe strangers.

You don't shoot when you catch strangers. Billions of people, all of them, will commit suicide. We need to choose the photogenic one. Some stars are not very good-looking, but they have reached the top, such as Zhou Xun. We should learn to observe and find people who are consistent with our own themes. I basically shoot two kinds of people in ancient villages, one is old and the other is small. Ancient, with vicissitudes of life, small and lively, and the ancient village will form a sharp contrast. One more thing, I want to shoot the people in the village, the aborigines, and no one else wants to shoot. The first step in observing people is to choose people, and the second step is to find emotions. Emotional photos will be remembered at a glance.

Yingjiekeng Village is a drama village, with more than 300 artists in the village's population of 3,000.

Step 5 talk to strangers

Want depth, want to know the situation, or want to speak. It's difficult to talk to strangers. Otherwise, let's start with what others are doing, "you wash clothes" and "you cook". It is also a good idea to ask your age. "Old people live long this year." . Of course, when you meet children, say, "What grade are you in?" These are all useful tricks, and then it's time to praise the old man. He is really young and in good health, and there are children. They are really smart and run really fast. The key to praising others is to be sincere and see if they are flattered. If they are proud of their beauty, it is a good time to take pictures. He doesn't care if you shoot wildly.

Wheat is growing well this year, but when it comes to harvest, even this week it rained, and many wheat have no time to harvest.

Sixth, wait for the most touching moment.

Waiting and prejudging are the key links in shooting characters. Waiting, such as good light and shadow, must choose the right position and wait for a characteristic figure to appear in the right position. Anticipation means that someone will appear in a certain position next, and I will either catch up with him or wait for him first. Press the shutter at the best time. Also, when chatting with others, we should constantly capture the most touching moments, such as the brightest moment when others laugh.

He doesn't like taking pictures. According to my Jianghu experience, I finally asked him to take my picture, but there was only one.

Seven, accept the rejection of strangers

Needless to say, this article is very important. If you take pictures by force, the world is not beautiful. People don't like taking pictures, so respect him. Delete, accept; Scold and accept; Fight and accept; If you want to die, accept it, if you are a fool. If you want to die, run!

This aunt is not used to being photographed by others. At that time, I said I was just taking pictures of the cat, and she smiled.

Eight, fall in love with strangers

Finally, a very serious problem is falling in love with strangers. For example, many people go to Daliangshan to take photos, and some people take some photos to show that China is poor and take them abroad to receive prizes. Some people really recorded the real life of their loved ones around them (such as the Master of the Land by Su Xia, a Yi photographer), and I was very moved. Others really regard photography as a secondary concern, and the concern for people's lives there as a primary concern (for example, my teacher has been there many times, and every time he goes, he is a porter, collecting money in Wenzhou and delivering a lot of relief materials). This talks about the essence of humanistic documentary photography, which is summarized as compassion and humanistic care. It is not difficult to fall in love with strangers, because the person you love most was once a stranger. I don't know who said this.

In Biyoukeng Village, what impressed me the most was the silent eyes of a little girl.