Li Shaobai scenery photography lecture

Landscape photography, right? Wait? Or the practice of kung fu? The following are some lectures on photography in Li Shaobai that I arranged for your reference.

Li Shaobai Shenzhen Speech: Photography is not photography.

If it sounds useful! It did say a lot of things that we didn't think of, including the most basic, why should we press the shutter?

Li Shaobai is talking about ideas, so how to do it? Everyone should be able to do it differently, and the result is of course a good photo.

So what is a good photo? Personal views are different. I think this film has four levels:

1, looking pleasing to the eye, this should be the basic level, which requires us to use basic photography skills, and then we can get some by diligence;

2. It is a little difficult to make a film that records wonderful moments, because it requires not only excellent photography skills, but also strong foresight of moments;

It is difficult to get a film that reflects some problems. It takes a lot of luck to meet the right scene and catch the problem in an instant; In other words, first have a certain idea, then choose the scene and complete it in depth;

4. A movie with a certain depth of thought, the way to get this movie is not important, what is important is that people will not feel bored after watching it for a long time; But many times, not everyone can understand such a movie.

I seem to have some first-class films like this. I feel that it is very important to be serious at this level! Before shooting, we should seriously think about what Li Shaobai said about the four steps before pressing the shutter. If we don't take them into account, we will often produce something that looks good, but it will not look so good when we shoot it. In addition, I think we should think more about the operation. What exposure method do we use? What measurement method? Do you use a tripod? Whether the light is appropriate or not, if the operation is not considered, will cause shooting errors, inappropriate depth of field, overexposure or underexposure and other problems, and a chance to make a good film will be ruined. Most of us should still stay at this level in the forum now. It seems that everyone can only discuss pictures from the basic technology.

I think it's worth talking about. Why can't we reach a higher level? There is a question about the cost of photography. We all take playing as a hobby. If you want to record wonderful moments, you may need to watch F 1? Running to South Africa to catch animals? Or when the volcano erupts, go and shoot near that place? This cost is too high! But when we see many movies about F 1 and South African animals, the movies that can impress our bicycles and tigers in the zoo may be much inferior.

Moreover, if I want to reflect a social problem, I may go deep into nursing homes or deep forests to feel the problems I need to show, but do we fans have the time and energy? No, then our movie is more likely to meet someone fighting in the street, and shoot one from a distance, because close-up shooting is very dangerous.

Furthermore, we have to make a movie with deep thoughts, but if there is no practice at the above three levels, what about making such a movie? Although there is a flash, it is almost the same as the chance of an angel coming down to earth.

So we fans can only make movies that are as good as possible? I don't know. Making a good movie still requires input, all kinds of input, mental input, energy and experience input and so on. Instead of simple camera input.

Li Shaobai: On the Creation of Landscape Photography

Landscape photography, right? Wait? Or the practice of kung fu? Waiting for your work is certainly desirable in terms of light, composition and climate. However, works that are too desirable will also lack an artistic conception because of artificial perfection. Can artistic conception wait? Difficult.

In the past June, I was busy and full. I ended my trip to Austria and Paris and went to Macau. I walked all the way, filmed all the way, thought all the way and enjoyed it. This time, I was invited to participate in the selection site of Trombo Super Photography Tour in Austria. Did you go? Orsay? Headquartered in Linz, I have also been to Salzburg and Vienna. ? Orsay? The influence is still relatively large, after all, there are so many countries participating in the selection. After this visit, I have a feeling that some domestic views think that Europe and the United States attach importance to documentaries and don't put scenery in the category of photography at all. They are interested in social themes. But I personally think this view is not comprehensive enough. With what? Orsay? For example, there are so many European and American countries participating in this competition, and the selected works should also be representative. I think the smell of the salon is quite strong. There are many sugar water tablets that may be ridiculed and won prizes in the Olympic Games. It can be seen that in the field of photography art, the judging criteria are still very diverse, but whether it is China people or foreigners, the beauty and aestheticism of nature still have a considerable mass base, and domestic photographers should not be guided by some viewpoints. In fact, foreigners are similar to China people. They like what we like. When it comes to appreciation of works, most people will look at what the works express first, but I don't agree with this thinking. My photography has nothing to do with thought. I don't think about every photo in advance, or I can think about what I should express.

Regarding color, my opinion is that the beauty of the world is created by the harmony and conflict of color. Matisse said that in the figurative world, color is an important part, but at the same time, color itself has language. Color itself can speak? . Different colors will convey different visual feelings, and each nation has its own preferred color. Photographers should be good at using colors. On the one hand, it is the combination of colors. On the other hand, color gives people a strong visual impact. Without color, there can be no lines. Many of my works use low light, and the difficulty of low light photography lies in light. 24 hours a day, weak light accounts for a considerable proportion, and it is weak light from night to early morning. Even during the day, there is no shortage of low light environment. The low light world is a rich and mysterious world that needs photographers to solve.

In the past, the sensitivity of the camera could not be achieved. Just by extending the exposure time, if the exposure time is not long enough, it will not meet the requirements. In this case, a tripod must be used. Although the tripod can solve the problem of insufficient light, its limitation is that it is not flexible enough, and some subjects can't use it even with a tripod. For example, sports themes, not to mention cars, even people and animals will be empty for a few seconds. This is the biggest difficulty in low-light photography. Now with the development of digital photography technology, the high sensitivity of Canon 5D3 can reach tens of thousands of ISO6400, and the noise is acceptable. When the high sensitivity reaches this level, there is no need for a tripod in low light, so low light photography is much easier now than in the past.

For photography, especially digital photography, the later stage is also very important, but according to the different shooting themes, we should have a clear understanding and use it carefully, especially news and scientific photography, which needs authenticity. For example, when shooting a painting or a statue, we must be faithful to the original color and structure. Landscape photography, if it doesn't want to convey accurate knowledge and information like National Geographic and chinese national geography, can still be used in the later stage, such as adjusting by means of color gradation and brightness contrast, or even misappropriating something, but it must be realistic in the end, such as a bird flying in the sky, which does not go against reality. "Place de la Concorde", although using post-technology has the same effect as what I saw with my own eyes. Some people think that black and white photography is more advanced, abstract and expressive. In my opinion, color photography is more difficult than black and white photography. An important essence of art is a sense of alienation from the concrete world. Any work, whether photography or art, should not be a copy of the real world, but must be refined. This can be art. Black-and-white photography is born with a sense of alienation, turning colors into black, white and gray. Some people turn to black and white when they are helpless in the color world. In fact, it is very difficult to really improve the color world in art, because the color world is very formal and difficult to extract, which makes it feel alienated. Film friends should attach importance to color photography, learn color photography, study the nature and relationship of colors, discover, refine and combine colors in the real world, and use the change of color temperature to achieve their desired artistic effects. The world of color is rich and mysterious, and color photography is a profound knowledge, which needs us to understand, study and practice.