Five Skills of Documentary Photography

Lead: Speaking of street sweeping documentaries, this kind of documentaries has three key points: subjectivity, naturalness and environmental explanation. For more details, please see the selected comments in this issue. The film critic will teach you how to sweep the street when making a documentary blockbuster.

First, documentary is not to interfere with the records of the parties.

Author: inaction,

The direction of expected comments: connotation

I hope to get guidance: the connotation is not enough for the master's guidance. What else should I pay attention to in the documentary?

Commentator: Jinghaizhai

? The scene is good and the elements are good. The only drawback is that both people in the picture noticed the photographer's lens. Documentary works are best recorded without disturbing the parties, but they are incomplete. Maybe some pictures just need to be deliberately pointed at the camera, depending on the situation. But judging from this picture, what bothers them is the failure of this picture. ?

Commentator: Chongtian Pig

? A very life scene, a very beautiful scene, the biggest drawback is that you have disrupted this simple scene, so the picture is unnatural. Documentary can be simply said to be the moment when you are moved by beautiful pictures. ?

Second, let the layer tell the story.

Author: autumn moon and a half bend

Expected direction of comments: theme

Hope for guidance: theme

Commentator: Jinghaizhai

? This kind of map is hard to find. There are six people and three pairs of people, with age differences, young, middle-aged, old and hierarchical, but they are all pictures of interdependence and snuggling. Great love. If it's nitpicking, it's the seat. There are actually two pairs of people with backs. Personally, I think it would be perfect if the first pair of old people can be placed in a more important position and the other two can set off the whole atmosphere. ?

Third, bring it into the environment and explain the content.

Author: MMs345

The direction of expecting comments: the theme of the composition

Hope to guide:

Limited by the actual situation of composition, the composition in the early stage is not ideal, and the cutting in the later stage is tangled.

The theme wants to express the hard life under neon lights. I wonder if the picture can reflect this contrast.

Commentator: Jinghaizhai

? I don't know about the original film, but the cut-out picture is very depressing and the picture is not stretched enough, mainly because the seat is too far away and the scene is limited. In the presentation of the theme, it is very important to have your own ideas. I can't lack my own ideas, but how to express my ideas through my own fixed pictures is very particular and difficult. The bustling market atmosphere can be said to have never come out, and it is even more difficult to present it in monochrome. At the same time, the man doesn't understand what he is doing, which may be throwing garbage or picking up garbage, so the right time is very important when shooting. You can try to shoot with banners, blend the hurried footshadows of passers-by with other elements, and try to present a bustling atmosphere, so that there will be picture contrast. ?

Author: Mr. Jiu Dianshui

Looking forward to the direction of comments: color stories

Hope to guide:

Color film was shot with RVP 100 film, but many details were missed during scanning, and various films were still being tried.

The story likes the nightlife in Hong Kong. Unusual taxis represent many things in Hong Kong. Shuttle through downtown, where can the car take you? Go to a blurred night, a blurred place.

Commentator: Jinghaizhai

? Everyone will have their own nostalgia for everything. For Hong Kong, everyone will have their own special liking, while friends just have another general nostalgia for its taxis. Photography itself is right, but more importantly, can the pictures it presents resonate with others? Arouse other people's reverie? In terms of color, you can feel nostalgic colors, which should make it easier to set off the overall atmosphere. At the same time, some environmental elements can be added to the picture composition, which should have the unique flavor of Hong Kong. ?

Fourth, documentaries with themes have souls.

Author: Summer hasn't arrived yet.

Looking forward to the direction of criticism: the late story of writing

Commentator: Jinghaizhai

? Mobile phone is a sharp weapon. Never mind the equipment. No matter what kind of equipment is used, the picture presented is the same. It doesn't necessarily mean that you need a mobile phone photographer to comment, but there are some differences between each device. As long as you are familiar with the equipment in your hand, it is your best partner. Lights, night, pedestrians and haste are all well presented in the picture. If it reflects a kind of mood, unhappy mood, the presentation of the picture is still a bit reluctant. For this kind of street shooting, a picture content point is generally needed to support it. As for how to compose a composition in such a scene, it needs to be presented according to what friends want. Where there are many people, the pictures that need to be refined are very particular, with more but not miscellaneous, more but not chaotic, and more and orderly. ?

Author: POCO users

Looking forward to the direction of comment: composition

Commentator: Peng Li-Shao Peng

? If it is a snapshot, it is really not easy, and many things need to be completed in an instant. It's a good idea to darken the sides and highlight the middle, but the position of the character is black with the side and not prominent enough. Now, the character's back is facing the photo. If you wait for the character to go further and go to the place of light, the silhouette of the character will be more prominent and the vision will be better ~?

Commentator: I can't say.

? If this is a snapshot, it is still good to shoot it like this, because it will be restricted by many conditions that are difficult to control, such as picking up the camera, adjusting the plane position, adjusting the parameters, composing at that moment, and focusing. It is possible that by the time you finish these technical moves, people will have gone far. If it is a pose, there is still room for discussion. If I pose, I may make the following adjustments.

1, I move a little to the left, which shows that the visual length of the alley is more, which better shows that the people on the way home are smaller than the road.

2. The subject can stand/walk between the photographer and the brightest light source, so that the silhouette effect will be more prominent and the subject will be more prominent.

3. When composing, the composition of the picture can make the left side more and the right side less, which has a sense of visual and psychological extension. ?

Authors: one and two

The direction of expected comments: stories

Commentator: Chongtian Pig

? The lack of things in the left corridor affected the story effect of the whole movie. ?

Commentator: Mystery Guest 22

? I haven't chosen a seat yet. What's on it? Ceiling? Cut a line, interrupt vision. Might as well stand on it and film it. ?

A good film must contain the author's thoughts.

Author: wait-and-see shooting area

Expected direction of comments: theme

Hope to guide:

Commentator: Jinghaizhai

? It is useless to see a series of topic titles listed by friends. Even if you feel this way when you see this picture, it doesn't mean that others will feel this way. More is to see if it can resonate with others. At the same time, I personally think that this picture should pay more attention to the comparison between the two characters before and after, and do not need to pay so much attention to the explanation of the environment. At the same time, if you cut the right side into a square, your picture will inevitably need to be rotated and adjusted, so some characters will be cut out. At the same time, there is no need to be too entangled in the later stage, and the later stage is only an aid. In fact, if used properly, it can sometimes show that trait, so it doesn't mean that it will violate the documentary shooting in the later stage. ?

Author: Basil

The direction of expected comments: stories

Commentator: Mysterious guest Tu Tu

? The story of the scene is good, the photos in the later period are not well processed, the color tone is very dull, and the story is greatly weakened. ?

Basil [Questioning] Teacher Tutu, the mysterious guest, asked how to tune it.

Mysterious guest Tu Tu [Answer] It's hard to say that Basil hasn't seen the original, but the color of this film is too uniform and the contrast is low. For example, the facial skin of a character is generally dark because it is a countryman, and jeans are generally blue, so it will definitely not be the same tone as the film after being processed into black and white; From the shadow on the ground, we can know that the light should be stronger, so the shadow should be darker, not like a man's coat in the middle of the film. Combining these details with the original film, I hope I can give you some thoughts on black-and-white film's handling. ?