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Why is light the soul of photography?

Light is a magic master who shows all the wonders of nature. With light, human life on earth will be colorful. Light is very important for shaping, depicting and portraying images. Photography itself is an art of modeling with light, and the depth of artistic skills depends entirely on the photographer's skills in identifying, mobilizing and using light. Light is divided into direct light and scattered light in mode, and into front light, side light, backlight, top light and foot light in direction. Brilliant photographers use up as freely as painters use ink, and light becomes a living ghost in their eyes. After superb light distribution in different ways and directions, they can magically show the outline, distance, image, structure, color, texture, environment, atmosphere and so on. The main body, can also intuitively express a specific time and space.

1994 Yin, who was rated as one of the top ten portrait photographers in China, is such a master photographer. In her lens, everyone can be a model: a girl with an ordinary face can be photographed as a star on the stage, an intelligent and elegant intellectual woman, and an affectionate girl. The fat manager with a paunchy belly has become a handsome and capable man through the "makeup" of light ... The application of light in her hands has been realized: Moline can not only express his subjective imagination, but also reflect the appearance and essence of the characters. Under the influence of Moline, ugliness and beauty are mutual changes, and fatness and thinness can be changed. Such a photographer is naturally welcomed by people, and many people admire her for taking portraits from thousands of miles away in order to "change" herself under her lens. After all, it is human nature to love beauty.

Yin, who has been engaged in portrait photography for more than 30 years, is not only experienced, but also has artistic charm: "Eyes are the window to everyone's soul, but it is not easy to open this window." "A photo is a play. A photographer should be a good director." "A good photographer should know the light, know the light and adjust the light. Light is the soul of photography ... "And so on. It is a rare artistic enjoyment to listen to her lectures and see her many award-winning photography masterpieces.