Brief analysis of humanistic documentary photography skills?

I have taken photos for many years. In retrospect, at first, I took pictures of ancient buildings. Later, I took photos of almost eve

Brief analysis of humanistic documentary photography skills?

I have taken photos for many years. In retrospect, at first, I took pictures of ancient buildings. Later, I took photos of almost everyone and strangers. 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. Fall in love with a stranger, let me show you. ? First, dare to shoot strangers.

Dare to shoot a stranger, often from * * *. 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 if * * *, 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.

* * * 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 30m at * * * *, to 1 0m, to 3m, to1metre. 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 my village, the aborigines, and no one else wants to shoot them. 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