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Why is the camera lens the third eye?

Love taking pictures

In the 1970s, several older children and I both liked photography. At that time, cameras were still high-end goods, and we couldn't afford them. Looking at the book and making our own camera, we found glass wood and worked with simple tools for a few days according to the instructions in the book. After several failures, we finally made a simple camera and successfully took photos. The feeling of excitement is no less than the success of invention.

In 1980s, I used my uncle's Hongmei 135 camera to shoot unforgettable scenes of my grandmother and my little cousin in my old house. In the old house, the hall is dark and there is no auxiliary light source; In the absence of flash and external natural light, I used a few photography books I read and simple photography knowledge to take pictures of portraits in the hall with an orange camera in the corridor of the old house. It is really difficult to take photos according to the photographic conditions, but I took dynamic photos for my dear, charitable and hardworking grandmother and my innocent and lovely little cousin, which became memorable photos in my life. So far, I have been looking at my childish photography, and my eyes are moist when I think of my grandmother who loved me very much 10 years ago.

199510 June 12, my leaders and I went to Beijing to attend the exhibition of Yangzhou Top 100 Enterprises. The central leaders came to visit us at the meeting. When the leader came, the general news unit was not allowed to enter the venue, and the unit leader asked me to take pictures. I am responsible for making timely use of the newly bought Seagull df-300 standard lens camera to grab an unforgettable lens. During the meeting, just after the National Day, the capital Beijing was filled with festive atmosphere, with traffic on Chang 'an Avenue and flowers in Tiananmen Square. It was my childhood wish to watch the flag-raising ceremony of the National Flag Guard and board Tiananmen Gate. At the gate of Tiananmen Square, I held my breath, took a panoramic view of Tiananmen Square with my ordinary camera, and took a panoramic view of the big scene with my ordinary standard lens. I haven't taken it, but I am proud of the prosperity of my motherland and the people's living and working in peace and contentment. I used my photography to faithfully photograph the historical moment and recorded the unforgettable moment of that year. This camera was later taken to Hong Kong, Cambodia, Vietnam and other countries to faithfully carry out its mission.

Photography is called the third eye to see the world. Yu Xiaoming, a writer, gave me a collection of essays of Seeing the World with Three Eyes by Wang Xuezhong. There are pictures and photos in Mr. Wang's poems. Although I am not a full-time photographer, due to my love of art and good art foundation, I participated in the correspondence study of 1989 "Future Journalists", which improved both in theory and practice, so the photos I took were appreciated by news photographers and often given their advice. Most of the pictures I write now are taken by me. Anyone who likes photography knows that getting started in photography is easy to master, and it is even more difficult to shoot good works. It is even more difficult to remake a good work, and the general photo studio is even more reluctant to take over the remake business. It is difficult for ordinary photographers to shoot good results because of poor equipment. Over the years, I have gradually mastered some skills in practice and improvised according to the situation on the spot. Photography can be said to be a spark of artistic inspiration in an instant. A good work is the embodiment of beauty in the photographer's eyes and heart. I like photography.