Current affairs photography is really not an ordinary technical job.

~ Remember a lesson from Teacher Wu Shouhua

People's Daily Online Fuzhou 20 15 10 19 (Li) 18, the main news center of the Straits Olympic Sports Center was crowded with reporters who came to attend the opening ceremony of the Youth Games. Wu Shouhua, assistant to the president of Fujian Pictorial, is an old photographer. He is diligent and not idle at all. He aimed the camera at his busy colleagues in the news center. This is a report by teacher Wu Shouhua on the Internet, and it is also a preliminary understanding!

Beijing Photography Correspondence University, Fujian Branch invited Mr. Wu Shouhua to give lectures in the classroom. Mr. Wu has rich experience in news photography. In class, Mr. Wu showed us the photos he took in those years, and the teacher kindly taught the students the essentials of taking these photos. In addition to the unique characteristics of rapid news dissemination, news photography should actually pay attention to the technical requirements such as shooting angle, shutter speed, aperture and ISO, and also consider the composition requirements of the subject and companions.

In order to illustrate the technical control of current affairs photography, the teacher showed a picture of the leader's report, requiring that the expressions and eyes of the main leaders should be shown, and there should be a comparison between the participants on the rostrum. To do this, the main body of the picture should be clear and the accompanying body should be blurred, so it is best to put the aperture of the shooting parameter at a constant value of 2.8, so that the main body of the news will stand out clearly, while a large aperture will blur the background. Judging from the effect of the picture, the background participants set off the subject as a foil, and because of the blur, they only played the role of setting off the subject, and did not interfere with the performance of the subject, thus achieving the purpose of shooting. However, not all shooting is blindly using a large aperture to express the subject. For example, when a leader meets the scene, on the one hand, he should show the scene of the leader and the interviewee, on the other hand, he should also show the echo of the people around him, so as to increase the intimacy and atmosphere of the whole picture, and he should not blindly use the big aperture. According to Mr. Wu's experience, the aperture value of 5.6 is more appropriate, which can not only ensure the luminous flux, but also have a suitable depth of field and achieve the overall performance effect.

Because current affairs photography requires the timely, objective, fair and instantaneous reproduction of major historical events, reflecting the value of current affairs photography, students not only appreciate the teacher's shooting skills, but also listen to his experience in shooting current affairs scenes. For example, when shooting a meeting, three shooting methods, panoramic, middle and close-up, are generally adopted. According to the requirements of the meeting process, records should be left at all stages to enrich the picture form;

Students also learned that they should be fully prepared before shooting current political news. Due to the non-repeatability of current news shooting, we should make full preparations in advance and preside over the content, process and leadership level of the meeting. You need to be familiar with and mature in advance, especially the cultural background, characteristics, preferences and other factors outside the picture of the person you are shooting. You need to accurately grasp the process and time of the meeting and meeting, set the plane in advance, choose the right angle, set the technical parameters, and press the shutter decisively once the shooting time is entered. Due to years of shooting experience, the teacher's plan has already been mastered, and the final picture will naturally speak.

Political photography seems simple and even tasteless. In fact, it takes a lot of efforts to form a good political photography, such as the accumulation of experience and the application of skills. After listening to Mr. Wu's class, I suddenly became enlightened. I admire Mr. Wu's classic political photography. I look forward to taking some photos of current affairs with communication value. Although the conditions are not allowed, it is unlikely, just a little small. This is also the meaning of writing tonight.