The beginning of all photography

When I read teacher Zhu Guangqian's Take your time and enjoy it! When writing an article, I not only remembered some words I wrote casually after buying a new camera. I think what I want to learn is to try to believe that every bird has a heart, every fish has a soul, every tree is whispering, and every cloud has its own dream. That is to say, as described in Zhu Lao's article, you really walk slowly and appreciate it with your heart.

The original intention of buying Nikon D50 camera is not to go to anything. If I want to develop in this field, Nikon D50 is too bad. I am satisfied with this cost-effective "one shot" lens. I believe this lens name with such a good mouth color can bring me a good start.

It can be said that I know nothing about photography. There is also a book about photography at home. The first few days, I fell asleep with Nikon's instructions. Later, I forced myself to attend an intermediate training course in digital imaging. Then I found it not difficult to start photography. The difficult thing is how to find beauty and seize this beautiful moment. After a brief understanding of white balance and ISO, I set off in full gear, and the campus in the early morning was my first choice. Looking for it, I was pleasantly surprised to find that there are "beautiful footprints" hidden in every corner of the campus, such as lush lotus leaves in the lotus pond, white and gorgeous lotus flowers, fragrant roses in the flower beds, blooming camellias, vines and wisteria with different shades in the cloister ... Every time I press the shutter, my camera becomes a world of flowers, a sea of flowers. Every flower, different angle, different metering, different aperture ... I pressed the shutter repeatedly. In the subtle contrast, I feel the harvest and happiness.

In the following days, I got busy with my work day by day, and I haven't opened my music bag for several months in an instant. The bag was carried from home to work, then from work to home, and finally lay quietly in the study.

But I was pleasantly surprised to find that I had subtle changes, and I began to learn to observe the world intentionally, just as Zhu Laowen said: "The creation of art is bound to be appreciated", and so is life, which requires us to observe life and then learn to appreciate it. I don't need a heavy camera to observe, and then my eyes become my camera. How many mornings have I used my eyes to "shoot" a work, looking for those moments that can move me. On the way to and from work, I stared at the "outsiders" sitting on the floor at the intersection of the food market and stared at the "migrant workers" working on tricycles at the entrance of the community. Every morning, when the first sunshine just rises, they wait there in groups of three or five. The warm sunshine shines obliquely on their faces and bodies, reflecting their expectations and longings for life in the dazzling light and shadow, but it is more difficult and helpless. I photographed these moments with my eyes, and my expectations and longings, hardships and helplessness all left a deep impression on the negative of my mind.

I resonated with Mr. Zhu Guangqian emotionally again and again, and really realized his point of view: the scenery that everyone saw at a certain time and the interest that each scene aroused at a certain time have their own particularity. Photography is so much, and the difference between light and shadow is also the subtlety of photography. After constant thinking, I really understand that there is no art without an ordinary life. Art is the expression of interest, and the root of interest lies in the little things in life, which need us to observe and discover.

As the days go by, there are more and more negatives in my infinite "flash drive": from a beautiful butterfly flying on campus to a "longhorn beetle" that accidentally landed on the windowsill, to the blue sky without any variegated colors in autumn, and the choppy waves flapping on the rocks by the river in summer night ... Because of the fun of photography and observation, my life has become more and more interesting. It is a good article to reveal this state of life in words and words; Exposure in photography, isn't it a stunning work?

Due to the lack of time for theoretical study and practical operation, my photography skills have not been fundamentally improved, and I am dwarfed by the rapid progress of my friends. But I have no regrets. Photography is just a "sport" for me, an ordinary "extracurricular sport" like playing table tennis, dancing and swimming. I clearly know that I don't just shoot for the sake of photography, but I should pay attention to discovering more "beautiful elements" in my life. I hope I have a pair of discerning eyes and look around from a unique perspective, so as to reach the realm mentioned in Teacher Zhu Guangqian's speech: walk slowly and appreciate slowly. I think I am; And will go on and enjoy it.