What should I do to apply for a photography assistant?

Clear purpose and lay a good foundation.

I remember a famous photographer talking about "What is photography?" At that time, he said without hesitation: "Photography is passion!" . Engaging in photography creation and taking a photo undoubtedly requires an impulse and a passion. Photographers must first be moved by themselves, and then they want to pass this touch on to the third party, which is both an opportunity and a driving force for photography creation. Photography is just like any artistic creation. Works that lack passion are bound to lack appeal. Of course, a passion alone can't make a good work.

Presumably, every photographer, including many photographers, loves photography for a reason, or is moved by many excellent photographs. Or infected by a photographer and his works; Or because of an opportunity to contact photography, I fell in love with photography unconsciously; Or just because armed photographers are always so conspicuous and noticed in public … and so on. The original intention of learning photography is something that every photographer must sort out and cherish. Why should I learn photography? What kind of photography do I want to shoot through learning? What kind of photographer do you want to be? Further, what do you want to tell others through your works? Learning photography must have a very clear purpose and persistent spirit of seeking, and should not be based on a whim.

Maybe you just want to take pictures in your spare time to amuse yourself and don't want to shoot anything amazing, that's another matter. I often hear some photographers lament that they have been shooting for some years and invested a lot of manpower and financial resources, but it is always difficult to reach a new height. If you want to study in by going up one flight of stairs and by going up one flight of stairs on the basis of hobbies, you may wish to rearrange your study purpose and direction, especially whether you have a solid grasp of the basic knowledge of photography. Just like building a building needs a solid foundation.

Find a good starting point

To do anything, we must have a method and process of "focusing on the big picture and starting from the small", so is learning photography. Photography has developed into many categories and specialties today. When you are ready to learn photography, you'd better find a breakthrough point to enter the photography world to avoid confusion. Learning photography must start with basic knowledge, such as the basic performance and operation method of the camera, the principle and application of photosensitive materials, etc. But besides, you'd better choose a more definite goal, for example, do you like landscape photography or figure photography; Do you like life, realism, ideas and freehand brushwork? For amateurs who have a preliminary knowledge of photography, they should consciously cultivate their interests and hobbies in a certain kind of photography, and at the same time pay more attention to, browse and collect relevant materials, such as related photographers and works. This is helpful to the knowledge and understanding of photography. Ansel adams, a famous landscape photographer, said in his later years that how to shoot good works is the best way to learn photography. Collect more relevant information, read more, learn more, experience more, and shoot on the basis of understanding, so as to have a clear purpose and avoid blind shooting and unnecessary detours.

Select 135 single lens reflex camera.

Although photography has only a short history of 160 years, the camera has developed from a simple black box in the early days to a large number of multi-functional and multi-type high-tech products integrating the latest technologies such as optics, mechanics, precision electronics and digital. There are so many kinds that even professional photographers are often at a loss about some new products and models. As a beginner, I suggest that you only need to buy a single-lens reflex camera with moderate price and manually adjust the focal length, aperture and shutter.

The reason why 135 SLR camera is chosen is because SLR camera takes pictures through the lens, so there is no parallax. Although the popular paraxial camera is cheaper than SLR camera, the viewfinder and lens of paraxial camera are separated, and the size of the image seen from the viewfinder is different from that recorded by film, so there is a certain parallax. This parallax is not obvious when shooting the distant view, but it will be larger when shooting the close view. From the beginner's point of view, this parallax is not conducive to accurately grasp the framing and composition.

It can be seen from the structural diagram of a single-lens reflex camera that the light passes through the lens and reaches the reflector, and then refracts to the focusing screen above to form an image. Through the eyepiece and pentaprism, we can see the scenery outside in the observation window. When shooting, press the shutter button, the reflector will pop up, and the shutter curtain in front of the film will be opened at the same time. The light (image) passing through the lens will be projected on the film to make the film sensitive, and then the reflector will immediately return to its original state, and the image can be seen in the viewfinder. This structure of the single-lens reflex camera ensures that it is shot through the lens, so that the image seen in the observation window is always consistent with the image on the film, and its framing range is basically consistent with the actual shooting range, eliminating the parallax phenomenon of the paraxial head-up framing camera. From the perspective of learning photography, it is very conducive to intuitive framing and composition.

Another major feature of a single-lens reflex camera is that it can replace lenses with different specifications. Because many people use 135 single-lens reflex camera, and it is also the most competitive market for equipment manufacturers, so the types of lenses available for exchange are particularly complete. In this way, photographers can configure different lenses according to their proficiency and performance purposes, and upgrade gradually, which is very convenient.

How to buy the first camera

Before you buy a camera, you should consider several points. First, what is the purpose of your camera? Is it for your own use, or does the whole family have a chance to use it? So, will you invest more in photography in the future, then you may have to invest more in the subsequent equipment and equipment. In other words, if you may invest more in the future, you should consider the expansibility of the camera, and of course, the budget should also be considered. If you are not interested in photography, you don't need to buy professional models or professional reserve models with complicated operation and high price.

The consideration of use is this. If you want to take some life photos and travel commemorative photos and use them with the whole family, you can buy a portable camera with simple functions, which is not only convenient and simple to use, but also takes good photos. If you want to take some photos you like further or improve the quality of photos, you can consider a monocular camera. Of course, at present, camera technology is very developed, even the so-called fool camera has powerful functions, such as controlling the flash at will, shooting night scenes, telescopic lenses, macro photography and so on. This is also very convenient. However, although it is a stupid camera, it still needs a little practice to shoot better. A big difference between camcorder and monocular camera is that camcorder can't change the lens at will to get the most different shooting effect, and there is no way to expand its functions later, so sometimes the photos taken are not satisfactory.

Monocular cameras have many advantages. Most monocular cameras have the following advantages: you can change different lenses to see the scene. For example, athletes who want to shoot in the basketball audience can use a long lens, and those who want to shoot the vast wild scenery in a limited indoor space or outdoors can use a wide-angle lens. If you want to take some small things, such as insects and flowers or slides for class, you can use a macro lens. Whether it is dusk or early morning, indoors or outdoors, the light is sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and it is hard to beat it. What is the range and appearance seen from its viewers, but then again, it is necessary to learn to use a monocular camera correctly.