Can color blindness be a photographer?

I believe that color-blind friends will also become photographers.

Let me talk about the China Photographers Association.

Member of Yangzhou Photographers Association-Tan Li (blind photographer)

It is said that he is also the only member of the Blind Photographers Association in China. Curiosity drove the reporter to the small clinic where he lived. Tan Li is very cheerful, and his little desk is full of photographic equipment.

Talking about how he picked up the camera, Tan Li said, "This is a complete joke." It turns out that one day in the spring of 1999, a patient came to a small clinic in Tan Li for a massage. After introduction, it turned out to be Zhang Xiancheng from Yangzhou Photographers Association. A few days after seeing a doctor, Mr. Zhang read a story about a blind man using a computer to create literature and study abroad in Xinmin Evening News one day. Young Tan Li jokingly said, "It's no big deal for blind people to write. There is no gap between us and normal people in writing thinking. If we want to do it, we must do something extraordinary, such as taking pictures. We must use standard equipment instead of stupid machines. " The speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention. The enthusiastic teacher Zhang immediately made a decision and said, "OK, I'll teach you." The next day, I took a "seagull" from home and gave it to Tan Li.

With a try attitude, I found the parts on the camera in less than a few days. "Operating the machine is actually very simple. As for framing, I mainly estimate the distance according to the sound. Teacher Zhang told me that the focal length can almost be compensated by the depth of field, capturing the night scene or something, and people who focus on framing often rely on their feelings. As long as it does not reflect light, it doesn't matter if the aperture error is one and a half, and the exposure is better than the other. He also asked me not to read those professional books, which was useless to me. The key is practice. These experiences are very useful to me. On the third day after I got the machine, Mr. Zhang gave me a roll of black and white to shoot on the street by myself, saying that if I could shoot eight, I would get a hundred points. I will try to find people familiar with me in the street. At that time, it was easy to go out and shoot without taking out the camera, fearing embarrassment. After shooting, I ran to the printing point and there were 19 photos with complete composition. As soon as I heard it, hey, not bad. I'll call teacher Zhang to have a look. " "What impressed me most was the third roll of film that Teacher Zhang gave me, because it was my first roll of color film. I took more than 30 volumes, and the success rate is very high, which is worthy of Teacher Zhang's' blood money'. After that, there were 35, 36 and 38 volumes, and Zhang Zhang did not fail. After that, I played by myself, and I was especially good at catching pictures. Because most people shoot people with frames, I can't use that thing. When I shoot someone, I just hold it in my hand and chat with him, and judge his expression according to his voice and tone, so that I can shoot it unnoticed and the people will not feel embarrassed and nervous. Later, familiar people and neighbors came to me to shoot, not to mention how good it was, but better than their own. In the blink of an eye, in 2000, Yangzhou held the Fireworks March Tourism Festival. One day, Teacher Zhang suddenly asked me,' Are there any good movies? Take it to the photo contest. "I thought it was funny. I take pictures purely for fun. I never thought about taking part in the competition. But I still picked out a bunch of landscape photos I just took for him. Who knew that "The Garden in Spring is Beautiful" actually won the Excellence Award. At that time, there were more than 400 finalists, and 30 winners won the prize. The judges didn't know I was blind until I won the prize. Everyone feels strange. "

It was in 2003 that Tan Li really felt that photography was not a joke. That year, the women's sitting volleyball competition of the National Paralympic Games started in Yangzhou. "My original intention is to see the' Road Watch'. In the second half, there was no media on the field and the audience dispersed. I only heard the players on both sides patting the floor and shouting for themselves. At that time, I felt really touched and felt hit in my heart. 1993, I participated in the National Paralympic Games myself, but when I was inside, I jumped out and became a bystander, and suddenly realized something. I've been taking pictures. I took 120 photos, but only one photo was useless. I told my family that whether the newspaper used my photos or not, there were two that I must collect. One is the moment when the player serves. I gave it a name in Zhang Haidi's words, calling it my jumping suit. There is also a picture of the referee holding the ball on the court. Both players are staring at the ball, but there is no one in the audience. I took the name "Attitude is everything". I think this can best express an attitude towards life. "

Tan Li finally decided to "do something with this machine" from where to break through? "The clinic is very busy, and I can't go out to shoot. I'm afraid I can never compare with a normal photographer in shooting skills. I want to give some ideas to the photos. My first thought is the children with cerebral palsy in the outpatient department. Why not film every progress of these poor and lovely children, which can be used as their life records and provide some information collected by themselves? I took hundreds of photos of them before and after. One parent said excitedly,' For the first time in my life, my child can take pictures independently'. This kind of satisfaction is given to me by photography. "

"In the last year or two, I have been trying a new photography mode. I call it entity cartoon sketch, and it is also a kind of still life photography, which expresses my instant spark of thought. For example, I use one hand and five fingers to install finger puppets, pugs, crocodiles and so on. I drew a cake on the palm of my hand, which said Iraq. I have a title called "Mastering is not equal to owning", and there are many similar things. I am very advanced now. My camera has been changed to digital. I have equipped myself with a notebook computer and a voice system. All my works are online. Send it online now, and get it if you have an idea. I drew a picture of the Happy Life of Dinosaurs for my daughter, which was a sketch made with her favorite dinosaur toys and some of my ideas. She watches it every day and laughs every time. I'm glad to hear her laugh. I think I will adopt this method for a long time to come. I don't expect to be a great so-called blind photographer in the future. Photography is a means for me to express my thoughts and a life project for me. "

The reporter found in the interview that Tan Li, who was born in 1972, actually likes football and calligraphy as much as our normal young people. Speaking of Shen Congwen and Gauguin Dali, he is well-informed, perhaps he is more wonderful. He said that he went to Beijing to participate in the quiz at an early age and participated in the National Paralympic Games. 199 1 has its own clinic, 1993 was admitted to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 1995 to 1997. Perhaps, as he himself said, "I just want to broaden my horizons, and I will come to anything new."

In addition, Alison bartlett, a British blind photographer, was provided. (See the link:/content/2008-01/31/content _ 2214638.htm for details).