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The bloody journey of the photographer

Many people think that a photographer is a glamorous job. Probably when they hear the word "photographer", what they think is: You don't have to work every day, and then there are handsome guys and beautiful women who can't finish shooting. You can work while traveling and click the shutter a few times to finish the work.

Western-style, carefree ...

But this is not the case. The photographer's mental journey is full of blood and tears.

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In fact, photographers do manual work,

When shooting on the set, strong light can set people on fire. It's common to shoot several different shots in one shooting bag at the same time, let alone bring a bunch of equipment to make photos and videos at the same time. Close-ups, panoramic views and even aerial photography must have various perspectives, and it hurts to think about it.

? Jeff Hopper's photo on Unsplash.

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Traveling is not equal to traveling.

What you think of playing around the world may be a change from MINUS 20 degrees to MINUS 40 degrees. No matter whether it is cold or hot, we must continue to move bricks up the mountain. We have to risk our lives in order to shoot some unusual objects.

Photographer in the scorching sun

The photographer filmed in the cold.

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Professional photographers just need to press the shutter a few times.

You probably only saw them press the shutter, but didn't see them use up the light, compose the picture, guide the model, and stay up all night retouching the picture.

But also bear the trouble of disagreeing with customers because of aesthetic differences.

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The story of an independent photographer is even more tearful.

Most of them are divided into multiple roles. In addition to photographers, it may be: makeup artist, retoucher, driver, customer service, handyman and so on.

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The work of wildlife photographers is simply beyond the scope of cognition.

In order to capture the perfect photos of wild lions drinking water, photographer Greg du Toit spent three months lurking in the pond frequented by lions for a total of 270 hours. In the end, his dedication and hard work also brought him a set of quite wonderful photos.

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Besides, in the course of work, you can't imagine what photographers are going through.

You never know how enchanting the photographer's posture can be!

The photographer taught the groom how to pose.

If you want to be a soul photographer, you must take more photos than models. Web page text