Meng Xiangbin, a campus figure: "Kung Fu is beyond poetry"

Business card: Meng Xiangbin, male, a national first-class photographer, a member of China Photographers Association, a member of Hubei Photographers Association, and a specially invited photo critic of China Photography Newspaper and People's Photography Newspaper. He is currently teaching in Wuhan College and has been engaged in the construction and management of photography specialty in colleges and universities for a long time. He has been the examiner of photography, film and television photography and production in Hubei Province for five consecutive years. In recent years, he has won five teaching awards, published dozens of core and provincial papers, published two monographs, completed three provincial scientific research projects, broadcast dozens of feature films and advertisements on provincial TV stations, selected 14 photos of the United Nations World Geopark, published dozens of full-page photos in China Photography and People Photography, and won dozens of national and provincial photography awards. Students trained by years of teaching work work as photographers and videographers in CCTV, China News Service, Hunan Satellite TV and Hubei TV.

Listening to the students, I have a feeling of eating hot pot in his photography teacher's class: spicy, colorful and full. This is the first time I have heard such a description. I heard that there is a lot of news about this teacher on the Internet. Curious, the reporter entered "Photography, Meng Xiangbin" in Baidu search bar, and more than 9800 pieces of information popped up! "Brush the face and call the roll", "Award" and "The most stringent judge" … every news headline attracts the attention of reporters. What kind of photography teacher is this?

He should be the legendary "other people's teacher", right?

After seeing him in his office, the reporter glanced at the "star teacher" in the news, dressed in black and white casual clothes, looking capable and concise, and his eyes were sincere and bright when he spoke. "I just finished four classes. I'll take a sip of water to catch my breath first. You can sit anywhere. " "Didn't you drink saliva in four classes?" "I never drink water, draw pictures or take photos after I enter the state of doing things, and often don't take a sip all day. Four classes are normal. " Teacher Meng's answer was short and direct, which made the reporter seem to see his concentration and even stubbornness.

Teacher Meng became attached to Wuhan College as early as 20 12. At that time, he was also a substitute teacher in Optics Valley Campus, teaching TV camera courses to communication students of 10 and 1 1. At the same time, he has been paying attention to the development of Wuhan College. Later, after learning about Mr. Chen Yidan's educational philosophy and the new development of Wuhan College through media and other channels, he officially joined Wuhan College. From the news, "other people's teachers" have become "our teachers".

"Spicy Hotpot" Photography Creation Class

Before the interview, I knew that my classmates described Mr. Meng's class as "spicy hot pot": there were many kinds of tricks and I needed to do it myself, but I felt very fulfilled and everyone had a full harvest. Unexpectedly, teacher Meng smiled and did not refute this. "Yes, for students, sometimes they must have strong taste. Too gentle, I don't remember. " He said: "The courses I teach are all practical, and each course will eventually produce works. Students have to do it themselves in front of me to find their mistakes. Demonstrate it a hundred times, it is better to do it yourself. " He said this sentence in a firm tone, and many years of teaching achievements have convinced Mr. Meng of his practical teaching methods. He insisted on his own principles, resolutely refused to let students fish in troubled waters in their studies, and asked every student to fully understand every button on the machine.

He introduced that even single training such as aperture and shutter should be done seriously, and simple things should be done repeatedly. Only when the basic training is in place can students make the machine become a part of the body and be as flexible as the hand when creating.

Attending Mr. Meng's class is also "troublesome" because his itinerary evaluation project is extremely complicated. The performance of students' individual training, the topic selection of each work, the process of design and communication in the creative process, and the completed works are taken as assessment factors. In other words, although some students' works are not high in completion, their ideas are novel and their creative techniques are bold and unique, which is also worthy of recognition. The Knocker, filmed by Tan Fan and Cui Wei, students of grade 16, is the final assignment of his course Film and Television Photography Technology this semester. Students boldly challenge suspense films, and the use of lens language is different. Combining aerial photography, they created a unique work. Teacher Meng expressed his recognition of the expression of his works and recommended him to participate in the Hubei University Students' Cultural and Creative Design Competition.

"If you can't learn, don't say I taught you!"

Teacher Meng is a teacher who is a little harsh on the classroom. In teacher Meng's class, students can't play with their mobile phones, sleep or talk. Once he finds out, he will suspend the lecture and let the students correct their learning attitude first. He teaches students to take good photos, not just for the sake of taking photos, but to think about "why", "what" and "how", compare their own works with those of masters, and move their eyes and brains at the same time.

He told the students viciously, "My classes are usually taught by hand, face to face, and I won't ask questions at any time. If I teach like this, I can't learn, let alone teach you! " . Faced with such a "domineering and tricky" teacher, most students first "hate", then "turn to powder" and finally "put it down" for photography.

Huang Yuxiang, a photojournalist of the sophomore film and television photography and production class, commented that Mr. Meng is humorous when he cooperates with students outside class, but he will keep his distance from students in class, so that students can't be careless and cope with it. "Teacher Meng speaks clearly about knowledge points in class. Some of those cases are classic, others are lively and interesting, and they can generally be remembered when shooting. I don't think any student wants to take his class. " He added.

It is he who is strict with students, and it is he who provides them with various opportunities. He has led students to shoot and produce propaganda films of the Education Department, participated in the shooting of China Shennongjia International Eco-cultural Tourism Festival, and filmed speeches and interviews of Xiaogang Feng and Jackie Chan. He takes students to participate in specific projects, so that they can truly become "on the road" photographers. He contacted Canon Co., Ltd. to hold the activities of Canon Photography Caravan Wuhan College Station, and invited Mr. Yonghe, Vice Chairman of China Photographers Association, to give lectures in order to broaden students' horizons and increase their professional knowledge as much as possible.

"Kung Fu is beyond poetry"

Besides teaching, Mr. Meng is also responsible for many other aspects of work. He is an important member of the laboratory project preparation of the film and television shooting laboratory of the Department of Communication, and is responsible for compiling the equipment list of experimental teaching. In order to provide better hardware support and guarantee for practical teaching, he has communicated with many departments for many times. Now he has established a film and television production laboratory and used experimental teaching equipment for teaching, which makes him feel very proud and fulfilled.

In the Department of Communications, Mr. Meng also has a position as the secretary of the teachers' party branch. To this end, he often organizes all teachers in the department to study new policy documents together. "Poetry moves with the world, and every day is not new." He said that this position made him know more about the latest policy essentials, which is closely related to professional creation. "Photographers should have the awareness of self-learning and self-innovation. Understanding these new policies will help us grasp the general direction of' image building'. "

Teacher Meng firmly believes that photography creation can provide nourishment for photography teaching, and photography teaching can feed back photography practice. 20 16- 10 in addition to photography creation, he also worked as a contributing writer in China Photographic Newspaper and as a critic in the column of experts' drawing evaluation in People's Photographic Newspaper. In more than a year, he * * * published 13 full pages, and these articles and comments were published in the headline of China Photography official WeChat. At the same time, People's Photography's official WeChat headline also published his article with the title "Selected Comments of Meng Xiangbin/Photography Cafe". 20 17- 1 has published three papers in core journals such as Media, and published a photography textbook in Wuhan University Press. It has also attracted more and more attention from the photography industry and has been highly praised by the industry.

A month ago, in the temporary studio of the Communication Department of Wuhan College, he was interviewed by Wuhan TV Station about the 19th National Congress as a member of Hubei Chinese Photographers Association, and described the achievements of the construction and development of Wuhan Blue Sky Project from the photographer's point of view.

As the saying goes, "Kung Fu is beyond poetry", in order to give himself a weighty teaching in the classroom, Mr. Meng constantly adds weight to himself outside the classroom.

Asked what he usually does for entertainment, he answered negatively with a busy word, and now he has little time for entertainment. "If I have time, what I want to do should be exercise." The reporter asked Mr. Meng if he had become a hot topic in his circle of friends because he lost more than 20 kilograms a month. "Twenty-six Jin," he added. "At that time, I decided to lose weight and stay in shape, so I started running with a sports bracelet every night. There is no break on New Year's Eve. " The success of losing weight gave him great confidence, and he learned to be more focused and persistent when completing a certain goal, and not to give up easily.

He agrees with others that he is an impatient person, and he also admits that he is a perfectionist. There are many things every time. Although I am impatient, I won't give up until I finish myself one by one perfectly. Speaking of hobbies, he blurted out "photography". At the same time, he lamented that in terms of photography theory, young people are in a fault state, hoping to combine practical creation with theoretical research as much as possible and put forward his own high views on photography theory.

In fact, he is trying to do this step by step. Our school adheres to the educational concept of "all-round development", and Meng Xiangbin is the first to bear the brunt, caring and inheriting his professional knowledge with great enthusiasm. Perhaps this is the most touching place for students.