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Give this painting as much material as possible.
Environment, character, behavior, mood and viewpoint (subject and object) all belong to the picture as much as possible, giving the photo content and meaning.
The principle is that the environment and characters should be explained, and the environment and characters' emotions should be unified. Sometimes, you need to add elements that explain the time and place. Let the photos tell their own stories without too much explanation.
Children wear kimonos, sing and sell souvenirs? These two photos were taken at the July Festival in Kyoto, Japan. The atmosphere is relatively unified, and the photos reflect the cheerful mood of the children.
The child's expression of looking at the candle was captured, and the joy was naturally revealed.
The beauty of geisha is dignified, even meticulous. This expression is cultivated and conforms to the characteristics of the characters.
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Give consideration to overall performance and detailed performance.
Similar to the first point, the specific method is to express both the main body of the character and the big environment, and sometimes emphasize the big environment. The more the macro environment contains, the more vivid and convincing the interpretation of the characters will be.
In a series of photos of the demolition area, a man stood in the middle of the rubble. The characters are shot in small details, and the theme of the photo is set off by the big environment.
This is called. Show Jesus in the street? If you just took a picture of Jesus, it's not enough to fully explain the incident. Fragments left over from demolition around are necessary materials.
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Application of Timeline
As the name implies, in time span, shooting the same person or the same event can show the contrast and change before and after, which is a common method of documentary photography. Another way of saying it is called tracking shooting.
Timeline shooting generally records events, but recording people is also very interesting. These are two photos taken for the same geisha, separated by 4-5 years, and the change is obvious, from the green state to the mature state.
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Metaphor and conflict
Highlight the contrast relationship with light and shade, position and elements. Photography is like writing a novel. Argumentative essays often use metaphors, which will make people remember deeply and show the photographer's shooting level.
What is the grand planning series of the demolition area? The last solitary lamp? Series.
What is the grand planning series of the demolition area? A well-defined city? .
The contrast of elements is very obvious, which reflects many social problems.
Holmes said: most people are watching, not observing. ? Observation is to think and analyze what you see, extract the connotation from it and convey it to others. Where others can't see the connotation, you can see that this is the power of a documentary photographer.