Hello, I am Ye Zi. Today is the 1957th day of photography morning self-study with everyone.
Today I want to share a special summer photo with you. It was a photo I took in Southeast Asia Myanmar during the hot summer. You can imagine how hot the sun is here and how high the temperature is here. I actually came to this place a little late. I was supposed to come in the morning, and the lines of light and shadow would be longer. But it was due to the schedule that I took this photo at 11 o'clock. But the good thing is that there is no one, because everyone who is supposed to check in has already left, and there is only one flower seller left. The flower seller has been hiding in the shadows. Every time the angle of the sun turns a little, she moves her butt a little bit. Anyway, she can't be burned by the sun.
© Ye Zi
Can you imagine? The heat is very high, but the feeling of the pictures we took is a relatively quiet feeling. It may not be called cool, but at least it is quiet, right? It will make people feel that life is still infinitely beautiful and peaceful. why? In fact, the lines in this picture play the most important role. Students, take a look at this line. It looks like a random shot, but in fact all the pillars are very strict vertical lines without any distortion. At the same time, all the lines of light and shadow on the ground are completely horizontal. , that is to say, this picture is dominated by horizontal and vertical lines. Of course, if you want to say that the lines of the floor tiles may still have a little diagonal line in them, but that is not obvious, so we will ignore it.
We generally think that lines actually play a very important role in expressing the emotions of the picture. Just give a few examples. vertical lines and are generally straight and upward; horizontal lines extend to both sides and are relatively quiet; then diagonal lines bring movement; curves bring gentleness and romance; arcs bring tension, just like a steel ruler being bent. It feels like it bounces back as soon as you let go; in addition, the spiral , which is more curved than the arc, brings greater tension and even a sense of dizziness; the radial lines bring gravity and an eye-catching feeling; and the broken lines give a sense of power. An extremely strong line with a strong sense of conflict.
In addition to lines that can bring emotional atmosphere and set the tone of the entire photo, color also plays a very important role in the picture. So it is these little inconspicuous things that, when combined together, will form the tone of the entire picture, making people feel warm, quiet, dynamic, dangerous, etc. .
So when we take pictures, what kind of emotion you feel at that time, what kind of feeling do you want to express, you have to find such elements to use, right? If your element conflicts with what you want to express, just don't use it at all. This feels like when you are writing an essay, and you suddenly think of a particularly good five-star sentence. However, if this sentence is used in the article, it is inconsistent with the theme, or even contradicts it. Then it is best not to use it, because it will definitely not help. Points will be deducted. We call this the matching of form and theme.
Before calibration © Ye Zi
After calibration © Ye Zi
Of course, there are some techniques to take pictures of such horizontal and vertical lines. For example, you cannot shoot from above or from below. But no matter how careful you are, I find that if it were me, I would often make small mistakes. This photo is actually not so regular originally, so we can calibrate the perspective effect in post-processing software, such as Photoshop, Lightroom, or even some post-processing software in current mobile phones, and give this horizontal and vertical lines It is aligned more horizontally and vertically. I also posted the photo before calibration at the end of the article. You can take a look. Comparing the horizontal and vertical pictures and the slightly skewed picture, you can easily understand how important the horizontal and vertical pictures are. .
Well, let’s talk so much today. Don’t forget that 12 o’clock tonight is the deadline for the “EIZO Cup Photography Contest ”. Each person is limited to 3 photos to participate. Hurry up and click the link to submit [Tonight Deadline! 】EIZO Cup Photography Contest, deadline is 12 hours away! .
Today is the 1957th day that photography morning self-study will accompany you. I am Ye Zi. Every morning at 6:30, I open the WeChat public account "Photography Morning Self-Study". See you there.
