Getting closer to this prosperous and festive day, unlike myself in the past, is no longer like an office worker, who is calculating to make good use of and enjoy its national dividends - the National Day holiday. Now that I am not working, every day is a holiday. Because of this, when it comes to holidays, I am eager to get busy again. Some people are busy having fun crazier than usual, some are busy with reunion parties, and some are busy improving their lives. For some older people, no matter what they are busy with, it is better to be more busy than to be frustrated.
I am busy with two things: one is to take photos for National Day, and the other is to write something for it. I kept thinking about going out, but I arrived at a main street in the city, but still didn't think about it. Looking down the street, the festive atmosphere is obviously much stronger than before. National flags were hung on the high street lamp posts that were usually monotonous and lonely on both sides of the street. This situation made me shine. Isn’t this a ready-made theme that should be expressed? How can I rack my brains to think about it? Isn’t it just to shoot whatever you want in reality? Photographers should be faithful observers, records and expressers of reality. If there is something creative and creative in photography, it is to take on the important task of giving the soul to beauty in the process of seeking, recording and sharing beauty.
I want to take a set of national flag pictures of this city celebrating the National Day. Take pictures of the beauty of the city, take pictures of the national flag, take pictures of the beauty of the National Day. The national flag is the main color of this festival. It is the most coordinated and beautiful colors matched with the mountains, rivers, grass and trees on the land of China.
Of course, in order to highlight this beauty, the eyes, mind and lenses during shooting should still have some insights, highlights and choices.
I have been in the frontier for many years, and I have been with the national flag every day. In my memory, its appearance is still so clear and magnificent. But this is the first time in this life to take a set of pictures for the national flag on National Day.
Each national flag is the same. In addition to its own beauty, what is more varied and dynamic is that it combines it with trees, buildings, sky background and lights, forming a variety of beauty in the national flag.
Most street lamp posts have billboards, signs, unit door signs, and trees and buildings that are not suitable for viewing are mixed together. The shooting is very messy and affects the aesthetics. This requires that two-thirds of the lamp posts cannot be photographed.
It is also necessary to exclude the fact that some flags are rolled on lamp posts or flagpoles due to the swing of the wind, and some flags are empty around them and cannot be combined with the national flag to form a scene. This requires a large part of them to be excluded. There are not many that really meet the shooting requirements, after screening. After
, you should look for angles and deliberately avoid names, advertising signs, telephone addresses, etc. that are not suitable for display in the picture, and at the same time avoid vehicles and pedestrians. The total itinerary is seven kilometers, and more than 200 photos are taken, and it is selected here. But some are still very dissatisfied with, some of which are flawed and flawed and cannot be compensated or corrected.
This time I was deeply touched by the shooting. It was just an idea or idea at the beginning, but it was very difficult to implement. For example, in order to capture the dynamic beauty of the wind and red flag, I held my phone and snatched the photo, and waited anxiously if the wind didn't come; when the wind came, I was not satisfied with the swinging direction and the shape of the flag in the air, and I had to do it again more than ten or even dozens of times.
If you want to say that the motivation for doing this is due to years of military career in guarding the border. Every year, we witness the scenes of new recruits joining the army and veterans retirement, and we will see a series of activities such as oathing, awarding ranks, and marching under the national flag and military flag.
This experience has allowed me to deeply understand and feel the great appeal and cohesion of this banner, as well as its lofty and sacred status in the minds of every Chinese son and daughter.
Under this banner, we can only be more united.In our daily life, work and complex social activities, we will have different views and opinions, and there will be various contradictions and even conflicts. Even if we have personal grudges and even hatred, as long as we are willing to stand under this banner, it means accepting its inspiration and cohesion, and we will have a huge commonality, which is to be patriots under this banner.
Standing under this banner, any personal grievances and group gains and losses seem so insignificant and can be donated and put down.
