Photography was called " photography " when it was first born in 1839. The literal meaning is photography technology. It is the crystallization of science and technology born from the combination of physics and chemistry. It is a science and technology that can reproduce reality. It captures images faster than painting, and depicts it more accurately and realistically.
The rationality of photography
Photography technology is constantly changing. In the process of taking pictures in the photo studio, ordinary people feel the wonderful experience brought by photography, the happiness it brings to life, and taste the sweetness of photography.
Later, everyone had a camera and a mobile phone. They could have a painting-like work without learning to paint. Gradually, they understood the basic elements of photography: exposure, light and shadow, composition, and color.
This is the perspective of photography technology, it is the sweetness of reason, it is like eating honey for the first time.
The relationship between aperture, focus and depth of field
Today, there is a term that can also show the "sweetness" of photography technology-"sugar water film".
"Sugar water film" often refers to the pictures taken by photographers holding "long guns and short cannons". They focus on shooting a lotus, a kingfisher, a calm lake, and a burning cloud.
also often refers to the "beautiful portraits" taken by Internet celebrities, focusing on "smooth skin", "strong color saturation and contrast", "halo" and "light in the hair".
"Background blur" and "large aperture" seem to have become synonymous with "sugar water film" and good photography skills.
This is also the sweetness of technology, rationality, and the sweetness of "industrial" sugar.
The sensibility of photography
When the technology of "photography" is no longer mastered by a few people, "photography" was born, and photography began to become one of the carriers of art and one of the tools to express emotions or attitudes.
From a perceptual point of view, photography is when I receive stimulation from the outside world at a certain moment, and thus have the urge to record and take pictures. The instant stimulation felt by
was like the sourness of lemon.
Alex Webb
Alex Webb
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics live photography
This stimulation may be visual, olfactory, auditory, and finally it triggered my body's synesthesia , which brought together all my feelings. I held my breath and took one or several photos.
黄jianjun
The moment you press the shutter, the exposure, composition, light and shadow, color, and understanding of parameters that have been trained countless times all jump out of your mind. Given the stimulation in front of you, the "lemon" in front of you matches a reasonable sweetness, which is a cup of delicious lemonade, and a work called photography.
Daniel Kodan
The process of being trained is from the perspective of photography "technique", it is rationality, and it is the sweet ingredient.
The intensity of instant stimulation is the perspective of photography's "art", it is sensibility, and it is the component of citric acid .
A reasonable ratio of the two can make a cup of lemonade with appropriate sourness and sweetness, and a "good" photography work.
Therefore, photography is both emotional and rational.
How many slices of lemon do you need?
As mentioned before, "lemons" are the stimulation we receive instantly. So as a photographer, how many slices of lemons should we add? How much does the photographer add so that we, as viewers, feel that this is a “good” photo?
First of all, as a photographer, you need to be good at observation.
Photographer's eyes
need to be as sharp and precise as scalpel;
Microscope is as microscopic;
Telescope has a broad field of vision;
is like a martial arts master, flying up and down.
Lu Guang
Marcin Ryczek
Secondly, as a photographer, you need attitude - consider whether to remove lemon seeds and consider whether to add honey.
Guo Jianshe
Sun Jun
Joel Mayeroway
He Fan
Sugimoto Hiroshi
As viewers, it is not difficult to find out from the above photographic works,
Some of the works are "eye-catching" and I think they are well shot;
Some of the works are obscure and difficult to understand;
Some of the works seem to be "randomly shot", but I can also take them;
Some of them seem to be revealing the reality...
These works support a saying - they are lemonade with different acidity: some are added with a little honey, some are "beaten lemon juice" which is sour and refreshing, and some are "hand-torn lemons" without removing the seeds and a bit bitter.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson
We try to look at photography from different angles, like looking at diamonds with different facets and the world from different angles.
We try to drink lemonade with different acidity and experience the thousands of sweets, sweets, bitters and spicy in the world.
Jimmy Nelson
Zhang Jiacheng
In the brand new year 2023, everyone who starts anew will definitely leave many new frozen memories in the mobile photo album, and will also brew some sweet and sour "lemonade" that is meaningful to ourselves.
Happy New Year!
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is a few slices of lemon that are emotional
is also a few spoons of honey that is rational
Image of beauty | 2023, you need a glass of "lemonade", right?
picture | Internet
text | Prince Yu
