At first, I rarely photographed locals when I was traveling. Although I saw many seniors photographed all kinds of locals when I was traveling, I never dared to touch this field.
Sometimes, I am also very envious when I see some photos of the humanistic atmosphere or the living conditions of local residents. I am curious about how people communicate with locals and how they can take such natural and vivid expressions.
Because for travel photography, humane photos can actually come alive, which is a completely different feeling from taking architectural scenery.
So, I began to try to use telephoto lenses to "spoken photos", that is, standing on the street and shooting passers-by aimlessly, but I couldn't find any idea.
But this process will cause me to accidentally take some interesting scenes, such as couples making out, family laughing, bargaining, occasionally falling or strange people in strange clothes, etc. After
, I began to work hard to get myself closer to the locals, and muster up the courage to communicate and communicate with each other through various channels and methods, and shoot in the process.
For example, when buying and selling with hawkers, asking for directions on the street, praise the other person’s beauty, teasing the children, or directly saying hello to the other person and greeting them with a smile, etc. This often leads to the other person’s kind smile or some deliberately exaggerated expressions.
After repeated attempts, my courage became greater. From the initial shyness and passiveness, I realized that it was actually not difficult to take pictures of their faces. Of course, if you find that the other party is disgusted and rejected, you should put down the camera as soon as possible and respect the other party first. After too many photos of travel characters like
, I began to feel that it was too monotonous and just learned about the local area from the appearance characteristics of these people. Later, I began to try to put local people together with their environment to shoot, and preferably records of the behavior process.
has greater freedom of shooting, because the proportion of characters in the picture can be large or small, and it is not limited to the front, the side or even the back. As long as the character is placed in the picture and capture the other person's behavior moment, such photos are more documentary.
For example, when you come to Tiananmen to travel, taking photos of soldiers on duty with the red city tower as the background, is a very simple and popular example. It has both characteristic characters and local environmental background.
Of course, in actual travel, such photos are hard to come by, and sometimes the photographer needs to be predictive and keep abreast of time.
For example, after discovering a representative landscape, find the angle and composition, and adjust the corresponding shutter and aperture, and just press the shutter when the locals pass by.
shoots with foresight and preparation. Although it is well prepared, it will also encounter various emergencies. Sometimes the person passing by walks too fast, or his behavior and posture are not satisfactory when passing by, etc. This requires repeated attempts to capture.
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