On how grass-roots propaganda reporters do their daily photography work well

With the development of the times and the progress of science and technology, it is now an electronic and digital era. No matter where you are or in the army, except for some fire scene forensics and fire investigation, people who basically need to take pictures are replaced by digital cameras. Everyone only knows that digital cameras are easy to use, but they can't be deleted and retaken, but you should know that some events and some pictures will not be repeated. Therefore, since you have a camera in your hand, you should make good use of it and master the basic application skills. As the saying goes, "as long as you work hard, the iron pestle is ground into an embroidery needle" is practical in all walks of life. Only by loving what you do can you create extraordinary achievements in your post. A picture, in addition to news and timeliness, its success or failure depends on the capture skills. The so-called snapshot is to shoot the most natural and vivid moving objects in the life scene without disturbing the object being photographed. One of the characteristics of snapshots is speed. To put it bluntly, it is a word-grab. You don't have to hold on to things that are still. With this word "catch", you have to catch the subject's instantaneous expression, expression and action. In technical terms, it is a "decisive moment". The shooting angle, shooting height, shooting composition, shooting light, shooting opportunity and accurate exposure in news photography are the basis and key to a good news photo. The basic law of news photography: news photography is a visual image suitable for recording and spreading news events in the form of photography. It is different from portrait photography in photo studio, and it can be said that it is basically "everything follows the command", while the basic law of fire photography is "moving" and "moving against moving". Whether it's fire fighting, emergency rescue, political, cultural, military, economic, commercial or even emergency news, what is suitable for news photography is basically the change of "activity". For example, officers and men at the scene of a fire sometimes "move" to put out the fire and transport fire-fighting equipment. If you want to record and spread these scenes with a camera, you can't "slow down and wait" to command or direct the subject. It depends on the photographer's snapping skills. Photographic data is an important carrier to record the working process objectively, truly, statically, intuitively and permanently. With the increasing richness and development of documents, work photography has become an increasingly important office tool. Photographing mainly includes the following aspects:

1. Any photos and video materials that reflect the theme are not aimless, but have a specific central idea and a certain working theme. For example, conference photos, special event photos, close-ups and so on all have their own clear themes, and all pictures and photos are designed to reflect and set off this theme and serve it. Nowadays, many work photos make people unable to see the author's theme or purpose, even if they are accompanied by text descriptions, they give people a far-fetched and obscure feeling that the text is not "shot". For example, superior leaders inspect and guide a unit, but there is no scene of leadership inspection and guidance in the photo, and there is no prominent theme. For example, when a unit takes a photo of the security of the fire department during the Spring Festival, it takes a fireworks in full bloom. It is really beautiful and spectacular, but people can't help asking: What does this have to do with fire safety? How do you carry out fire safety protection? Fire safety and security is to conduct fire safety inspection and security on the site. How should firefighters guide people to evacuate? What does it have to do with fireworks in the sky? Of course, if it is a personal hobby and collection, it is another matter. However, perhaps the author wants to say, how does that reflect the special period of the Spring Festival? This is very simple, because the characteristics of the Spring Festival are not only fireworks, but a large number of banners, slogans, on-site fire engines, personnel and other items that embody this theme and fire safety propaganda can completely replace the fireworks in the sky, or shoot with crowds and fireworks as the background. Because the above objects are all on the ground, they can be related to fire fighting, but the fireworks in the sky can hardly reflect this theme. Therefore, photographers should always capture pictures related to this theme, shoot with the theme, and try not to ask for quality but quantity.

Second, highlighting the content of the subject photo can be simply divided into subject and companion. The subject of a photo simply refers to the subject of the photo. Generally speaking, the subject is the main content of a photo. According to the requirements of the "golden section" of photo composition, it is generally in a slightly centered position. But sometimes, in order to serve the theme of the photo, you can put the subject aside or in a corner. The influence of shooting angle on the subject: In photography, the shooting angle directly affects the subject, that is, the prominent degree of the main characters and major events in news events. No matter in any environment or under any conditions, photographers must always pay attention to the changes of the subject (main figures) of news events, closely follow their changes, grasp the shooting height in the frequent changes, seize the shooting opportunity, make full use of effective picture composition and accurate exposure of limited light sources on site, and lay a solid foundation for a perfect news picture. For example, there is such a photo reflecting the fire fighting: a Yamato car caught fire, and the burning produced a raging fire and a lot of smoke. In the corner of the photo, a fire fighter is putting out the fire. Compared with the fire caused by burning, the "small" of fire fighters set off the "big" of the fire at the scene. At this time, it is necessary to focus on firefighters and shoot from an angle to highlight the fire and danger of the fire. Close-up of people and things: in the process of shooting, we should grasp the center of people and things. For example, training photos, we can take pictures of the whole training scene. At the same time, seize the event center, close-up the characters (like the scene when the characters are sweating in training), and highlight the effectiveness of training. Close-ups of people during fire fighting: capturing the attack on the fire, the running of people, the fatigue of combatants after fire fighting, the stains on their faces, etc. Close-ups of the incident, such as the scene of a traffic accident being a mess and the vehicle being severely deformed by collision; The close-up and deflagration of the fire scene can better reflect the danger of the fire at that time. The influence of shooting height on the subject image: the change of the subject, environment and conditions of news events often directly affects the subject image because of the different shooting height. For example, many news pictures reflecting the flood fighting and disaster relief warriors have different shooting conditions and heights. Composition is the premise of snapshot: snapshot is the most basic technology in news photography. The composition in the snapshot and the snapshot in the composition are the prerequisites for the success of a picture. If the photographer does not pay attention to the changes of the subject from beginning to end in news events, the subject will become a companion, and even the main events to be reflected (the subject) will be excluded from the picture, or what should not be highlighted will be highlighted instead, and what should be dominant in the picture will disappear instead, resulting in failure. Light is a necessary condition to highlight the subject: at the scene of the incident, its light source is affected by the environment, either before or after, and even the weak light source can't take pictures. News photography must follow the theme of news events and change with them. Photographers can not only make up for the shortage of field light sources, but also highlight the main body by using field light sources reasonably and using appropriate auxiliary light. The influence of shooting time on the theme form: besides shooting angle, shooting height, composition during shooting and rational use of light source, shooting time has a great influence on the theme form of news. Specifically, it is not good to press the shutter early or late. It must be done at the best time when news events and scenes blend and people's feelings blend. Otherwise, the picture will fail. The influence of accurate exposure on the picture effect: in news photography, the exposure of photography is restricted by the light source and background of the news scene. Although the degree of camera automation is getting higher and higher, and the "functions" are more complete, dark background, bright background, backlight and smoothness all have certain influences. Even if the flash is used, the bottom plate will be overexposed or underexposed due to different light and dark backgrounds, which will directly affect the level of the picture. In the process of news photography, different angles, different heights, different lighting, different composition, shooting speed, overexposure and underexposure of negatives will have different effects on news pictures.

Third, highlight the characteristics. The work photos we are talking about here, as the name implies, reflect the daily work. Moreover, each job has different functions because of the different division of labor, and the difference of functions is the biggest feature of this job. Therefore, in daily work, we must pay attention to reflect the work of our department, reflect the "anomalies" in daily work, and reflect the characteristics of work. Although the job function stipulates the basic work of each department, and the daily work may be repetitive, the focus of work in each period and stage is different and the social environment is different. Our daily work will also be influenced by these social environments, which will show different characteristics. However, in some work photos, there are often some uncharacteristic "empty pictures". What is an "empty map"? For example, in our daily work, in some photos, only a few simple fire engines or firefighters are lined up, which makes people unable to see what the author wants to show, what are the characteristics or special features. This is an "empty painting". This kind of photo has no archival significance. The purpose of the work photo is a true and intuitive record. So we don't advocate abstraction and impressionism, and we can't mix personal feelings. We must be "moderate" and seek truth from facts, and be a loyal photographer and reflector. In a word, news photography is also a profound knowledge, and it is difficult to summarize its whole picture in just a few words. I'm not a professional photographer, let alone technical factors. The above are just some shortcomings and problems found in daily photos, I hope everyone can avoid them.