Method of shooting sunset

The sunset is short, so you need to hurry if you want to shoot well. I sorted out the way to shoot the sunset. Welcome to appreciate and learn from them.

As the sun sets, the afterglow falls on the distant castle and the tombstone on one side. Pedestrians in colorful clothes walk on winding paths, and the sky in the distance is vast. In front of the camera, a man sat with his head down, and a ray of golden sunset shone directly on his slightly bald forehead and high nose bridge, which matched with black hair to form a U-shaped light and shadow composition, and the golden spots on the right sideburns sparkled. There is color here, and there is more light and shadow.

What prompted me to touch the shutter was not only its color adjustment and light and shadow, but what was contained in the photo. I'm thinking: what is this man thinking, facing the sunset and his back to the cemetery? Love and affection, or trouble and trouble? Grateful for the' dusk' of the day, or praying for the sunrise tomorrow morning? I don't know. I only know that the photos of the sunset, the cemetery, the castle and the man hanging his head on the high slope are a specific moment, the eternal presentation of life and death, the sorrow of time and the lament of life ... There is also a photo with the sunset as the background, and a woman wearing a headscarf is facing the sunset in the sea, with her back to the camera and her head down. There are moving cars nearby, and the lighting effect is also very good. A good photo often has instantaneous power, and the instantaneous power is divergent. As Wen Yue said: "People who have no artistic concept can never create works of art."

There is a picture of a man and a monkey in the album, which is a collection of colors and light and shadow.

Golden hair, black beard, flower cap and red robe are colorful in orange, yellow, purple and green light bands. However, it is not these that attract people's attention, but the way people and monkeys meditate. He (it) has melancholy eyes, blends in with nature, looks so much like a brother. Is this confirming the homology and blood relationship between humans and monkeys? Is it reminding people to protect animals? Neither. In the long process of species evolution, human beings finally broke away from animals and monkeys and became advanced life forms, which is a miracle of life. So, how should humans repay this evolutionary miracle? How should we treat life? How to build a human home? To be precise, it is also home to all kinds of creatures. The people and monkeys in the picture are certainly not thinking about this kind of problem at this time, however, readers need to think.

Ideal, belief and humanistic spirit are the soul of image. Ruan once lamented that with the development of digital technology, the precious humanistic spirit in photography began to fade, which is a worrying trend. Images lacking humanistic spirit, no matter how exquisite, can't touch people's hearts in the end. The protection of humanistic spirit should be reflected in photography in all directions and in the whole process.

In Morocco, I accidentally photographed a shocking picture: a beggar was lying on the street, curled up, surrounded by flies and insects, and only a few thin cats were waiting for him; People hurried by and turned a blind eye ... I didn't concentrate on this photo, and I couldn't even bear to look at it again. I can't show this misery just to stimulate people's eyes. I don't think this is whitewashing reality. Sometimes, people need to avoid, which is a necessary maintenance of human dignity.

Ok, let's go back to the world of images.

The intersection of multiculturalism makes Morocco colorful, dazzling and lingering. Bazaar's dazzling lights, exquisite carpets in shops, and all kinds of people sitting in the street and their beautiful costumes … This is simply a feast of images! I can't even adapt to and understand the grandeur here at once.

I photographed a smiling face and a pure expression that I will never forget. They are calm, kind, simple and quiet. In today's noisy world, such quality and mentality have undoubtedly become the "Xanadu" that human beings yearn for.

In my photo album, there is a picture of a Berber woman and her face. She is so beautiful and charming in the light and shadow, just like a character in Vermeer's oil painting. I appreciate not only the beauty of her appearance and posture, but also the beauty of her heart-when I was about to take a photo, she found herself a little timid, but in order to help me, she didn't shy away, just smiled shyly at me. This is the heart and feelings of Moroccans.

I am grateful for this acceptance and tolerance.

In Morocco, these wonderful moments abound. The key is whether you can leave these moments and how. Liu Maisui said well, to be "heart, eyes and hands" Eva? Rubinstein said: "Once consciousness catches up with my intuition, these works have meaning." In other words, it is not enough to have an intuitive response. Keep up with your heart and your consciousness. There are multi-dimensional images, women with light and shadow refraction ... I even set up such a set of pages: the same venue, different passers-by (bicycles, individuals or groups) are changing and moving. In other countries, I also set the moment of the same subject in different scenes, which I call "relatively specific moment".

At the end of this album, a group of people are walking in the light and shadow of the sunset. It's a colorful dance.