02-構圖前的思考

I don't know if you remember that in the first lesson of composition, we talked about the photography ten steps. We mentioned that before composition, we need to think about the first step of composition. We mentioned two points. The first is what you want to shoot. The second is what you want to express. In this lesson, we will have a deeper discussion on this issue. What do you want to express? In fact, we can summarize it in two words. It's called the theme. The so-called theme is the same as the theme of our composition. In fact, it means the central idea of ​​this photo in this article. When we wrote the composition in elementary school, there were two things that the teacher repeatedly mentioned. The first is the central idea. The second is the main content, right? If the central idea of ​​your article is not clear, I'm afraid it's less than 60 points. It's a score that doesn't pass at all. If the central idea of ​​your article is clear, but the main content is not clear, I don't know what you're talking about. I don't think it's possible. Because if the main content is not clear, the central idea will not be clear. So the main content and the central idea have always been the core of all art. Whether it's our composition, the so-called literary art, painting art, photography art, opera, music drama, etc., movies, etc. They are all the same. Your central idea must be clear. What does the director want to express? He has to make it clear. Otherwise, he won't be able to express it for a long time, and then let us guess. Everyone guesses differently. How do we discuss this issue? For those of you who know a little bit about art, you may have heard of this book, 《流邪的文心雕龙》. If you have the opportunity, you can buy this book. Or we can go online and have a look. This is a very important book. It's the same for the whole of art. Even when we take the college entrance exam for photography, there may be a book called 《流邪的文心雕龙》 in the recommended reading book. In this book, there is a very important statement about the central idea and its way of writing. It is called 《為情者邀約而寫真, 為文者盈利而泛濫》. What does it mean? It means that in order to express emotions, the articles written are generally able to do 《文辭精煉而內容正式》. However, articles that are written only for writing are often too gorgeous, messy, and very blank. So, you see, this is also the case for photography. If we want to express a certain kind of central idea, a certain kind of emotion, a certain kind of admiration, a certain kind of feeling, in order to take a photo, the whole article, which is also the article of photography, is often a 《修飾》. These composition techniques 《文辭精煉而內容正式》, although they are very basic, they are not simple. They still deeply reflect certain things. But if it is for beauty, to show off your skills, to show off your equipment, those photos that are taken and those photos that are so-called profound thoughts are often too gorgeous, and the content is very blank, very empty, and the things inside also seem to be very messy. So this sentence is very appropriate for the theme of our photography and the composition of our 《修飾》. Let's take a look at what a central idea is. A leaf like this may have a central idea that it is a heart, it is life. Maybe about this kid, our central idea is joy, right? It's simple. If we see such a picture, we may think, wow, beautiful, or independent, a new generation of women. This is its central idea. To be honest, this central idea can be expressed by this woman or that woman. It doesn't matter. It can even be expressed by another animal as an image of independence. In other words, the central idea and the content are not the same thing. They are completely different things. For example, this picture can be a concern, it can be motherly love, it can be caring, right? It can even be the stubbornness of life, and so on. There are many ways to interpret this. But what the photographer expresses may only be one or two, or two or three. It may be a comprehensive thing. It may be a concern, it may be motherly love, or it may be caring. It's possible. So this is the central idea. As I mentioned earlier, this central idea may not be a single thing. For example, what is the central idea in this picture? It's the Budapest train station from 100 years ago and the modernized OBB train. On top of that, on the ground, there is a woman who is clean and beautiful, and on top of that, there is a man who is handsome and beautiful, and on top of that, there is a quiet girl carrying a big bag with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. So what is this central idea? It may be life, it may be a journey. It may be describing that we are on a journey of life, and it is not a particularly easy thing. We have a lot of bags or a lot of burdens. Some people may think that the further we go on this journey of life, the more burdensome it is. We should still take off a little weight and then go on the road easily, and so on. It may not be like that at all. It expresses a kind of modern industrial and old-fashioned building or a kind of conflict between buildings, a kind of change of the times, and so on. So sometimes the central idea of a photo can be complicated. Why do I say it can be complicated? Because it represents a state of life. The photos we take now should all represent a state of life. This kind of life is not described in one word. Do you say that your life is only happy? It may be a little helpless in happiness. Do you say that your life is only motherly love? It may also bring a little sacrifice and so on. So if you can mix the multiple central ideas together to form the same picture, that's fine. We say that the central idea should be clearly presented to our audience, but it itself can be complicated. It itself can be a comprehensive topic. So this picture is the picture I always talk about. More than ten years ago, when we walked out of the villagers' house in the village under the village, it was 6 or 7 o'clock in the morning when we brushed our teeth there. I took my camera and my three friends were brushing their teeth there. At this time, I took a picture of them. Everyone is like a sculpture standing there. Do you think their posture is like a sculpture or like the one on the street? For example, the one who makes flat eggs, the one who sells some handicrafts, those bronze sculptures, everyone has their own characteristics and a sense of time. You see the clothes they wear and you know what kind of era they are in. Let's take a look at the words on the back. These are the words of Xue Daxing. The wall is an old earth wall with a stone wall behind it, etc. This picture may contain more complex Chinese ideas. It may be about the change of the times, it may be about the state of life of young people in the new era. You can also understand it as in the simplest scene of life, in the action of life, there is also a sense of art. Or you can understand it the other way around. No matter what art it is, it is ultimately a series of words that are so simple. This reminds me of a paragraph on the Internet, which says in the Chinese textbook that the curtain is a blue curtain, etc. There is a paragraph that says this. It is very beautiful. Then the question is why the curtain is blue. The standard answer is very long. It expresses what, etc. In the end, the author came out and said that the curtain is blue. Your standard answer is nonsense. My curtain is blue. So it is a very simple thing. Maybe someone thinks too much. Can this kind of thinking be done? Yes, but it does not have a standard answer. For example, what is the greatest meaning of this photo for me? Its greatest meaning is that I think this trip to Sichuan is very memorable for me. I saw everyone brushing their teeth on the street at the door and it felt very interesting. After more than ten years, the three people in this photo are not in contact. We have a lot of friends like this around us, right? At that time, we may have a lot of fun and may often go out to play together and often contact. Now, it is gradually distant. So, after so many years, this photo feels different to me. It has a kind of helplessness to time and a kind of difference. This kind of difference is allowed to exist because 100 people have 100 Hamlet in their eyes. It doesn't matter. Art is like this. As long as you can resonate with me, you are my confidant. If you don't resonate with me, I'm sorry. You don't understand this photo. Don't look at it. You don't feel good either. I don't think I should show it to you. It's over. It's very simple. So, when we go to see some photos, we can talk to ourselves. You can think of it as a psycho. Of course, you can also cry when you see this photo. Someone will think this is the best movie in the world. It doesn't matter. Don't fight. This is art. Art is like this. You express your theme. The other person interprets his theme. Of course, we can pass on this theme through some photos. This photo is a photo in my photo exhibition outside of the cage. That group of photos is what we call animal portraits. We use human portraits to take pictures of animals. After taking pictures, we wash them to 1.2 meters in a dark room and turn on the light so that you can face a great view of nature. I don't think animals are created by nature to play with people. It's impossible. They have their own thoughts, emotions, language, and territory. We humans are strong. We develop faster. So we grab their territory and lock them in a cage to protect them. We can't say that it's worth protecting them. The welfare organization cares about whether they can live the way they want or not. So I want to say that humans seem to have locked animals in cages, but in fact they have built a huge cage and locked themselves in it. It's like humans need nature, but nature doesn't need humans. How do we express ourselves? We can express ourselves through words. Let's look at a group of photos. We can look at the title and the description of each photo. Then we can add the background music, the atmosphere in the exhibition hall, and so on. In the end, you will understand what I mean. Let's take a look at a group of photos. This is a group of photos. This is a group of photos. This is a group of photos. This is a group of photos. This is a group of photos. This is a group of photos. This is a group of photos. This is a group of photos. This is a group of photos. 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