To shoot this kind of photo, the exposure has to be lowered a little, because there is a fill light, and the light and shadow relationship will be formed on the model's face.

If this kind of light and shadow relationship is used well, then you can make a person who is still a little ugly more handsome, and you can also make a good-looking person and a handsome person an ugly B.

For example, in some movies or TV, sometimes the protagonists are too ugly, and it may not be all the fault of the makeup artist, but also the problem of the lighting engineer, which is difficult to adjust even in the later stage.

How else to say that the lighting engineer of the crew is the lamp master.

If Carl wants to have that kind of juvenile feeling, he has to find a way to shoot the youthful and energetic temperament of the teenager from the lights.

After experimenting for about 20 minutes, Chen Xing finally started filming officially.

As soon as the lights were turned on and the camera settings were adjusted, the time taken to shoot this photo could actually be solved in a few minutes, but Chen Xing did not stop after taking a suitable photo, but took another half an hour.

This great writer also has no temper at all, and completely listens to Chen Xing.

He thought that his request was more difficult, and there was no problem with taking a little more time to take photos, and he was very happy to see Chen Xing so attentive to his shooting, which just showed that he was attentive, didn't it?

However, Chen Xing and the photographer who had been staring at the computer knew that after Chen Xing took the right photos, the subsequent shots were all experimenting with new feelings, which had nothing to do with the initial opinions put forward by Carl.

But I didn't say it.

They don't know how much money Carl gave Chen Xing, anyway, if they can invite Chen Xing, who is no longer a commercial photographer, to take photos, they must have paid a price that can make Chen Xing also excited.

With so much money spent, of course, you can't just press the shutter and click it to say it's appropriate.

Then even if this great writer doesn't say it, he will feel awkward in his heart.

Chen Xing tried to use light and shadow to shoot people very old-fashioned, or serious, curious, and so on.

Carl looks very serious now, especially with a face with a sense of vicissitudes and well-groomed hair, coupled with a new black suit, it is really amazing to take serious photos.

The photographers and apprentices in the back were amazed by the photographs that appeared on the computer screen.

It was the first time they had seen that they could create such excellent photos with a camera and lights without post-production, and they thought that a few of them could be printed in a magazine without retouching at all.

Chen Xing paid attention to the time while shooting, and when he saw that it had been more than an hour, he was about to put away the camera and said, "Okay, Carl, you are tired of sitting too, let's go out to eat something." ”

Chen Xing made a lot of money in this order, and Chen Xing was uneasy if he didn't invite this great good man to dinner.

"Finished shooting? Can you show me the photos? ”

"No, no, I'll give it to you when I'm done." Chen Xing shook his head.

Generally speaking, Chen Xing will show the photos, but not at this time, he plans to wait for the retouching to be done, and then meet the boss's psychological expectations at one time.

Don't look at the photos taken by Chen Xing in the eyes of others, they can already be used as finished products, but in Chen Xing's opinion, there are still some deficiencies, and they need to be pulled into PS to be carefully repaired.

In photography, commercial photography uses PS the most.

Chen Xing has heard such a sentence before, saying that commercial photography is 20% shooting and 80% PS, which is a bit extreme. But it's okay to say half-and-half.

Half of it depends on the early stage, and half of it depends on the late stage.

"That's right, that's fine." Carl expressed understanding.

At this time, Misiore came up and said very enthusiastically:

"You're all here, how can our company let you pay for it yourself? Mr. Chen is a photographer from Paris, France, who should be familiar with French food, and there are a few French restaurants on this street that are very good, I will take you there. ”

Chen Xing was surprised that her attitude had become so fast, and said with a smile, "You are too polite." ”

"We Westerners are more direct, Mr. Chen Xing, please let us pay for this." Mishiore's attitude was sincere, and this was also an apology for her, an apology for her previous rudeness to Chen Xing.

Chen Xing looked at Carl.

Carl felt that it didn't matter, but he was a writer who had written books for decades, and at a glance he knew that there must be some kind of story between Chen Xing and Mishiore, judging from the comparison of the two attitudes before and after shooting, maybe Chen Xing's skills were affirmed by this woman?

That's a good thing!

Carl smiled heartily and said, "Yes, Chen, you are a tourist, since you have come to Oslo, let us locals come to the banquet for you." ”

Chen Xing shrugged his shoulders and said it didn't matter.

Walking out of the studio, it is still a little dazzling when the sun shines on it, this street is densely populated with pedestrians, tourists, luxury shops, restaurants, and cafes. After all, this street is the most famous street in all of Oslo.

Carl John Ave.

It is famous because if you walk down this street, you will find the Royal Palace of Oslo that any visitor to Oslo must visit once.

Needless to say, the history is known long enough.

European cities are generally not large, and there are not many commercial streets developed in a single city.

Norway has only 5 million people in total, and in the capital of China, a community may be able to fill these 5 million people. The resident population of their capital is only 700,000, and they cannot create 'Xizhimen Street' and 'Wangfujing Street' on the premise of owning Carl John Street.

As soon as Chen Xing entered the door of the Western restaurant where they were treated, he felt that the French style here was authentic enough.

No matter how large the restaurant in Northern Europe is, there is still a little distance between the tables and the tables, and a little privacy is emphasized. But French restaurants, especially those in Paris, are crowded from table to table.

There is a feeling of crowding in a small Chinese noodle restaurant, and even if you lean back, you can touch the back of another person.

That's what this restaurant is.

However, there are still a lot of people, and it can be seen that they are all foreigners, and Chen Xing also saw a table of compatriots.

Traveling to Norway to eat French food?

To be reasonable, if someone hadn't invited someone to treat this meal, Chen Xing would definitely have gone to eat Norwegian specialties.

Although Norwegian food is flashy, he doesn't eat this every day, come to a place to taste the characteristics of this place, maybe he won't have a second chance to come in the future, maybe he won't eat it in the local area, and he can't eat Norwegian food in other countries in the future, right?

It's not authentic.

Mishiore is familiar with the way to ask for a box-like room, in fact, it is a private space separated from the outside with a thin wooden plank, not airtight, the design looks good, and the ventilation is good.

This meal, Chen Xing felt the same as eating with fans.

The three people I saw when I entered the Chanel studio, one of them was a photographer, and the other two were ordinary employees of Chanel, who were very interested in photography and came to work as a part-time photography assistant for two salaries.

These three people are very studious, but Chen Xing is not a good teacher.

After saying a few words, he became impatient, quickly finished what he ordered and said: "I may have to leave Norway tomorrow, Mr. Karl's work I plan to finish tomorrow morning, the time is tight, the task is heavy, I will stay soon." ”

The photographer hurriedly stood up: "Teacher Chen Xing, I'll send you!" ”

"No, no, no......"

"Teacher Chen Xing, you haven't said how to use lighting effects to create the temperament of a model!"

Chen Xing grabbed his clothes and camera bag and said, "If you want to use light to create emotions, you have to learn to use color to create emotions first, take a look at my previous works, okay, next time we talk, I'll go first." ”

After saying goodbye, Chen Xing hurriedly walked out of the restaurant.

Carl smiled, eating steak like a gentleman.

He just likes Chen Xing, this is the teenager he wants to return to, what a beautiful age group.

Michiore gave her photographer a blank look.

"I asked you to ask for advice, you can't keep asking, it's okay now, I'll leave everyone angry, alas, I'll send it off."

Karl stopped her and said:

"No, he didn't get angry, he just felt a little restless about being asked these questions all the time, you have to understand, Chinese people are so modest, they think that people who are too young can't be teachers."

Chanel's contracted photographer said: "It's really amazing, this kind of effect, if only I could capture half of him." ”

The style of the work, not to mention half of it, in fact, as long as you really understand what Chen Xing was thinking when he was shooting, and simulate one percent of Chen Xing's style, you can quickly imitate 90 percent.

The remaining 10 percent is the point that a famous photographer will never be completely imitated, and if you can imitate a photographer's style to 90 percent, you will definitely be able to shoot your own style.

There is no distinction between superior and inferior photography, just like cultivating the Tao, and when you suddenly realize it, the whole person is completely different from yesterday.

One of the female photographer assistants was still thinking about a photo taken by Chen Xing in the style of a black boss, and then looked at Mr. Knausgaard, who is now very gentle, and sighed in her heart - photography is really a magical art.

It shows the truth, but it can make this reality an artistic effect.

………………

Chen Xing took a walk in the garden under the royal palace in Oslo, and then returned to the hotel to start retouching the pictures, this part to avoid facial blemishes, the simplest is to cover acne, freckles, black moles, these things.

However, sometimes a mole is a secret weapon that can improve a person's appearance or temperament, and it depends on personal aesthetics.

Chen Xing never repairs the moles on the model's face.

Then trim your hair, improve the texture of the photo, and if you don't think it's suitable, you have to reframe and cut it, these are all meticulous work, and even if you are skilled, you have to spend half an hour in the post-retouching.

If you don't do a good job in the early stage, you even have to use a paintbrush to paint some light and shadow effects in the later stage.

This is what Chen Xing despises.

If you can't shoot well in the early stage, what camera do you have? To be a professional retoucher may be more suitable for you, and retouchers who do not take cameras in China and specialize in dealing with pictures are also a more popular profession.

It's just that you can't make any money.

After repairing the photo, Chen Xing sent the electronic version of the original to Carl, leaving only an immovable backup on his computer, lest Carl mishandle it and lose the original, and if there is no backup, the loss will be great.

After sleeping and meeting Carl at the airport in the morning, Chen Xing boarded a flight to Iceland.

Halloween? Iceland also has Halloween, go to Iceland first.

He heard that it was the polar night in Iceland and he had to go to Iceland for two days to get used to it, otherwise he wouldn't find that feeling on Halloween's Eve. And as soon as Halloween passes, the League of Legends S tournament, which has been postponed for a long time, will be held.

This year may be the latest S Tournament to be held, with the final coming to December.

In previous years, at this time, these players went home for the holidays to rest.

When Chen Xing landed in Iceland, the sky was still a little bright, and the polar night was not pitch black all day, but the sun would not rise above the horizon, but the horizon could be clearly felt on the plane.

But it was still dark overall, and the time was three o'clock in the afternoon.

It was the first time that Chen Xing had seen the starry sky at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Polar night.

After landing, a temperature far colder than Oslo gave a welcome ceremony to these arrivals from Oslo, most of whom were accustomed to it, and only a few were tourists like Chen Xing.

Visited Norway and stopped by Iceland.

The capital of Iceland is called Reykjavík, and if Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, makes you feel like a big modern city, and Oslo, the capital of Norway, makes you feel small and sophisticated, then Reykjavik is really small.

The tall buildings were almost invisible, and as soon as he entered the city, Chen Xing saw that the tallest building was a church. Sure enough, the church in a certain European city is either a landmark building or one of the landmark buildings.

Under the starlight, Reykjavík doesn't seem to be as dark as people think, with lights hanging in every house on the road, some shops are even decorated for Halloween, and Chen Xing even saw a Christmas tree.

Christmas is also the busiest holiday in Europe, but you have to wait another month.

Traveling in Europe, few people walk on the streets after dark, but there are still quite a lot of people now, some are tourists who are attracted to Iceland by the polar night, and some are office workers, after all, no matter how dark it is, it is also working time.

Chen Xing walked on the street for a long time with his camera, and the photos he took were all in the dark but with a warm style, and a closer look revealed that this style was completely different from the effect he had taken at night before.

Iceland is actually a place with its own photography style, which is somewhat similar to the mountain city of China and Hong Kong Island.

When you get hungry, look at the time again.

Seven o'clock in the evening.

You can't even notice the passage of time in this place, anyway, there will always be someone with you during this 'daytime', or a shop on the street, or a bus or car on the road.

Although pedestrians have classic Nordic indifference, as long as someone walks by his side, Chen Xing feels that this cold place is a lonely warmth.

Patting the snowflakes on his body, Chen Xing walked into a hotel. (End of chapter)