Chapter Forty-Nine: Photography Is a Pit, Whoever Gets In Gets Confused (Part II)
Zhan Zhizhan suddenly realized, and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "Oh...... So that's it! I thought it was ...... Hehe......"
Zhan Zhi Zhan was about to say a few words to laugh at himself, but Fu Qi came over with a beautiful cardboard box and said, "Brother Zhan, your brother gave you a camera, and my sister-in-law prepared a box of Kodak film for you." Hehe...... That's enough for you for a while. ”
"Oops...... This one...... This one...... Sister-in-law, how does this make me embarrassed! Thank you, sister-in-law! Thank you, sister-in-law! Fu Qi's gift made Zhan Zhizhan excited, and he didn't choose what to say, so he could only stand up and thank him again and again.
Fu Qi covered his mouth and smiled: "Brother Zhan, my sister-in-law treats you as my own brother, no matter how polite you are, my sister-in-law will be unhappy!" ”
After Fu Qi finished speaking, he went to get busy. Zhuo Bufan smiled, briefly talked about the operation method of the camera, and talked about the Kodak film that Fu Qi had just given to Zhan Zhizhan. Zhan Zhizhan was always worried about the cost, and secretly calculated: "Even if it costs a dime to take a picture, a roll of 36 photos will cost three yuan and six!" ”
Zhan Zhizhan was afraid that he would not be able to afford photography, but his face pretended to be full of indifference and asked, "Brother Fanfan, this 135 film can take thirty-six photos, it doesn't cost much, right?" ”
Zhuo Bufan smiled and said, "You get what you pay for!" Although this Kodak film is of the highest quality, it is also the most expensive. The 135 Kodak black-and-white film that your sister-in-law gave you was bought at the Xiangyang Store on Jingyu Toudao Street outside Daowai, which was relatively cheap. Color film is not only expensive, but also very cumbersome and expensive to develop and enlarge. After you have mastered certain photography skills, you will be given a change of color film. Hehe...... A roll of Kodak black and white film is priced at seventeen dollars and two for color, and twenty-four dollars for eight ......"
"Multi-...... How much? Zhuo Bufan's words almost shocked Zhan Zhizhan's jaw. He secretly calculated: "Obediently boom, fried green onions in lard!" Lao Tzu's one-month bursary can't buy a roll of Kodak black and white film, let alone a color one! This...... Can the fuck afford it? ”
Zhuo Bufan smiled and said: "As the saying goes, 'photography is poor for three generations, and SLR ruins life.'" Every enthusiast who steps into the door of color knows this. Once the color door is as deep as the sea, the wallet has become a passerby. Brother Fanfan's economic conditions are okay, Brother Zhan don't worry about money. What is money? Money is a bastard, let's earn it again when it's spent. What's more, Brother Zhan still has the good brother of the sea, the sea will not care, and the money is no problem. As long as Brother Zhan is reasonably positioned, put himself in the right position, adjust his mentality, and do what he can, you will definitely be able to show a new world, a good mood, and the true joy of life. ”
Zhuo Bufan is very good at comforting people, his words are right, people are based on happiness. Happiness is an optimistic state of mind, and it is also a beautiful emotional experience in the human heart. And photography made Zhan Zhizhan experience more happiness. The joy of photography is to document, to record things that may have been engraved in the back of your heart, but are afraid that you will forget them for many years. At that time, the camera was a rare object, especially the high-end camera like the Peacock DF-1, which appeared in public with it and won the return rate, which was not much inferior to driving a BMW and riding a Mercedes-Benz now. This Peacock DF became Zhan Zhizhan's beloved thing, and he followed Zhuo Bufan tirelessly to learn photography from then on. Since then, Peacock DF has become an inseparable friend with Zhan Zhizhan. The developer tank and magnifier accompanied him through countless sleepless nights of excitement. The darkroom is a day, and the world has been a thousand years. Zhan Zhizhan is intoxicated by the world of light and shadow, often forgetting the rush of time.
Beauty is everywhere. The bamboo shadow is breezy, the ancient road is remnant, the small bridge is flowing water, the wind is rolling in the clouds, the flowers are blooming and the leaves are falling, the river bank is flying rainbow, and the clear stream is undercurrent. The strong beauty of these scenes at different times, different perspectives, and different moods vividly expresses Zhan Zhizhan's thinking and creativity through the lens and shutter! Some people say: life is a journey, don't care too much about where you're going, the most important thing is to enjoy the scenery along the way. So, when you are on the go, you must have a camera to record the colorful world. When one day wrinkles creep up your cheeks, and you can no longer go over the mountains and mountains, you will wear reading glasses and sit under the lamp to look at your masterpieces, which will surely evoke countless sweet and beautiful memories in you.
Zhan Zhizhan shoots not for money, but not for fame, more money and less money is not his pursuit, his pursuit is fun. It's a good thing to be able to get involved, and it's a great pleasure to be part of the whole process of photography. However, it is impossible to be a photographer with a camera. It's easy to get into the color door, but it's hard to really feel the fun and know who I'm "coloring" for. The color is sweet and bitter, although there is bitterness, but the taste is delicious. Sour, spicy, bittersweet and enjoyable.
Everyone in the color gate has their own way of playing. Some people are keen on equipment, some are keen on shooting, and many are keen on post-production, but Zhan Zhizhan is both. Zhan Zhizhan believes that it is important to have a set of photographic equipment that suits him, this is hardware. What's more important is the software, which is shooting, is post-production. Why don't you invest a little bit of energy and financial resources in the later stage to see how it feels. What puzzled Zhan Zhizhan was that Zhuo Bufan's darkroom technique was very ordinary. He is very generous in investing in pre-production equipment, and he is not distressed by hundreds or thousands of shots, but he seems unwilling to invest more energy and financial resources in post-production.
When Zhuo Bufan brought the charcoal hot pot with sparks to the table, the atmosphere in the room immediately became warm.
Yin Sixian saw Fu Qi take out four bottles of "Lang Wine" from Erlang Town, Gulin County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province, and immediately sprinkled it coquettishly. Jiaodi said: "Oh, mom...... I said Mr. Fu, you are really eccentric, you know that you love your little brother! Such a good 'Lang wine', you are not willing to take it out after I have come so many times. The little brother took out four bottles the first time he came! ”
Fu Qi smiled incomprehensibly and said, "Of course, Lao Zhuo and Brother Zhan are brothers who are blessed and shared, what are you jealous of?" ”
Fu Qi is a decent person, chivalrous and courageous, and is very respected by the teachers and students of No. 8 Middle School, and people call him "Fu Daxia" behind his back. Fu Qi drank a lot of alcohol, Zhan Zhizhan had been taught, and he used to admit that he couldn't drink Fu Qi when he drank alcohol. Fu Qi and Yin Sixian are very much like a pair of drinking friends, and they drink half a catty and eight taels. Zhuo Bufan's alcohol consumption is very average, and he drinks very gently. Zhan Zhizhan was thinking about going back to fiddle with the peacock DF that Zhuo Bufan had just given him, and he was a little coping with the wine.
After having the experience of shooting for the first time, Zhan Zhizhan was not satisfied with simple shooting, and began to learn to rinse and magnify. For this purpose, he bought a copy of "Darkroom Technique" and studied it painstakingly. According to the story in "Darkroom Technology", Zhan Zhizhan made a photo printing box by himself, and made the world's most humble magnifier with the shell of an old thermos flask picked up at school.
Since Zhan Zhizhan had a peacock DF, he ran to Zhuo Bufan's house in three days. Zhuo Bufan had a windowless storage room at home, and Fu Qi cleaned up and made a dark room for Zhan Zhizhan. The jars, washbasins, and footbaths in Zhuo Bufan's home have all come in handy and have become tools for Zhan Zhizhan to rinse and enlarge. Without a glazing machine, Zhan Zhizhan pasted the photo on the glass. There was no red light, so he bought an incandescent lamp and painted it red. After Zhuo Bufan's family slept, he began a dark nightlife, often staying up all night and enjoying it. At that time, you had to go through the back door to buy film and photo paper. A 12-inch box of No. 2 photo paper costs Zhan Zhizhan three months of stipend. Large-format photos are reluctant to be put away, and they are all cut out for use. Most of the lustful people of those years played like this.
Although Zhan Zhizhan's economic conditions are very superior, and the investment in the darkroom is also a strategy of saving if it can be saved, there is still a lot of money that can be invested, which is not something that ordinary families can afford. Whenever he pays money, Zhan Zhizhan will think of a time when he is "doing": "Fishing has been poor for three years, and playing with birds has ruined his life!" Photography is a pit, whoever enters will be confused! In case you fall in love with an eagle, look at the sky with tears in your eyes! Once you learn to chase rabbits, you will embark on the road of no return! Put down all these pits! Only fish farming is accompanied by life. ”
Zhuo Bufan saw that Zhan Zhizhan was indulging in darkroom technology, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly. Zhuo Bufan has many friends and a big face, and soon moved a regular magnifier, glazing machine, cutting knife, enamel development, fixing, cleaning tray, and even the development jar and bamboo tweezers are exactly the same as in the photo studio. The first photo released after the shotgun was replaced, it was a photo of Zhuo Erxiong's life taken by Zhan Zhizhan. After Zhuo Bufan saw it, he was noncommittal. Zhan Zhizhan knew that this photo was very poor in terms of composition and lighting, so he hurriedly asked Zhuo Bufan with an open mind.
Zhan Zhizhan is like a toddler, full of curiosity about everything in the color gate. Zhuo Bufan took out a photo cut out of a magazine, which was "First Dream Life" taken by photographer Zhang Yi. In the photo, several newborn babies are in swaddling clothes, sleeping sweetly. The scope of the photograph is very small, only the image of the third baby is clear from the foreground, and the rest are blurred images, which are indeed like scenes in a sleep, which is exactly in line with the artist's intention and emotions to express in this work.
Zhuo Bufan said to Zhan Zhizhan: "This is an excellent short depth of field work. The images before and after the focus in the picture are clear and small, and the images of the scenes in the foreground and background are mostly blurry, giving people a dreamlike feeling and having ethereal artistic expression. ”
Under Zhuo Bufan's in-depth teaching, Zhan Zhizhan also understood the depth of field that determines the clear range of the scenery image.
In fact, Zhan Zhizhan likes portrait photography very much. Whether indoors or outdoors. The pleasure that photography brings to Zhan Zhizhan makes him have endless memories and enjoy it. Zhan Zhizhan's injustice is properly decided! He was obsessed with taking pictures, printing, and enlarging his classmates at his own expense, and many of the photos he took have become permanent memories treasured in their class's "Classmates Directory".
Zhan Zhizhan once took a group photo of his classmates, and Zhuo Bufan exclaimed after seeing it: "I didn't expect Brother Zhan to be so talented in photography!" When you are just starting out, you can take such a decent photo. This group photo of yours is very different, and this is called artistic creation. Some photographers like to use the triangular composition commonly used in composition to lay out the structure of the photo, that is, to arrange the characters into triangles or inverted triangles, which they find more neat and comfortable. But you found another way, not to let your classmates stand in front of the camera in a proper manner, but to capture the most wonderful moments. ”