Photographer Wong Hongyu:
“Take street photos with your legs and hips!” This is my personal theory.、After all, in order to meet many people, it is necessary to walk a lot over a wide area.、I think camera position is important in determining a better composition.。
The other day、As part of a photography school assignment, I asked first-year students to take pictures with a 4x5 inch camera.、Looking at the work, the camera position and composition are monotonous.、There was little variation between students.。Most students set the camera at eye level and held it horizontally.、The photo was taken in a vertical position with a composition that included the entire body.。That's the basics though、People who watch it will get bored if everyone has a composition like that.。Well、Most of the students are taking pictures with a large format camera for the first time.、I don't think it can be helped.、As an instructor, I think I need to reconsider my teaching methods in the future...
By the way, on this trip to Taipei,、Seminar student King (Wong Hongyu) often worked together with。We also stayed in the same room.、Both of them are also smokers.、behavioral patterns become similar。The book fair started at 1:00 p.m.、In the morning, we had breakfast and strolled around the city together.、I was taking pictures along the way.。Wang was using a film camera.、Since it's my first visit to Taipei, I'm really excited about taking photos.。on the other hand、I mainly took documentary photos with a digital camera.、I took a step back and watched him take pictures.。What impressed me was the movement of his legs and hips.。For example, if you want to move forward, backward, left, or right, you just need to move to the correct position.、Vertical movement is also required to determine more accurate camera position.。The important thing here is the movement of the knees.。He sat down and stabilized the camera.、The camera position is adjusted by the slight movement of the knee up and down to take the picture.。His back view、I feel like I've seen the essence of a street photographer.。
On the day of returning home、The taxi driver I requested on Uber had a Japanese carving similar to Wang's.。In the car、We hit it off by talking about tattoos。
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