Use your camera to take pictures of the starry sky, and then put Van Gogh's starry sky together in your circle of friends, or check in on the news on station B.
It means that he has been to the places where Van Gogh has been. He thought he had a good idea. But how could he think of such a thing alone?
There are so many photographers standing around in this small square who all have the same thoughts as Chen Xing, they just came early or late.
Chen Xing came earlier and took the best position first. After setting up the tripod, they both sat on the bench nearby and waited.
Because this place is really famous, people who admire Van Gogh or some arty people come here all year round to check in. There are many convenient facilities around, and the rows of benches were set up by the local government for tourists here.
Gradually, these benches were filled with photographers who were waiting for dark, and did not move for a long time.
It's possible that you stood up on your front feet and wanted to take a few steps to move around. Immediately afterwards, someone came over and sat on the seat where you just stood up. Then he gave you a smile and said, "Good brother..." Because this happened. Next to Chen Xing.
The surprise on Hedwig's face didn't stop. It was the first time she saw so many photographers. Tourists didn’t even come close, but gathered around from afar, taking pictures of this rare scenery with their mobile phones.
There are not as many foreign photographers as Chinese people imagine, so they rarely see such rows and rows of cameras.
But it is different in China. In any park in a big city, you are likely to see a group of photographers taking pictures of birds by the river.
But not as much as here now. Even the bearded brother on the right of Chen Xing said: "I have never seen so many photographers taking pictures of the same scenery." This man was very enthusiastic. When he just sat down, he introduced himself to Chen Xing Hedwig. He was A photography enthusiast from Norway, of course, came here for this Arles Photography Exhibition.
He is in his forties or fifties, slightly taller than Chen Xing at 1.9 meters tall, and has an unkempt beard. Some people seem to be handsome if they have beards.
There are not only photographers but also several painters here. They wanted to sit in front of the camera before, but the photographers jointly resisted it. Everyone used wide angle or even super wide angle to take pictures of the stars. No matter how they sat, as long as they were in front of the camera will enter the screen.
The dark night finally came in the expectation of countless people. Today was indeed cloudless as Chen Xing had guessed. Even if there were a few clouds, it would not affect them. Photographing the starry sky required a long exposure time, and a large number of photos had to be taken for synthesis. After synthesis, the clouds would no longer be visible, only one. Pure night sky.
There are two types of photographers taking pictures of the starry sky, one is the Milky Way and the other is star trails. Chen Xing has photographed the Milky Way before, and he is planning to photograph the Milky Way this time. He personally feels that the Milky Way is the most beautiful thing in the starry sky at night.
And more people here are preparing to take pictures of star trails. If there are shadows of stars in the photos, they will undoubtedly be closer to Van Gogh's paintings.
Although Chen Xing also wanted to imitate Van Gogh's starry sky on the banks of the Dalona River, as an independent artist, he should also have his own aesthetics.
The house in the distance may be to imitate the light in the painting. As soon as it gets dark, the lights are turned on. The warm yellow light shines on the river, stretched very long by the sparkling river water. If only this picture were It must be beautiful to take a night view.
But it also affects the shooting of the Milky Way. Photographing the Milky Way requires high sensitivity and a large aperture, and the light damage in the external environment is very small; shooting star trails has a relatively low sensitivity, and the aperture can be smaller, and the requirements of the external environment are not as high as that of the Milky Way.
Since this cannot be avoided in the early stage, it can only be slowly adjusted in the later stage. The surrounding photographers were very excited. The bearded brother sitting on Chen Xing's right didn't know if it was his first time to take pictures of the starry sky. He kept staring at his camera, with the light in the river reflected in his eyes, and he looked very energetic.
Hedwig dozed off and leaned on Chen Xing's shoulder to breathe evenly. Chen Xing shook her awake and said, "Shall we go back?"
"Are you leaving? What time is it?"
"It's almost midnight." Chen Xing also said to Brother Beard, and turned around to take Hedwig away, but she kept looking at the Dalona River after she stood up.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Chen Xing went over and said.
"Um."
"You can go out and see more in the future. Don't you also pay attention to sketching when painting oil paintings? Just like a few of them." Chen Xing pointed to the painters who came with their own benches and easels.
All young. Even if you are not young, you probably won’t be able to withstand staying up late like this. The photographer just set the parameters and waited nearby, but the painter was different. Chen Xing also saw that they brought a small lamp to hang on top of the painting for illumination and to see the color adjustment clearly.
Light pollution, light pollution, I guess many photographers here don’t like them. But Chen Xing felt it was inappropriate when he said it, and asked: "It's better not to go out alone at night." Hedwig was thinking that Chen Xing was so handsome and romantic, and when she heard him shake his head and say this, he burst out laughing. , said: "Didn't you bring me out? I have never been out at night."
"Then let's go back and see what Arles looks like late at night." The streets are still very bright. Although there are relatively few street lights, many houses will install a small light under the eaves to illuminate passers-by.
I just don’t know if the owner of the house installed these small lights himself or if the government installed them. Europe is very peaceful at night.
French people basically don't go out at night. It's not a safety issue. The main reason is that there is nothing outside at night, so what are you doing out there?
Only some big cities have specialized night markets, and there are not as many vendors as there are in China. The French, or Europeans, tend to be more comfortable. It is enough to work for a few hours during the day to make a little money. When you retire, you will naturally have a lot of pension, and you don't have to get up early and stay late thinking about doing business.
Hedwig was a little scared walking like this, so she held Chen Xing's arm all the way.
"I want to visit your country. If I want to change my nationality, is it easy to get Chinese nationality?"
"It's not easy to get," Chen Xing said. At present, the most difficult thing in the world to obtain is Chinese nationality, even if you are rich or talented. Many foreigners who have lived in China for a long time, you think they have a nationality, actually only have a residence permit, or even no residence permit. It's an illegal immigrant.
But...there are some tricks.
"Then I..." Hedwig was a little nervous and wanted to think about how she would marry Chen Xing. But when Chen Xing looked over, she flinched.
"Let's go back quickly." After arriving at the hotel, Hedwig went directly to the room to sleep. Chen Xing took some photos and posted them on the news.
Then a fan immediately commented: "That's it?"
"Why don't you post a video!! It's another day of being dominated by grandma." Chen Xing had just posted the news at this time, and they appeared in just a refresh time.
Do you live in Bizhan? Chen Xingfa’s last video could be regarded as a good advertisement, but this Hasselblad review has become popular on the travel channel and photography channel. It has excellent editing and color grading, a suitable soundtrack, and the appearance of the work "Fo Guang".
The number of views has reached the highest in the history of Chen Xing's works, and it is now close to 4 million views. It can be called the treasure of the new generation of station.
The number of fans who have been stationary for a long time has increased by more than 200,000. It can only be said that careful video editing will always pay off, and by the way, it also increases the popularity of photography in China.
Chen Xing scrolled through the comments on the video for a while, stroking his chin and thinking - was Hasselblad's advertising fee underpaid?
…………The next few days were nothing special, except that I had an extra photography partner for street photography.
A photography partner is a partner in street photography. The two of them can chat when they go out together, and shooting becomes a lot more interesting.
Hedwig's camera was bought at the second-hand market in Arles. On Chen Xing's suggestion, she bought a Fujifilm x70. As a young and artistic person, Fujifilm is the most suitable camera.
Chen Xing is envious of the direct-viewing effects of Fuji cameras. Chen Xing takes pictures of people, Hedwig takes pictures of backs, buildings, everything.
As long as the composition is right, anything you shoot with Fuji film style will feel great. Seth is also back in Arles this weekend.
Chen Xing went to Perenna Gallery to find him, and Hercule Abbott, the boss behind the scenes, was also there. The door of the office was open, Chen Xing knocked a little, and Abbott immediately said with a smile: "The great photographer is here, come and let us see how you took the Buddha statue. Is it true that Huaxia Are there so many beautiful scenery?" Seth was also very happy and reminded: "Boss, it's not a Buddha statue, it's "Buddha's Light""
"It's all the same." Chen Xing sat down on the sofa next to him and said, "Mr. Abbott, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing lately?"
"I'm very good. What I'm looking forward to most now is to hang your latest works in our gallery. How about the day after tomorrow? I can clear out a whole floor of the gallery for your photography exhibition."
"I'm sure there's nothing wrong with me. I've done everything I should do." Chen Xing shook his neck from side to side and said tiredly.
Originally, these few months were supposed to be his vacation, but right after the vacation, he went to Africa with his professor to endure hardships. Then he took photos everywhere in order to improve the quality of his works, and he could only make do with the photos he took.
Fortunately, I finally took a photo in Wuyuan that made Chen Xing very satisfied. Seth crossed his hands and listened to the boss talk a lot about how much he liked Chen Xingxin's works, and then reminded: "Many collection institutions have already bid, in addition to our country, the United Kingdom, India, and even China ." Chen Xing's ears perked up when he heard Hua Xia, and asked: "Hua Xia? Who wants to buy it?"
"It's the Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai. The price they give is very low, so you don't have to think about it. But if you don't care about the price, you still have a piece of work that I think is suitable for them."
"What is it?" It is definitely a good thing to have works abroad. It will increase your reputation and make money, but after all, China is its own country.
"You have a photo of an old man in the countryside..." He searched for it on his computer and pulled out the photo of the Tibetan old man who turned to the mountains.
