travel starts with photography

Chapter 205 Overturned?
Chen Xing looked at them in surprise.

Alizee looked at Chen Xing, and nodded with a smile.

Today's job is to be a photography model, so who is not shooting?Anyway, only a dozen of the best photos can be selected in the end, and the rest of the photos will be destroyed after they are eliminated.

Chen Xing was not confident anymore, and while waiting for Alizee to change clothes, he secretly asked Delrin.

"Can I?"

"Let me teach you, little things."

His teacher said to take Chen Xing to take a look and learn the shooting ideas of commercial photography.But Delrin feels that any shooting technique cannot be learned simply by looking at it, nor does it require hands-on operation.

So with the models agreeing, he was also willing to give Chen Xing such a chance.

As for the brands and magazines...

The photographer is the biggest during the shoot, and the third party counts as a P.

As time passed, Chen Xing felt a little uneasy.

Commercial photography is different from the shooting method he is used to. In Chen Xing's previous shooting, the works were all for himself. After shooting like this for a long time, all the works have a strong "Chen Xing style".

This is a good thing.

But that's the bad thing in commercial photography.

Yes, commercial photography is of course the photographer's voice, just like Delrin now, he can shoot whatever he wants on the whole shooting scene.A big star like Alizee had to be obedient, and neither the brand nor the magazine dared to say anything.

But that doesn't mean that Chen Xing can do it too.

Commercial photography is a kind of commercial activity, it has to serve the overall commercial goals, and cannot incorporate too many photographers' personal styles.

He has fashion, novelty, and merchandise as the end point, and has to attract the viewer's desire to buy.

Why didn't the Paris Academy of Fine Arts accept Chen Xing?

Don't you just feel that Chen Xing's shooting style is old-fashioned, a country bumpkin from the East, not fashionable enough?

At 07:30 in the evening, Delrin put down the camera and said: "Chanel the winter clothes for Chanel, Xing, you get ready."

Chen Xing pursed his lips, took a sip of the coffee he had just received, and stood up holding the camera.

Alizee went to another room to change clothes, and Delrin retreated from the front of the photography area, took the coffee from the assistant's hand, took a sip, and then closed his eyes to savor it without any reminders. the meaning of.

Chen Xing walked to the middle of the words.

He still doesn't know what kind of fashion Alizee will wear when she comes out soon, and what color the fashion will be, so he doesn't make any movement now, just standing there holding the camera, while carefully observing the surrounding scenery.

The most important thing in commercial photography is lighting.

Even in this era of advanced technology, it is still difficult to make up for the lack of lighting in commercial portrait photography in the later stages of photography.

This look of doing nothing, in the eyes of the people around, is a bit dull.

A man from the magazine frowned and asked, "Can he really take pictures? How does he feel like a newcomer?"

"Chinese photographers are so rare."

"Alizee hasn't come out yet, what do you think he can do? Give him a little tolerance."

When Delrin was the photographer before, the audience was very quiet, but now there are a lot of noisy voices, which also makes Chen Xing feel a little messy, but overall, Chen Xing's expression is quite relaxed.

Delrin felt relieved.

Soon Alizee was wearing Chanel's unreleased winter fashion from last year.

Last year, unpublished.

This is not a conflict, because the theme of the fashion industry changes every year.

This year's is back to nature, so there are a lot of wild elements, as in the previous fashion shoots.But now Alizee is wearing fashions that use the popular theme of last year's 'Outdoors'.

The black trousers in the style of overalls. The fabric is unknown. Chen Xing has never paid attention to clothing before, but the surface looks too silky. It is different from ordinary overalls. The belt is a very thin lady's belt with bright edges. Sparkling.

Underneath the jacket was a white hollow high-waisted dress, revealing part of her white and tender skin. From a distance, she thought it was a dress made of countless jewels. It was so transparent that she seemed to be able to see the underwear she was wearing inside, and then a piece of A handsome black fur coat.

The gemstone necklace of the same color as the white hollow clothes is also shining brightly.

Chen Xing's lips were so dry, he couldn't help licking them.

Holy crap, this is too beautiful.

This is winter clothes?

She didn't have such a strong allure when she was wearing summer clothes before. It can only be said that Alizee's current short hair fits the current outfit very well, and Chen Xing probably likes this style too.

Chen Xing didn't know any style.

Maybe it's just that he can see it more clearly when he gets closer, after all, he only likes beautiful ones.

Alizee sat down on the high chair in front and said, "Then please, Xing."

As soon as she opened her mouth, Chen Xing remembered that it was time for filming, and Chen Xing had to adjust his lighting to match the outfit that Alizee was wearing now.

Chen Xing didn't have an assistant, so he adjusted the desired lighting by himself.

But in fact, he still doesn't know how to shoot.

He now knows a little bit about fashionable dressing and matching.

The first friend he made when he first came to France, Abel, was majoring in fashion/luxury management. At that time, she felt that Chen Xing’s clothes were not good enough, so she took Chen Xing to visit Paris. Also often teach him how to dress.

The effect is very significant.

But how do photos reflect this fashion?

He moved the main light a little closer to the model to emphasize the atmosphere, and the second light was a horn light. After placing it, Chen Xing went to the props to find his most commonly used orange filter, so that the light that was illuminated had a warm color Felt.

This is also the first time that Chen Xing has given up his familiar shooting methods and used commercial photography he understands to shoot, so he doesn't know if the results will be good, anyway, let's try first.

Take the camera and come to the front to have a look.

I have the feeling I want.

But it is different from the works I saw before. This fashionable and sexy outfit was taken by Chen Xing to capture the feeling of retro Hollywood in the 90s. Fortunately, Alizee has short straight hair instead of curly hair. Otherwise, it is really a retro photo.

A group of people stood in front of the computer and watched. As soon as Chen Xing's shutter was pressed, the photo that Chen Xing had just taken was immediately displayed on the computer.

The eyes of the people in the magazine were bright, and they felt that the new photographer really had something.

The people from Chanel looked solemn.

Delrin was a little helpless.

It's not that the photo was bad, Chen Xing took it beautifully, anyone who sees this photo will fall in love with the chic and sexy woman in the camera, but... this is not the effect Chanel wants.

You are taking Chanel as Givenchy.

He couldn't help reminding: "Theme, theme!"

The advantage of Chen Xing is that the works he shoots have a strong personal style, but the disadvantage is also the same. After all, Chen Xing is not a photographer who starts from scratch bit by bit, learns to surpass, and then has his own style.

His style was set from the very beginning.

So it is difficult for him to accept other shooting ideas now. Even though he has been working hard to change it, it is still too different from the brand's needs.

The tone set by the Chanel team for this shoot is the theme they have been practicing all along, a practical luxury, a charming love.

Chen Xing experienced this kind of love, and also photographed it.

But not flashy.

Everyone was talking about it. People from Chanel liked and dissatisfied with Chen Xing's works, but the people from the magazine had a high opinion of Chen Xing's works. At least they admitted that Chen Xing was indeed of a certain standard.

Although the things shot are different from the needs of the brand side, for the audience, it must be to feel the beauty of them.

Chen Xing wanted to change his mind when he heard Delrin's call.

But some people are also saying: "Keep shooting."

"Yeah, it's pretty nice."

Chen Xing himself felt that the shot was good, so he looked at Alizee.

She changed her posture with a smile, and said in a mischievous tone.

"Then shall we continue?"

"OK."

Chen Xing nodded.

No matter what the people at Chanel think, but in a photo shoot, the photographer and the model are the most important. When Chen Xing and Alizee want to continue shooting, even Chanel can only wait for them to finish shooting. Opinion.

The French still obey the rules.

If it is a small, informal commercial shoot.

As long as the brand side feels that the photographer is not good at taking pictures, no matter whether they know photography or not, they will go up and stop the photographer to say a few words. It feels like stealing the photographer's camera to take pictures by themselves.

But Chanel has already made up their minds to drag Chen Xing into their blacklist.

This photographer doesn't fit their conception.

The first set of works was shot soon.

Chanel is discussing with Delrin to ask him to reshoot this group of works in a while, and Delrin agreed... No matter how good Chen Xing's photos are, these photos cannot be used. At most, Chen Xing and the model can keep them as souvenirs.

In a commercial shooting, the photographer must first follow the constraints of the commercial strategy. The conception and creation must reflect the personality and style of the product, show the characteristics and advantages of the product, and obey the needs of the product, not the personal needs of the photographer.

For the second group of shoots, Chen Xing tried to look as fashionable and younger as possible.

But the final result was not as good as the group he shot just now.

After the shooting of this group of works, Delrin said: "Let me come, Xing, you follow my arrangement to adjust the lights."

He was going to teach this little junior brother a lesson.

Chen Xing nodded and said, "Okay..."

Delrin was also standing beside him during the shooting, and I heard him say: "As long as you let go of your obsession with photography, it's not difficult to be a good commercial photographer. This kind of photography doesn't even require your high shooting skills. Probably lean towards the theme proposed by the brand.”

Delrin really thinks so. He thinks that as a commercial photographer, good interpersonal relationship is the most important thing.

Otherwise how to make money?

They finished filming at 08:30, and everyone left work at this time.

In order to ensure the quality of the shoot, Delrin and Alizee didn't eat. In fact, the photographers are fine, but the models must not eat, and they have to pay attention to their diet one day in advance, so as not to make their belly bulge unsightly.

Models don't eat it, and photographers certainly don't.

Everyone greeted them to get off work for dinner, and the people from Chanel surrounded Delrin to put forward their opinions, hoping that Delrin's later stage would be more in line with their ideas for this set of fashion.

Chen Xing sat in front of an empty computer, looking at the works he had taken.

The first set was okay.

The second set is not satisfactory no matter how you look at it. The poor shooting is only one point, mainly because of the style.

He doesn't think that the style that Chanel wants is better than the style he thinks. Everyone is different in aesthetics, just like Chen Xing regards Liu Yifei as a goddess, but Zhou Peng only thinks that Liu Shishi is the most beautiful.

In fact, they are all beautiful, but their personal aesthetics are different.

Give up your own aesthetic choices and accept others' aesthetics?
Chen Xing didn't quite accept it.

Delrin came over, looked at Chen Xing's frowning, and said with a smile: "Are you still watching? You have a disease of a top photographer in advance, haha, I can't say it's bad, but for your Mid-career still has a big impact.”

Before becoming an independent top photographer, there is always a time to cooperate with other photographers.

In this situation.

If Chen Xing doesn't make changes, there won't be too many photographers wanting to work with Chen Xing.

Chen Xing wanted to say something to refute, but Delrin didn't care at all, and said: "Let's go, let's call it a day, you can keep your work, you can keep it well, haha, this is your first time in the field of commercial photography ah."

"I know." Chen Xing said.

At this time, a voice said: "Can you give me a copy too?"

Alizee changed into her previous clothes and came from behind.

It is said that Europeans tend to gain weight after marriage, but this law seems to have no constraints on Alizee. Chen Xing searched on the Internet and found that she has been married for more than ten years, but she is still slender.

Delrin quickly said: "Sure." Then he stretched out his hand and shouted, "Prieto! Come here, please!"

Prieto was the lead of the Chanel team, a tall, skinny guy.

Delrin called someone over to talk about it, and Prieto agreed without thinking too much, and didn't even tell Alizee anything, but turned around and said to Chen Xing: "If we choose to enter the classical field in the future, we must invite you to shoot. "

He also patted Chen Xing on the shoulder with an encouraging look.

But wait until Chanel, who advocates fashion, simplicity, and youthful beauty, comes out with fashions that they think are outdated. Unless retro is popular all over the world, Chanel will probably follow the crowd to join this trend.

Alizee looked at the works taken by Chen Xing and couldn't put it down.

She is not young anymore.

The hottest time for Alizee was around 2000. She just became famous and hadn't experienced the feeling of being popular. She chose to quit the entertainment circle because of her marriage, and she came back in 07.

There is a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not.

The commercial photography taken by Chen Xing made her feel back to the time when she was sought after by countless people.

When she was putting on makeup just now, she heard Chanel's makeup artist comment on Chen Xing.

corny?

Classics are always in fashion.

At this point, she decided to support Chen Xing.

So the two became friends, and Alizee's team was already calling her name, she turned around and said to Chen Xing: "You are the best photographer I have ever seen, Don't care about the opinions of a small group of people, come on!"

(End of this chapter)