Rebirth of top photographers

Chapter 142 A Colorful Night at the Museum
After a whole night of street photography, Chen Pingsheng slept particularly soundly the next day.

He slept under the covers until five o'clock in the afternoon and didn't wake up. He didn't even hear Director Zou's call.

When he drowsily picked up his cell phone from the pillow and saw three consecutive calls, he suddenly woke up.

"Hello, Director Zou." He simply washed his face and called back.

"Shengsheng, when are you coming over?" In addition to Director Zou's voice, there was also the sound of an electric drill on the other end of the phone.

"Can I come over at seven o'clock?" Chen Pingsheng raised his voice, fearing that the other party wouldn't hear him.

"No problem, okay, I'll contact you then."

Chen Pingsheng put down his cell phone. Director Zou looked really busy.

It was not long before the scheduled time. He simply packed up, ate two bags of instant noodles, then picked up his huge camera bag and went straight to the museum.

The lighting equipment and tripods are in the security room of the museum and have never been taken away.

After all, he didn't want to carry such heavy things back and forth every time.

When he arrived at the main entrance of the museum, he could already see the area surrounded by steel pipes and brackets. Chen Pingsheng went around to the back door and saw Director Zou waiting.

"Director Zou, please excuse me." Chen Pingsheng was a little embarrassed because he had people waiting here specially for filming.

"It's okay, Xiao Chen, you have to take good photos. Maybe this work will become famous, and our museum will benefit from you." Director Zou smiled and patted his shoulder, then pointed to the security captain standing beside him. He said: "This is Fang Wenqiang, the security captain of the museum. He is on duty these days. If you need anything, just ask him."

"Teacher Chen, please come to me if you need anything tonight." Fang Wenqiang had been warned before and knew that the young man in front of him was the winner of a top international competition and was specially found by the museum, so he was very attentive.

"Hello, please excuse me, Captain Fang." Chen Pingsheng greeted with a smile.

After the three of them chatted for a while, Director Zou went back first.

Chen Pingsheng and Fang Wenqiang entered the security room, picked up all the equipment, and went to the exhibition hall to arrange the lighting.

"It looks inconspicuous, but it's quite heavy." Fang Wenqiang put up the light and clapped his hands.

"Indeed, Captain Fang is ready. I can do the rest myself." Chen Pingsheng thanked him.

"Is it okay? Do you want me to do something else for you?" Fang Wenqiang looked at the camera in front of him curiously and asked.

"No need, the next step is to arrange and shoot." Chen Pingsheng declined his help.

"Okay, then I'll go to the monitoring room. If you have any questions, just ask!" Fang Wenqiang left after seeing this.

In the exhibition hall where there was originally some sound, the only sound left was Chen Pingsheng's breathing.

He looked at the slightly dark environment around him, rubbed his hands, and started preparations for shooting.

What was in front of him at this time was a hand-drawn seascape, in which he could see the blue sea and the endless daylight.In the distance, there is still a little mist lingering, making the whole scene look dreamlike.In front of the hand-drawn drawing, in front of Chen Pingsheng, there are also a large number of stacked rocks.

There are a total of 6 sea lions resting on it, with different postures. One of the largest sea lions occupies the rocky reef closest to the center of the picture, looking up at the sky.The rest of the sea lions are either lying down or standing up, and there are two small sea lions playing in the group.On the right side of the picture, two sea lions, one large and one small, are also looking at the sky.

If you observe it with your eyes, everything will appear false. Whether it is the flat background or the color of the sea lions and rocks, people can instantly realize that this is a scene that does not exist in the real world.But when Chen Pingsheng observed through the lens of a camera, everything was different.

Because the perspective relationship has changed, the original depth of field and distance are compressed together by the lens, forming a separate plane relationship.

Chen Pingsheng removed the current colors in his mind, and the whole picture immediately became lively and vivid.

This may be the charm of photography. It can use various means to reproduce these images that originally existed only in illusion, making them become real in the eyes of the audience.

Seeing that everything was ready, Chen Pingsheng adjusted the focus and lens position with his hands.

"Yes, that's it." He muttered, and then quickly pressed the shutter release.

"Click." The clear sound resounded throughout the museum, passing through the air and walls layer by layer, like transparent ripples.

At this time, Fang Wenqiang, who was in the monitoring room, was also watching Chen Pingsheng's movements.

"What a retro thing." He took out his mobile phone, clicked on the camera, and recorded a video on the screen.

"Family, do you know what this is?" Fang Wenqiang pointed at the Linhaff camera used by Chen Pingsheng, said something, then stopped shooting, turned around and posted it on the short video platform.

He usually runs a small account with more than 1 fans. Every day he takes pictures of unfamiliar or unusual things for netizens to identify.

The account has no logic and is not systematic. I just shoot and play casually to find a sense of presence in the virtual world.

After the distribution, he saw Chen Pingsheng starting to move equipment and prepare to move to another place.

"It's hard to move such a heavy thing!" But Fang Wenqiang didn't go out. He just took out a bag of Drunken Peanuts from the drawer and looked at it while eating.On the other side, Chen Pingsheng didn't feel the weight of the light stand. Maybe it was because he had lifted a lot of iron during this period, and the outline of his upper body was now obviously stronger.

After taking the first picture, he took out the film and then continued shooting the second picture without stopping.

However, setting up the lights took more time than he imagined. It took a full hour before he got the lights ready for shooting.In fact, anyone who has taken photos knows that facing a glass frame light is the most stressful.

Because glass reflects light, no matter how many diffusers and diffusers you use, you can't completely eliminate the reflection from the glass.

You can only avoid reflections in the picture by adjusting the angle and height.

At this time, Chen Pingsheng was the same. In order to avoid reflection, he simply raised the light stand to the highest position and hit it towards the ceiling, creating an astigmatism.

Then a light was set up from a distance to give ambient light.

If the overall brightness of the exhibition hall was not sufficient and there were different lighting equipment, these two lights would not be able to illuminate the surroundings of the picture.

I can only say that it was a good thing that I took the photo in a museum.

After Chen Pingsheng was ready, he lowered his head and looked at the frosted glass of the camera.From the lens, you can see a sheet of white snow covering the entire mountain range. Some vegetation at close range is also covered with snow, and on the right side of the screen, there is a prehistoric caracal walking through the snow.

Desolation, silence, and at the same time the bestiality of animals.

This may be the established impression that prehistoric civilization has given to human beings.

Chen Pingsheng looked at the caracal in the picture, and for a moment he had the illusion that it was about to come alive and pounce on him who was filming.

It seems that he is not in a museum at this time, but standing on the land tens of thousands of years ago, risking his life, crawling on the snow, waiting for these prehistoric animals to enter his field of vision, capturing them, and keeping them for future reference. wealth of mankind.

"Crack!"

The moment he pressed the shutter, Chen Pingsheng felt both excited and curious.

I’m excited because when these photos circulate for decades or hundreds of years, will anyone really think that these are real-life scenes?
I am curious because it is clear that these scenes and creatures only exist in the genetic fragments of fossils, but humans have used their own brains and technology to open up connections with tens of thousands of years ago and achieve another form of time travel.

Does this mean that time travel itself does not actually require the so-called travel time?As long as the original history and scenes are completely reproduced, isn't it also a kind of time travel?

Chen Pingsheng was awakened by the thoughts in his mind, and then thought for a long time.

Maybe everything in this world will make sense if you change your perspective, but this perspective is not easy to find.

Fang Wenqiang in the monitoring room saw Chen Pingsheng standing still. He looked closer in confusion and found that there was nothing wrong with the picture, but he was motionless.

"Do all photographers have this kind of quirk?" Fang Wenqiang shuddered: "It's so scary."

Chen Pingsheng didn't know what angle he wanted to view the world from, so he could only continue shooting.

Time came to midnight silently.

"Click." Chen Pingsheng finished taking another photo. This was a photo in the jungle. A white-faced ape on all fours stood on a complex tree trunk, staring into the distance.Those leaves and branches form a variety of visual frames. There is no need to think too much about the composition. Just press the shutter and it is enough to get a wonderful photo.

In fact, the entire album is a replica of the museum, but no one could have imagined this kind of replica before Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Ideas are often so unpretentious and may even be simple, but it takes a lot of time and effort to realize them.

The main reason why many people remain unknown is that they are unwilling to put their ideas into practice. They often just think of the beginning, and when they are so excited, they never think about it again.

Therefore, the style of the doer is very important, just like Chen Pingsheng himself.

When it comes to photography, he only has one idea: take pictures first.Regardless of any creativity or idea, implement it first and then consider whether to optimize it.

This is how Chen Pingsheng came along, and he will definitely continue to go like this in the future.

He was very satisfied with tonight's progress. If he continued shooting at this rate, he would be able to complete the work in one week.

Chen Pingsheng looked at the exhibitions around him and planned to go to the toilet.

But at this moment, a strange sound came from the silent exhibition hall.

"Boom!" It sounded like the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, or the sound of someone knocking on an iron sheet.

Chen Pingsheng was stunned for a moment, then picked up his phone and sent a message to Fang Wenqiang.

Then he turned on the flashlight and approached the exhibition hall that was being repaired not far away, wanting to take a closer look.

(End of this chapter)