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True "art" is something that never goes out of style. As the two representatives of graphic art, painting and photography, the source of beauty is inseparable from composition. And those works that have stood the test of time naturally have their own uniqueness in composition.
So today's article, good machine friend photography is based on the photographic works of Teacher He Fan and the well-known paintings of the Song Dynasty, respectively, to analyze the mystery of composition to you.
Ho Fan Who is also?
Most of the friends who play photography have seen the following photo, right?
Yes, this photo was taken by He Fan. Born in Shanghai on August 8, 1937, He Fan is a cinematographer, actor and director. He moved to Hong Kong with his family at an early age and began shooting black and white photography in the 1950s. He has won the title of World Photography Top 10 in 8 consecutive years organized by the Photographic Society of America. He Fan is also known as the "Eastern Bresson".
What is unique about Ho Fan's composition
It is no exaggeration to say that most of the creative compositions we call creative are leftovers for He Fan to play. Let's analyze his photos together.
Nowadays, most street photographers pay more attention to the expression and behavior of the characters in the picture, and do not care too much about the beauty of the picture. And He Fan paid attention to the aesthetic expression of street influences 60 years ago.
In 1961, private territory.
Even today, the composition is remarkable. In the minimalist picture, the points of interest are arranged near the golden section point, and the sign in the lower right corner balances the weight of the picture.
There is hardly any useless information in the photos. The "PRIVATE" on the sign echoes with the two men and women who are very close to each other in the picture, so that the photo not only has a sense of compositional beauty, but also triggers the viewer's association with the content.
Compared with a large number of walls on the Internet today, the minimalist style photography of a window is much higher in both aesthetics and content.
In some of He Fan's works, great attention is paid to expressing the geometric beauty of shadows and decisive moments. In fact, this kind of shooting idea is not difficult to master. For example, the following work.
The biggest highlight of the picture is that the old man is just at the apex of the triangle. But in addition, in order to show the formal sense of shadow, He Fan used half of the brighter ground to contrast and set off. For the two children in the lower right corner of the photo, it can only be said that the luck is too good, just enough to balance the weight of the picture.
It can also be seen from this that he attaches great importance to the balance of photos, rather than only focusing on points and lines (including the first work of He Fan in the text).
Compared with He Fan's works that have a strong sense of formal beauty in composition, the author prefers his subconscious composition creation.
Because too much emphasis on points, lines, and surfaces, that is, too much emphasis on compositional forms of works, although the sense of beauty is very strong, it will always be a little worse emotionally, which will give people a feeling of "arrangement".
And the above photo, at a glance at the past, the sense of form is actually not strong. However, the sense of perspective created by the light from dark to light, and the invisible lines of windows or eaves, make the picture more immersive. It's like you can feel the warmth of this little girl writing her homework in the afternoon sun. This seemingly unstructured picture is easier to impress the viewer.
However, what He Fan admires most is the ability to learn with the times. The following work is a recreation of his use of modern darkroom technology when he was in his seventies.
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Mirage, shot in 1962 and re-created in 2010
The photo effect is similar to today's multiple exposures, with a stack of bright windows and sharp triangles that give the photo a clear visual orientation. The use of shape and light and shade creates an "illusion". You know, this photo was created in 2010 from a 73-year-old man. And now there are many photography enthusiasts, who are somewhat repelled by digital post-production, which can't help but be lamented.
After seeing the works of Teacher He Fan and learning some of the compositional aesthetics that will not become obsolete, we will look to the Song Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago. (There are more Works of He Fan to appreciate after the article, and you can try to analyze and learn by yourself)
Composition from Song paintings
Paintings from ancient times are still of very high value today. Among them, in addition to the collection value and craft value of rare things, artistic value also accounts for a large part. What can the beauty that can last for a thousand years understand in composition? Good photographer photography will take you to learn together.
"View of the Waterfall" Song Xia Jue
Amorous parting from ancient wounds, and even more so snubbed the Autumn Festival! —— Liu Yong, "Raining Bells"
Many of the scenery films taken by photographers lack layers and have no spirituality. In fact, as early as a thousand years ago, the painters of the Song Dynasty painted for us what a truly beautiful wind and light should look like.
Through the close-up and long-range in the picture, the sense of layering is expressed through virtual and real. The finishing touch of the picture lies in the characters in the building who talk and laugh. This is also what the author has emphasized many times, adding a person in the wind and light can often play a finishing touch, so that the photo immediately comes alive.
Below are more landscape paintings that use people as a finishing touch and emphasize layering.
"Suburban Dragging Staff Diagram" Ma Lin
Outside the cottage, next to the ancient city. The cane quinoa slowly turns to the sun. - Su Shi, "Partridge Heaven"
"Songxi Mao Foot Map" Liu Songnian
Truffles are cold, sea frost is yin. Hurriedly straightened out. —— Sima Guang, "Ruan Lang Gui , Fishing Boats Easy to Enter spring mountains"
Flower photography is also the favorite subject of many photographers. From the following Song Dynasty painting, it can be found that compared with the photography of flowers, looking for characteristic single branches can highlight the beauty of flowers in form and color. In addition, the reason why the painting gives people a clean visual feeling, the simple background is very important. Therefore, when shooting flowers, we should also try to find a simple background for shooting.
"Ji Xue"
If there is no fate in the previous life, it is to be reunited and wished for the next life. - Le Wan, "Bu Operator Answer shi"
If you shoot flowers, you need to pay attention to the use of light to create a contrast between light and shade to make the picture change. For example, the following painting. A patch of white chrysanthemums, but the viewer's eyes are focused on a few of them. The reason lies in the change of light and shade. It can not only highlight the main body, but also make the flowers appear to be staggered.
"From Jutu"
It is rare to smile in the world, and there are purple chrysanthemums and yellow chrysanthemums, which can be inserted into the head. —— Song · Zhu Xi's "Water Tune Song Head: Hidden Du Mu's QiShan Poem"
Next, look at how the ancients "hit birds". Although photography cannot be like painting, you can paint whatever you want. But when we shoot, we have to work towards the "ideal picture". In this way, when there is a rare picture, it can be decisively photographed.
The birds painted by the Song Dynasty painters also paid great attention to the choice of companions in their composition. Because taking a bird alone, like a big head photo taken by us humans, there is no beauty to speak of.
However, after joining the companion, the picture has a sense of artistic conception. This is also why the author does not recommend that people who love to photograph birds take a telephoto lens and take a hard shot at the birds in the sky. Because it is not easy to take clear photos, even if you take it, you will find yourself like an ornithologist, making a bird encyclopedia, and the picture has no beauty.
Therefore, whether it is the use of branches, or the use of water surface, architecture, flowers, etc. as a companion, as long as it is set off by an environment, bird photography can show its artistic sense.
Li Di "Double Sparrow Diagram"
Bronze sparrow spring love, golden people autumn tears, this hatred depends on who snow. —— Song · Deng Jia's "Farewell to Yi Zhong"
Appreciation of Song Dynasty paintings and works by He Fan
"Mountain Residence Map" Yan Su
When will I go home and be an idler. To a piano, a pot of wine, a stream of clouds. - Su Shi, "Xingxiangzi Shuhuai"
"Pine Lake Fishing Hidden Map" Li Tang
A rod of wind and moon, a smoke and rain, the family lives in the west of Diaoyutai. ——Lu You, "Queqiao Immortal, A Pole Wind Moon"
"SongLei Jinglu Diagram" Yan Ciping
Walk to the water poor, sit and watch the clouds rise, only in my room to find the zhang. —— Song · Wang Xin "Qinyuan Chun Fengxia Wang Daoist's Home in Liutang"
"Songxi Mao Foot Map" Liu Songnian
There are idle people in the eyes, only the anglers are dashing. ——Zhu Dunru, "Good Things Near the Fisherman's Words"
《Begonia Diagram》
Begonia flowers last year. You should also be thin and bear the tears for red. ——Xin Zhiyi, "Linjiang Immortal Jingu Smokeless Palace Tree Green"
Bamboo Dove Diagram
Nearly clear. The kingfisher branches are exterminated. ——Huang Xiaomai, "Xiangchun Night Moon, Near Qingming"
《Plum Bamboo Bird Diagram》
Picking all the cold branches refuses to perch, and the lonely sandbar is cold. ——Su Shi, "Bu Operator, Huangzhou Dinghuiyuan Residence"
Li Anzhong's "Qingchun Butterfly Drama"
Green plums are like bean willows like eyebrows, and day-long butterflies fly. —— Song · Ouyang Xiu,"Ruan LangGui Nanyuan Spring Half-Step Green Time"
"Red Indigo Waterfowl"
The windless water surface is slippery, and the ship moves, slightly moving ripples, startling sand birds to fly on the shore. —— Song · Ouyang Xiu," "Picking Mulberries and Light Boats short and short west lake good"
Zhao Tuo's "Loquat Mountain Bird Diagram"
He was helped into the East Garden by the wild old man and the phase, and the loquat was ripe. ——Xin Renjie, "Manjiang Hong, Mountain Residence"
"Ping po mountain bird diagram"
Turning over blank birds is seen from time to time, and the water is red and fragrant. —— Song · Su Shi's "Partridge Heavenly Lin Duanshan Mingzhu Hidden Wall"
《Jiangpu Qiuting Map》
Bamboo hedge huts, wine flag sand banks, a cluster of villages and cities. —— Song · Cao Group "Qingyu Case: Bishan Jinshu Ming Qiu Ji"
"Willow Pond Grazing Map"
Who knows this, ask the original white deer, the green cow by the water. —— Song · Wang Xin "Qinyuan Spring, Remembrance of Huangshan"
"Liutang Pan Moon Chart" Zhao Xi
The free flying flowers are light as a dream, and the boundless silk rain is as fine as sorrow. ——Qin Guan "Huan Xi Sha"
《Willow Bank Distant Mountain Map》
The night moon is a curtain of dreams, and the spring breeze is ten miles of tenderness. —— Qin Guan,"Eight Six Sons"
《Qifeng Wanmutu》
Back to the road ahead of Yanfeng, the smoke trees are flying. —— Song · Ge Changgeng,"Water Tune Song Head: Spring Mountain On the River"
《Penglai Xianguan Map》
The curtains are loose and the swallows are returned, and the Lu Tong house is still there. —— Song · Hong Zhikui "Bu Operator, Peony Pill Tuan Hong"
"Willow Creek Book House"
The bright moon does not startle the magpies, and the breeze chirps cicadas in the middle of the night.
Rice blossoms say good year, listen to the sound of frogs.
--Xin Renjie, "Xijiang Yue"
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