What kind of person does the old mage refer to in the photography circle?

The so-called old mages must be old enough to do it in the first place, and those who are young are not qualified to talk to them at all. To put it bluntly, they are those old photographers who don't know anything and know nonsense every day. And the "Old Mage Group" is these people from the Regents Association.

Their shooting level stays at the entry stage of middle school students, and the aesthetics remain in the last century, but the official resources and social resources that are firmly controlled are held by each other.

Old mage is a new type of civilian photography enthusiast born due to the advent of the digital age.

Gender: Male and female, male-dominated.

Profession: Everything, but not a professional photographer.

Age: 40 to 70 years old, 50 to 60 years old.

Features: The most obvious feature is that he looks like a "photographer", and his equipment must be professional (equipment party), not only cameras, but also clothing, filters, tripods, and backpacks. The more expensive these are the better.

The mid-to-high-end SLR is a must, and the red circle, gold circle, and small blue label are also must-haves, and the equipment is definitely not considered to be portable, on the contrary, the more eye-catching the better, which includes shooting habits (only taking care of shooting by yourself, showing off, and even holding 1DX in ordinary parks on weekends); In addition, there is generally no one in the eyes, and they think that their shooting level is very high (the reason is that their equipment is top-notch), and when a certain peer comes to exchange and learn, he will generally pretend to be a big brother and have a contemptuous attitude; Netizens said that the old mage does not use the later stage, but it is not correct, the old mage is divided into two kinds, one is to despise the later stage, think that it is unreal, not ** (in fact, to a large extent, he will not); The other is heavy post-tension (but it will only be simple contrast, light and dark, saturation, etc., that is, the threshold is too large and causes distortion). The most professional thing about talking to others about photography is that you know the various nicknames of the equipment.

Causes: There are three main reasons: current job, asset situation and age, all of which are indispensable.

Most of the old mages are about 50 to 60 years old, this age is almost everything, when I was young, I didn't have time and money to play photography, but now I have money and time, and it is just in time for the digital age (reducing the cost of learning time, so many old mages may only use auto files when they buy equipment with a lot of money), plus photography is a beneficial activity, so even if there is no talent, it is a trivial matter to get one to play. But the old mages found that their ** level is not good, due to the lack of systematic aesthetics and photography exercises, the easiest point to think of is that the equipment is not good (this aspect ** plays a negative role, the evaluation of the laboratory version is exhausted in one day, resulting in a little bit of the shortcomings of the equipment are infinitely magnified, which is favored by the old mages), so the rich mages continue to buy high-quality lenses (this is very simple, some people say that shooting people with 50 is the king, so the next day they threw 2470 and bought 50, I would never have thought of using 2470's 50 end to practice composition first), and even buy a big three yuan at once.

Classic quotes: 1"The young man still needs to exercise, you don't have enough contrast. ”

2."What kind of equipment are you taking, yo, Leica, poison, German flavor, have a vision! ”

3."I have decades of experience here, and I don't usually say it lightly. ”

"Photography veterans" mostly refer to those who have not studied photography for a long time, but whateverFull frame, fixed focus is the same, like to get together to shoot beauties, pseudo-folklore, and the same scenery ** middle-aged and elderly photography enthusiasts.

Old Master" in Shanghainese.

refers to old experts with high level and skills, and the "old mage" in the photography circle now has an obvious sense of discrimination and debasement.

Some movie friends said that the reason why mages became mages is because they firmly believe in the existence of magic and insist on using magic in their daily lives. There are several major categories of known and widely disseminated magic: equipment flavors, film flavors, apple retouching, and air cutting.

Photography old mage features.

The first is that they are generally older, generally retired, and of course there are some young people now.

The second is that they often use some very top-of-the-line SLRs.

The fuselage should be large, and the noise should be loud. They are very proud of their equipment, and they may really believe that these good equipment can make their art more valuable. They also like to wear a photography vest and a typical photography bag, so that it is easier to be seen as a photographer.

Because they look forward to the kind of adoring gaze that others cast upon them when they are discovered. The old mages themselves are a bit contradictory, their own aesthetic level is actually very low, and the subject matter and method of their creation are very simple. For example, they like to take pictures of beautiful women, lotus flowers, and scenery photos that have been taken countless times.