How much has changed since you fell in love with photography?

College students generally have a lot of time to do what they want to do! And I love to take pictures. I can take a lot of ** in the university department, and I found that taking pictures can not only record the bits and pieces of life, but also express a kind of thought through the ** I shoot.

I know that the meaning of photography is much more than that, so I would like to know that everyone has had those unforgettable experiences or valuable gains after coming into contact with photography, when you are happy, take a camera to take pictures, when you are unhappy, you also pick up a camera to take pictures, and if you don't take pictures for a long time, you will feel uncomfortable, photography seems to become a part of life, and the moment you pick up a camera, it is like entering another world, photography is really addictive. When I have nothing to do, I will quietly**photograph** The story in the memory** did not bring any vigorous changes, but the subtle and silent moisturizing things When I look back, I realize that it seems that life has changed because of photography.

I made a decision for something I loved for the rest of my life. Ten years ago, the living expenses given by the family were only a few hundred yuan a month, and in the extensive men's dormitory, it was like toilet paper thrown in the toilet, and it disappeared after a few splashes.

Relying on this money, let alone playing SLR, it is a problem to support yourself.

When I was in college, as an engineering student, I insisted on three things for many years: writing, photography, and making short films.

In addition to writing like a proletarian, the other two put me under heavy financial pressure.

My first SLR, the fuselage + an 18-105mm sleeve, was almost 8,000 yuan at the time.

When I think about it now, I still feel uplifted and sad.

The excitement is that over the years, I have always remembered how the boy who had expectations because of his love relied on his own arms to future.

And the sad thing is that every one of these 8,000 yuan is hard-earned money.

At that time, my economic activities were mainly focused on two things:

One is to be a tutor, and the other is to assemble a desktop computer.

When I first started tutoring, it was 15 yuan per hour, and it was 30 yuan for a class. It wasn't until much later that my ** soared from 15 yuan an hour to 30 yuan an hour.

In the winter, sometimes it was almost 10 o'clock after tutoring, and in the severe cold of more than minus 20 degrees, I rode the 7-hand kun car from the Daowai thrift market, shivering back to school, my toes and face were frozen unconscious, and the tears in my eyes were not because of sadness, but because the wind was so hard.

Later, a parent contacted me to work as a tutor in a weekend cram school, and I had 200 yuan a day, which was my most extravagant income when I was a thin student.

The predecessor of Harbin Engineering University was Harbin Shipbuilding College, so there is a ship electronics world at the west gate of the school, the first floor is electronic components, the second floor is electronic accessories, and the third floor is notebooks, desktops, mobile phone cameras, these 3C products.

At that time, I was working as a small worker in one of the stores that sold desktop computers, assembling computers for customers who came to buy computers, and installing a computer for 5 yuan.

On weekends, I was the busiest, and I could earn seventy or eighty yuan a day, and sometimes I was so tired that I couldn't straighten my waist, so I ran to the Nikon store next to me, and in the bright spotlights, I took a look at the dream camera I was thinking about.

At the same time, I calculated how much money I had saved, how much money was missing, and I had to do it for a few months.

No one knew how many times such a teenager had gazed at it before that, dragging his tired body and a fiery heart.

You don't need a reason to fall in love with photography.

Well, I'll say a few things.

1 Photography is an art that allows you to feel the beauty of art.

2. Improve your own aesthetics and sentiments.

3 Photography records history, society, and culture. The pen can fight, and so does photography.

4. Photography can express inner opinions.

5. Whenever I shoot a ** that I am satisfied with, I will be very happy.

6. Look at the old ** can recall the past.

7. Can make money. Nonsense Who doesn't love money.

8 love equipment. It's definitely going to be, even if you take a picture with your phone you'll love your phone.

Record and share the beauty you see

By the way, I have always disagreed with "You can't talk about photography without a DSLR", and the following is an excerpt from the Pacific Computer Network:

What to buy: Choose the right equipment for yourself, buying what is not suitable is equivalent to wasting money-

Of course, the master knows this, but the rookie may be distressed: what is the best choice? There is a big premise here, no equipment can meet your lifelong photography needs, and when choosing equipment, you only need to think about what will happen in the next two years.

If you know that you won't toss all kinds of lenses, then you don't need to consider SLR or even mirrorless cameras; If you know that you won't buy a full-frame SLR in the short term, then you don't have to worry about whether to support full-frame when you buy a lens now; ......

There is also a key point, unless you buy equipment to work and make money, otherwise try to choose a light and convenient one, there have been countless friends, netizens have complained, the SLR bought back is too heavy, too big and too inconvenient, I don't want to travel at all, looking for a lightweight camera. This is a waste of money, and the premise that a camera can make you shoot well is that it can make you willing to take out to take pictures. ”

Here are some of my follow-up shots with the Canon G11 and Sony WX10

There is also a Sony LT29i shot

On the Pacific Computer Network, the author's article is so right! Buy it or not, talk about photography.

To practice, at first, it is to earn money to buy photography equipment, learn the basics, and later develop to start a business or a freelance photographer, submit articles to magazines, and be a special photographer.

Become a photographer, videographer, or open your own photo studio.

Why I love photography is a difficult question to answer, because there are many times when I don't know what I like about something. I had an obsession with photography several years ago, when I was in college and was poor, so I had been saving up for a camera. I remember my first camera was a Sony mirrorless, white, 4,100 yuan, and I saved it for three months at that time.

When I bought my first camera, I didn't know anything, I just learned to use it to record something, and I didn't have a pattern when shooting, let alone any composition and post-production. But it was still the most memorable year or so for me. In that more than a year, I traveled to many places, filmed a lot, and left a lot of memories, which makes me feel very lucky.

Later, I was going to learn photography systematically, so I sold my old camera and bought a new one. The new camera is a mid-range SLR, and after I bought it, I spent a lot of time learning how to use it, and then took my friends out to shoot**. At that time, although there was the concept of photography, there was still no way to take pictures, mainly because of their limited aesthetics, it was difficult to understand what they wanted before shooting, so they learned all the way to shoot, and later it was somewhat like.

At first, I thought it was because I wanted to record the fragments of my life, but then I found out that it was not, I like photography, in fact, because photography is a way to improve my life in my heart. There are many details of my life that have been perfected through photography, and I have even begun to understand myself.

In my opinion, the answer to this question is not only to analyze the photographer's mentality (such as pretending to be forced), but to look at the underlying logic, because the subject's puzzle is not why he likes photography, but why there are so many people who like photography. Generally speaking, let's assume that people who love photography are pretending to be forced, so why do photography enthusiasts think that they can pretend to be forced by playing photography?

Let's put the conclusion first, because photography is one of the most popular, healthy, and wide-ranging social "mediums" nowadays.

I don't know if you have watched a Hong Kong drama for a long, long time, called "Pet Love", the one played by Sammi Cheng and Louis Koo Xuanxuan.

I first started learning photography in order to use photography as a channel to express my ideas. Later, I liked the job; Now I love this industry and want to help more photography beginners and enthusiasts grow.

If you only answer why you like it, maybe this question and answer are a bit too simple. Photography as an art, like literature, has a thousand reasons for a thousand people. What I want to share is: What are the values and meanings of photography?

Documenting life. Before photography, we recorded our lives by keeping a diary, writing down the trivial events and moods that happened every day into a diary and sealing them for future memories. With the development of science and technology, photographic equipment is becoming more and more popular, and portable mobile phones can also shoot well. In addition, now that the network is serious and the information is noisy, people are gradually moving away from paper and pen, and they are using ** to record their lives.

Family dinners, mediocre gatherings, successful graduations, happy and happy, etc., can all be kept with a casual snap. This is the benefit that technology brings to us.

Growth trajectory. Satisfy vanity.

Photography is one of the most down-to-earth arts. The reason for being down-to-earth is that compared with other types of art, such as painting, **, sculpture, etc., photography is easy to master. Even if you don't have any photography background, just take a few photos and someone may like it.

If you travel to a scenic place, it is easier to shoot a beautiful **. Human nature needs a sense of presence, and photography can easily satisfy personal vanity.

Documentary report. Undoubtedly, the advent of photography makes it easier for people to see the "truth" and spread it. An emergency, a ** is worth a thousand words. For example, Mr. Xie Hailong's "Big Eyes" has changed the education of countless poor children, which is the power of photography.

There are also many photojournalism, war photography, etc., all of which have made great contributions to letting the world know the "truth".

Artistic expression. In any category, there are highs and lows. It's the same with photography. It's okay to say that photography is art, and it's okay to say that it's an interest, depending on personal needs.

It is undeniable that photography, like painting, is a channel for many people to express themselves. They can be called photographic artists, and express their thoughts on life, life, and the world through the camera and **. For the public, appreciating these excellent photographic works can also resonate and gain spiritual enjoyment.

Whatever the reason, it's a beautiful thing to love photography. In my more than ten years of photography career, I have come into contact with many professional photographers and many photography enthusiasts. I have found that people who like photography have one thing in common: love of life.

Photography, a seemingly simple and complex outdoor activity, is a favorite of many retired seniors, vacation students, and wandering poets. Many people are keen on photography, whether it is photographing themselves, others, landscapes, or architecture. Many people would rather spend a long time on their living expenses to buy a DSLR and wander around with it.

Naturally, I also like photography.

In the beginning, I wasn't very interested in photography, and the few ** photos in my phone were taken with my roommates at school when I graduated from high school, and I didn't like the feeling of facing the camera, and every time I looked at the camera, I would always be timid and stiff. But once, a girl in the class bought her own camera, took a picture for someone else, and when I asked if I wanted to shoot, I hesitated for a while and finally agreed. When I took the photo, I was nervous because I knew I wasn't suitable for this, and my whole body became stiff and expressionless, but she kept telling me to be okay and take it easy.

A few days after the shooting, she said**Okay, send it to me, I didn't even dare to open the ** she sent me, because I was afraid of seeing myself expressionless. But I was wrong, maybe she gave me a pup, I looked very energetic. She told me that taking pictures is two people, and you can't just do it with a gesture, and you also need the skills of a photographer.

From which moment, I told myself that I also wanted to take pictures and record my life, I discussed with my parents, because the family conditions were good, so I bought a camera and began to take pictures, whether it was the sky after the rain, the buildings reflected on the plastic runway, or the sun about to set in the North Sea, or the pristine ancient temples in Chiang Mai, I recorded them one by one, it also recorded the strange people and strange things I did when I played, and now I may be busy with school work, and occasionally I don't bring a camera, I will also bring my mobile phone, Record every beautiful moment I have seen anytime and anywhere, because that is also a kind of memory for me. After graduating from college or starting a family, look through it, whether it will have a different flavor.

Photography will improve your ability to discover beautiful things and make you look at the world more optimistically.