▲ Liu believes that shooting must be fully integrated into the performance, and enough imagination must be exerted to capture the soul of art.
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For 30 years, Yunmen Dance Collection has captured the artistic soul through the lens. "At the age of 20, I came into contact with the National Art Institute (the predecessor of Beijing Art Institute) to help shoot an annual performance. Unexpectedly, I fell in love with stage performance. At that time, Lin Huaimin, the director of the dance department, thought I was a good photographer and invited me to shoot the performance of Cloud Gate15th anniversary. I didn't expect this shot to be 30 years. Doing the same thing for 30 years sounds really incredible. " Not only is it a collection of Yunmen dances, but I also shoot music and dance performances for two halls and courtyards of the country. I shoot at least 50 performances in a whole year, and I am happy to combine my work with my interests. In addition, I usually rehearse when shooting, which is specially shown to me by the dancers on the stage, which is a bit like the concept of VIP (laughs). 」
▲ As a photographer of Yunmen Dance Company for 30 years, Liu believes that work combined with interest is happy.
Besides being good at catching up with the performing arts, Liu Ye is a master of film stills. "Dance is a very abstract form of performance. In the continuous mobile performance, the dancer's body movements change rapidly. How to master the most representative picture of a performance must be thoroughly integrated into the performance, find out abstract concepts from body language, and shoot the spirit that dance wants to tell. Usually, the director is worried that the photographer can't catch up with the picture and will arrange the standard movements in advance, but I think the deliberately set movements are not perfect, such as the lack of tension in muscle lines or the unnatural feeling of clothes. A perfect photo usually takes place in a natural moment, and the facial expressions of muscle lines in the details of hands and feet should also be taken into account. I even have to predict what may happen in the next second, and I have to seize the opportunity and press the shutter. 」
▲ Dance is a very abstract form of performance. You must find the spirit you want to tell from the dancer's body language. A perfect photo usually happens at the most natural moment.
Liu's most impressive work recently is definitely the most popular movie-the Giant Buddha Plath, a whole row of shocking stills of blue-headed monks full of visual impact. "When shooting movie stills, you must fully understand the story and even fully integrate into the plot; Recently, I just finished shooting Sunny. In order to experience the prisoner's feelings, we went to prison and were locked up for a week. Based on our personal experience, we must also add creativity, because movies are made up of continuous shots, and stills can only tell stories with one photo. Therefore, we must dig out the interpretation of the film in order to conceive touching stills. 」
▲ Liu's most impressive work recently is the stills of the movie "Giant Buddha Plath". A whole row of blue-headed monks are visually full of incomparable tension.
The backup method is that indigenous steelmaking accumulates 100 hard disk files, which is difficult to integrate after more than 30 years of contact photography. How does Liu prepare the equipment in advance for each shooting? "I used to shoot film for nearly 20 years, but I didn't adapt to digital conversion at first, especially when digital cameras first came out. At that time, there were only 36 sheets in a roll, so I had to ask my assistant to help me change them. I was a little worried about the quality of the digital camera at first, but I still took the film machine. After observing for a long time, I slowly switched to full digital shooting. 」
▲ Liu used the negatives for nearly 20 years, and when he crossed the generation of digital cameras, he immediately faced the problem of storage.
After the digital camera was used by Liu, it immediately faced the problem of storage. "Twenty years ago, a 1GB memory card easily broke 10,000. Even with a CD, a burner costs tens of thousands of yuan. I really spent a lot of money on storage equipment at that time. I once prepared 4~5 SD/CF memory cards and several mobile hard disks for a shooting job, and then transferred the photos to the computer hard disk when I got home. In the past, the capacity of mobile hard disks was 2~4TB at most, and I have accumulated nearly 100 after years of use. Have you ever used cloud storage services? " I tried to use it until a delivery encountered an unknown connection problem, and then I dared not use it. Now I use free FTP occasionally, but I can only upload 2GB at a time. If the document is too big, I must divide it into several parts. Generally speaking, my backup method belongs to indigenous steelmaking. 」
▲ The capacity/quantity of Liu Studio's hard disk is configured as Akitio Thunder3 Quadr X (Interface Disk Array), and with 10TB Seagate IronWolf hard disk, the backup efficiency is improved a lot.
▲ It used to take 10 hours to copy a 2TB external hard disk, but now it only takes 2 hours, and the browsing speed is obviously improved when selecting photos.
The backup speed is 5 times faster, it is not easy to browse thumbnails, and the work efficiency is improved. I used to use an external hard disk, but after long-term use, I found that the backup efficiency was very poor. Because Liu is unfamiliar with the storage field, he often asks students for various storage methods. Liu recently listened to the advice of Liu and decided to upgrade the storage device. At present, the capacity/quantity configuration of the studio hard disk is: Aki TiO Thunder3 Quadr X (Lightning 3 Interface Disk Array). With 10TB Seagate Iron Wolf hard disk, "It takes 4TB to make a movie stills. In the past, it was very troublesome to use multiple external hard disks for turnover, and the files were scattered, which made it difficult to integrate. Since upgrading the storage configuration, the most direct feeling is the transmission speed. It used to take 10 hour to copy a 2TB external hard disk, but now it can be completed in less than 2 hours. Besides transferring files, I usually spend the most time screening photos. Take thousands of photos for an assignment, and the total file may reach 4TB. In the end, only 65,438+000 photos will be used, so the speed is important enough. In the past, the hard disk speed was too slow, and the selection process was not smooth. For 1 photo with 40MB RAM, if you open more than one photo at a time, the editing software may crash. But now with the high-speed transmission efficiency of Seagate hard disk and Thunderbolt3, the photo reading speed is much faster, and it is especially felt when the folder is opened and the thumbnail of each photo is displayed without delay. 」
▲ Seagate provides data rescue card service. The original factory provides rich maintenance experience and complete information. The success rate of hard disk rescue is as high as 90%, which is also the key to attract Liu to upgrade.
Does data rescue solve the photographer's biggest headache? Some students even strongly recommend Seagate to provide data rescue card service, which is also the key to attract Liu to pay the bill. "Hard disk damage is the photographer's biggest fear. Although some RAW files were rescued once, they were not completely decoded and finally could not be used. Seagate's success rate in providing hard disk rescue is as high as 90%. In addition to the rich experience of the original factory, advanced maintenance technology every year and complete supply of hard disk accessories, I often exchange various 3C messages with students, and I will ask them for benefits if there are storage problems in this area. I often hear them recommend Seagate, which is why I choose this brand. 」
▲ In addition to improving work efficiency, Liu Yi backs up old hard disk data when he has time, hoping that his works can be passed down forever, so that future generations can feel the beauty of this generation.
Make full use of disk array and Seagate hard disk, Liu thinks that this golden combination makes it easier to back up data. "The backup method has gradually crossed from the inside to the outside. In the past, it took a long time to change the hard disk with a screwdriver. Now, with the disk array, all you need is a simple plug-and-play operation. Although I don't know much about storage technology, I am sure that even amateurs like me can easily back up. In addition to greatly improving work efficiency, I will slowly back up my early photos to Seagate hard disk whenever I have time recently. After all, these precious photos are lifelong efforts. I hope that these works will be passed down forever, so that future generations can feel the beauty of our generation, so that I have completed my duties as a photographer (laughs). "
▲ Liu Studio's hard disk capacity/quantity configuration, and hard disk application flow chart at each working stage.
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