The growth system comes at the age of 30

Chapter 198 You Give Me Gifts, I Give Me Gifts Too (4.2K Please Subscribe Please Monthly Ticket)

How does a photographer retouch photos?
Simply put, it is to make a not-so-good-looking photo look good as much as possible.

To be more specific, it is to adjust the color difference, brightness, saturation, highlight the subject, change the proportions, correct distortion, emphasize the story content of the photo, etc.

For portraits, you will most likely need to beautify them.

It is not as simple as one-click beautification. It involves overall whitening, facial blemish removal, breast augmentation and slimming, eye highlighting and so on.

Despite the tedious work, professional photo retouchers are paid low wages. A portrait retouching costs 10 yuan per piece, and some people who like to bargain for themselves are willing to do a retouching for 5 yuan per piece.

Just learn it, and learn it without saying a word.

By the time you make over 800 yuan a month, your eyes will probably be about degrees myopic.

At this time, the value of Hasselblad is reflected.

The reason why Hasselblad is called the "God of Cutting" is because it has 100 million pixels, which allows photographers to shoot boldly without spending too much time on composition, and then get the picture they want through post-production cropping.

To some extent, it can greatly make up for the lack of photographic skills.

Chen Jingle has good aesthetic taste and strong technical skills, and with the help of top-notch equipment, the photos he takes are naturally not bad.

Therefore, the post-production photo editing work is much simpler.

What he needs to do now is to select a batch of photos with good quality from so many photos, and then use PS tools to make some detailed adjustments to make the photos perfect.

The more I choose, the more confused I become.

I feel like there are a lot of photos that are above the passing line.

"This is troublesome." Chen Jingle took a deep breath.

This means that the workload of screening pictures is much greater than he expected.

It's like picking out the best jewels from a pile of jewels, which is much more difficult than picking out gems from a pile of stones.

Why do you want to take such nice photos? Of course, this is because Li Beixing is good-looking.

I can only choose slowly.

Fortunately, even if retouching photos of beautiful women cannot be called a pleasure, it is not a torture at all.

At this time, I have to admire those professional photo retouchers and the photography teachers at the comic conventions.

……

I'm not bragging, the photos taken today are indeed very good.

He is a proponent of content over composition.

A photo with connotation and story does not need any editing.

Because what the picture wants to express outweighs everything else, no matter how much you edit it, the audience's attention is on the subject and they will not notice those insignificant details at all.

A photo that gives people a bright feeling after it is taken is a success.

Like those photos on the Internet that are easily taken and become masterpieces, some are inspired by creativity, and some are by chance. But without exception, they are all works with great connotation and story.

For example, in last year’s Big Pants documentary, there was a photo that went viral on the Internet.

The shirtless worker pulling goods is going to the left, and the white Porsche is going to the right. The title of the video is "You can only feel at ease if you make money through physical labor."

It has both connotation and composition.

If this isn’t a masterpiece, what is?
When there is no particularly good content, you can use composition to create connotation and a sense of story.

Like the picture mentioned above, contrast composition is used, which is also the simplest and most common composition method. It uses contrast to highlight the main content of the picture and strengthen the message the author wants to express.

Other common comparisons include old and young, black and BC, urban and rural areas, advanced and backward, etc.

New photographers can take a look at more of the legendary photos on the Internet, which will ensure that their experience will increase rapidly.

Chen Jingle took so many photos of Li Beixing today, and each of them not only met the three elements of a portrait, but also had everything including lighting, composition, picture atmosphere, connotation, and sense of story.

Not every picture has all of these factors, but most photos have several of them.

It can be seen that he was not perfunctory during the filming.

Even if you adjust the brightness and color saturation, it can only add icing on the cake, but it cannot bring about a qualitative improvement to the photo itself.

Therefore, he had to create two new folders, the first one was after the initial screening, and the second one was screened again from the first one.

This is the process of careful selection.

It must be admitted that in addition to being good-looking, Li Beixing is also very photogenic.

Because some people may look good in real life, but they look very ordinary in front of the camera, and they are completely different from themselves.

This is called not photogenic.

……

Chen Jingle picked out a few photos that he was satisfied with and sent them to Li Beixing first.

Li Beixing replied immediately: "Is this me?!"

"If it's not you, then what could it be?" Chen Jingle laughed.

Li Beixing was surprised: "You made me look too good, it's a little unreal."

In the photo, she has bright eyes and white teeth, a bright and natural smile, and a kind of happy emotion from inside to outside. Even she herself was attracted by the content of the photo when she saw it for the first time.

Is it beautiful?
nice!
Stunningly beautiful!

Much better looking than her usual selfies!
Li Beixing was secretly shocked. Is this the gap between amateur and professional?
Chen Jingle teased, "This is the first time I've seen someone brag about himself so shamelessly."

Li Beixing: “???” Why are you bragging?

Chen Jingle said: "I haven't even started practicing yet."

Uh, that's embarrassing.

She thought these had been fixed.

Li Beixing was a little stunned and asked, "Does this still need to be repaired?"

Chen Jingle replied: "It can be repaired or not. Even if it is repaired, it will only deal with the details, and the main part does not need to be touched."

Li Beixing really didn't see any details that needed to be fixed: "I think this is good enough, I can post it directly on WeChat Moments. It's a great shot!"

"Aren't you good-looking?"

"You make me feel embarrassed when you say that. It feels like we are just flattering each other in business, so fake, hahaha."

Li Beixing was a little shy, but also very happy, and couldn't help but grinning.

Chen Jingle asked: "Do I need to make a nine-square grid when posting on WeChat Moments?"

"want!"

"OK, wait a moment."

Chen Jingle picked out a few more photos from the second folder and sent them to her, making a total of nine.

Now I have the material to post on my Moments.

Li Beixing was also unambiguous and uploaded it immediately, editing the text, "It was you who turned my world pink from that moment on."

Click to publish!

After posting, my face felt a little hot.

"Is this... too obvious?" He quickly buried his head in the pillow.

On the other side of the Internet, Chen Jingle refreshed his circle of friends and saw Li Beixing's new updates.

Well, the background of the photo is pink kapok flowers, and there is nothing wrong with this copy.

The most taboo thing for people is to over-interpret other people's behavior, which leads to misjudgment and illusion, and ultimately causes embarrassment for both parties.

Please give a like first.

……

Less than 10 minutes after this post was published, the number of people who liked it exceeded .

After all, Li Beixing has been very popular since he was a child, and has never lacked attention in his life.

Most of the comments praised her for her good looks.

Some people also asked where this was filmed.

The flowers are beautiful, and people are even more beautiful!

Zhou Manlin was surprised when she saw Li Beixing's circle of friends, so she asked her in private chat: "Where did you find the photographer? The photos are great."

In her opinion, these photos truly restore Li Beixing's appearance level, and even have a feeling that is different from reality.

In short, beautiful!
Li Beixing replied with a smile: "I picked it up on the roadside."

"Where did you pick it up? I'll pick one up too." Zhou Manlin raised her eyebrows.

Li Beixing: "You can't pick it up./snickering"

Zhou Manlin suddenly thought of something and asked, "Did Chen Jingle take the photo for you?"

Li Beixing replied with a blushing and shy emoticon. "..." She really guessed it.

Does Chen Jingle have such skills?
Does he really know everything?
The photo is so beautiful, you must have taken a lot of photos of beautiful girls in your daily life, right?
Zhou Manlin was convinced and asked curiously, "When did you two go out to take the photo?"

"This afternoon." Li Beixing did not hide it.

Zhou Manlin thought of the pile of express deliveries she had received at noon today and blinked.

I had originally planned to give Chen Jingle a gift, but now I suddenly don’t want to. There’s no reason.

"Forget it, I'll just give it to you, so people won't think I'm a stingy person."

Zhou Manlin muttered softly.

One yard for one yard.

When Jiang Zhiqin saw her daughter's update and clicked on the photo, she immediately had a bad feeling.

As someone who has been through it, she is all too familiar with this feeling.

The smile on my daughter's face clearly tells everyone that she is in love.

So, these photos were taken by that boy for her?
It’s really well shot.

I just don't know if they do anything else besides taking pictures, and how far they have developed.

Jiang Zhiqin took a deep breath and asked her daughter on WeChat: "Are the kapok trees in the park blooming?"

When Li Beixing saw the message from his mother, he suddenly felt panicked.

Oops!

Forgot to block my parents!
"It's over, it's over, I'm done for now, wuwuwuwu..."

Li Beixing buried his face in the pillow, not daring to imagine how he would face his parents next.

What if my mother asks me further? How should I respond?

Do you want to continue lying?

Oops, so annoying.

After sighing, he could only bite the bullet and answer his mother's questions, talking irrelevantly, being vague and pretending to be deaf and dumb.

It is impossible to expose it, we must keep it secret to the end!

Just ordinary friends!
……

Chen Jingle couldn't understand Li Beixing's troubles.

People like him may not post on WeChat Moments once a year or two.

The last time I posted on WeChat Moments was last time. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I suddenly felt like writing a few words, taking a photo and posting it online.

Including the one saying "Don't look at it, there's nothing in the Moments", there are only two updates in total.

Don't even think about snooping into his life through his circle of friends.

However, I have been updating on Douyin.

I would post some calligraphy and painting practice works every now and then, and increase my followers by relying on the quality of their works. The number of my fans is increasing every day, and now it has exceeded 10,000.

The growth rate is much faster than expected.

Now I can be considered a serious art blogger. Haha.

It can be seen that in the field of calligraphy, it is still possible to increase followers by creating content, although the increase is not much, and it is not as fast as others who rely on their figure or other things.

However, there are many users who want to buy calligraphy and paintings from him. Compared with the beginning, the number is increasing. However, he is not very free recently and has declined them all.

"Wait until I have some free time, then consider taking orders."

Chen Jingle thought.

It’s okay to take a break, but not for too long. Even if I’m not taking orders, I’ll still write and draw, but the level of seriousness is different.

In that case, you might as well take one or two orders occasionally to earn some pocket money.

Especially at the end of the year, I am considering taking more orders before the Chinese New Year to earn more money so that I can have a good rest during the Chinese New Year.

Let’s get off topic and continue focusing on photo editing.

If Chen Jingle wanted to be lazy, he actually didn't need to do any repairs. Even if he suspected that he had repaired it, Li Beixing couldn't tell.

However, with a serious and responsible attitude, he decided to repair it.

Keep improving.

Do things the way you want to do them.

Excluding the time wasted on taking a shower, it took me two and a half hours from selection to photo editing.

Chen Jingle is relatively slow in photo editing. Efficiency is not his first priority. What is important is to make the photos look natural and good-looking!
The photo must be taken beautifully, and the edited photo must also be edited to look beautiful. The original photo must not be ruined.

After the repair was completed, he sent the file package to Li Beixing.

He said, "I personally think that the photos are good. Together with the 9 photos I sent you earlier, a total of 45 photos have been repaired."

"So fast?" Li Beixing was surprised.

Chen Jingle said: "Photo editing is not difficult, but the screening process is more troublesome. Let's leave it like this for now. Take a look at the results. If you are not satisfied, leave me a message and I will revise it for you tomorrow. Now I am going to sleep."

"Okay, good night~"

"OK, good night."

Li Beixing felt a little sorry for him and blamed himself for not telling him that there was no rush and he could take his time. He had to work overnight just to help him retouch the photos.

Thinking of this, she received the folder, unzipped it and opened it to take a look.

She was surprised to find that each picture was carefully selected and was no worse than the nine pictures she had just posted on WeChat Moments.

It can be said that if you post nine nine-square grid photos on your Moments every day, you can post four different photos for four consecutive days.

The key pictures are retouched to look very natural, and you can't see any specific traces of modification, which shows that real effort was put into it, and it's not a one-click beautification type.

I feel like even the artistic photo packages costing tens of thousands of dollars at professional photo studios can’t produce results like this.

Not satisfied?
nonexistent!

Very satisfied!

Originally, it was agreed that Chen Jingle would receive a gift, but now it seems that the gift is a bit too small.

"What else can I give you?"

Li Beixing fell into deep thought.

She doesn't plan to take back that Hasselblad.

Even if Chen Jingle is unwilling to accept it, he can still leave it with him in the name of "loaning it to him". In this way, he can legitimately ask him to help take photos and invite him out to play.

In addition to this, you have to give something else.

The more he didn't want it, the more Li Beixing wanted to give it to him.

……

the next day.

Chen Jingle woke up and saw Li Beixing's reply, saying that he was very satisfied and there was nothing that needed to be modified.

Seeing this, Chen Jingle didn't say anything, as long as he was satisfied.

It is still a day of completing various schedules according to the system's arrangement, including exercise, cleaning, study and practice.

Then make something delicious at noon to reward yourself.

After Chen Qiyun had eaten and drunk her fill, she lay down on the mahogany chair, stroking her bulging belly, and said, "By the way, we have midterm exams this Thursday and Friday."

Chen Jingle looked up at her: "So how are you preparing?"

Chen Qiyun tilted her head and thought for a while: "I don't know."

"I don't know if it's okay." Chen Jingle smiled.

Chen Qiyun was not ashamed at all: "I just don't know. My grades in the classroom quizzes are OK, but I haven't participated in the formal exams. I don't know if I have improved during this period, or to what extent."

"Don't you have an accurate understanding of your own strength?"

"So do you think I've made any progress?"

"Yes, not only that, but the progress has been huge," Chen Jingle affirmed.

Chen Qiyun was immediately delighted. With these words, she felt that she should be able to perform well this time.

After all, judging from her usual performance, her efforts during this period have achieved very good results.

After Chen Qiyun left, Chen Jingle washed a pear, ate it, and prepared to go upstairs for a nap.

At this moment, Zhou Manlin sent a message:

"Are you free this afternoon?"

(End of this chapter)