I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

While it's true that many renowned directors in the film industry transitioned from cinematographers, and their cinematography skills laid a solid foundation for their film aesthetics, this doesn't mean that one must first be an excellent cinematographer before becoming a director.

The director's core job is "storytelling," which is creation, while cinematography is just one part of filmmaking and belongs to secondary creation.

An excellent director doesn't necessarily need to be the one shooting the camera, but he must have the ability to guide excellent cinematographers, as well as the insights and vision of excellent cinematographers.

The director needs to coordinate various creative departments, including screenwriters, producers, editors, and actors, to ensure the overall quality and artistic style of the film.

Therefore, what a director needs to learn goes far beyond cinematography; it also includes knowledge and skills in many other areas.

Of course, photography skills are still an important ability for directors, and photography is a compulsory course in schools.

It can help directors better understand camera language, master composition and lighting, and thus better guide cinematographers in shooting.

However, this ability is not a prerequisite for becoming a director, but can be gradually acquired through further learning and practice.

You don't necessarily need to be good at cinematography before becoming a director, but a director needs to have a certain foundation in cinematography and aesthetic appreciation, as well as comprehensive film production knowledge and skills.

Through continuous learning and practice, a person can gradually grow into an excellent director.

As Cheng Sheng's girlfriend, Zeng Li knew that Cheng Sheng was very skilled in photography.

On set, Cheng Sheng took photos for some people, and those photos were certainly no worse than those taken by professional photographers.

Zeng Li wanted to see what beautiful photos Cheng Sheng had taken.

Double-click to open.

As she expected, there were many photos inside, including landscape photos from various places, photos of film crews on set, and photos of people, including many photos of the Central Academy of Drama.

She was immediately captivated by Cheng Sheng's photography skills as she clicked on each of the photos.

"I never expected my husband to be such a great photographer; every single picture he takes is so beautiful."

Zeng Li muttered to herself after browsing through the photos one by one.

"This is……"

Seeing the last two photos, Zeng Li was immediately amazed and felt a pang of jealousy, thinking, "This guy takes pictures of other women but not one of me."

The last two photos are of a beautiful woman, and Zeng Li knows this woman; she is Da Tian Tian.

Zeng Li didn't know why Cheng Sheng kept these two photos, but she felt extremely sad.

As a woman, who wouldn't want their sweetheart's computer to have their beautiful photos stored on it?

But at this moment, the person she loves has photos of other beautiful women saved on their computer.

"No, when he comes back, I must make him take beautiful photos for me."

Zeng Li thought to herself, "Anyway, Cheng Sheng's family has a professional camera."

After closing the photo viewer, Zeng Li saw that it was still early and planned to turn off the computer screen and go to the living room to watch TV. However, she caught a glimpse of a small file in the corner of the computer screen with the words "study materials" written on it.

Learning materials?

Could it be materials that Cheng Sheng studied before?

its not right!
There used to be a folder for directors, which contained learning materials!

and many more.

Study materials for boys.

Zeng Li wasn't ignorant; she would surf the internet in her spare time and knew what the boy meant by "study materials."

Cheng Sheng is also a boy; could the study materials he saved also be this?

At this moment, Zeng Li's curiosity was instantly piqued. So, with a slightly apprehensive feeling, she opened the folder.

Soon, dozens of photos popped up, all of them portraits of tall, sexy beauties.

These beautiful women were dressed in all sorts of clothes, some wearing stepmother dresses, and others with their upper bodies bare.

Looking at these beautiful photos, she couldn't help but blush and her heart race. She vaguely fantasized about how Cheng Sheng would react if she dressed like this for him!

"Cough cough!"

As she was engrossed in admiring each of the beautiful photos, a cough suddenly sounded behind her.

The cough nearly scared Zeng Li to death. She turned around abruptly and saw Cheng Sheng's handsome face with a smile.

"Honey, why did you come in without making a sound? You startled me!"

Zeng Li's lips trembled as she patted her chest and pouted coquettishly.

"So easily scared? I think you're just feeling guilty. You were so focused on peeking that you didn't hear me come in!" Cheng Sheng retorted with a smile.

Cheng Sheng was not lying about this.

When he came back, the sound of him opening the door with his key was very loud.

When I changed my shoes at the door, I also made a sound.

At first, he thought no one was home, but when he went into the study, he was surprised to find Zeng Li looking at something on her computer.

However, there are no unspeakable secrets on my computer, so let them look!
I walked over, thinking Zeng Li would notice me, but she was so engrossed in watching me that I didn't even realize I was behind her.

He then spoke, startling her awake.

Zeng Li felt a little embarrassed by Cheng Sheng's words, and blushed as she said, "It's all your fault, these things are saved on the computer."

"What do you mean by 'preservation'? These are all works of art, my creations," Cheng Sheng said calmly.

"What? You took these photos too?" Zeng Li exclaimed in surprise, pointing at the photos on the screen showing her with her legs crossed and wearing a light gauze dress that revealed her naked body, blushing as she spoke.

Cheng Sheng smiled slightly; these photos were indeed taken by him.

This story dates back to 2003, when he used his photography skills to take photos of models who wanted to become famous by shooting portraits in order to earn extra money.

Fortunately, he used an alias at the time, otherwise the reporter would have found out about it long ago.

Looking back, he was truly prescient.

"These photos were taken when I was a junior in college, when I was trying to earn some pocket money by taking portraits of models using my photography skills," Cheng Sheng explained casually.

After hearing his words, Zeng Li rolled her eyes at him playfully and said, "So you're a 'perverted' photographer too!"

She truly had no idea that Cheng Sheng had done such a thing. If the media found out, who knows what kind of scandal it would cause.

Zeng Li was shocked; she had no idea that Director Cheng Sheng had done such a thing.

Zeng Li emphasized the word "photographer" so much, how could Cheng Sheng not hear it?

"Alright, alright, I'm just a lowly 'color' photographer!" Cheng Sheng immediately smiled.

"Then I'll show you how powerful a 'color' photographer is."

Upon hearing this, Zeng Li blushed, instantly recalling the scene of Cheng Sheng violently assaulting her last night, and her face began to burn.

Before Cheng Sheng could make a move, Zeng Li reacted swiftly, pushing Cheng Sheng aside and then quickly covering her face as she fled the study. (End of Chapter)