How to photograph old houses in rural areas?

Carefully analyze this topic, there are three meanings, that is, the amount of photos taken to meet the rural areas, the old house, the old house three elements, in fact, many rural areas have the old house, but basically no old house, so we largely exchange the old house old house shooting angle.

Whether in the countryside or in the city, whether it is an old house or a new house, whether it is an old house or a villa, nothing more than a shot of a house, the angle of the unique party to reflect the soul of the photo, we will look at eight angles to see a different shot:

1, we are still sticking to the point of view of the previous, there is no character of the photo is not the soul of the photo, of course, not absolute. We put the characters in the old house, the old house, can highlight the sense of soul of the photo, but also show the sense of age of the old house. The choice of characters is also skillful, including make-up, clothing, expression, etc., nonsense, directly on the map:

2, since it is an ancient house, there should be a feeling of ancient color, as if an ink painting stands in front of the eyes, feel the sense of the age of the antique, this angle is also the need for a unique perspective and composition, especially in the ancient house, in the design of every detail, including the ridge, walls, windows, etc. are a certain degree of sophistication, so, as long as you have a good understanding of the meaning of the term, it is not necessary for you to have a good understanding of the meaning of the term, it is necessary for you to have a good understanding of the meaning of the term. Certain considerations, so as long as you are careful, the surprise will always be found, but thought that sometimes the details are farther away from you, the telephoto lens do not forget to bring oh!

3, look at the ancient film and television, there is a word we remember - the moon is dark and windy, so you can also use the color of the moon, the camera down, and even create a little bit of horror, it is recommended to call on friends when shooting Oh, otherwise the timid will be scared of their own tears, look at the picture:

4, sometimes we shoot the windows and so on, the surprise is always found, but thought that sometimes the details are relatively far from you, the telephoto lens do not forget to bring Oh! > 4, sometimes we only focus on the details when shooting, but a lot of the landscape of the whole picture does not leave precious images, so after we handle the details of the close-up, you can properly jump out of the landscape to his "top" (such as next to the hill), looking down on it, so that we can remember that the village may not exist again!

5, since we came to the village outside, we can not run out of a trip for nothing, by the way, shoot a few small villages or ancient houses in the distance, you can use the afterglow of the setting sun, the village next to the small rivers, and even small forests to show the beauty of the village and generous:

6, just imagine like, when we walk in the ancient village, looking at the simple farmers uncle exchange on the A few words, is not you also have into this feeling, so we also need to go from this angle to shoot photos into it, so that readers will be more **** Ming, look at the picture:

7, since it is the old house, the old house, it is inevitable that there are remnants of the wall, which are the scars of history, with the passage of time, it may be gone forever, but also may be this a small wall there is a period of unknown history, a scarred memories, and a little bit of history. History, a scarred memories, or a beautiful love, so, such a perspective so that we must not forget:

8, the last expression is commonly used techniques, that is, black and white photographs, this is a good understanding of the old house, the old house, highlighting is the old and ancient, that is a sense of history of the era, so, looking for some of the black and white characteristics of the lens, is to enhance the overall soul of the photographs!

How to shoot the old buildings, the core element is to shoot the old buildings out of the vitality, aura, dominance. Let the vicissitudes of the desolate buildings, so that people still look at the gentle atmosphere, the city's old deep house, shot in harmony with the modern architecture of the atmosphere.

This is very much the focus of the specific shooting entry point, layout and surrounding environmental factors. The tools used in photography is not important, the important thing is your technique, choose the angle, wait for the right moment, wait for the appearance of light and shadow, people and things.

Photographing a good old house is not an easy task, and it is important to shoot from the heart and have ideas to really express the theme of the idea.

Old houses in rural areas are a witness to the historical process of farming civilization, a carrier of "see the mountains, see the water, remember the nostalgia". As a record of life, witness the history of the most powerful means of art - photography, photography of old houses in rural areas has naturally become the creative choice of the photographer, with the disappearance of the old houses in rural areas, the shooting has become a rescue record of the urgent task.

How to photograph old houses in rural areas?

The Zhang family yard in the fourth group of Gaoshi Village, Folou Town, Pichang County, has a history of about 300 years.

The Su family courtyard in a group of Jinguang Village, Longgang Town, Pichang County, has a history of about 200 years, and is already dilapidated and uninhabited.

Longgang Town, Pichang County, a group of Liqun Village Wang family courtyard, about 200 years of history, well-preserved, left to develop.

First of all, shoot the whole picture, account for the overall overview. The old house in the countryside has been preserved, in my hometown of Sichuan Northeast generation has not much. In particular, the history of the long, well-preserved old yard is rare, the only remaining is some of the broken old house. Therefore, must salvage shooting, recording, curing the current situation of these old courtyards, the first thing is the need to find a high camera position, shoot the whole picture of its existing. Because many of the existing old courtyards are in the mountains, the transportation is inconvenient, to bring certain difficulties in shooting, we can use modern filming tools, such as small aerial photography aircraft to achieve high-altitude shooting. The above pictures of the old courtyards are all taken with the DJI Royal 2 unmanned aerial camera.

Painted roof beams in Zhangjiajia's courtyard

Street and veranda in Zhangjiajia's courtyard

Doorposts and eaves in Wangjia's courtyard

Secondly, digging up symbols with historical and cultural regional characteristics to shoot. The old houses in the countryside are typical representatives of rural architectural culture, and most of the old courtyards in Northeast Sichuan are triplex and quadruplex earth and wood structures, with earth walls, green tiles, sloping roofs, and pierced beams and arch structures as their main features. When photographing, we should seize these representative architectural objects and describe the details in depth, such as painted double spine beams, carved doorposts, beautifully patterned window panes, as well as all kinds of patterns and symbols left behind in the historical process and family activities. This part is the focus and essence of the old rural courtyard photography, often also easy to ignore the photographer, especially to emphasize.

A dustpan storing grain stored in Zhangjiagang's yard

A mixing bucket for harvesting rice stored in Zhangjiagang's yard

A windmill stored in Zhangjiagang's yard

Re-emerging from a search for items to photograph in the farming culture. China is a country with a long history of farming culture, and the old houses and ancient houses in the countryside are connected to the rural farming culture. Fuxi taught people to give fish, Shennong taught people to plant fields, and successive dynasties have emphasized farming as the basis. Ploughing and planting to tools, clothing and food to household goods, these inherited for hundreds of years of production tools, tools for life, with the rapid evolution of agricultural civilization and progress, has been less and less survived. In some remote villages in Northeast Sichuan, you can still see unused production tools such as plows, grinders and palladiums, yokes and buckets, and living tools such as stone mills, mills and yards, spinning and weaving, and playing cotton. When we are photographing old courtyards, we should pay attention to these items of farming culture and incorporate them into our photographs, so as to enrich the cultural connotations of old courtyards in the countryside.

The gate of Wang's courtyard

Finally, the collection and organization of the cultural heritage of the old houses. An old house is a piece of history, a story, most of the old courtyard is a family name, a family living together, the old courtyard carries the marks of the development of the family changes. When we shoot the old courtyard, we have to collect as much literature related to the old courtyard as possible, which can be done by reading the township records, visiting the living old people, rehashing the family history, shooting the inscriptions and other methods to form the textual information about the old courtyard. With these complete graphic and textual information, the life of the old house of the old house will continue, as photography, has far-reaching historical value.