{"slug":"400-tutorials-8-years","title":"8年坚持创作400篇摄影教程，我是如何做到的？","author":"Thomas看看世界","date":"2024-05-12","wechat":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI4NDA5MzE5NQ==&mid=2247499828&idx=1&sn=200c693a80342d72088a643bc00e1290&chksm=eb823e50dcf5b7462816f957562df6fe3ef483672214a66a9c54c5a48df698c29cbb73be84af&scene=21#wechat_redirect","blocks":[{"t":"p","x":"从2016年至今，在8年的时间里，我以每周一期的频率坚持创作了400篇原创摄影教程。","b":false,"xe":"From 2016 to today, over 8 years, I have consistently created 400 original photography tutorials at a pace of one per week."},{"t":"p","x":"我是如何做到长期坚持做一件事的？如何坚持才能更加事半功倍？长期做一件事对我有什么改变？","b":false,"xe":"How did I manage to stick with one thing for so long? How can persistence be made twice as effective? And how has doing one thing for years changed me?"},{"t":"p","x":"在今天的视频中，Thomas会和大家分享我在摄影之外，自己的一些成长方法论。","b":false,"xe":"In today's video, Thomas shares some of his personal growth methodology beyond photography itself."},{"t":"h","x":"视频","xe":"Video"},{"t":"bili","bv":"BV1NJ4m1N73Y","bpic":"bili-1","bt":"8年坚持创作400篇摄影教程，我是如何做到的？"},{"t":"p","x":"这一篇是上面视频的完整图文整理。Thomas 首次跳出摄影技术本身，分享了他在摄影之外的成长方法论：为什么八年 400 多篇教程能让他的摄影水平突飞猛进，什么样的事情值得长期坚持，以及支撑他继续走下去的更大驱动力。文中配有关键帧截图，适合先读文字建立框架，再到视频里听完整讲述。","xe":"This is the fully illustrated companion to the video above. For once Thomas steps outside photography technique itself and shares his personal growth methodology: how eight years and 400-plus tutorials transformed his photography, what makes a pursuit worth sustaining long-term, and the deeper drive that keeps him going. Keyframe screenshots are included — read the text for the framework, then hear the full story in the video."},{"t":"p","x":"先看总览。下面这张方法论大纲截自视频开头，是全片的三条主线——坚持的本质是不断学习、用三角形模型筛选值得坚持的事、寻找超越金钱的意义，下文逐一展开。","xe":"Start with the overview. This outline card from the opening of the video lays out the three threads of the whole talk — persistence means continuous learning, a triangle model for filtering what is worth sustaining, and a meaning that goes beyond money. Each is unpacked below."},{"t":"img","f":"v01","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"01 终身学习：八年坚持最大的改变","xe":"01 Lifelong Learning: The Biggest Change Eight Years Brought"},{"t":"p","x":"Thomas 把自己的摄影学习分成两个阶段。2008 到 2015 年这七年，他一直在拍照，但只是简单重复按快门的动作，摄影水平基本没有任何提升；2016 年 5 月 14 日，他开始每周更新一篇摄影教程，风雨无阻，到这期视频时已经累计 400 多篇（视频 0:19 处）。","xe":"Thomas divides his photography education into two phases. From 2008 to 2015 he kept shooting for seven years, but it was simply repeating the shutter press, and his level barely improved. On May 14, 2016 he began publishing one tutorial every week, rain or shine — over 400 in total by the time of this video (at 0:19 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v03","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"每周一篇的更新频率逼着他保持学习和思考：不断学最新的摄影技术、看其他摄影师的作品。比如他的 AI 降噪技术最早来自野生动物摄影师 Jeff 的分享；通过荷兰摄影师 Max Rive 才知道多版光影融合技术在欧美有多流行；还学到欧美摄影师会借助无人机和卫星地图大幅提升寻找机位的效率（视频 1:51 处）。","xe":"A weekly publishing cadence forces constant learning and thinking: the newest techniques, the work of other photographers. His AI noise reduction started from what wildlife photographer Jeff shared; through the Dutch photographer Max Rive he discovered how popular multi-frame exposure blending had become in Europe and America; and he learned how Western photographers use drones and satellite maps to scout locations far more efficiently (at 1:51 in the video)."},{"t":"p","x":"结果是从那之后进步突飞猛进：持续写作两年后他成了一名全职风光摄影师；2019 年获得国家地理旅行者摄影大赛全球总冠军，成为该赛事首位中国大陆获奖者；2022 年获得世界新闻摄影奖，今年又入围哈苏大师赛，全网累积了 500 万粉丝（视频 2:35 处）。","xe":"The result was rapid progress: after two years of continuous writing he became a full-time landscape photographer; in 2019 he won the Grand Prize of the National Geographic Travel Photo Contest as its first mainland Chinese winner; in 2022 he won a World Press Photo, this year he was shortlisted for the Hasselblad Masters, and his following across platforms has grown to five million (at 2:35 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v04","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"02 选择比努力更重要：三角形模型","xe":"02 Choice Beats Effort: The Triangle Model"},{"t":"p","x":"一件事能不能坚持下来，Thomas 用一个三角形从三个维度先做筛选：自己擅长、社会需要、自己喜欢。他要记住的一句话是——选择比努力更重要，值得花很多时间思考这件事本身值不值得努力，而不是埋头就干（视频 3:22 处）。","xe":"To decide whether something can be sustained, Thomas screens it along three dimensions of a triangle: what you are good at, what society needs, and what you love. The sentence he keeps in mind: choice matters more than effort — spend real time thinking about whether a pursuit deserves the work, instead of just grinding away (at 3:22 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v05","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"第一维是擅长。前七年提升慢，除了没保持学习，还有学习方法不对——东学一下西学一下，没有套路。转折点是把他最擅长的理工科学习思维应用到摄影中：做「给摄影爱好者的色彩课」时，他把调色拆成审美、理论、技术、实战四个维度，并且先讲审美——看了 Instagram 上最热门的近百位摄影师和摄影史上的经典大师，才谈得上学好调色（视频 4:14 处）。","xe":"The first dimension is aptitude. His slow early progress came not only from not studying, but from a poor method — learning bits here and there with no system. The turning point was applying his strongest asset, an engineering mindset, to photography: building his color course for hobbyists, he split color grading into four dimensions — aesthetics, theory, technique and practice — and taught aesthetics first: only after studying nearly a hundred of the most popular photographers on Instagram plus the classics of photographic history can you learn to grade well (at 4:14 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v06","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"理工科思维的另一个例子：学色阶工具时，他会追问曲线、高光阴影、亮度对比度这些同样能调明暗的工具，和色阶有什么相同与不同、各自优劣如何、后期流程的哪一步该用哪个——像高中做题一样把思路总结下来。工欲善其事，必先利其器，把工具吃透，提升自然快（视频 5:08 处）。","xe":"Another example of the engineering mindset: while learning the Levels tool he would ask how Curves, Shadows/Highlights and Brightness/Contrast — which also adjust tonality — resemble and differ from it, what each does best, and which belongs at which step of the workflow, then write it all down the way you would in high-school problem sets. Master the tools properly and progress follows quickly (at 5:08 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v07","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"擅长还意味着选对自己的赛道。拍有情绪感、有诗意的照片他比不过很多摄影师，但他找到了宏大叙事这个独特赛道并持续投入。学生时代不能偏科，要补弱项；进入社会之后恰恰相反——把强项不断强化到极致，成为这一行里的专家，而不是花力气补短板（视频 5:59 处）。","xe":"Aptitude also means picking your own track. At emotional, poetic imagery he is no match for many photographers, but he found his distinctive lane — the grand narrative — and kept investing in it. In school you must not neglect weak subjects; in society it is the opposite — reinforce your strengths until they are unbeatable and become the expert in that niche, instead of fixing your weaknesses (at 5:59 in the video)."},{"t":"h","x":"03 正反馈：让坚持事半功倍","xe":"03 Positive Feedback: Making Persistence Pay Twice"},{"t":"p","x":"第二维是社会需要——要思考社会的趋势在哪里、有没有需求。Thomas 的习惯是拍出满意的作品就投摄影比赛：获奖一方面带来精神上的极大满足，让你觉得这些年的投入值得，同时也带来名誉和金钱的回报。获得国家地理全球大奖之后，两个月里接受了一百多家国内外媒体的采访，手机、汽车的商单也纷至沓来（视频 6:53 处）。","xe":"The second dimension is social need — study where society is heading and whether there is demand. Thomas habitually enters his best work into photo contests: winning brings immense spiritual satisfaction that validates years of investment, plus reputational and financial rewards. After the NatGeo Grand Prize he gave interviews to more than a hundred domestic and international media outlets in two months, and commercial deals for phones and cars followed (at 6:53 in the video)."},{"t":"p","x":"趋势判断同样重要。他转行时观察到人像摄影师已经通过自媒体获得大量客户，而风景摄影师做自媒体的还很少——这就是机会；粉丝增长又会带来更多商单，形成正循环。反过来，总有人问怎么成为杂志摄影师，他的回答是：杂志摄影师已是上个时代的事，执着于此只会事倍功半；要思考怎么在自媒体和短视频时代发表、推广自己的作品（视频 7:48 处）。","xe":"Reading trends matters just as much. When he changed careers he noticed portrait photographers were already winning clients through self-media while landscape photographers barely used it — that was the opportunity; a growing following brings more deals, a virtuous cycle. Conversely, people keep asking how to become a magazine photographer: that is a profession of the past era, and chasing it doubles the effort for half the result. The real question is how to publish and promote your work in the age of self-media and short video (at 7:48 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v08","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"04 喜爱：扛住 80% 枯燥的部分","xe":"04 Love: Enduring the 80 Percent That Is Boring"},{"t":"p","x":"第三维才是喜爱——之所以放在最后，是因为如果一件事你既擅长、又能从社会获得金钱、名誉、精神上的正反馈，它很容易就变成你喜欢的事。而判断是否真喜欢，标准是：这件事 80% 枯燥的部分你能不能坚持下来（视频 8:48 处）。","xe":"Only the third dimension is love — and it comes last because when you are good at something and society rewards it with money, reputation and satisfaction, it easily becomes something you love. The real test of genuine interest: can you endure the 80 percent of the work that is boring? (at 8:48 in the video)"},{"t":"p","x":"他的例子：每个人都说自己爱打游戏，其实你只是喜欢获胜的快感和不用想别的事的过程——真去当职业电竞选手，就要日复一日练操作速度再快 0.01 秒。摄影同理：很多人喜欢的只是按快门，而一张照片前期策划可能要几个月、后期调色要一天四五个小时；持续学习、磨练技巧、和甲方沟通、不断反思，这些枯燥的部分才决定你是不是真的热爱（视频 9:15 处）。","xe":"His example: everyone claims to love gaming, but what you love is the thrill of winning and not having to think about anything else — a pro esports player must grind daily to shave another hundredth of a second off reaction time. Photography is the same: many people only enjoy pressing the shutter, while one image can take months of planning and four or five hours of grading a day; continuous learning, honing technique, client communication, constant reflection — the boring 80 percent decides whether you truly love it (at 9:15 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v09","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"实操层面的建议：用三角形去筛你要坚持的事，三个维度里能符合两个，就比较容易坚持下来。视频中这张需求金字塔图正说明社会需要为何如此靠前——能同时满足他人需求与自我实现的目标，天然自带正反馈（视频 9:53 处）。","xe":"Practical takeaway: screen your pursuits with the triangle, and if a goal satisfies two of the three dimensions it becomes far easier to sustain. The pyramid of needs shown in the video explains why social need ranks so high — a goal that serves both others and self-actualization carries built-in positive feedback (at 9:53 in the video)."},{"t":"h","x":"05 金钱之外的更大驱动力","xe":"05 A Drive Bigger Than Money"},{"t":"p","x":"想坚持几十年，还要找到金钱之外的动力。2019 年获奖后他连续两年接了大量商单，却在接单过程中越发出迷茫，不断追问初心：当初从软件工程师辞职做全职摄影师，真的是为了赚更多钱吗？其实不是，是真正想追求自己热爱的事业（视频 10:36 处）。","xe":"To sustain something for decades you also need a drive beyond money. After the 2019 award he took on a flood of commercial work for two straight years, yet grew only more lost, questioning his original intention: had he really left software engineering for full-time photography to earn more? No — it was to pursue what he genuinely loves (at 10:36 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v10","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"于是从前年开始，他每年至少预留四到六个月做自己的摄影项目：六到八个月接商单养活自己，剩下的时间一定拍自己真正想拍的东西。2022 年拍烂尾楼项目《未完工住宅里的微光》时，他一个月拒掉所有商业拍摄，埋头做这一件事。他也发现，真正让他有成就感、真正被大家熟知的作品，几乎都不是商业作品，而是业余时间拍自己感兴趣主题的产出（视频 11:09 处）。","xe":"So since the year before last he reserves at least four to six months annually for his own projects: six to eight months of commercial work to pay the bills, the rest devoted to what he truly wants to shoot. In 2022, for the unfinished-buildings project 'Light in Unfinished Homes,' he turned down every commercial shoot for a month and buried himself in it. He also realized that the work giving him the most fulfillment and recognition is almost never commissioned — it comes from photographing what genuinely interests him in his own time (at 11:09 in the video)."},{"t":"p","x":"这些个人项目也有共同的主题：拍《车窗外的青藏铁路》、拍中国绿能和基建，是因为他在国外生活学习时发现外国人对中国误解很多——经济起来了，文化却没有很好地走向世界；中国的新能源和基建做得这么好，为什么没有摄影作品对它做艺术化的呈现？他还在 30 多所高校和十几所中学做公益摄影与成长方法论讲座，希望文化复兴有更多年轻人接棒（视频 12:03 处）。","xe":"These personal projects share a theme: photographing the Qinghai-Tibet Railway from train windows, China's green energy and infrastructure, came from his years abroad where he saw how much foreigners misunderstand China — the economy has taken off, but the culture has not traveled well; China's renewables and infrastructure are world-class, so why is there so little photographic work presenting them artistically? He also gives free lectures on photography and growth methodology at over 30 universities and a dozen secondary schools, hoping more young people will carry the cultural revival forward (at 12:03 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v11","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"这就是他想象中几十年后的回望：想起自己拍的烂尾楼、火车、中国绿能，想起坚持普及的摄影知识，会觉得这一生没有白过——记录并见证了中国这个伟大的时代，也为它做了微小的贡献。所以《车窗外的青藏铁路》预计要拍十几年，每周一期的摄影教程也会继续更新，风雨无阻（视频 13:59 处）。","xe":"That is his imagined look-back decades from now: remembering the unfinished buildings, the trains, China's green energy, and the photography knowledge he kept popularizing, he will feel the life was not wasted — he recorded and witnessed a great era of China and contributed his small share to it. So the railway project is planned to run for a decade or more, and the weekly tutorial continues, rain or shine (at 13:59 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v12","w":852,"h":480},{"t":"quote","x":"1. 坚持不是重复简单的劳动，核心是不断学习和提升，每周输出的压力正是最好的学习引擎；2. 用「擅长、社会需要、喜欢」三角形筛选要做的事，三个符合两个就容易坚持；3. 进入社会后要强化强项而非补弱项，并主动寻求比赛、自媒体等正反馈；4. 金钱之外找到更大的意义——每年预留固定时间拍自己真正想拍的项目，坚持才可持续几十年。","xe":"1. Persistence is not mindless repetition — the core is continuous learning, and the pressure of weekly output is the best learning engine; 2. Screen pursuits with the triangle of aptitude, social need and love — satisfy two of three and you can go the distance; 3. After entering society, sharpen strengths instead of patching weaknesses, and actively seek positive feedback from contests and self-media; 4. Find meaning beyond money — reserve fixed time each year for the projects you truly want to shoot, and persistence can last for decades."},{"t":"h","x":"全部教程列表：","xe":"Full tutorial list:"},{"t":"h","x":"全部摄影教程目录 (2024.4.16更新)","xe":"Complete directory of photography tutorials (updated 2024.4.16)"},{"t":"h","x":"高清视频：","xe":"HD video:"},{"t":"p","x":"https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1NJ4m1N73Y/","b":false,"xe":"https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1NJ4m1N73Y/"}],"titleEn":"400 Tutorials in 8 Years: How I Kept Going"}