{"slug":"contest-aesthetics-method","title":"如何通过摄影比赛提升审美、学习摄影？方法论分享来啦！","author":"Thomas看看世界","date":"2021-03-07","wechat":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI4NDA5MzE5NQ==&mid=2247492793&idx=1&sn=ec452b95bae55679474b4cf9b37d51cf&chksm=eb821adddcf593cb2e343a8faa1a0a04b31e9c27a8a7d543ce258e392951a90202eedc9a8c98&scene=21#wechat_redirect","blocks":[{"t":"h","x":"Thomas看看世界","xe":"Thomas Chu Photo"},{"t":"p","x":"摄影初学者常常不知道应该如何提升审美，如何找到优秀的摄影师去关注和学习，那么其实关注一些靠谱的摄影比赛是一个诀窍。","b":false,"xe":"Many photography beginners don't know how to improve their aesthetics, or where to find outstanding photographers to follow and learn from. One handy trick is to keep an eye on reputable photography contests."},{"t":"p","x":"摄影比赛对作品有一定筛选，而且反应了当下的趋势，是一种非常好的学习形式。今天的教程Thomas就会和大家分享：有哪些靠谱的摄影比赛？如何去分析摄影师的作品？如何找到相关摄影师的更多资料？","b":false,"xe":"Contests pre-select works and reflect current trends, making them a great way to learn. In this tutorial, Thomas shares: which contests are worth trusting? How do you analyze a photographer's work? And how do you find more material about them?"},{"t":"h","x":"视频教程","xe":"Video Tutorial"},{"t":"bili","bv":"BV1bN411Q74K","bpic":"bili-1","bt":"哪些摄影比赛可以提升审美？摄影学习方法论分享！"},{"t":"p","x":"这一篇是上面视频的完整图文整理。Thomas 在 16 分钟里讲了一套很实用的学习方法论：把靠谱的摄影比赛当成「经过筛选的灵感库」，从比赛官网一路追到摄影师个人网站，再用吸管工具逐色拆解高手作品。文章按视频顺序分成五步，配上关键帧截图，适合先读图建立框架，再到视频里听细节。","b":false,"xe":"This is the fully illustrated companion to the video above. In 16 minutes Thomas lays out a very practical learning method: treat reputable photo contests as a pre-filtered inspiration library, follow them from the contest website all the way to a photographer's portfolio, then use the eyedropper tool to break a master's colors down one by one. The article follows the video in five steps with keyframe screenshots — skim it here for the framework, then dive into the video for the details."},{"t":"img","f":"v01","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"01 为什么从摄影比赛入手","xe":"01 Why Start from Photo Contests"},{"t":"p","x":"初学者最常问的问题是：不知道如何提升审美、也不知道该关注哪些优秀的摄影师。Thomas 的诀窍是盯住几个靠谱的摄影比赛——参赛作品经过专业评委的筛选，能保证你看到的基本是水平靠谱、有一定成就的摄影师（视频 0:20 处）。","b":false,"xe":"The question beginners ask most is how to improve their taste and which photographers to follow. Thomas's trick is to keep an eye on reputable photo contests — entries there are filtered by professional juries, so what you see is mostly accomplished photographers of real standing (at 0:20 in the video)."},{"t":"p","x":"另一个原因是比赛反映当下的思潮：今年大家在拍什么话题、流行什么风格、用了哪些前后期手法，都能从获奖名单里读出来。筛选功能帮你找到对的人，趋势属性帮你跟上时代——这两点让比赛成为一个非常好的学习形式。","b":false,"xe":"Contests also mirror the current conversation: what subjects people are shooting this year, which styles are trending, and what post-processing techniques are in vogue — all readable from the winners list. The jury filters for quality, the trends keep you current — together they make contests an excellent way to learn."},{"t":"h","x":"02 三类值得关注的比赛","xe":"02 Three Kinds of Contests Worth Following"},{"t":"p","x":"第一类是综合类比赛，分类特别全：风景、环境、新闻、人像、广告、商业等等一应俱全。就算你主攻风光，去看看别人的人像、汽车广告和新闻作品，对开拓眼界也非常有好处（视频 1:22 处）。代表作有索尼世界摄影大赛、IPA 国际摄影奖、华为新影像大赛、iPhone 摄影大赛（IPPA）、px3 摄影奖、东京国际摄影大赛和莫斯科国际摄影奖。","b":false,"xe":"The first kind is the comprehensive contest, with every category covered — landscape, environment, photojournalism, portraiture, advertising, commercial work and more. Even if you shoot landscapes, browsing portraits, car ads and news photos broadens your eye enormously (at 1:22 in the video). Representatives include the Sony World Photography Awards, IPA, Huawei Next-Image, the iPhone Photography Awards (IPPA), Prix de la Photographie Paris, Tokyo International Foto Awards and the Moscow Foto Awards."},{"t":"img","f":"v02","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"第二类是商业和领域类比赛，偏向某个具体领域的潮流与审美，要求你有一套成熟的风格和表现形式：哈苏大师赛、年度野生动物摄影奖、格林尼治天文台年度天文摄影师大赛、国家地理年度摄影大赛、Taylor Wessing 肖像摄影奖、黑白摄影大赛、年度风光摄影师大赛、爱普生国际全景摄影大赛等（视频 2:23 处）。想知道现在最流行的天文摄影都在拍什么，去翻它的获奖名单，月食日食、银河极光一目了然（视频 2:58 处）。","b":false,"xe":"The second kind covers commercial and specialist fields, tracking the trends and aesthetics of one specific genre and demanding a mature personal style: the Hasselblad Masters, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year, the National Geographic Photography Contest, the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, the Monochrome Photography Awards, the International Landscape Photographer of the Year and the EPSON Pano Awards (at 2:23 in the video). Want to know what astrophotography looks like at its best right now? Open the winners list and the eclipses, Milky Ways and auroras are all there (at 2:58 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v03","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"第三类是严肃类、学术类比赛，包括纪实新闻和纯艺术方向，比如马格南摄影奖、荷赛、POYi 年度图片奖、徕卡奥斯卡·巴纳克奖和尤金·史密斯人道主义摄影奖。想做社会性或艺术性项目的话，重点看他们如何呈现整个专题：读作品陈述、看照片的排列方式，再到摄影师个人网站读完整的一套作品，启发会非常大（视频 3:26 处）。","b":false,"xe":"The third kind is the serious, academic contest — documentary, photojournalism and fine art, such as the Magnum Photography Awards, World Press Photo, POYi, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and the W. Eugene Smith Grant. If you want to build social or artistic projects, study how they present a whole body of work: read the statements, look at the sequencing, then visit the photographer's website for the complete series — enormously inspiring (at 3:26 in the video)."},{"t":"h","x":"03 从获奖名单到一幅作品","xe":"03 From the Winners List to a Single Work"},{"t":"p","x":"实操以索尼世界摄影大赛为例。用谷歌搜比赛英文名、百度搜中文名，排名靠前的就是官网或报道；很多比赛包括索尼和 IPA 都有简体中文支持（视频 4:54 处）。进官网后找到「获奖作品展示」（Winner Gallery），历年获奖作品的列表都在这里（视频 5:14 处）。","b":false,"xe":"The walkthrough uses the Sony World Photography Awards as its example. Search the contest's English name on Google or its Chinese name on Baidu, and the top results are the official site and coverage; many contests, Sony and IPA included, support Simplified Chinese (at 4:54 in the video). On the official site, open the Winner Gallery, where the winning works of past years are listed (at 5:14 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v04","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"比赛一般分学生组、专业组、青年组甚至国家组。Thomas 的经验是：除非特别严肃的学术比赛，专业组与非专业组的差别往往并不大——非专业组里藏龙卧虎，水平可能非常高，各个分组都值得一看（视频 5:52 处）。分类则从建筑、创意、纪实、环境、风景到人像、运动、自然与野生动物都有，你对哪个方向感兴趣，就点进去看别人是怎么拍的（视频 6:03 处）。","b":false,"xe":"Contests are usually divided into student, professional, youth and even national categories. Thomas's experience: except for the most serious academic competitions, the gap between professional and open categories is often small — the open category is full of hidden talent and can be extremely strong, so browse them all (at 5:52 in the video). Categories run from architecture, creative and environment to landscape, portraiture, sport and wildlife — open whichever matches your interests and see how others shoot it (at 6:03 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v05","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"img","f":"v06","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"04 读标题、读介绍、读懂一组作品","xe":"04 Reading a Series: Titles, Statements and Intent"},{"t":"p","x":"看中一组作品后，先别急着划走——去读它的标题和介绍。摄影师为什么拍这个东西、为什么这么拍、为什么选这些照片、为什么用这样的呈现形式，无论线性叙事还是高度统一的风格化表达，都有其原因。读懂了描述，再去整体看一遍，感受整体的氛围，最后才点开单张细细观看（视频 7:13 处）。","b":false,"xe":"When a series catches your eye, don't scroll past — read its title and statement. Why did the photographer shoot this subject, why this way, why these pictures, why this form of presentation? Whether linear narrative or a tightly unified style, there is always a reason. Read the statement first, then view the whole set again for its overall mood, and only then open single frames for a close look (at 7:13 in the video)."},{"t":"p","x":"视频里演示的这组环境类作品就是范例：影调柔和、微微泛凉，偏橙的大地色中带着低沉的情绪；一组照片里一边是人与环境的互动，一边是被毁坏的家园——不用读字也能猜到是故乡与消逝的题材。读完介绍才确认：全球变暖导致海平面上升，岛上居民的旧居已被淹没，他们仍常常回到故居追思过去的生活。影调、形式、人与环境的关系全部契合主题，这就是一组优秀作品的样子（视频 8:49 处）。","b":false,"xe":"The environment series shown in the video is a perfect example: soft, slightly cool tones, earthy oranges carrying a subdued mood; on one side of the diptychs a person interacting with the land, on the other a ruined home — you can guess the theme of homeland and loss before reading a word. The statement confirms it: rising sea levels caused by global warming have swallowed the islanders' old homes, and they still return to wander and remember. Tone, form and the human-environment relationship all serve the theme — that is what an outstanding body of work looks like (at 8:49 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v07","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"img","f":"v08","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"觉得这个摄影师真的不错，就把他的名字放进谷歌搜索，排名靠前的一般是他的个人网站或 Instagram。国外摄影师几乎都会建个人网站整理全部作品集，非常好找（视频 9:50 处）。进网站后点 Gallery 看作品，点 About 了解生平和艺术家陈述，再顺手关注他的 Instagram 和 Facebook——喜欢就能长期收到他的最新动态（视频 11:28 处）。","b":false,"xe":"If the photographer impresses you, put the name into Google — the top results are usually the personal website or Instagram. International photographers almost always maintain a portfolio site where their complete works live, easy to find (at 9:50 in the video). On the site, open Gallery for the work, About for the biography and artist statement, then follow their Instagram and Facebook — once you're hooked, updates keep coming (at 11:28 in the video)."},{"t":"p","x":"视频里顺势分析了风景类的几组作品：有死寂火山中透出顽强生命力的，有用风景符号表达政治主题的，还有一种整体风格高度统一、表达意境意趣的极简风格——如果你不知道冬天的风景怎么拍，这样的组照就值得好好研究（视频 11:08 处）。这组极简作品的共同点也清晰可见：正方形画幅、居中构图、高调影调，想在喧嚣世界中寻找安静平静的意境（视频 12:29 处）。","b":false,"xe":"The video goes on to browse the landscape entries: a dormant volcano radiating stubborn vitality, landscapes encoding political symbols, and a minimalist series of highly unified style expressing mood and wit — if you've wondered how to photograph winter, series like this deserve careful study (at 11:08 in the video). The minimalist set shares unmistakable traits: square format, centered composition, high-key tones — a search for calm inside a noisy world (at 12:29 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v09","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"img","f":"v10","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"h","x":"05 用吸管拆解一张照片","xe":"05 Reverse-Engineering a Photo with the Eyedropper"},{"t":"p","x":"把喜欢的作品截图存下来，就可以在 Photoshop 里用吸管工具逐个颜色拆解（视频 12:35 处）。以那张高调极简作品为例：先吸天空——HSB 里只有 B（明度）有数值，说明是纯灰色；最上面明度约 75、还稍稍偏暖，往下渐变到纯白（视频 13:27 处）。","b":false,"xe":"Save screenshots of the works you love and dissect them color by color in Photoshop with the eyedropper (at 12:35 in the video). Take that high-key minimalist frame: sample the sky first — in HSB only B (brightness) carries a value, meaning it's pure gray; at the top it sits around 75 brightness with a hint of warmth, graduating down to pure white (at 13:27 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v11","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"再吸背景的水面和雪地：看起来是灰白色，其实是色相 40 左右的偏暖纯色。这个发现非常实用——将来自己做同类作品时就知道，背景别用死板的纯白，加一点点冷色或暖色进去，画面会立刻更有感觉（视频 14:05 处）。","b":false,"xe":"Then sample the water and snow behind the subject: what reads as gray-white is actually a warm tint at around hue 40. The discovery is hugely practical — next time you build a similar image you'll know not to use a dead-pure white; a pinch of cool or warm color instantly gives the background more feeling (at 14:05 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v12","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"p","x":"最后吸树叶的绿色：色相是偏黄的绿而不是偏青的绿，明度非常高，饱和度居中。阴影、高光分别去吸，还能推断出有没有做分离色调。看得越多、拆得越多，你脑中的印象就越多；下次自己拍摄和修图时，各种点子会自然涌现，甚至可以从不同摄影师身上各取一点长处，慢慢长出自己独有的风格（视频 15:43 处）。","b":false,"xe":"Finally sample the green of the leaves: a yellow-leaning green rather than a cyan one, very high in brightness, moderate in saturation. Sampling shadows and highlights separately even reveals whether split-toning was applied. The more you look and dissect, the more visual memory you bank; when you next shoot and edit, ideas surface on their own — and you can borrow one strength from each photographer you admire until your own style grows out of it (at 15:43 in the video)."},{"t":"img","f":"v13","w":768,"h":480},{"t":"quote","x":"1. 摄影比赛 = 经过评委筛选的灵感库，既帮你找到靠谱摄影师，又反映当下趋势；2. 按综合类、领域类、学术类三类建立自己的比赛清单，每年翻一遍获奖名单；3. 学习路径：官网获奖画廊 → 读标题与陈述 → 顺藤摸瓜到摄影师个人网站与社交媒体；4. 用吸管拆解喜欢作品的背景与主体颜色，记下色相、明度、饱和度，长期积累出自己的色彩感觉。","xe":"1. Photo contests are jury-filtered inspiration libraries — they surface reliable photographers and mirror current trends; 2. Build your own contest list across the three types — comprehensive, specialist and academic — and walk the winners list once a year; 3. The learning path: the winners gallery → titles and statements → on to the photographer's website and social media; 4. Use the eyedropper to break down the colors of work you love — note hue, brightness and saturation, and over time your own color sense will grow."},{"t":"h","x":"欢迎关注@Thomas看看世界","xe":"Follow @Thomas Chu Photo"},{"t":"h","x":"每周学会一个摄影技能","xe":"Learn one photography skill every week"}],"titleEn":"How to Improve Your Aesthetics Through Photo Contests: A Methodology"}