{"slug":"post-is-communication","title":"摄影后期不是炫技，而是为了更好的沟通。","author":"Thomas看看世界","date":"2018-10-28","wechat":"https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI4NDA5MzE5NQ==&mid=2247487551&idx=1&sn=662bf44399ffc0b39ae79c6a6d6fa8b2&chksm=eb81ee5bdcf6674d250484a0ae3318f6806ca23184d5c6aacba96de923fc0a3c0b7d634d1810&scene=21#wechat_redirect","blocks":[{"t":"h","x":"Thomas看看世界","xe":"Thomas Chu Photo"},{"t":"p","x":"初学语文的时候，我们会学习排比、夸张、比喻等等各种各样的修辞手法。那时只有词藻华丽的文章，才会被认为是好文章。","b":false,"xe":"When first learning language arts, we study all kinds of rhetorical devices — parallelism, hyperbole, metaphor, and so on. Back then, only essays with ornate wording were considered good essays."},{"t":"p","x":"后来我们才发现，其实言简意赅，也能写出很好的文章。我们喜欢作者的并不仅仅是他华丽的语句，更多的是他脑洞大开的创意，清晰深刻的见解，或者是独一无二的经历。","b":false,"xe":"Later we discovered that concise, incisive writing can also make a great essay. What we love about an author is not merely his gorgeous sentences, but more his wildly imaginative ideas, his clear and profound insights, or his one-of-a-kind experiences."},{"t":"p","x":"摄影后期也是一样。各种技术的堆砌，素材的堆积，有时只会让一张照片华丽而空洞，却让摄影师本身想表达的东西迷失在绚丽的画面中。","b":false,"xe":"The same is true of photo post-processing. Piling up various techniques and stacking up material sometimes only makes a photo gorgeous yet hollow — while what the photographer actually wanted to express gets lost in the dazzling imagery."},{"t":"p","x":"虽然托马斯的公众号，一直和大家分享着各种各样的风光摄影前后期技术。但在模糊柔焦、光线渲染、焦段合成等等技术被大量滥用的今天，托马斯还是希望大家能记住这句话：","b":false,"xe":"Although Thomas's WeChat account has always shared all kinds of in-camera and post-processing techniques for landscape photography, in an age where soft focus, light rendering, focal-length blending, and other techniques are massively overused, Thomas still hopes everyone will remember this sentence:"},{"t":"quote","x":"“摄影后期不是炫技，而是为了更好的沟通。”","xe":"\"Post-processing is not about showing off technique — it is about communicating better.\""},{"t":"h","x":"1","xe":"1"},{"t":"h","x":"拙劣的技巧和过度的技巧","xe":"Crude Technique vs. Excessive Technique"},{"t":"p","x":"在我看来，后期技巧的使用分为三类：拙劣的技巧，适度的技巧和过度的技巧。","b":false,"xe":"In my view, the use of post-processing technique falls into three categories: crude technique, moderate technique, and excessive technique."},{"t":"p","x":"拙劣的技巧就是基本功还不过关，对画面语言的掌控十分混乱，照片看上去一眼假，或者一眼就很不舒服。","b":false,"xe":"Crude technique means the fundamentals are not yet solid and the control of visual language is chaotic — the photo looks fake at a glance, or immediately uncomfortable."},{"t":"p","x":"下面这张照片是我14年在缅甸蒲甘拍摄的，一个颇具特色的热气球刚好从佛塔后飘过，历史与现代在此刻交织。","b":false,"xe":"The photo below is one I shot in 2014 in Bagan, Myanmar: a distinctive hot-air balloon happened to drift past behind a pagoda — history and modernity interwoven in that instant."},{"t":"img","f":"img-02","w":1000,"h":664},{"t":"p","x":"下图是我当时后期处理的成品，不仅画蛇添足，而且画工十分差劲，一眼就能看出来后面的热气球很不自然，PS这么多热气球上去也毫无意义。","b":false,"xe":"The image below is the finished product of my post-processing at the time. Not only was it gilding the lily, the craft was very poor — anyone can see at a glance that the balloons behind look unnatural, and Photoshopping in so many balloons was meaningless anyway."},{"t":"img","f":"img-03","w":1000,"h":665},{"t":"p","x":"不过技术的欠缺是很容易弥补的，多花点心思钻研，很快就能提高。但不少朋友此时又陷入了第二个泥坑中，那就是过度的技巧。","b":false,"xe":"However, technical deficiency is easy to remedy: put in more deliberate study, and you will improve quickly. But many friends then fall into a second quagmire — excessive technique."},{"t":"p","x":"过度的技巧就是技术过关，画面语言华丽，但只是为了使用技巧或者说炫技而去应用技巧，这些技术的应用却无法表现出景色的特点、环境的氛围、摄影师的想法，有时甚至让画面的情绪十分违和。","b":false,"xe":"Excessive technique means the technique itself is competent and the visual language gorgeous, but the techniques are applied merely to use them — to show off — and their application fails to express the character of the scenery, the atmosphere of the environment, or the photographer's ideas; sometimes it even makes the picture's emotion feel jarringly wrong."},{"t":"p","x":"这张案例原图是我2012年在尼泊尔珠峰徒步路线上白天拍摄的，远处是神山Ama Dablam雪山。","b":false,"xe":"The original of this case was shot by me in daytime in 2012 on the Everest trekking route in Nepal, with the sacred snow mountain Ama Dablam in the distance."},{"t":"img","f":"img-04","w":1000,"h":664},{"t":"p","x":"下面一张照片是我当时后期完成的作品，使用了比较复杂的后期技术，将白天直接转换为了黑夜，星空为素材叠加，云彩为后期制作。其中的水流慢门因为没有堆栈的素材，只能自己用画笔重新画了一遍。","b":false,"xe":"The photo below is the work I finished in post at that time, using fairly complex techniques to convert daytime directly into night: the starry sky is overlaid material, the clouds are made in post, and since I had no stackable material for the slow-shutter water, I had to repaint it with a brush myself."},{"t":"img","f":"img-05","w":1080,"h":717},{"t":"p","x":"但这样的作品更像是一幅纯CG特效，所有素材都是为了后期而后期，并不像Bejamin Everett的作品那样，后期合成是为了表达作者的某种哲学。","b":false,"xe":"But such a work is more like a piece of pure CG effects — all the material serves post-processing for its own sake, unlike the works of Benjamin Everett, where compositing in post serves to express a certain philosophy of the author."},{"t":"p","x":"当然我自己看到这张照片，也不会有重温探险经历的触动，读者更无法通过这张照片，去了解到尼泊尔喜马拉雅地区的特色。一张连摄影师自己都不能感动的作品，更难以去感染他人。","b":false,"xe":"Of course, when I myself look at this photo, I feel no stirring of reliving the adventure — and viewers have even less way of learning through this photo what is distinctive about the Himalayan region of Nepal. A work that cannot even move the photographer himself can hardly move anyone else."},{"t":"p","x":"相比而言，我更喜欢下图这样的照片，所有的后期处理和画面表达，都是为了突出雪山的特点和精神服务的。","b":false,"xe":"By comparison, I much prefer the photo below, where all the post-processing and visual expression serve to highlight the character and spirit of the snow mountain."},{"t":"img","f":"img-06","w":1000,"h":610},{"t":"p","x":"下面是这张乔戈里峰照片的原图。原来的图片亮丽而鲜艳，并不太符合这座世界第二高峰，攀登死亡率远高于珠峰的山峰，带给人们的感受。","b":false,"xe":"Below is the original of this photo of K2. The original image is bright and vivid — which does not quite match the feeling this mountain gives people: the world's second-highest peak, with a fatality rate among climbers far higher than Everest's."},{"t":"p","x":"因此我后期去掉了色彩并处理成了暗调，去突出这种威严苍凉的氛围。后期我也对流动的云彩进行了一定程度的突出，这些山上的风暴云让山峰好像一位披着披风的将军，不怒而自威。","b":false,"xe":"So in post I removed the color and processed it into dark tones, to bring out this majestic and desolate atmosphere. I also accentuated the flowing clouds to a degree — these storm clouds on the mountain make the peak look like a general wearing a cape, commanding awe without anger."},{"t":"img","f":"img-07","w":1000,"h":668},{"t":"p","x":"一张照片可以是为了商业宣传，去突出商品的卖点。一张照片也可以是艺术的表达，去表现作者的想法。一张照片也可以是旅行记录，去分享旅途的多彩。","b":false,"xe":"A photo can serve commercial promotion, highlighting a product's selling points. A photo can also be artistic expression, presenting the author's ideas. A photo can also be a travel record, sharing the colors of the journey."},{"t":"p","x":"摄影后期并没有标准的尺度，更多的取决于摄影师的目的，我们可以为了某种目的去后期，但一定不能为了后期而后期。","b":false,"xe":"There is no standard measure for post-processing — it depends more on the photographer's purpose. We can process for some purpose, but we must never process for processing's sake."},{"t":"h","x":"2","xe":"2"},{"t":"h","x":"后期为沟通服务","xe":"Post-Processing Serves Communication"},{"t":"p","x":"摄影作品的呈现是一个双向沟通的过程，摄影师在表达，观众在理解。","b":false,"xe":"The presentation of a photographic work is a two-way communication process: the photographer expresses, and the audience interprets."},{"t":"p","x":"摄影作品不能为了华丽而华丽，并不是说照片的美感不重要。事实上美感是摄影沟通中必要的因素，就像我们不能蓬头垢面就出门一样。","b":false,"xe":"That a photographic work should not be gorgeous for gorgeousness' sake does not mean beauty is unimportant. In fact, beauty is a necessary element in photographic communication — just as we cannot go out with unkempt hair and a dirty face."},{"t":"p","x":"说话尚且要遣词造句，让语言漂亮流利。摄影后期也是类似，一方面要制造基本的形式美感，让观众有兴趣去进一步观察这张照片。另外一方面，摄影师也需要突出强化自己想表达的东西，而减弱隐去无关的杂物。","b":false,"xe":"Even in speech we choose our words so our language is beautiful and fluent. Photo post-processing is similar: on one hand, it must create basic formal beauty so viewers are interested in looking further into the photo; on the other hand, the photographer needs to emphasize and strengthen what he wants to express, while weakening and hiding irrelevant clutter."},{"t":"p","x":"下面这张照片，是深秋季节拍摄于南美的巴塔哥尼亚。我很喜欢这个构图，因为五彩的灌木和前面已经枯萎的树枝，很好的体现了秋末冬初的氛围，而圆圆的月亮很多时候也和秋天有着千丝万缕的联系。","b":false,"xe":"The photo below was shot in late autumn in Patagonia, South America. I really like this composition, because the multicolored shrubs and the withered branches in front nicely convey the atmosphere of late autumn turning to early winter — and the round moon has also long been associated with autumn in countless ways."},{"t":"img","f":"img-08","w":667,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"后期制作时我进行了裁图，以去除一些空白的天空和多余的杂草，突出核心兴趣点。山峰的颜色和灌木的秋色进行了一定的统一。这样山峰在交代背景、吸引眼球的同时，也不会在画面中太突兀。","b":false,"xe":"In post-production I cropped the image to remove some empty sky and redundant weeds, highlighting the core point of interest. The colors of the peaks and the autumn hues of the shrubs were somewhat unified, so the peaks provide context and attract the eye without jutting out too abruptly in the frame."},{"t":"p","x":"月亮进行了轻微的位移，让构图更加平衡，整体更具美感。","b":false,"xe":"The moon was shifted slightly, making the composition more balanced and the whole more beautiful."},{"t":"p","x":"后期也进行了大量的加深减淡，突出了最中心、形态最有生命张力的一棵树枝，而隐去了周围比较杂乱的枯枝。","b":false,"xe":"Extensive dodging and burning in post highlighted the most central branch — the one with the most vital, tensile form — while hiding the rather messy dead branches around it."},{"t":"img","f":"img-09","w":667,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"下面一幅画面，是我在印尼Bromo火山发现的。Bromo火山素有“月球地貌”的美称，因为这里完全不像是地球上的景致。所以我在前期构图时，就想去寻找一些夸张的前景，去突出这种不真实感。","b":false,"xe":"The scene below is one I found at Mount Bromo in Indonesia. Bromo is known as a \"lunar landscape,\" because it looks nothing like scenery on Earth. So when composing in the field, I wanted to find some exaggerated foreground to emphasize this sense of unreality."},{"t":"img","f":"img-10","w":1000,"h":668},{"t":"p","x":"后期我分为两步，一方面是基础的美感塑造，比如立体感的提升、质感的强化和影调的统一，另一方面则是一些个性化的表达，去通过一些比较魔幻的色彩搭配，来烘托一种奇特的氛围，让场景看起来像是远古的地球景观。","b":false,"xe":"My post-processing went in two steps: on one hand, basic beauty-building — enhancing three-dimensionality, strengthening texture, unifying tonality; on the other hand, some personalized expression — using rather magical color schemes to set off a peculiar atmosphere, making the scene look like a primordial Earth landscape."},{"t":"p","x":"后期我通过加深减淡的方式，重新分布了画面中的视觉重量，让读者的视线能尽量聚焦在喷发的火山和形态怪异的前景大树上。","b":false,"xe":"In post, through dodging and burning, I redistributed the visual weight in the frame so the viewer's gaze can focus as much as possible on the erupting volcano and the strangely shaped foreground tree."},{"t":"img","f":"img-11","w":1000,"h":668},{"t":"p","x":"当然并不是每张照片都需要大量的后期，有时原图的表达已经足够清晰，那么只需要稍微修饰即可。","b":false,"xe":"Of course, not every photo needs heavy post-processing. Sometimes the original's expression is already clear enough, and only slight retouching is needed."},{"t":"img","f":"img-12","w":1000,"h":668},{"t":"p","x":"上面这张照片，环境雪山之上的交代已经比较清晰，不过画面中奋勇攀登的登山者还不够突出。因此后期的步骤，主要是通过裁图和加深减淡让人物更加明显，几分钟就可以搞定。","b":false,"xe":"In the photo above, the setting of the snowy mountains is already conveyed fairly clearly, but the climbers striving upward are not yet prominent enough. So the post steps mainly used cropping and dodging/burning to make the figures more obvious — done in a few minutes."},{"t":"img","f":"img-13","w":1080,"h":612},{"t":"h","x":"3","xe":"3"},{"t":"h","x":"后期想法比技术更重要","xe":"Ideas Matter More Than Technique in Post"},{"t":"p","x":"一张摄影照片里的像素，并不是完全不能改动的。","b":false,"xe":"The pixels in a photograph are not absolutely untouchable."},{"t":"p","x":"如果是要再现自然的景色，当然不能进行过多的修饰，否则反而失去了初心。如果是要表现摄影师的一些想法，则可以拓展更大的后期尺度。技术，以及技术的尺度，都是为了摄影师的沟通和表达服务的。","b":false,"xe":"If the goal is to reproduce natural scenery, of course one must not over-retouch — otherwise the original intention is lost. If the goal is to express some of the photographer's ideas, a wider latitude of post-processing can be explored. Technique, and the degree of technique, both serve the photographer's communication and expression."},{"t":"p","x":"这张全景接片的原图拍摄于格陵兰南部的无人小岛，当时我和队友花了2天时间，从小岛的西部海滩登陆，攀登到东边的峭壁地带。这里是鲜有人知的未知地带，我们也是通过卫星地图的估算，前来探索。","b":false,"xe":"The original of this panorama was shot on an uninhabited island in southern Greenland. My teammate and I spent 2 days landing on the island's western beach and climbing to the cliffs on the east. This is little-known, uncharted territory — we came to explore based on estimates from satellite maps."},{"t":"p","x":"当我们登上小岛东部的山峰，看到远处180度的壮丽峡湾景色，心中的震撼之情难以言表。","b":false,"xe":"When we climbed the peak on the island's east side and saw the magnificent 180-degree fjord scenery in the distance, the awe in our hearts was beyond words."},{"t":"img","f":"img-14","w":1000,"h":394},{"t":"p","x":"不过显然原图双手遥控无人机的姿势，并不能表达出我们当时的感觉。因此我又定时自拍了一张，作出张开双臂的姿势。","b":false,"xe":"But clearly, the pose in the original — hands on the drone controller — could not express how we felt at the time. So I took another timed self-portrait with arms spread wide."},{"t":"img","f":"img-15","w":749,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"后期再将人物的特写，对全景景色中的人物进行了替换，以还原当时我们的震撼与激动之情。","b":false,"xe":"In post, I replaced the figure in the panorama with the close-up of the person, to restore the awe and excitement we felt then."},{"t":"img","f":"img-16","w":1000,"h":526},{"t":"p","x":"摄影后期可以是还原真实的景色，也可以是还原摄影师的感觉。","b":false,"xe":"Photo post-processing can reproduce real scenery — it can also reproduce the photographer's feelings."},{"t":"p","x":"下面这张是一个桂林航拍的雨景原图。但整个一片白茫茫的场景，更让我感觉是阴天而不是雨天。","b":false,"xe":"Below is the original of an aerial rain scene in Guilin. But the whole expanse of white made me feel it was overcast rather than rainy."},{"t":"img","f":"img-17","w":1000,"h":667},{"t":"p","x":"我自己对雨天的感受，更多是阴暗的、低沉的、朦胧的。因此我在后期进行了大幅度的影调调整，让整张照片更符合我自己的雨天感受。","b":false,"xe":"My own feeling about rainy days is more dark, subdued, and hazy. So in post I made a substantial tonal adjustment, making the whole photo better match my own feeling of a rainy day."},{"t":"img","f":"img-18","w":1000,"h":563},{"t":"p","x":"下面这张照片是我在格陵兰2个多月的徒步探索时拍摄的，当时方圆几十公里内，可能只有我和队友两个人。虽然是壮丽的日出时分，天地之间却是一种与世隔绝的孤独与安静。","b":false,"xe":"The photo below was shot during my 2-plus months of hiking and exploring in Greenland — within dozens of kilometers around, there were probably only my teammate and me. Though it was a magnificent sunrise, between heaven and earth there was a loneliness and quiet cut off from the world."},{"t":"img","f":"img-19","w":749,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"原图整体饱和暖色的色调，以及水面泛起的泡沫，对这种安静孤独的氛围破坏很大。","b":false,"xe":"The original's overall saturated warm tones, and the foam on the water's surface, were quite damaging to this quiet, lonely atmosphere."},{"t":"p","x":"因此我后期整体制作成了偏冷偏淡的色调，同时也PS去除了无关的杂物，让画面更符合我想和观众沟通的氛围。","b":false,"xe":"So in post I made the whole image cooler and paler in tone, and also Photoshopped out irrelevant clutter — making the picture better match the atmosphere I wanted to communicate with the audience."},{"t":"img","f":"img-20","w":749,"h":1000},{"t":"p","x":"有一句话叫做不忘初心。摄影后期也不是为了炫技，而是为了更好的沟通。","b":false,"xe":"There is a saying: never forget your original intention. Photo post-processing is not about showing off technique — it is about communicating better."},{"t":"p","x":"摄影后期不是为了后期而后期，","b":false,"xe":"Post-processing is not processing for processing's sake,"},{"t":"p","x":"而是去再现日月星辰的震撼，","b":false,"xe":"but about recreating the awe of the sun, moon, and stars,"},{"t":"p","x":"去享受探索发现的乐趣，","b":false,"xe":"about enjoying the joy of exploration and discovery,"},{"t":"p","x":"去分享身临其境的感动。","b":false,"xe":"about sharing the emotion of being there."},{"t":"h","x":"作者：Thomas看看世界","xe":"Author: Thomas Chu Photo"},{"t":"p","x":"90后户外风光摄影师，后期教程博主。托马斯是畅销摄影教材《风光摄影后期基础》的作者，在公众号、微博、知乎（ID：Thomas看看世界）等平台上，撰写了200多篇摄影教程。","b":false,"xe":"A post-90s outdoor landscape photographer and post-processing tutorial blogger. Thomas is the author of the best-selling photography textbook \"The Fundamentals of Landscape Photography Post-Processing\" (《风光摄影后期基础》), and has written over 200 photography tutorials on platforms such as WeChat Official Accounts, Weibo, and Zhihu (ID: Thomas看看世界)."},{"t":"p","x":"相关文章：","b":false,"xe":"Related articles:"},{"t":"p","x":"《摄影后期，技术并不是最重要的！》","b":false,"xe":"\"In Post-Processing, Technique Is Not the Most Important Thing!\""},{"t":"p","x":"《摄影构图的核心技巧 - 不是三分法，也不是做减法》","b":false,"xe":"\"The Core Technique of Photographic Composition — It's Not the Rule of Thirds, Nor Subtraction\""},{"t":"p","x":"《摄影作品不是细节和技术的堆砌》","b":false,"xe":"\"A Photographic Work Is Not a Pile-Up of Details and Techniques\""},{"t":"p","x":"《摄影只是按快门那么简单吗？浅谈摄影的进阶之道》","b":false,"xe":"\"Is Photography as Simple as Pressing the Shutter? 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