I'm here to share my photography. Or is it photography? Because, of course, this is a photograph that you can't take with your camera.
今天我想在此跟大家分享一下我的摄影作品 或者说,这张也是摄影作品么? 因为,这显然是一张照片 但却是你用相机拍不出来的
Yet, my interest in photography started as I got my first digital camera at the age of 15. It mixed with my earlier passion for drawing, but it was a bit different, because using the camera, the process was in the planning instead. And when you take a photograph with a camera, the process ends when you press the trigger. So to me it felt like photography was more about being at the right place and the right time. I felt like anyone could do that.
然而,我对摄影的兴趣 始于我拿到第一个数码相机后 那时候我15岁 这里面夹杂了我之前对绘画的热爱 但是有一点不一样 因为使用照相机的时候 整个过程已经提前计划好了 当你拿起相机拍照 当你摁下快门的时候整个过程也就结束了 所以在我看来摄影更注重 适当的拍摄地点和时间 我觉得任何人都可以做这件事
So I wanted to create something different, something where the process starts when you press the trigger. Photos like this: construction going on along a busy road. But it has an unexpected twist. And despite that, it retains a level of realism. Or photos like these -- both dark and colorful, but all with a common goal of retaining the level of realism. When I say realism, I mean photo-realism. Because, of course, it's not something you can capture really, but I always want it to look like it could have been captured somehow as a photograph. Photos where you will need a brief moment to think to figure out the trick. So it's more about capturing an idea than about capturing a moment really.
所以我想做点特别的 特别之处就在于当你摁下快门时 整个过程才刚刚开始 比如这张照片(展现的是): 一条繁忙的公路旁边正在进行施工 (题材平凡,)但手法出人意料 尽管如此 它仍然保留了一份现实主义感 或者像这样的照片 既有暗色也有彩色 但是其目的都是 为了保留一份现实主义感 我说的现实主义 指的是照片的现实主义 因为这的确 不是你可以真正抓住的东西 但是我总想让它看起来像是可以用某种方式 被抓拍下来一样 这些照片需要你能够快速 找出它们背后的技巧 所以更注重的是捕捉一个灵感 而不是捕捉一个真实存在的瞬间
But what's the trick that makes it look realistic? Is it something about the details or the colors? Is it something about the light? What creates the illusion? Sometimes the perspective is the illusion. But in the end, it comes down to how we interpret the world and how it can be realized on a two-dimensional surface. It's not really what is realistic, it's what we think looks realistic really.
但是使这些照片看起来 很写实的技巧是什么呢? 是关于细节? 还是关于色彩? 还是关于光线? 是什么促成了这种幻觉? 有时候不同的视角造成不同的幻觉 但最终,还是要归结于我们如何理解这个世界 以及这种理解如何在一个二维空间得以体现 这并不是关于什么是真的 而是关于我们认为什么看起来像是真的
So I think the basics are quite simple. I just see it as a puzzle of reality where you can take different pieces of reality and put it together to create alternate reality. And let me show you a simple example. Here we have three perfectly imaginable physical objects, something we all can relate to living in a three-dimensional world. But combined in a certain way, they can create something that still looks three-dimensional, like it could exist. But at the same time, we know it can't. So we trick our brains, because our brain simply doesn't accept the fact that it doesn't really make sense. And I see the same process with combining photographs. It's just really about combining different realities.
所以我认为这些基本原理 其实很简单 我把它看做是现实世界的一个拼图 在这里你可以把现实世界的不同片段拼凑起来 创造另一种真实 让我来举个简单的例子 这里有三个完全可想象到并真实存在的物体 我们可以在现实的三维世界里找到它们 但若将这些物体用某种方式组合起来 就可以创造出视觉上依然是三维的物体 就好像它是会存在的 但是同时我们很清楚它不可能存在 就这样我们骗了自己的大脑 因为大脑就是不肯接受 这个物体其实并不存在这一事实 组合照片 也是如此 确实只是把不同的现实画面组合起来
So the things that make a photograph look realistic, I think it's the things that we don't even think about, the things all around us in our daily lives. But when combining photographs, this is really important to consider, because otherwise it just looks wrong somehow. So I would like to say that there are three simple rules to follow to achieve a realistic result. As you can see, these images aren't really special. But combined, they can create something like this.
所以使一张照片看起来逼真的事物 是那些我们平时甚至不会去想 但在日常生活中随处可见的东西 但是当我们组合照片的时候 这点就值得我们着重思考了 否则它看起来就会别扭 我想说的是我们要遵守三个简单的原则 为了达到一个逼真的效果 你们看,这些图像并不特别 但是组合起来,它们就可以创造出这样的画面
So the first rule is that photos combined should have the same perspective. Secondly, photos combined should have the same type of light. And these two images both fulfill these two requirements -- shot at the same height and in the same type of light. The third one is about making it impossible to distinguish where the different images begin and end by making it seamless. Make it impossible to say how the image actually was composed. So by matching color, contrast and brightness in the borders between the different images, adding photographic defects like depth of field, desaturated colors and noise, we erase the borders between the different images and make it look like one single image, despite the fact that one image can contain hundreds of layers basically.
所以第一原则就是所有被组合的照片 都展现同样的视角 第二,被组合的照片 还要有相同的光线 这两张照片都符合这两样要求 它们都摄于相同的拍摄高度和相同的光线下 第三个原则是要让人难以分辨 这些不同照片的衔接点 使衔接看起来天衣无缝 使任何人都道不出 这图片是如何创作而成的 通过匹配不同照片边缘的 色彩,对比度以及亮度 再加入一下摄影瑕疵 比如视野的深度 去饱和的色彩和噪音 我们可以除去不同照片之间的边界 使其看起来就像是一张单一的照片 即使一张照片 可包含上百个图层
So here's another example. (Laughter) One might think that this is just an image of a landscape and the lower part is what's manipulated. But this image is actually entirely composed of photographs from different locations. I personally think that it's easier to actually create a place than to find a place, because then you don't need to compromise with the ideas in your head. But it does require a lot of planning. And getting this idea during winter, I knew that I had several months to plan it, to find the different locations for the pieces of the puzzle basically. So for example, the fish was captured on a fishing trip. The shores are from a different location. The underwater part was captured in a stone pit. And yeah, I even turned the house on top of the island red to make it look more Swedish.
这里还有一个例子 (笑声) 有人可能认为这只是一张风景图 下面的部分是处理过的 但是这张照片其实整个都是 由不同地方拍摄的很多照片组合起来的 我个人认为创造一个地方比找到一个地方 要容易一些 因为你不用 与自己大脑的想法妥协 但是这确实需要很多规划 去年冬天产生这个想法时 我知道我有几个月的时间去规划这件事 基本上要到不同的地点 找这一拼图所需的图片 比如 这条鱼摄于一次垂钓航行 海岸拍摄于另一个地点 水下的部分摄于一个采石场 对了,我还把岛上的房子调成红色的了 使它看起来更具瑞典风
So to achieve a realistic result, I think it comes down to planning. It always starts with a sketch, an idea. Then it's about combining the different photographs. And here every piece is very well planned. And if you do a good job capturing the photos, the result can be quite beautiful and also quite realistic. So all the tools are out there, and the only thing that limits us is our imagination.
为了达到一个逼真的效果 我认为最重要的就是规划 总是会先出现一个大概的构思和想法 然后就是组合不同的照片 这里每一个图片都是经过仔细规划的 如果你能抓拍到很好的照片, 效果会很美。 而且也很逼真 所以其实所有的工具都在那 唯一限制我们的 是我们的想象力
Thank you.
谢谢大家
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