最近都在“埋头苦读”。埋头是有，不过不是苦读。我倒是乐在其中。
小刘对我在钻研着哪方面的学识感好奇。
那是很深的一门学问：摄影。
从以前到现在，我对文艺的热忱没有减退过。中学时期我热衷于画画：肖像、水彩、蜡笔、海报设计甚至油画；前前后后参加了不少比赛，也获得不少的奖项。只是到了后来，我放弃了平面设计，选择留下完成我的高中学业。有时候的我会想，如果当时家境好一些，我们家很有可能会少了一位工程师（金鱼太太），多了一位作家；少了一位医生，却多了一位设计师。
但你知道，人生这回事没有如果，而这样的如果也不会有答案。
我不想自己对摄影只持有三分钟热度（我应该不会这么“衰仔”，哈哈），不想买了一台相机却没有认真地使用，所以规定自己在对摄影有更多的认识前，绝对不要买相机（虽然我明白熟能生巧的道理，也知道精湛的摄影技术绝对是从不断练习而锻炼出来的）！
今早读到一位德国摄影大师 Martin Gommel的文章（德文已被翻译成英文），觉得很棒，在这里与大家分享。
100
Things I’ve Learned About Photography
1. Never do photography to become a
rock-star
2. Enjoy what you are shooting
3. Prepare well for your shooting, realizing that your battery isn’t charge when you’re setting up for that sunrise shoot is too late!
4. Always take one warm garment more than you actually need with you
5. Pay attention to your thoughts and emotions while you are shooting
6. Set goals you can achieve
7. Write tips about photography, because writing is also learning
8. Never go shooting without a tripod（这个在EBC之旅时可以叫极光帮忙背吗？呵呵）
9. Be pleased with the little successes
10. Build relationships with potential photo buddies
11. Watch the place you want to shoot first with your heart… and then with the camera（同感。真正优秀的摄影师不只用镜头，更是用心好好去看这个世界）
12. Always stay calm
13. Know that you tend to overestimate yourself
14. Perspective is the killer
15. Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much
16. Take part in a photography community
2. Enjoy what you are shooting
3. Prepare well for your shooting, realizing that your battery isn’t charge when you’re setting up for that sunrise shoot is too late!
4. Always take one warm garment more than you actually need with you
5. Pay attention to your thoughts and emotions while you are shooting
6. Set goals you can achieve
7. Write tips about photography, because writing is also learning
8. Never go shooting without a tripod（这个在EBC之旅时可以叫极光帮忙背吗？呵呵）
9. Be pleased with the little successes
10. Build relationships with potential photo buddies
11. Watch the place you want to shoot first with your heart… and then with the camera（同感。真正优秀的摄影师不只用镜头，更是用心好好去看这个世界）
12. Always stay calm
13. Know that you tend to overestimate yourself
14. Perspective is the killer
15. Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much
16. Take part in a photography community
17. Keep your camera clean
18. Never compare yourself to others in a better or worse context
19. Find your own style of photography
20. Try to compose more and to hit the shutter less
21. Seek out and learn to accept critique on your images
22. Do something different to recover creativity
23. Get inspiration from the work of other photographers
24. Criticize honestly but respectfully
25. Get feedback from your lady
26. Don’t copy other photographer’s style
27. Be bold
28. Take care of the golden ratio
29. 10mm rocks!
30. Take self portraits
31. Read books about photography
32. To give a landscape photograph the extra boost, integrate a person (maybe yourself)
33. Every shooting situation is different than you expect
34. Pay attention to s-curves and lines
35. Always shoot in RAW
36. Keep your sensor clean, so you can save some work cleaning your image in post production
37. Discover the things you think are beautiful（太多了！）
18. Never compare yourself to others in a better or worse context
19. Find your own style of photography
20. Try to compose more and to hit the shutter less
21. Seek out and learn to accept critique on your images
22. Do something different to recover creativity
23. Get inspiration from the work of other photographers
24. Criticize honestly but respectfully
25. Get feedback from your lady
26. Don’t copy other photographer’s style
27. Be bold
28. Take care of the golden ratio
29. 10mm rocks!
30. Take self portraits
31. Read books about photography
32. To give a landscape photograph the extra boost, integrate a person (maybe yourself)
33. Every shooting situation is different than you expect
34. Pay attention to s-curves and lines
35. Always shoot in RAW
36. Keep your sensor clean, so you can save some work cleaning your image in post production
37. Discover the things you think are beautiful（太多了！）
38. It takes time to become a good photographer
39. The best equipment is that what you have now
40. You can’t take photographs of everything
41. Break the rules of photography knowingly, but not your camera （感觉上这句好像是对我说的，哈哈，因为我就是那种不按牌理出牌的人！但在这之前，也必须晓得所谓的牌理才行）
42. Pay attention to the different way that light falls on different parts of your scene
43. The eye moves to the point of contrast
44. Clouds increase the atmosphere of a landscape
45. Start a photoblog
46. Accept praise and say “thank you”
47. ‘Nice Shot’ is not a very useful comment to write（噢，我前一阵子才对Keng说过这样的一句话，原来not very useful啊）
48. ‘Amazing!’ isn’t useful either. Try to describe specifically what you like or don’t like about an image（好像也有说过这句）
49. You are not your camera
39. The best equipment is that what you have now
40. You can’t take photographs of everything
41. Break the rules of photography knowingly, but not your camera （感觉上这句好像是对我说的，哈哈，因为我就是那种不按牌理出牌的人！但在这之前，也必须晓得所谓的牌理才行）
42. Pay attention to the different way that light falls on different parts of your scene
43. The eye moves to the point of contrast
44. Clouds increase the atmosphere of a landscape
45. Start a photoblog
46. Accept praise and say “thank you”
47. ‘Nice Shot’ is not a very useful comment to write（噢，我前一阵子才对Keng说过这样的一句话，原来not very useful啊）
48. ‘Amazing!’ isn’t useful either. Try to describe specifically what you like or don’t like about an image（好像也有说过这句）
49. You are not your camera
50. Ask a question at the end of your comment on a photo
to get a ping-pong conversation with the photographer
51. Do a review of your archives on a regular basis, the longer you photograph – the more diamonds are hidden there
52. Always clarify what the eyecatcher (focal point) will be in your image
53. No image is better than a bad one
54. Everyone has to start little
55. Your opinion about photography is important!
56. Leave a funny but thoughtful comment
57. Speak about your experiences with your photo buddies
58. Limit your photograph to the substance
59. Participate in Photo contests
60. Post processing = Optimizing your image to the best result
61. Shoot exposure latitudes as often as possible
51. Do a review of your archives on a regular basis, the longer you photograph – the more diamonds are hidden there
52. Always clarify what the eyecatcher (focal point) will be in your image
53. No image is better than a bad one
54. Everyone has to start little
55. Your opinion about photography is important!
56. Leave a funny but thoughtful comment
57. Speak about your experiences with your photo buddies
58. Limit your photograph to the substance
59. Participate in Photo contests
60. Post processing = Optimizing your image to the best result
61. Shoot exposure latitudes as often as possible
62. Use photomatix as seldom as possible, HDR’s always
have a synthetic flavor
63. Always remember what brought you to photography
64. Never shoot a person who doesn’t want to be photographed – ask permission
65. Always turn arround, sometimes the better image is behind you（在尼泊尔山里的那些时日就已深深体会了）
66. It’s who’s behind the camera, not the camera
67. Mistakes are allowed! The more mistakes you make, the more you learn!
68. If you have an idea and immediately you think : No, this is not going to work – Do it anyway. When in doubt – always shoot
69. Understand and look to your histograms while shooting. It delivers very important information about your image
70. Know your camera, because searching the menu button in the night is time you don’t want to waste
71. Shoot as often as possible
72. Believe in yourself
73. Don’t be afraid of getting dirty
74. Pay attention to quality in your image
75. Your photographs are a personal map of your psyche
76. Re-check your ISO-Settings. It’s aweful to detect the wrong settings on your screen
77. Be thankful for long and thoughtful comments on your images
78. Never trust your LCD. Normally it is brighter and sharper as the original image
79. Provide for enough disc space, because it’s cheap and you will need it
63. Always remember what brought you to photography
64. Never shoot a person who doesn’t want to be photographed – ask permission
65. Always turn arround, sometimes the better image is behind you（在尼泊尔山里的那些时日就已深深体会了）
66. It’s who’s behind the camera, not the camera
67. Mistakes are allowed! The more mistakes you make, the more you learn!
68. If you have an idea and immediately you think : No, this is not going to work – Do it anyway. When in doubt – always shoot
69. Understand and look to your histograms while shooting. It delivers very important information about your image
70. Know your camera, because searching the menu button in the night is time you don’t want to waste
71. Shoot as often as possible
72. Believe in yourself
73. Don’t be afraid of getting dirty
74. Pay attention to quality in your image
75. Your photographs are a personal map of your psyche
76. Re-check your ISO-Settings. It’s aweful to detect the wrong settings on your screen
77. Be thankful for long and thoughtful comments on your images
78. Never trust your LCD. Normally it is brighter and sharper as the original image
79. Provide for enough disc space, because it’s cheap and you will need it
80. Learn to enjoy beautiful moments when you don’t have
a camera with you（这很重要。手中的相机无论多贵重，如果与上帝所赐、可以随身携带的双眼相比，永远只能是“次货”，哈哈）
81. Always arrive at least half an hour earlier before sunrise / sundown, composing in a hurry is a bad thing（也难怪卫星的相机买了这么久，拍照技术还是没什么进步，嘻嘻）
82. Try to amplify your mental and physical limits. Takes some extra shots when you think “it’s enough”
83. Pay attention to structures in the sky and wait until they fit into structures in the foreground
84. Visit the same place as often as possible. Light never shows the same mountain（再回尼泊尔一趟的最佳理由）
85. Print your images in big size. You will love it
86. Calibrate your monitor. Working with a monitor that is not accurate is like being together with someone you can’t trust. It always ends badly（Keng曾对我们提过他的bad monitor）
87. Don’t think about what others may say about your image. If you like it, it’s worth publishing
88. Never address reproaches to yourself. Learn from your mistakes and look forward, not backward
89. Fight your laziness! Creativitiy comes after discipline
90. Ask yourself : What do you want to express in your images ?
91. Always try to think outside the box, collect new ideas about photographs you could do and ask yourself : Why not?
92. Search for a mentor（虽然朋友之中有不少优秀的摄影者，但暂时我应该只会打扰极光，希望小马不要介意我没缴学费，哈哈）
93. Photography is never a waste of time
81. Always arrive at least half an hour earlier before sunrise / sundown, composing in a hurry is a bad thing（也难怪卫星的相机买了这么久，拍照技术还是没什么进步，嘻嘻）
82. Try to amplify your mental and physical limits. Takes some extra shots when you think “it’s enough”
83. Pay attention to structures in the sky and wait until they fit into structures in the foreground
84. Visit the same place as often as possible. Light never shows the same mountain（再回尼泊尔一趟的最佳理由）
85. Print your images in big size. You will love it
86. Calibrate your monitor. Working with a monitor that is not accurate is like being together with someone you can’t trust. It always ends badly（Keng曾对我们提过他的bad monitor）
87. Don’t think about what others may say about your image. If you like it, it’s worth publishing
88. Never address reproaches to yourself. Learn from your mistakes and look forward, not backward
89. Fight your laziness! Creativitiy comes after discipline
90. Ask yourself : What do you want to express in your images ?
91. Always try to think outside the box, collect new ideas about photographs you could do and ask yourself : Why not?
92. Search for a mentor（虽然朋友之中有不少优秀的摄影者，但暂时我应该只会打扰极光，希望小马不要介意我没缴学费，哈哈）
93. Photography is never a waste of time
94. Every community has it’s downsides. Don’t leave it
out of an emotional response
95. There will always be people who will not like what you are doing
96. Henri Cartier-Bresson was right when he said that “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
97. A better camera doesn’t guarantee better images
98. Always have printing in mind when you postprocess your images
99. Photography is fair: You gain publicity with the quality of your images. Unless the images are stolen, there is no way of cheating yourself higher（哇，这句赞！）
100. Write a 100 things list
95. There will always be people who will not like what you are doing
96. Henri Cartier-Bresson was right when he said that “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”
97. A better camera doesn’t guarantee better images
98. Always have printing in mind when you postprocess your images
99. Photography is fair: You gain publicity with the quality of your images. Unless the images are stolen, there is no way of cheating yourself higher（哇，这句赞！）
100. Write a 100 things list
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