Recently, the circle of friends is sharing photos of flowers. If you look at them too much, you will feel the same. How can you take different photos? Maybe you have overlooked some important elements: the Chinese style around you!
There are many unique Chinese elements around us. If you can take these elements into consideration when taking flowers, you will take pictures that are different from others! for example:
1. Tile-roofed house
The tile-roofed house is a traditional Chinese residential building, which embodies a kind of simple elegance, simplicity and tranquility, and is also the carrier of Chinese traditional culture.
Regardless of red bricks and blue tiles, or blue bricks and blue tiles, you can feel the beauty of simplicity, simplicity, tranquility and massiness.
Nowadays, more and more old buildings have disappeared, and the culture and beauty of the past can only be traced in the photos. When you encounter such a scene, you must not miss it.
2. Flower window
Stained windows are a kind of decoration for windows in ancient Chinese garden buildings. Stained windows are a form of beautification, which are both practical and decorative. Stained windows are more common in Chinese classical architecture, and are also widely used in modern buildings. The retro style can well reflect a certain cultural heritage~
The tile-roofed houses and distinctive windows are a kind of taste in themselves, and with the decoration of flowers, it has a strong Chinese flavor.
This kind of supporting window + beautiful window grilles, decorated with a peach blossom, is poetic and picturesque. This kind of picture gives people a lot of thoughts and reveries.
3. Red Wall
Chinese people have special feelings for red, which represents joy, liveliness and peace. It is the favorite color of the Chinese nation, and has even become the cultural totem and spiritual refuge of the Chinese people.
A large red wall is used as the background, which not only simplifies the picture, but also plays a very good contrast effect. This kind of background is very suitable for flower photography.
If you add characteristic Chinese architecture and match the background of the red wall, it will be full of Chinese flavor.
4. Royal Forest
The royal garden itself is full of history, with unique architecture and beautiful gardens, which are very suitable for shooting flower creations.
Taking pictures in places like the Forbidden City, taking pictures at will, has a strong Chinese flavor, with unique architecture and bright colors.
Glazed tiles are also very flavorful. Our country used glazed tiles as decorations as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which is another taste from ordinary folk blue tiles.
5. Huijian
Huizhou architecture, also known as Huizhou architecture, is one of the most important schools of traditional Chinese architecture and has always been respected by Chinese and foreign architects.
The simple lines of Huizhou architecture and large white walls are very suitable for photography creation, one of the most obsessed subjects of photographers.
Simple lines + white walls are like Chinese paintings. When taking such photos, the simpler the picture, the better.
6. Lantern
Lanterns are an ancient Chinese traditional handicraft. Every year around the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people hang up red lanterns that symbolize reunion to create a festive atmosphere. Later, lanterns became a symbol of joy for the Chinese.
Dark background + red lanterns, this combination is very festive, and the lanterns can play a finishing touch to the picture.
7. Courtyard wall
In many gardens, there are many courtyard walls with Chinese characteristics, beautiful lines, blue tiles and white walls, which are the best places for photography creation.
8. Clothing
Traditional costumes with a classic flavor can be integrated into photography is excellent. Any scene with characters is more interesting.
The above are some ideas and inspirations for shooting scenes, and I hope they can be used as a reference for your shooting.
This article comes from the WeChat public account: Wolf Photography
