XIANGDIAN的视觉空间

"靠谱"?

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:10:17 GMT

来北京以后发现人们经常使用一个词"靠谱".这个词用的场合实在太广了,以至于我现在也还没完全弄明白其中的含义,似乎这里的"谱"应用于不同场合则可大可小,可明可暗,可古可今,可褒可贬... 靠谱的,不靠谱的,还是没有谱的...或许正是"谱"的这种弹性特点,很多时候说的人拈手就来,听的人也只能慢慢意会了!

"A Long Way Gone" 长路漫漫

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:44:04 GMT

The book "A Long Way Gone" tells the real story of the author Ishmael Beah himself, a former child soldier in Sierra Leone, was published in Chinese in Jan., this year. I saw it in a bookstore on Sunday and loved it immediately. I read several pages of this book in the taxi on the way to my office this morning. After I left the office at 18:00pm. I could not help reading it again when standing in the elevator, walking slowly on the pavement, waiting for the red traffic light, seating on the bench in metro... My heartstrings were touched so much sometimes into tears. When I got back home, it was 19:50pm. It took one more hour on the way than usual, but i didn't feel that long. I kept reading till midnight, till the last line on the last page! A great book indeed! - It reminds me a slogan of a TV "The world is thinking..."

Great Love 伟大的爱

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:12:38 GMT

Tears came into my eyes almost every night since 5.12. I've been so touched for the great love between all kinds of people in such a disaster. Blood, sweat, breath were melted into all the devotions to save a life, among the howling mountains! Loving, helping and supporting each other brings thousands of millions of people together - they survived, they survived!

Creative Photography Workshop 创意摄影工作坊

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:43:08 GMT

4月13日凌晨,北京郊区凤凰山.我在去餐厅的路上,忍不住拿起相机拍下米拉(Milla-Kariina Oja)和她的首批中艺学员的一则创作花絮:

关于中艺和米拉合作举办"创意摄影工作坊 (Creative Photography Workshop)"这件事,作为帮忙现场翻译的我,在二月底接到建外李校长一通电话后就开始参与进来了.或许是由于我从事产品市场的职业嗅觉,或许是由于我追求摄影艺术的亲身体会,我当时就觉得中艺杨校长尝试这种新摄影教育形式的想法本身就"很有创意"! 正如当代企业的核心竞争力不再停留在销售队伍的专业程度, 而是看谁能快速地根据市场的需求推出新产品,启动新市场, 我相信"创意摄影工作坊"就是中国摄影教育呼之欲出的新产品,只要对这样的新产品管理得当,它必定会启动一个巨大的新市场! 当然,这个过程需要一段时间...

让我们来了解一下和这个艺术教育市场发展相关的艺术品市场现状吧:中国的艺术品拍卖市场(7.3%)在2007年已经超过法国(6.4%)跃迁到世界第3位了. "在Artprice网站的2007年全球100位当代艺术家排行榜上（按照作品的成交量来计算），中国当代艺术家占据了36席，而在5年前只有蔡国强一人入围这个榜单。张晓刚甚至超越了美国最红的当代艺术家杰夫·昆斯占据了第二的位置." "在成交额排行榜上，前10位艺术家中当代艺术家占据了其中的4席，而安迪·沃霍也首次超过了连续多年占据榜首位置的毕加索，说明当代艺术已经大有“抢班夺权”之势了。" 在这么一个大环境下,必然有越来越多的摄影人(包括我和我认识的很多朋友在内)有意无意地在摸索或想去摸索自己的艺术道路,我相信即使中艺不作新的尝试,也必定有其它教育机构迟早会推出有别与传统教育的新方式来满足人们对艺术摄影的需求...只是看谁走得快,走得好,走得远了...

更让我高兴的是,米拉是我一见面就喜欢的人,首先我们都很喜欢北京,这使我们的谈话有了很多共同的话题! 而第二天收到她的作品的时候,我就被她在那"拍摄看不见的,触摸不到的"系列作品中流露出来的真实的、浪漫的、自由自在的想象力给吸引了... 它引起我在"飞翔梦想"上无穷的共鸣!

几个月下来,我和米拉成了很好的朋友和姐妹,米拉也和中艺的老师和学生们建立了信任和友谊,我想,在艺术摄影的道路上,我们都会用各自的方式一直走下去...

Paul In Beijing 英国哥们在北京

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:29:53 GMT

Paul came to China on Mar.19 and left this morning. It has been more than 3 years since we met last time in 2004. With his new elegant hat and strange temp teeth brace I could hardly recognize him in the airport. When our conversation started from the discussion of the unusual complicated Chinese charactors displayed on the wall in the arrival hall, immediately I was pretty sure this is the real Paul, Paul Battley, the old freind that I've known.

So far, I've seen many interesting people. Paul is one of the outstanding ones. He is a languages "cultivator", a folk culture "sensor", a symbol reader, an independent traveler, a music instruments player, a social political commentator... well, among all these hobbiies, he is actually a dedicated software developer. Anyway, his interests in varied areas always fasinate me.

Other than my interviews for my new job and his trip to Xi'An for a couple days, we spent most of time traveling together around Beijing. From walking in the developing areas in CBD to climbing through the total 19 towers in Badaling Great Wall... I followed him, observed him and tried to find out something interesting with him by photography. Here are some of the results:

I. In Houhai Hutong (后海胡同), Paul put his hat on then turned around and walked forward...

1. Paul and His Hat 1, 2. Paul and His Hat 2, 3. Paul and His Hat 3, 4. Paul and His Hat 4, 5. Back

II. Detected in Panjiayuan Antique Market(潘家园古玩市场）

III. Climbing Up and Down on the BADALING Great Wall (八达岭长城) For 5 Hours

IV. Afternoon Cafe in Jianwai SOHO (建外SOHO)

V. Beer & Fashion in Houhai Hutong (后海胡同)

... ...

(more photos will be uploaded in the album with the same title)

Paul used to dislike being photographed, however, it turned out he was very "camera friendly" and expressionistic.

At the moment that I'm writing now, Paul is on the way back home - London. After seeing him off and visiting the new T3 in the airport, I was back to my place and prepared to go to work tomorrow.

Everybody's life can be intersting, we keep moving...

超现实光影玻璃杯 Surrealistic Glass View

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:41:12 GMT

1. 未来即现在 Future Is Now 2. 三维空间 3D Space

摄于建外SOHO, 北京.

劳动,生命,生生不息... Labor, Life & Cycling

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:20:04 GMT

这是临时搭建起来的一个小型建筑工地。关键词：连拍，人，建筑工，夜间作业，劳动，专注，敬业，生生不息... 摄于光华路，回家的路上。

Light Burning To The Night 炳烛之明

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:12:57 GMT

Here is the photo taken yesterday in my meeting with with Mr. Muller. He was the glasses wearer while I am the note taker. He speaks English with strong accent of French or sometimes even just French. Anyway, the topic of "humanity and life" we talked of is exactly what I've been pursuing for in my dream of photography, so I tryed my best to understand his creative ideas with my imagination. On my way home, I thought of the old story in Han dynasty, about "learning". Shikuang(师旷) explained to Jinwen Gong (晋文公): "少而好学，如日出之阳；壮而好学，如日中之光；老而好学，如炳（秉）烛之明". I think maybe this old gentleman with his new ideas is just like the light burning to the night.

钢琴夜　PIANO NIGHT

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:26:46 GMT

上周六到姜杰钢琴行去寻找拍摄素材.那的钢琴曲听着很美,钢琴看着更美!我一到就惊呆了!在表妹阿馨的帮助下,我得到现场拍摄的许可,于是忍不住对几台YAMAHA钢琴里外左右上下都看个透，也拍了个够，前后持续了一个多钟头,！呵呵．总的来说，整个拍摄过程很愉快,好象置身世外. 现场照明是日光灯和灯泡,相对来说偏暗,于是拍摄的时候我只好把相机参数设到了头:ISO1600，F／5.6上下. 快门速度根据现场调整以控制不同的曝光效果．

有个琴键下去了一时起不来.刚好和我原先设想的一样.灯光在琴盖和边沿的映像则营造了夜的气氛,也正合我意. 可惜琴键上也留下了反射光的痕迹,要是自己布光,效果应该会更好控制些,拍摄的角度还可以尝试更多样一些...把更大的希望寄托在16号以后的第二次琴行拍摄了.　

顺祝大家新年快乐！

Meow's Language Diversity ("喵"的语言差异)

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:59:12 GMT

Asked by a good flickr friend cathzilla about how to say meow in Chinese when we talked on her amazing photo, so here it is: 喵 - it sounds much more "point-blank" than "meow". This reminds me a similar funny story about how to say "love" in French and Chinese: During a dinner in SEDAN, France last year, I was chatting with my two French colleagues, a guy and a lady. The guy spent about 10 seconds saying "a-i-m-e-r" - just like singing a very romantic touching opera. Then they asked me how to say love in Chinese? I told them it's "ai4". The lady laughed out loud and spouted "so short!"... Languages' diversity always amaze me no matter how they're communicated - with jokes, via paintings? Fine! ;)

Managing Budgets VS Photographing （预算管理与摄影的类比）

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:31:25 GMT

Just like "the most successful manager is not the one with the largest budget; he or she is the one who makes best use of the budegt available.*", the most outstanding phtographer is not the one with most expensive camera, he or she is the one who makes best use of the camera available.

正如“成功的经理人不是拥有最大预算的人，而是充分利用所得预算的人”，杰出的摄影师也不是拥有最贵相机的人，而是能够充分利用所持相机的人。

好相机能够适当地帮助使用者通过调焦获得清晰度，通过曝光控制照片的影调，层次和色彩，但不能保证带来好的作品。好的作品分三个级别：初级 - 良好用光和构图；中级 - 巧妙构思，创意和特殊视角；高级- 强烈的视觉冲击力，深刻的内涵，震撼人心的情感和独特的风格。显然，好相机不一定能拍出好作品，高预算不一定能带来高回报，关键是使用它们的人 - 摄影师和经理人 - 如何充分发挥到极致。

* See the 5th Golden Rule of Budgeting in the book "Managing Budgets" by Anne Hawkins.

How Data and Emotion Work in Marketing (数据和情绪在营销中如何起作用)

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:07:19 GMT

I came across Kristin's article "How data can turn you into the big dog." for a good reading today...it starts with the following paragraph:

The problem with marketing and sales is that they are the functions inside companies most likely to be driven more by emotions and anecdotal "evidence" than they are by facts. The result is never as profitable as it could be.

And ends with:

These companies shift from emotion-driven sales and marketing to data-driven sales and marketing. Their marketing and selling departments become as professional and manageable as finance and manufacturing. They are never blind-sided. They know what their customers are thinking and what they want. They know what their competitors are doing and how to sell effectively against them. They make every sale that can be made. They dominate their markets. They become "the big dog."

This is such an interesting topic so I left my comment on Pragmatic Marketing's Blogs:

"Data" will take effective only when it turns into "information" and "intelligence". During this process of transforming, people's market sense, emotion and intuition are all involved. So i would say once the messy emotion-driven marketing turns to data-driven marketing successfully, it's time to call "emotion" back to help making decisions quickly.

A data-driven sales and marketing model is like photographing with right exposure, it makes sure the photo is taken "correctly" only. To take an excellent commercial photo requires a very good and distinctive sense of the photographer, not only the right settings.

Here I'd like to further discuss about what "data", "information" and 'intelligence" refer to in marketing. For example, 'our key competitor "M" deducted their selling price of "N" product by 10%." - is regarded as 'data". And "This makes the average selling price on the relevant market lower than ours by 7%." - is called "information". Then "if our selling price didn't go down by 6%, this key competitor's market share will increase up to 5%." - is "intelligence"! Above were explained in more details in the Chinese issue of Harvard Business Review (2004.12) - the most expensive magazine I ever bought!

Multiple Intelligences

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:55:14 GMT

This is the test results about my multiple intelligences (roughly! ). Well, from the strongest to the weakest part of my "intelligence" shown on the chart, I love all of them with me... If you're interested, you can try your own by answering 40 questions here - thanks mr.cat sharing me the link for fun.

墨子和候鸟 (Mo-tse & Migratory Bird)

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:54:57 GMT

有时候我忍不住想:墨子是候鸟变的！在墨子的《兼爱》篇里说到：“若使天下兼相爱，国与国不相攻，家与家不相乱，盗贼无有，君臣父子皆能孝慈，若此则天下治。”这种兼爱，非攻，平等，大同的思想和我理解的侯鸟的思想是多么接近啊。

(插图摄于西藏林芝地区: 鸟的足迹和我的脚印. 2004年10月)

Visual Future (可视化的未来)

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:24:28 GMT

I am getting to "form" a picture in my mind for my future. Then I appear to myself as someone running on a sunny day, following my own head which was carried by a flying bird in a blue sky. That not only refer to "where i am going to" - freedom, but "how to get there?"- flying. :)

Visual PMF (可视化的实效营销框架)

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:49:16 GMT

I received an email from the director of marketing at Pragmatic Marketing on the other day. In my reply email to this kind gentleman, I said "posting the Chinese translation of Pragmatic Marketing Framework on my site is a way to show my love in the idea of "visualization" for anything I'm interested in.".

True... I have been addicted to getting use of graphics, pictures whenever possible for presentation to others or myself, to visualize an idea, some emotion or a process. That might explain further why I was deeply attracted to this amazing interactive PMF (click the link to see the updated version) immediately when I discovered it in year 2004.

自拍的乐趣(Self-Portrait Fun)

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:39:13 GMT

7月11日，八达岭长城，当夕阳西照时，除了我，长城上空无一人。

只见＂猫先生＂（我的相机）迎着落日矫健地跳到了倾斜的墙顶上，象《加勒比海盗》里那个杰克史派罗船长那样站稳了。我站在它面前看着它脸上唯一的那只大眼睛（镜头），这时候它额头上的灯还一闪一闪地（10秒延时信号）...说时迟，那时快，只听见相机快门迅速启动的声音，喀嚓，喀嚓！以下两张照片就这样拍下来了...

确实, 自拍实在是好玩极了。

关于鸟的飞翔 About Birds' Flying

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:40:03 GMT

关于鸟的飞翔,我想:

鸟的思想一定很开放，因为他们飞翔，见多识广.

侯鸟总是生活在路上，不必携带行李，不会为芝麻大的事耽误行程，生活方式很简单，一生只为了坚守一个承诺: 飞翔！

像鸟一样地飞翔，是人类永远的梦想．

About birds' flying, I assume:

Birds must be open-minded, they fly and see things from their wide-angle view.
Birds spend most of their life time flying on the way, they don't have to bring belongings like you and me when travelling. Their life style is simple: fly, no matter how difficult it could be!
To fly freely like birds is the dream of human being, which will have won for ever!

"Every mile and every year, time and distance disappear... and I just know one thing, love comes on the wing. Tonight I will be by your side, tomorrow I will fly." - this is the lyric of my favorite song in the movie "Le Peuple Migrateur (鸟的迁徙)":

Watertown Mosaic（水乡拼画）

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:10:24 GMT

1. View edThrough... 2. Lying Mirror 3. Quiet Except for... 4. Sweep The River ...

Photographed at Xitang(西塘) Water town in Feb., 2007, with my new lens Sigma 18mm-200mm for Canon.

It might open some sealed memory for travelers...

“Family Break (离家出走)”

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:36:01 GMT

A creative photographer Matt posted 5 of his very impressive photographs with an inspirational title "Beware the 5 Stages of Grief (悲伤的五个阶段)" in the group of "Telling a story in 5 frames (Visual story telling)" on flickr. Here they are:

1. Denial否认 2. Anger生气 3. Bargaining谈判 4. Depression消沉 5. Acceptance 接受

Then I found it funny to interprete it into a complete different story about a mum and her three kids. So I wrote:

　Family Break (离家出走)

　The famiy had been having a peaceful and quiet life till the three rebel kids: red, blue and green decided to make a "Family break":

1st photo: The three kids jumped to escape 第1张照片: 三个小孩,红,绿蓝一起跳起来,试图离开家庭的束缚.
2nd photo: Only the green kept rising, the blue and red were caught by mother's gravity 第二张照片: 只有绿在上升,蓝和红被母亲的"引力"拉回去
3rd-4th photo: The blue was struggling till exhausted 第三和四张照片: 蓝继续挣扎直到筋疲力尽.
5th photo: The mother became very angry while the green retuned... 第五张照片: 母亲气得全身发抖...这时候绿回来了.

Actually at the beginning, I thought the cup of wine could represent the earth, and the three kids would refer to some typical creatures living on the earth - that would be a real "big family" but too complex to explain in a short story.

Anyway, the simple the better.

Photo Album: Pingyao Ancient Town 平遥古城

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:52:51 GMT

Pingyao Ancient Town 平遥古城

Knocker.jpg

Old Yard 01

Old Yard 02

Old Yard 03

Old Trike 01

Trike 02

Old Trike 03

wheelbarrow 01

wheelbarrow 02

Eave

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Photo Album: 人物照选集(2004-2007.7)

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:40:17 GMT

人物照选集(2004-2007.7)

Ferryman in Tibet 气度非凡的摆渡人摄于西藏错高湖 2004年10月

Ferrywoman 敬业的摆渡人摄于江苏周庄 2007年

River Cleaner 河道清洁工摄于浙江西塘 2007年2月

Singer 乐队主唱 SAM HOOPER 摄于上海爵士酒吧 2005年

Happy Begger 快乐的乞讨人摄于西藏灵芝地区 2004年10月

Tebetan 洗羊毛的女人摄于西藏拉萨河 2004年10月

Local Guide 张摄于四川四姑娘山 2002年

Andre 摄于上海豫园 2006年

Jacqueline 摄于法国SEDAN 2006年

Helen 摄于法国SEDAN 2006年

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Photo Album: SNAP SHOT OF REAL LIFE 百姓生活瞬间

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:40:15 GMT

SNAP SHOT OF REAL LIFE 百姓生活瞬间

工地建筑工人吊车 01 - 光华路北京 - 2008.02

河船工垃圾筐 - 西塘古镇

湖船夫彩虹 - 措高湖林芝地区西藏 - 2004.10

工地建筑工人发电机 03 - 光华路北京 - 2008.02

河边洗羊毛的女人蓝天 - 西藏拉萨 - 2004.10

面馆老人果条汤 - 太平路潮州 - 2005.01

敬业的摆渡人 - 江苏周庄 - 2007.05

河老人帽子 - 浙江西塘 2007年2月

工地建筑工人吊车 04 - 光华路北京 - 2008.02

工地建筑工人吊车 02 - 光华路北京 - 2008.02

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Photo Album: My Shadow in ThreeShadows 三影堂里的我的影子

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:56:10 GMT

My Shadow in ThreeShadows 三影堂里的我的影子

ME IN THREESHADOWS 01

ME IN THREESHADOWS 02

ME IN THREESHADOWS 03

ME IN THREESHADOWS 04

ME IN THREESHADOWS 05

ME IN THREESHADOWS 06

ME IN THREESHADOWS 07

ME IN THREESHADOWS 08

ME IN THREESHADOWS 09

ME IN THREESHADOWS 10

Photo Album: Creative Photography Workshop 创意摄影工作坊

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:56:09 GMT

Creative Photography Workshop 创意摄影工作坊

Milla 01

Creation 01

Creation 02

Creation 03

Milla 02

Milla 03

Photo Album: Paul In Beijing 英国哥们在北京

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:56:09 GMT

Paul In Beijing 英国哥们在北京

Houhai Hutong 01

Houhai Hutong 02

Houhai Hutong 03

Houhai Hutong 04

Houhai Hutong 05

Houhai Hutong 06

Houhai Hutong 07

Houhai Hutong 08

Houhai Hutong 09

Panjiayuan 04

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Photo Album: STILL LIFE & AD. 静物和广告

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:56:09 GMT

STILL LIFE & AD. 静物和广告

更高 HIGHER

未来即现在

三维空间

户外指南针

酒吧威士忌

家庭－民以食为天

家庭－社会的细胞

安娜苏 - 让女人在神秘和亮丽间行走自如

杂志封面模特摄影（摹拟）

钢琴 WHAT IS PIANO？

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Photo Album: PORTRAIT 人像

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:56:08 GMT

PORTRAIT 人像

So...

That's it...

Be cool...

Look...

Banban 02

Banban 01

Banban 03 -Woman in Autumn

穿晚礼服的女人(黑白)

穿晚礼服的北京女人

Zhengwei 01

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Photo Album: The Man Who Speaks Many Languages

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:56:08 GMT

The Man Who Speaks Many Languages

Andre Georges 01.

Andre Georges 02

Andre Georges 03.jpg

Andre Georges 04.jpg

Andre Georges 05

Andre Georges 06.jpg

Andre Georges 07.jpg

Andre Georges 08.jpg

Andre Georges 09.jpg

Andre Georges 10.jpg

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Photo Album: Pragmatic Marketing Framework (实效营销框架)

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:56:08 GMT

Pragmatic Marketing Framework (实效营销框架)

PMF V

PMF 0

PMF 2

PMF 3

PMF 4

PMF 5

PMF 6

PMF 7

PMF 8

Photo Album: 风光照选集(2004-2007.7)

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:56:08 GMT

风光照选集(2004-2007.7)

江苏周庄水乡

北京后海胡同

浙江西塘木门

浙江西塘倒影

浙江西塘唯桥独忙

浙江西塘猫

浙江西塘长廊

四川成都-拉萨山峦

四川八朗山山口

西藏拉萨色拉庙

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XIANGDIAN的视觉空间

"靠谱"?

"A Long Way Gone" 长路漫漫

Great Love 伟大的爱

Creative Photography Workshop 创意摄影工作坊

Paul In Beijing 英国哥们在北京

超现实光影玻璃杯 Surrealistic Glass View

劳动,生命,生生不息... Labor, Life & Cycling

Light Burning To The Night 炳烛之明

钢琴 夜 PIANO NIGHT

Meow's Language Diversity ("喵"的语言差异)

Managing Budgets VS Photographing （预算管理与摄影的类比）

How Data and Emotion Work in Marketing (数据和情绪在营销中如何起作用)

Multiple Intelligences

墨子和候鸟 (Mo-tse & Migratory Bird)

Visual Future (可视化的未来)

Visual PMF (可视化的实效营销框架)

自拍的乐趣(Self-Portrait Fun)

关于鸟的飞翔 About Birds' Flying

Watertown Mosaic（水乡拼画）

“Family Break (离家出走)”

Photo Album: Pingyao Ancient Town 平遥古城

Photo Album: 人物照选集(2004-2007.7)

Photo Album: SNAP SHOT OF REAL LIFE 百姓生活瞬间

Photo Album: My Shadow in ThreeShadows 三影堂里的我的影子

Photo Album: Creative Photography Workshop 创意摄影工作坊

Photo Album: Paul In Beijing 英国哥们在北京

Photo Album: STILL LIFE & AD. 静物和广告

Photo Album: PORTRAIT 人像

Photo Album: The Man Who Speaks Many Languages

Photo Album: Pragmatic Marketing Framework (实效营销框架)

Photo Album: 风光照选集(2004-2007.7)

钢琴夜　PIANO NIGHT