英语PK台 第429期:摄影是一场更专注的旅行

 　　Track One

　　It is not a job—it is a lifestyle

　　摄影不是一种工作，而是一种生活方式

　　People have this idea—you go out as they do—on a trip—happily take some pictures and that is the way we do it!

　　人们有这样的想法-就像别人那样走出去-在旅途中愉快地拍些照片—这就是我们工作的方式

　　But this is a much more concentrated, focused form of travel

　　但这是一种更专注更专心的旅行

　　Basically we are not going anywhere unless we can get a picture out of it

　　基本上，我们不会去任何地方，除非我们从那儿能拍到一张照片

　　Te whole reason for going to a place is to photograph it

　　我们（这些专业摄影师）去一个地方的唯一的理由就是去把它拍下来

　　Usually with a particular subject in mind

　　通常，头脑里已经有了特定的主题

　　With reduced budgets then even more so

　　压低的预算，甚或过之

　　We come into a place and very much bear down hard looking to make a picture that will illustrate some part of the story

　　我们去一个地方，非常努力地去拍到能阐述主题需求的照片

　　You describe as a 'page stopper'—a photograph stand out

　　你形容一张非常引人注目的照片为“让人驻目的凝幅”，一张惊艳之作

　　There are a lot of factors that elevate a photograph from a snapshot

　　把一张简单的快照中提升为一张像样的照片有很多因素

　　That is a portfolio of mine and yes there are some 'page stoppers'

　　这是我的一个作品集，是的，有不少是“让人驻目的凝幅”

　　I would describe them as pictures that have great visual impact

　　我会把它们描述成具有巨大视觉冲击力的图片

　　The idea is that that picture will grab the viewer's attention

　　就是认为那张图片会很好地抓取观者的注意力

　　And make that person want to stare at it

　　让人不自觉凝视许久

　　Maybe raise some questions and want more information

　　也许还会思考一些问题，并希望了解更多的图片信息

　　They might read the caption and maybe read the story

　　他们可能会阅读旁批说明，也可能会读关于照片的故事

　　So that is our job—maybe stop the people from 'page flipping'

　　所以这就是我们的工作——如果可以的话，阻止人们（读杂志时）“随便就翻页”

　　By having a picture that is so arresting that it stops people in their track

　　通过拥有一张非常引人注目的照片来让人们半途忘记（翻页）

　　Track Two

　　Most great photography have a number of things going for it

　　最伟大的摄影总有很多的构成因素

　　The composition and the light

　　（比如）构图与光

　　There is almost always a moment of time that is captured that makes that particular photo unique

　　几乎总是有这样的时刻，被摄影师捕捉到以后让照片变得非常独特

　　You could probably describe most every photo we have been scrolling through as having those characteristics

　　从我们所浏览的每一张照片中，你可能发现它们都具有这些特性

　　Some pictures just happen and you get lucky

　　一些景象恰时发生，而你也正好幸运地捕捉到它

　　But most pictures are the result of hard work

　　但是，大多数图片都要付诸辛苦的工作才能得到

　　You come upon a situation and you shoot it

　　你恰巧遇到一种情景，然后将它拍下来

　　You take many frames and you choose one

　　拍摄了很多幅，然后选择其中一幅

　　The photographer sees the photograph before he clicks the shutter

　　摄影师应该在按下快门前就已经看到了图片

　　That is what we call vision

　　这就是我们所说的“眼力”

　　You have something in your mind, and your mind's eye that come to you

　　你脑海里已经有了一些想法，你的心眼所看到的

　　Could be something you have planned for weeks

　　可能是你计划了几个星期的东西

　　The point is you have something in your mind, in your eye—that make it less luck

　　关键是在你脑海里和眼睛里已经存在了一些东西—也许运气稍有不佳

　　And more searching—you are actually hunting for something you actually have in there, in your brain

　　那就去继续寻找——你实际上是在寻找你心里和大脑里已经构想过的存在

　　And you see it and click and you put it into making a file

　　直到你看到它、按下快门，将它生成一个文件

　　Each individual face with an expression on it—it is like I took individual portraits

　　每一个人脸上都有一个表情——就像我拍的个人肖像

　　Of 50 to 100 monks in that picture but it looks like they have been individually lit

　　那张照片里有50到100名僧人，但是看起来他们个个都被照亮了

　　Spend a lot of time with that one—funny, amazing expression on their faces

　　为了捕捉他们脸上那有趣、令人不可思议的表情，我着实花了很多时间