很難相信，一年已經悄悄地過去了。我坐在電腦前做照片處理，正準備寫點東西的時候，我看到了這張照片（幾周前在香港拍的），我才意識到距離我上一次寫部落格已經過去一年了。如果你翻看一下我以前的部落格文章，你就會看到我上一次寫的文章是去年在香港寫的，照片也是去年在香港拍的。
It is hard to believe, but a whole year has slipped by since I managed to get my butt in front of my machine, take a few minutes away from processing and write to you all. It started with this photograph I made in Hong Kong a few weeks ago, that's when I realised it had been a year since I last wrote my blog. If you look at my previous blog you will see images of Hong Kong as that was where I was when I last wrote.
去年我為《國家地理旅行者》的任務騎遊臺灣各個地方；也到了上海、北京赴約商業拍攝工作；為國家地理旅行者的任務去了一次新加坡；為一家鞋業公司拍攝產品手冊；作品也登上了台灣《時尚芭莎》臺北時裝周特刊的封面照片；完成了Nick Knight課程，並竭盡全力去加強我的時尚攝影能力；為三陽機車新品Jet S系列機車拍攝宣傳活動；回到中國為國家地理旅行者拍攝照片；成為富士X攝影師；與Cactus Imaging合作開發攝影設備；甚至我還抽出一些時間去峇厘島度了假。把去年完成的事情一一列出來之後覺得去年還過的蠻充實的。還有一些新客戶讓我工作更穩定了一些.
Over the last year I have been all around Taiwan on a scooter tour for National Geographic Traveller; I have flown to Shanghai and Beijing on commercial photography shoots; touched Singapore for a blink again on assignment for National Geographic Traveller; Shot a look book for a shoe company; landed an image on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Taiwan for Taipei in Style (Taipei's fashion week); completed (sort of) the Nick Knight Mastered course and pushed super hard to build my fashion photography work. I shot a campaign for SanYang Motor Company for their Jet S Scooter; returned to China to shoot a piece for National Geographic Traveller; became a Fujifilm X Photographer; began to work with Cactus Imaging to help develop new photographic equipment, and I even managed to take some time off and have a holiday in Bali. Writing it all out it does appear it has been a good year, and it is only getting better with new clients coming and my business getting stronger.
有太多想說的，但從何說起呢，能一次性在這篇寫完嗎？嗯...我覺得那樣的話就寫得太長了，目前我想先和大家談一下Nick Knight課程。關於我這一年的經歷和攝影作品，我後面還會在其他文章接著寫，而現在，我們從時尚攝影開始吧。
There is a lot to cover so where to begin, and should I fit it all one blog? Hmm I think that would be too long, so for now I think I will just talk about the Nick Knight Mastered Program. I will blog more and get you up to speed with experiences and photographs from all the other projects, for now though, let's talk fashion photography.
這課程可以說難度蠻高的的,因為我一直都是大部分拍攝封面肖像,所以對時尚攝影有點生疏。直到我最近接到一個時尚攝影的case，又重新燃起了我對時尚攝影的熱情，所以我又拾起了我對時尚攝影的挑戰，使得自己一直很忙碌。目前我是參加Nick Knight課程的唯一一個臺灣校友，也就是說我沒有任何其他成員可召集來組織我的團隊，所以我只能靠自己去找。我在Facebook上大量搜索資訊，查看時尚相關的部落格然後施展自己有的每一絲魅力。很快的，我有了自己的團隊。設計師、髮型設計師、化妝師和助手，我們都準備時；第一個 project 就來了！“看一組時裝品牌的照片，以它為基礎進行拍攝。”我們選擇了Moschino。老實說，我從來都沒有很注意 Moschino，因為我之前覺得他有點俗氣。而事實證明是我不懂時尚，顯然關於時尚我還需要深入全面學習。我之前不了解 Moschino 竟然就是變化無常時尚潮流的化身，而其品牌傾向流行藝術的概念也把我變成粉絲。所以，我們就把明亮的色彩及流行藝術的感覺帶入日常都會穿到的單品, 詮釋這次的主題。
The course was intense to say the least, I had been shooting editorial portraiture almost constantly and so was a little rusty. A fashion shoot I had landed had re-ignited my passion for fashion photography, and so I stepped up to the challenge and got very busy. Now I am the only (or was) member of the Mastered Alumni in Taiwan, this means I have no other members to call on for collaborative teams. I had to find my own, trawling facebook, looking at fashion blogs and generally applying every last bit of charm I could muster, soon enough I had one. Stylist, Hair Stylist, Make Up Artist and Assistants. We were poised and ready for the first project, then bang it landed; "look at a collection from a fashion house and base a shoot on that.", we chose Moschino. If I am honest I never took any notice of Moschino, I always thought it was a bit tacky. The thing is, and what I learned was, I wasn't getting it, it highlighted that I needed to learn more about fashion as a whole. What I hadn't understood was that Moschino is the transient nature of fashion personified, and their heavy leaning toward Pop Art won me over in a big way. So we had a Pop Art feel, style and substance in everyday design, bright colours and plenty of, well...POP!
宜蘭位於臺灣東海岸，並且擁有獨特的黑色沙灘。我想在陰天下，灰色的海水與灰色/黑色沙灘做為拍攝背景，使這個主題的時尚感顯得特別突出。這個project真的很有趣，成功的首次拍攝，在探索中快速學習的開始。
Yilan is on the east coast of Taiwan and has an amazing black volcanic sand beach, I wanted a grey day, a grey ocean and the black/gray sand so that the fashion really leaped out. It was good fun, a good first shoot, and the start of a steep and experimental learning curve.
接下來的project主題是 “與團隊合作”。我的靈感來自於電影《雌雄雙辣》。電影主要講述羅西佩雷斯和哈維爾·巴登和扭曲的愛情故事,中間穿插了許多關於墨西哥桑特裏亞教、巫術宗教的糾葛。我選擇了故事中的一些信仰——成為一名戰士（5名聖徒和守護神）。這個守護神可以把自己變成一頭美洲豹來躲避敵人。
The next project we worked on was about working with a team. My inspiration came from a film called Perdita Durango. A great film staring Rosie Perez and Javier Bardem with a twisted love story narrative that includes a lot of reference to Santeria, a voodoo religion practiced in Mexico. I took the idea some of the beliefs, becoming a warrior, the five Saints and the Nagual. The Nagual is one with the ability to transform into a Jaguar to escape their enemies.
這次我們也是來到了宜蘭，這次的拍攝很有意思，有幾個鏡頭我甚是喜歡，但是似乎有些偏離主題了，因為我們也是邊做邊學習的阿! 我鼓勵自己和團隊加倍努力，甚至，還讓我的設計師現場為模特用一條紅色帶子做成衣服，實際拍的衣服反而拿去燒做背景。
Again we found ourselves in Yilan, the shoot was interesting, I am really happy with some of the shots, ultimately it drifted off track a little, we were learning, and I was pushing the team hard. Hell at one point I made my stylist make clothes out of a strip of red material on set for our model, and burned the actual clothes we had been using...
另外一個成為Nick Knight Mastered課程的校友好處是，我可以隨時回去查看我需要的資料。還可以聯繫世界各地的夥伴並一起工作。通過這個專案我已經學到了很多，詳細的在下一篇文章我會跟你們慢慢說。
The good thing about the Nick Knight Mastered program is that now I am a member of the Alumni, I am able to go back and look at all the material as much as I like. I am also able to contact people all around the world and work with them. I learned a great deal already and will talk about that more in the next blog.
我猜你們一開始認為這篇文章會寫的很長（是啊，我也是這樣認為的)，但是那樣會很無趣，大家都很忙。這篇文章總結起來說，就是通過Nick Knight課程我學會了團隊協作，瞭解了自己，學會組織團隊以及時尚攝影。甚至我還與負責這個課程的主任通了一次蠻長的電話，因為課程有些事情我不是很滿意。但總的來說，對我是好事，在時尚攝影方面得到了進步，成為其中一名校友的同時也會給我帶來很大的便利。
I bet from the start you thought this was going to be a long blog, I did too, but that is no fun as we are all busy. To sum this one up, Mastered with Nick Knight was ok, I learned about working with a team, about me, about organisation and about fashion. I also had a long conversation with the director of the Mastered group as there were a few things that I just wasn't happy with. Overall it has been a good thing to do and as my career in fashion photography grows, being part of the Mastered Alumni will come in handy I am sure.
有一件事情是百分百確定的，我超級喜歡與龐大的團隊一起工作，幸運的享有與一群具有創造力的夥伴一起共事的機會。
One thing is for sure, I absolutely bloody love working with a big team and making fashion photography, being surrounded by creativity is a privilege I am lucky to enjoy.
下次我會跟你們多聊一些時尚相關的事情，而你們也會瞭解我方向是如何發展變化，同時我會展示後製前後的對比相片，你們就會明白我對我的作品要求的水準程度。
Next time I will talk more about fashion and you will see and hear how my direction has developed, I will show you a before and after photograph so you can get an idea about the post production I do, and the level I work to.
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