As a travel idiot, you must bring an old driver

Chapter 3 I Can't Swim

The national college student photography competition held in Dali this time takes "winter" as the theme, and expresses the theme by shooting from various aspects.The competition notice invited many photography majors from universities to participate in the competition as early as last year. It took a month from screening photos online to inviting shortlisted contestants to the on-site exhibition booth, hoping to discover potential newcomers.

Although Chang Shun is not a photography major, but because he often goes to the photography department to take classes in his spare time, many professors of photography majors are familiar with him, and sometimes they will ask him to answer questions in class, as if he has become a photography major. Very popular with professors.

When the school participates in photography competitions, the professor will recommend candidates. Chang Shun, a student who is not a major, will be recommended to the school by the professor every time, and let him participate in the competition as a representative.

In this competition, Chang Shun submitted two works on the Internet during the winter vacation according to the rules of the competition. Neither of the two works was a subject that he was good at. Portraits are submitted, but two landscapes are sent.

He didn't plan to come to the booth here, but he didn't expect Geng Yuanju to come to Dali, so he promised the school to come to Dali.

Chang Shun received the notice from the organizer and went to the exhibition booth in the morning. There will be photographers from the Photography Association voting on the spot to select the awards for each group.

Reluctantly getting up, he will know the result in the morning, and it happens to be his own time in the afternoon.He was a little impatient at first, but when he thought of knowing the result of the game, he would be liberated, and his mood became better.

"Don't look at it, accompany me to wait for the result." Chang Shun packed up his things and saw Geng Yuanju still staring at the computer screen, looking at the photos he took one by one, and analyzing himself one by one, he couldn't help shaking his head, "That's it. A person like you who strives for perfection in his works will study each shot after each shot, where it is not good, and where it needs to be improved."

"Do you have confidence in yourself? How many prizes do you think you can win?" Geng Yuanju turned off the computer, woke up early, and sat in front of the computer after washing up to look at yesterday's photos, waiting for Chang Shun to get ready and go out with him.

Chang Shun watched Geng Yuanju go to the camera bag, and asked in surprise, "Marshal Geng, do you want to bring the equipment with you?"

Geng Yuanju gave a light "um" and said, "I'll take you to the pier."

Chang Shun raised the corners of his mouth and showed a dimple when he smiled, remembering last night, when Geng Yuanju said to take him to the pier of Erhai Lake, a song title appeared in his mind, "Crossing the pier."

"What's breaking into the pier?" Geng Yuanju's busy figure who was packing up the equipment stopped, and looked at Chang Shun in bewilderment, full of doubts.

"It's nothing, you clean it up." Chang Shun smiled and pursed his lips, ignoring Geng Yuanju's question. In fact, he himself only heard it once in high school. This song was sung under the self-study building, and the angry dean ran after them, yelling that they would be punished, but the dean didn't even know who were singing.

He also memorized this song because of the hard work of a few critters in his class. Although he couldn't sing it, he couldn't help laughing every time he thought of the lyrics they sang downstairs.

Leaning against the door, he looked at Geng Yuanju who was busy, and imagined how Geng Yuanju sang this song, somehow thinking it would be funny.Although Geng Yuanju has Chinese ancestry, he has a good understanding of China's magnificent mountains and rivers, and has a good sense of the direction of travel routes, but he does not know much about modern Chinese culture, and he is not very clear about many popular stalks.

Waiting for Geng Yuanju to pack up, carrying his camera bag, he followed behind Geng Yuanju. He was not familiar with Dali, and since he got used to Geng Yuanju's humanoid moving map, he seldom used the map on his mobile phone for navigation.Only when Geng Yuanju is not around, he will have to take out his mobile phone to navigate, otherwise it is almost the current mode.

Holding Geng Yuanju's hand and following him, he didn't have to think about which way he was on, how to get to the other way, and how to get to his destination.

"Marshal Geng, tell me, what if we both get lost one day, what should we do?" Chang Shun pulled Geng Yuanju's hand and looked up at Geng Yuanju. Seriously thinking, every time Geng Yuanju thinks seriously, he will unconsciously frown.

"The chance of it happening is very small, just like the question of which one I will save if you and my mother fell into the water at the same time, the chance of happening is less than one percent."

"I don't seem to have asked this question before. If I fell into the water with your mother at the same time, who would you save?" Chang Shun saw him mentioning this question, and remembered the various answers to this question on Weibo some time ago. Some answers really make people can't help laughing.He suddenly wanted to hear how Geng Yuanju would answer.

"Nothing to save." Geng Yuanju said after thinking about it.

Chang Shun glared at Geng Yuanju, "Think we'll all drown?"

"My mother can swim." Geng Yuanju replied.

"But I can't swim." Chang Shun looked at Geng Yuanju helplessly, and said, "Marshal Geng, do you want to see me drown?"

"I'll teach you how to swim, and when you learn it, we can go diving." Geng Yuanju rubbed Chang Shun's hair, "When you know how to swim, if you fall into the water, remember to fall into the sea, I will jump in too, and dive together Look at the creatures in the water."

Chang Shun was stunned for a moment, he forgot that Geng Yuanju loved to run around so much because he was influenced by his mother, "I even forgot that your family loves diving..."

"When you can dive, you will also like to be in close contact with the creatures in the sea."

Sure enough, this kind of problem of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law falling into the water, which makes many men embarrassed, is not only not a problem in front of Geng Yuanju, but what he wishes to fall into is not the river, but the sea.Chang Shun followed Geng Yuanju, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, what kind of terrible man he fell in love with.

I have been nurtured since I was a child and love to travel. Not only do I run on land, but I also like to go into the water. It is incredible to think about it, but I am envious of Geng Yuanju's colorful journeys.On second thought, wasn't I attracted by Geng Yuanju's photography skills and sense of direction? !

It's so clever, how could I be so good at picking Geng Yuanju to ask the way, otherwise I wouldn't be able to dig such a treasure.

When Chang Shun and Geng Yuanju arrived at the booth, it was neither too early nor too late, and there were people who had just arrived one after another. On the way, Chang Shun was confused by the road here.But remembering that I had lost my way in Chongqing more than once, I suddenly felt that the road in Dali was easy to recognize.

"Dumb, your competition is a bit fierce. There are many selected works, all taken by students?" Geng Yuanju is used to seeing international photography competitions, and this is the first time he has visited a Chinese university photography competition.

"You can't use the eyes of an international master like you to see the works of our newcomers." Chang Shun could imagine that if Geng Yuanju were to be the judge, he would kill a lot of people with a stick.

"Only with criticism can we make progress." Geng Yuanju said, his attainments in photography were also deeply impacted by his family, which is why he has achieved his current achievements.

Chang Shun nervously looked around himself, making sure that no one noticed Geng Yuanju's words, turned Geng Yuanju's body to face himself, stretched out his hands to pinch Geng Yuanju's lips, and prevented him from speaking, "Marshal Geng, please don't take your criticism It hurts to be heard here, your identity will be discovered, do you want to be respected by those in the photography association?"

After he finished speaking, he still didn't take his hand away from Geng Yuanju's mouth, seeing Geng Yuanju's lips pinched by him like the mouth of a Donald Duck, he immediately smiled unceremoniously.

Geng Yuanju pinched Chang Shun's nose with one hand, and Chang Shun immediately let go of Geng Yuanju's hand. He raised his lips to demonstrate to Geng Yuanju. Geng Yuanju put his hand back into his pocket and continued to look at the works listed on the booth. He found them in the landscape category. Two works by Chang Shun.

"Dumb, yours has improved a lot after being criticized by me." Geng Yuanju stopped in front of Chang Shun's work, looking at these two landscape photos expressing the theme of midwinter. It was winter when Chang Shun took these two photos In the coldest three or nine days, one is the frozen river and the trees covered in silver on the bank, and the other is a macro shot of snowflakes.

For these common themes, it is necessary to rely on photographers' different shooting methods to express their unique characteristics.

"I just saw that someone took pictures of architecture. It's very good. Marshal Geng. There are also many masters in college students. Have you seen it?" Chang Shun pulled Geng Yuanju to look at works of other categories, so as not to let him keep staring at his own works. He is not good at landscapes, because Geng Yuanju's landscapes are beautiful, so he decided to study landscape seriously.

"Your first prize is up for grabs." Geng Yuanju had to admit that many of the works submitted for the competition were raw jade. If you accumulate more experience and someone gives you some pointers, you will definitely be a good photographer.

"That's not necessarily the case. The groups are different, so there's no comparison." Chang Shun glanced at Geng Yuanju disdainfully, typically looking down on him. Anyway, he is also a well-known young photographer of the Normal University, and he has a bright future!

"It's because I'm afraid you will be proud, so you must guard against arrogance and impetuosity."

"It's scary. Regarding the experience of my partner becoming my teacher, I think I can write a [-]-word long essay." Chang Shun looked at Geng Yuanju with a bitter face, as if he felt that he already had the posture of a teacher.

Geng Yuanju nodded and thought for a moment, "Maybe we can really try it."

"Don't! Then I will never go to the photography major again."