[Explanation] In recent years, as domestic underwater photography and dance videos frequently "out of the circle" and become popular on the Internet, underwater photography has once again appeared in people's field of vision.
In Jinan, Zhao Zhenzhen, an underwater photographer of the "post-85s" beauty, built a pool of 4 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 2 meters high in his own photography studio to take underwater photos for the customers who came here.
[Explanation] On September 24, the reporter saw this beautiful underwater photographer in an underwater photography studio in Lixia District, Jinan. She was wearing a black diving suit and was carefully teaching customers diving knowledge and design Take a picture pose.
[Concurrent] Underwater photographer Zhao Zhenzhen
Underwater photography is this year, and it just started this year.
I was engaged in makeup and styling before, and I have about ten years of work experience.
But I was exposed to diving because after I met my husband, I found this thing to be very exciting and fun, so I started to learn diving from him.
After learning to dive, I feel that since I am willing to take pictures of this thing, I also want to take more pictures of girls that look better underwater.
In this case, I went to get in touch with underwater photography.
[Commentary] In 2017, Zhao Zhenzhen became attached to her lover Gao Lu due to diving.
Gao Lu, born in 1984, is a diving instructor with more than 7 years of diving experience.
At the end of 2018, the two combined their respective advantages to establish this photography studio in Jinan.
Indoor underwater photography was added in May of this year. Zhao Zhenzhen was responsible for underwater photography, and Gao Lu was responsible for lighting and emergency rescue.
Up to now, the customers who came to shoot are mainly young women, and there are more than 100 people.
[Concurrent] Zhao Zhenzhen's husband Gao Lu
I am a diving instructor. I started diving about ten years ago. I got a diving instructor license in 2016 and then started teaching this diving.
(Before) I took pictures in the sea a long time ago. In recent years, because of the epidemic, I have not been able to go abroad or be able to take pictures in the sea.
So we want to say whether we can bring this underwater photography to our city, we have built an underwater studio like this one.
[Commentary] During the filming process, the reporter met Xiao Ying, a "post-95" girl who came to shoot.
She told reporters that because she saw underwater photography and dance programs on the Internet, she felt very beautiful, so she wanted to experience it.
[Concurrent] Customer Xiao Ying
From the beginning, I didn’t know how to swim at all. The first time I tried underwater photography, I thought it would be a bit difficult, but when I feel it myself, I’ve been taught by a coach, but it’s okay.
You should shoot more of this (underwater photo), I think this should be more trend-setting and more beautiful.
[Explanation] For customers who can’t swim, before each shooting, Zhao Zhenzhen first teaches them to expose their heads to the surface of the water to practice apnea, and then dive a little bit into the water. After mastering the simple underwater apnea methods, they start to teach them underwater Perform graceful movements.
Xiao Ying, who can't swim, learned to dive briefly with Zhao Zhenzhen's encouragement and help, and performed a set of beautiful movements underwater.
[Concurrent] Underwater photographer Zhao Zhenzhen
I will study some basic underwater stretching movements, which are easier to master.
In the water, this malleability will be wider.
In this case, the elegant feeling of clothes will be stronger.
For those of us who are girls who love to take pictures, we feel that we are especially like a fairy or an elf in the water.
Because I have learned to dance before, I am more experienced in some of the dance moves for instructing.
[Explanation] In order to meet the aesthetic needs of young people, Zhao Zhenzhen and Gao Lu referenced the popular Internet underwater photography and dance videos, combined with the current popular "Chinese style" elements, and planned many themed photography related to traditional festivals.
With the help of costumes such as Hanfu, cheongsam, mermaid fishtail skirt, and beautiful dance moves, Zhao Zhenzhen launched different styles of underwater portraits such as the Mid-Autumn Festival Chang'e to the moon and the Olympic underwater football.
[Concurrent] Underwater photographer Zhao Zhenzhen
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, we thought of a new idea, and then the theme of Chang'e flying to the moon.
We first made improvements on Chang'e's clothes, a Chinese style Hanfu, the most important thing is the moon, the moon is the most difficult, because the time is very short.
We are very difficult to drill and hang on the props. These are still quite a test for us.
Through this novel underwater photography (form), and then let everyone (on the one hand) know more about underwater photography, and (more) show Chinese cultural elements in underwater photography.
[Explanation] In order to present the whole process of underwater shooting to netizens, the husband and wife started a live broadcast on social platforms to answer netizens’ doubts online and gained nearly 100,000 fans.
[Concurrent] Zhao Zhenzhen's husband Gao Lu
We are now doing this live broadcast on Douyin, but at first we didn't expect the effect to be so good.
We also use the live broadcast room to let people understand how underwater photos and videos are taken, so that everyone understands that this thing is actually not that expensive, and then ordinary people can do it, and then they can take it.
[Explanation] With superb photography skills and rich underwater photography themes, the couple's underwater photography studio is sought after by many young people.
Talking about future plans, Zhao Zhenzhen and Gao Lu said that they will innovate more different underwater photography themes, use their meager power to popularize underwater photography, and let more people feel the beauty of underwater.
Zhang Shun reports from Jinan, Shandong
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]