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Today,we love our family member,but how to keep the scene?Maybe different people have different ideas.They will use mobile phone,pad,or SLR camera and so on!Now,I will teach u how to take a perfect family portrait. 1.Avoid dark flash caution light Indoor photo shoot easily be photographed to produce roots, especially flash photography in a dark environment with. With flash makes the already dark scenes become more dim, you can imagine the effect of shooting. Therefore, we should turn off the flash, change to a bright scene and higher ISO sensitivity. You can also use a large aperture and a slower shutter to shoot. 2.Use spot metering to ensure that the exposure Background relatively dark environment, the background light than dark figure, if you want to take advantage of the camera's global metering mode to shoot, too bright because it will lose a large part of the details. So we had better choose spot metering to shoot, the metering point in a person's face on the accuracy of the exposure to the whole body. 3.Use a triangular composition family portrait In many cases, such as shooting team photo, graduation photo and other persons more time, people can be divided into several rows of shooting, do not pay attention to the number of each row of the same composition can be used to learn the triangle commonly used patterning layout shoot structure. People can be laid out in a triangle or inverted triangle, so the picture is more neat and comfortable. 4.Note that capture wonderful moments Family portraits purpose is to reflect the warm and harmonious family, even before the rules are not standing shots can also shoot a warm family portrait. Note that the scene in the family can eat or chat to the elders as the center has a shot smile family portrait. However, capture or some difficulty, so photographers need a lot of practice, to find sure to capture the perfect family portrait scene. 5.Good use of the hands of props Props to reflect the character of the idea have good coordination role, such as the hands can lift wedding shooting wedding. PhotoO shoot when appropriate will prepare some props for the characters, the Chinese New Year photo shoot pictures when you can come up with New Year couplet atmosphere to heighten the feeling of festivity. 6.Shoot more for several Perspective Perspective effect for shooting also has a great impact on the rules of the photo shoot and the whole family has been unable to meet the current level of appreciation of the people. So it is best to put it another perspective, the use of new perspective and approach to layout and photography. For example, you can use a bottom plan view of the shooting or the shooting, so you can clear characterization expression. 7.Young creative personality space shooting Group photo of young people should certainly be a little different with the rules of the photo, if it is to reflect the thinking of young people, they should construct creative shooting architecture, vibrant action and reflect the personality of the way, etc., so you can make photos more vibrant . Now,catch your camera take a family portrait,and happy with whole family memebers!

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My Spring Festival

2016-02-14

The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.One legend goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue Nian. To Nian he said, "I hear say that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth instead of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?" So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast Nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that Nian is gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each year's end to scare away Nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color the beast feared the most.From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of Nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term "Guo Nian", which may mean "Survive the Nian" becomes today "Celebrate the (New) Year" as the word "guo" in Chinese having both the meaning of "pass-over" and "observe". The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration. When the Spring Festival comes,I visit my friends and relatives.We talk together and play together,and as u know,we will visit some relatives who was passed away in this day .We have to respect them to hope they give us a good luck in next year.Its a custom in China.Then,we will make dumplings together,which means we will get much money in next year.Because the dumplings like sycees.At night,we will kotow to elders and say bless words,they also send a red packet(压岁钱) to us.At last,family members will watch the Spring Festival Gala(CCTV) together. In this winter vacation,I see some friends,we have not met for 5 years.In that meeting,everyone is still the original appearance,we comeback our stories and laugh the old things.Time's flying by moving so fast,fortunately, we still remember each other,and We have not lived up to the youth. In the last,I want to say “Mom and Dad: Thank you for everything this holiday season!”.(PS:过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival 对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry 春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 New Year paintings 买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping 敬酒 propose a toast 灯笼 lantern: a portable light 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁 staying-up 拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit 禁忌 taboo 去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors 压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year 扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning 八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding 糖果盘 candy tray 什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune 蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health 西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity 金桔 cumquat - prosperity 糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come 糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship 红枣 red dates - prosperity 花生糖 peanut candy - sweet)

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Faced with the language barrier and cultural divide, foreigners are finding it hard this year to buy rail tickets in China ahead of Spring Festival. More than 300 million people are forecast to travel home to celebrate the festival, which falls on Feb 8. But most railway stations don't provide English-language services for international travelers, according to a staff member at China Railway Corp. The employee was speaking on the company hotline, which also has no English service. China Railway Corp suggested that international travelers be accompanied by Chinese-speaking friends, or ask other buyers for help at ticket windows where there are no signs in English. Launched in 2011, the official online ticket reservation system does not have an English-language service. Even if foreign travelers have mastered Chinese, they can only make a maximum of four reservations online. They must take their passports to stations for identity checks before making any further bookings. Once an online booking is made, travelers can collect tickets at stations or have them delivered by mail. The company suggested that foreign travelers should always carry their passports or other identity documents. How to hit the tracks in China? 1. Buy tickets at station windows.If you can't work out which window to go to, make for the one with the longest line. Remember to take your passport. 2. China Railway's booking website, 12306.cn.The most popular and convenient way to buy rail tickets in China. On Monday, the first day of the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, more than 4 million tickets were booked online. The site does not have an English-language version. 3. Other travel websites.Some sites, including Qunar.com, travalchinaguide.com and the Ctrip site provide English-language services for ticket searches and reservations. Any purchases other than those made through China Railway come with certain risks. 4. Local travel agencies.Booths and windows with signs saying huo che piao (train tickets) can be seen on the streets in most cities. They are usually run by small travel agencies. Buying tickets generally incurs a fee of between 5 and 10 yuan($1.5). If you have any questions,please call 12306 or give email to me--fengchao227@sina.cn.

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In a country known for its collective thought, the individual is rarely brought into the spotlight.Slovenian photographer Matjaž Tančič wanted to change that. "Every time you hear about North Korea, it is propaganda or anti-propaganda, workers in the fields or military marches. I wanted to show the complete opposite. I wanted to shoot real people, individuals with a name, a face," he says. For Tančič, the best way to do that was to shoot in 3D -- one of his specialties, and a very popular format in North Korea, where the project would be shown first. "3D makes the individual even more enhanced. You can see each detail of the clothing, and become a voyeur, observing the space around the person." As well as negotiating the cultural challenges, Tančič was also trying to shoot complicated 3D stereoscopic images. "You have to trick your brain into thinking it is looking at two angles, by using two cameras connected with a tripod," Tančič says."You can also shoot with one camera, then move and shoot again at the correct distance. I often had to use this technique in North Korea, because I didn't have time to set up. I just told people to breathe in and try to stay still," he says. To the naked eye, the subjects in the photos stand out against what appears to be a slightly blurred background. "The government is sending a message that the country is opening up," Tančic says. "A lot of people in North Korea are still suffering, but having a cultural interaction with foreigners will help the country progress." NK is not a special country,it also a rural country.

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Do you often feel lost? Do you think you are living somebody else's life? If yes, discover ways to find yourself by going through my following article. "To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." - E.E.Cummings"The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart." - Julien Green Such quotes about trying to find yourself and doing what one believes in, by way of connecting with one's inner self, often make many of us wonder, what it means to find ourselves, and if we are really "lost" that we have to find ourselves? To find answers to such questions, simply look at yourself in the mirror. In your reflection do you see the person you wanted to be when you were growing up? Is this the way you always wanted to look or act or think? Do you think that the person in front of you is living his "best" life? If the answers to all these questions are in the negative, then it is time that you start to think about your spiritual growth by finding yourself. If you do not know how to do that, take a few cues from below. Give Yourself a Break Take a break from everything i.e. work, personal life and all worldly things. Go to the mountains, seaside or any place which gives you peace, all by yourself. Ponder, why you seem lost. Is it because of over work? Is it because you are not leading a life that you want to? Or, is it because you are not satisfied with the people or things around you? Try to find answers to these questions to determine the cause behind your restlessness. This will help you identify the problem areas in your life. Just give yourself a break,then you will find some interesting things. Be Yourself For once, instead of being the way others want you to be, be yourself. Think about the things that you would want to do, if you didn't have any family obligations or any money issues. Think about the kind of relationship you would want to be in, the place that you would like to stay in, the kind of lifestyle you would like to lead, if you didn't have the society or people around you, judging all the time. Once you arrive at the answers, start building your life on those lines. Do something you liked and dont worry what others said. Focus on Yourself Focus on your qualities, positive traits as well as some negative ones too! Think of the words that define you or words that you would want to be known as. Some of the words that you can think of are - honest, adventurous, loving, romantic, idealistic, strong, independent, etc. Write these words on a piece of paper and then, from now on, live your life in such a way that it incorporates all these. By doing this, you will slowly and slowly become the person you always wanted to be! Be Self-sufficient Do not depend on anyone and try to meet all your needs - emotional as well as financial, yourself. To be truly liberated and free, a person needs to be strong and self-reliant. Unless and until you are happy with yourself and do not necessarily need anyone, you will not know true love. So to bring "real" people and true love in your life, you need to be self-dependent first. You would be surprised to know that many people have found themselves through their close relationships. Reflect on the Past Reminisce about the past, the time or situations when you were the happiest. To reflect and to connect with yourself, indulge in subconscious mind exercises such as meditation, visualization and self hypnosis. Think what you were doing or with whom you were when you were the happiest. This will help you to identify things that you want to do in life which make you happy and also certain people whose company you enjoy. Thereafter, do the very same things in life and bring people who are important to you, close to yourself. Act Once you have discovered what you want to do with your life, take action for change and self improvement. Even if it means taking up small things such as pole dancing or painting, go ahead and do it. If you want a career change, plan and take steps so that it can take place smoothly. If you are stuck in a bad relationship and are unable to mend it, break away. Initially, you may feel slightly unbalanced, but with time everything will be fine. And even if things do not turn out the way you expected, practice positive thinking and most importantly, have the courage to start all over again. Sometimes, "security" needs to be sacrificed for "satisfaction". The giant of thoughts,and the dwarf of actions. It is very important for you to truly find yourself, before it is too late. If you do not find yourself now, you will spend your life with somebody you do not even know i.e. yourself. Give time to look within and search for answers. Meanwhile, take baby steps towards finding yourself by doing things that please you.

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