Finalists pitched us their photos, hoping to be the ones chosen to go on assignment with National Geographic Travel Way Judges had an incredibly tough decision to make.

入圍者向我們提供了他們的照片，希望能成為國家地理旅行之路評審們的選擇，他們要做出一個非常艱難的決定。

Each finalist has different strengths, and now our photographers were looking forward to their feedback.

每個入圍的選手都有不同的實力，現在我們的攝影師都很期待他們的反饋。

I hope that they can learn something from me.

我希望他們能從我這裡學到一些東西。

But I know that from other experiences like this that I end up learning as much and being inspired as much by them as they are by me.

但我知道，從其他類似的經歷中，我最終能從他們身上學到很多東西，受到很多啟發，就像他們對我一樣。

Welcome back.

歡迎回來。

Hi.

嗨，我的天

It's just the culmination of that idea that you don't have to be just one thing.

這只是這個想法的高潮，你不必只做一件事。

You don't have to be just a doctor or just a woman or just a mom can wear many hats, and you can explore all of these different things about yourself that you didn't know.

你不一定只是一個醫生，也不一定只是一個女人，也不一定只是一個媽媽可以戴很多帽子，你可以探索這些你不知道的關於自己的不同的東西。

It could be just more than a hobby.

這可能不僅僅是一種愛好。

I wanted to start by saying that you have in your work, has a very big, generous heart, and it comes through in all of the pictures.

我想先說的是，你在工作中，有一顆非常博大、寬厚的心，這在所有的圖片中都能體現出來。

But when we separated and marked our scores, your score was not the highest score for you to go forward.

但當我們分開標分時，你的分數不是你前進的最高分。

As a photographer, you do have more to learn.

作為一個攝影師，你確實有更多的東西需要學習。

But you had easily the highest score in the uplifted quest.

但你在提升任務中的分數很容易是最高的。

These intimate, amazing moments, you know, really, really powerful.

這些親密的，令人驚奇的時刻，你知道，真的，真的很強大。

Thank you.

謝謝你了

And that's because of who you are.

那是因為你是誰。

What you have is the most important part in time, as you master your craft, that's gonna open doors to tell in other kinds of stories, but never walk away from your heart.

你所擁有的是時間中最重要的部分，當你掌握了你的手藝，那將會打開門，在其他類型的故事中講述，但永遠不要離開你的心。

You have a gift.

你很有天賦

Thank you.

謝謝你了

I'm sorry.

我很抱歉

I'm not I'm not actually sad.

我不是我其實並不難過。

I didn't win.

我沒有贏。

It was I was not expecting Thio, but, like, what is news to me is just what you said.

這是我沒有想到的Thio，但是，就像，對我來說是新聞，只是你說的。

And that's really it really means a lot to me.

而這對我來說真的是意義重大。

So thank you.

所以，謝謝你。

But obviously, I'm gonna have to keep my day job so that I can support my photography.

但很明顯，我必須保持我的日常工作，這樣我就可以支持我的攝影。

Haven't I'm just really grateful for this entire experience.

沒有我只是真的很感激這整個經歷。

This has been fantastic.

這真是太棒了。

Even though they didn't win that competition, you can't worry about the past.

雖然他們沒有贏得那場比賽，但你不能擔心過去。

All you can do is think about the present and the future, and let's go from there.

你能做的就是思考現在和未來，我們從那裡開始。

I always have a camera in my hand and I'm gonna keep having a camera in my hand.

我手裡總是有一臺相機，我也會一直有一臺相機在我手裡。

Hi.

嗨，我的天

If I were to win.

如果我贏了

I would call my family first and tell them because they're all kind of waiting to hear.

我會先給家人打電話，告訴他們，因為他們都有點等著聽。

And they're also excited for me.

他們也為我興奮。

I don't win.

我沒有贏。

I'll probably text my family way felt that you were such a imaginative, playful, creative photographer and that that was really important for you and that you really understood that That was your voice way that you explore composition that came through in all of the work that you did.

我可能會簡訊我的家人的方式覺得，你是這樣的想象力，俏皮，創造性的攝影師，這是真的很重要的你，你真的明白，這是你的聲音的方式，你探索組成，通過在所有的工作，你做的。

Thank you.

謝謝你了

The other photographers.

其他攝影師。

I've seen their work online and e really have a lot of respect for what they've done.

我在網上看到過他們的作品，e真的很敬佩他們的工作。

And then the stakes of winning or losing is pretty.

然後勝負的利害關係很。

Hi, How you doing?

嗨，你好嗎？

Good.

很好啊

Good, obviously, really wanna win.

很好，很明顯，真的想贏。

So that's another lawyer of nerves.

所以這又是一個神經質的律師。

We were all unanimously impressed with the thoughtful way and deliberate way you described each of the quest.

你對每一個任務的描述都很周到，很慎重，給我們留下了一致的印象。

But how that comes through in all of your photography, you have already the beginning of mastery over your camera.

但如何在你所有的攝影作品中體現出來，你已經開始掌握你的相機了。

E think these air some of your greatest strength.

我認為這些空氣是你最大的力量。

One of your strengths is how you use color, and it kind of reflects the vibrancy of how you're seeing the world.

你的強項之一就是你如何使用色彩，這也算是反映了你看待世界的活力。

At the same time you lean on that strength.

同時你也要靠這個力量。

At some point, you need to step back a little bit.

在某些時候，你需要退一步。

If it's an editorial space, maybe those colors are a little bit too vibrant.

如果是編輯空間，可能這些顏色就有點太鮮豔了。

Way got to talk about some weaknesses to.

方式得談談一些弱點，以。

Of course, with your work, it sometimes feels a bit confined.

當然，你的作品，有時會讓人覺得有些侷限。

What we'd love to see you do is take some risks to sort of open up, show us something that only you could have seen.

我們很想看到你做的是冒一些風險去開放，給我們看一些只有你能看到的東西。

Do you have a long road ahead?

你的路還長嗎？

And you have so much potential.

而你有這麼多的潛力。

It was a really difficult decision for us.

這對我們來說是一個非常困難的決定。

Very little light between each of you.

你們每個人之間的光照非常少。

And we were very careful about how we made our marks and our scores.

而且我們對自己的分數和成績都很慎重。

That said way added up the scores.

話說方式加起來的成績。

And, yeah, you were the winner.

而且，是的，你是贏家。

Because of this, we'd like to send you on an assignment with National Geographic travel E don't know what to say.

正因為如此，我們想派你去國家地理旅行E不知道說什麼好。

Yeah, I'm shaking.

是啊，我在發抖。

So yeah, that means well, I I'm really excited to see what you're doing way.

所以，是的，這意味著很好，我，我真的很高興看到你在做什麼方式。

Are you so much way tallied all the scores and you were a very, very close second among the three.

你這麼多方式統計了所有的分數嗎，你是三個人中非常非常接近的第二名。

That right?

是嗎？

Yeah, But what we're really excited about is to see where you go, thistles Bend.

是啊，但我們真正興奮的是看你去哪裡，蒺藜彎。

More importantly, your story is gonna be told.

更重要的是，你的故事會被講出來。

Yeah, I hope it opens lots of doors.

是的，我希望它能打開很多門。

And I'm just really grateful for the whole experience.

我只是真的很感激 整個經驗。

So thank you.

所以，謝謝你。

Thank you.

謝謝你了

Actually, one thing we do want to continue working with you.

其實，有一點我們是想和你繼續合作的。

Masa does way were just really moved by your pictures.

馬薩做的方式只是真的被你的照片所感動。

So we want to partner with you and really harness your activity.

所以我們希望與你合作，真正利用你的活動。

So I appreciate it.

所以我很感激。

Thank you.

謝謝你了

Thank you back.

謝謝你的回饋。

Well, I definitely feel like a winner.

嗯，我肯定覺得自己是個贏家。

Just this whole experience has been so incredible.

只是這整個經歷太不可思議了。

Getting out of bed each morning and going on these quests really made me feel like I was validated like a legitimate photographer.

每天早上從床上爬起來，去做這些任務，真的讓我覺得自己像一個合法的攝影師一樣得到了驗證。

This is just the beginning.

這只是一個開始。

So, Sam, it's been quite the journey.

所以，山姆，這是相當的旅程。

But your journey is just beginning, and we want you to continue that journey in a Moscow 6.

但你的旅程才剛剛開始，我們希望你能在莫斯科6區繼續這個旅程。

30.

30.

Thanom.

Thanom.

Thank you, guys.

謝謝你，夥計們。

Um, yeah.

嗯，是的。

I don't think I could was too much.

我不認為我可以是太多。

Just come through.

只要通過。

Yeah.

是啊。

Thank you so much.

非常感謝你。

I don't think it's, like fully sunk in, cause it's like a lot of different emotions for sure.

我不認為這是，像完全沉浸在， 因為它像很多不同的情緒肯定。

It's really validating.

這真的是驗證。

I guess you know some of the choices I've made in the past of, like, leaving and going away for a year on pursuing photography instead of something else.

我想你知道我過去所做的一些選擇，比如說，離開，離開一年，去追求攝影而不是其他的東西。

Um, my parents, They'll be the first people toe.

嗯，我的父母，他們將是第一個人的腳趾。

No.

不知道

When I bought me a camera, I don't think they knew what I was getting into or what they're getting into.

當我買相機的時候，我想他們不知道我在搞什麼，也不知道他們在搞什麼。

And they first thought that little point and shoot.

而他們首先想到的是那個小點子。

Yeah, I'm just so, so thankful for this.

是啊，我只是如此，所以感謝這個。

I really think I'm gonna try and take what I've gotten from this experience and apply it going forward in my photography and the work that I dio I love being on shoots this whole energy that goes into it and being on assignment is going to be pretty amazing.

我真的認為我會嘗試並採取什麼我已經得到了從這個經驗，並應用它前進在我的攝影和工作，我dio我喜歡的拍攝，這整個能量，進入它和任務將是相當驚人的。

I just loved every bit of it.

我只是喜歡它的每一點。

Yeah.

是啊。