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2015

Cherry blossoms in bloom at Wuhan University — Wuhan University · Hubei, China
In 2015, at thirteen, I got my first camera.
Camera
Canon EOS 100D
Date
Spring 2015

Lanterns and traditional eaves at Xijiang Miao Village after dusk — Xijiang Miao Village · Guizhou, ChinaAugust 2016 · Canon EOS 100D

A solitary Mount Fanjing peak rising through the mist — Mount Fanjing · Guizhou, ChinaAugust 2016 · Canon EOS 100D

A collage of Mount Fanjing and cable cars disappearing into cloud — Mount Fanjing · Cable cars · Guizhou, ChinaAugust 2016 · Canon EOS 100D

The Mid-Autumn moon framed by tree branches — Mid-Autumn FestivalMid-Autumn Festival 2016 · Canon EOS 100D

A child beneath a cluster of balloons on a Wuhan street — Wuhan · On the street
A revisit of my childhood memory.
November 2016 · Canon EOS 100D

Children laughing together on an amusement ride in Wuhan — Wuhan · The amusement parkNovember 2016 · Canon EOS 100D

Tongji Hospital and the street in Wuhan — Wuhan · Tongji Hospital
My first time using Lightroom to create a film look I loved.
November 2016 · Canon EOS 100D

A performer holding a microphone under stage lights — On stage
My first time photographing a stage.
June 2018

A performer beneath colorful stage lighting — On stageJune 2018

A campus road glowing in the evening sun — Wuhan · My first roll of film
In 2018, I got my first film camera.
2018 · Canon AE-1

Evening light across the trees and buildings near home — Wuhan · Home2018 · Canon AE-1

A bicycle and shade outside my middle school gate — Wuhan · My middle school2018 · Canon AE-1

A mung bean soup stall near my middle school — Wuhan · My middle school2018 · Canon AE-1

A football match at my high school — Wuhan · My high school
My first roll of motion picture film.
May 2019 · Canon AE-1

My high school hallways in the afternoon light — Wuhan · My high schoolMay 2019 · Canon AE-1

My high school building in the evening light — Wuhan · My high schoolMay 2019 · Canon AE-1

Students outside a street-side shop in Guangzhou — Guangzhou, ChinaJune 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Students gathered beside a shop in Guangzhou — Guangzhou, ChinaJune 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Students having drinks on a Guangzhou street — Guangzhou, ChinaJune 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

People gathered on a ferry on the river in Wuhan — WuhanJuly 2019 · Film

A man standing at a riverside dock in Wuhan — WuhanJuly 2019 · Film

A lively Japanese street at night — JapanJuly 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

The roofline of a temple in Nara — Nara, JapanJuly 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Two people outside a traditional Japanese storefront — JapanJuly 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A person walking through a traditional Japanese lane — JapanJuly 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

People in colorful yukata on a Japanese street — JapanJuly 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Deer in Nara — Nara, JapanJuly 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A performer on stage — On stageAugust 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A stage performance under colored lights — On stageAugust 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Performers surrounded by stage lighting — On stageAugust 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A performer at center stage — On stageAugust 2019 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A crowd outside a street food shop in Nanjing — NanjingJanuary 2020 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Poultry and fish hanging at a market in Nanjing — NanjingJanuary 2020 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A lotus pond and distant pagoda in a Suzhou garden — SuzhouJune 2020 · Film

Rain falling from tiled roofs in a Suzhou garden — SuzhouJune 2020 · Film

Visitors beside a lotus pond on a rainy day in Suzhou — SuzhouJune 2020 · Film

Miaoguang Pagoda framed by Buddhist flags in Wuxi — WuxiJune 2020 · Film

Visitors before the main hall of a temple in Wuxi — WuxiJune 2020 · Film

A white kitten climbing over a stone wall in Wuxi — WuxiJune 2020 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

Three kittens resting on a stone wall in Wuxi — WuxiJune 2020 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A cat resting on temple steps in Wuxi — WuxiJune 2020 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A cat walking beneath a tree in Wuxi — WuxiJune 2020 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A cat looking back from a stone wall in Wuxi — WuxiJune 2020 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A cat sitting on wet stone pavement in Wuxi — WuxiJune 2020 · Canon EOS 6D Mark II

A dormitory building covered with drying laundry in Hefei — HefeiAugust 2020 · Film

A Hefei campus at dusk — HefeiAugust 2020 · Film

Sunset glowing through the windows of a study room in Hefei — HefeiAugust 2020 · Film

A white bird perched among branches in Wuhan — WuhanAugust 2020 · Film

A high-angle view of a busy Wuhan street and shopping mall — Wuhan
My first time removing the color mask from motion picture film myself.
February 2021 · Film

A crowd gathered on a school field in Wuhan — WuhanFebruary 2021 · Film

Musicians performing in a Wuhan park — WuhanFebruary 2021 · Film

Cars and apartment buildings along a Wuhan street — WuhanFebruary 2021 · Film

Pedestrians beside a metro entrance in Wuhan — WuhanFebruary 2021 · Film

Palm trees and traffic on a Los Angeles street — Los Angeles, CaliforniaMarch 2022

Children playing in the surf before Santa Monica Pier — Santa Monica · Los AngelesMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

A couple walking along the beach beside Santa Monica Pier — Santa Monica · Los AngelesMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Silhouettes along Santa Monica beach at sunset — Santa Monica · Los AngelesMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

A white storefront and palm trees in the Beverly Hills sunlight — Beverly Hills, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Pedestrians and cars beneath palm trees in Beverly Hills — Beverly Hills, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Palm shadows and a yellow car in Beverly Hills — Beverly Hills, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

An orange sunset over the ocean in Irvine — Irvine, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Anglers on an Irvine pier at sunset — Irvine, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Fishing rods and an angler at sunset in Irvine — Irvine, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

A fresh catch on a pier in Irvine — Irvine, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

An angler casting from a pier in Irvine — Irvine, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

An angler handling a fish on an Irvine pier — Irvine, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Sailboats across San Diego Bay — San Diego, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

A golfer beside the ocean in San Diego — San Diego, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

People sitting beside the ocean in San Diego — San Diego, CaliforniaMarch 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

A butterfly resting on a red flower in Columbus — Columbus, OhioApril 2022

A butterfly perched among cut oranges in Columbus — Columbus, OhioApril 2022

Radio City Music Hall at night in New York — New York CityMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

A sightseeing bus on a New York street at night — New York CityMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

The Empire State Building rising above New York at night — New York CityMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Drummers performing in a New York street parade — New York CityMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Pedestrians walking together on a New York street — New York CityMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

New York towers glowing at night from above — New York CityMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Dense lights and skyscrapers across New York at night — New York CityMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

A pedestrian crossing a SoHo intersection in New York — New York CityMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Pedestrians beneath the towers of a New York street — New York CityMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Children watching fish through an aquarium window in Chicago — Chicago, IllinoisMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Fish swimming through blue water at the Chicago aquarium — Chicago, IllinoisMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Fish beneath water lilies at the Chicago aquarium — Chicago, IllinoisMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

A sea turtle in a blue tank at the Chicago aquarium — Chicago, IllinoisMay 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Leaves framing a blue summer sky in Columbus — Columbus, OhioJune 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

Pink roses blooming in Columbus — Columbus, OhioJune 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

A fountain in the Columbus rose garden — Columbus, OhioJune 2022 · Ricoh GR IIIx

The Washington Monument viewed from the Lincoln Memorial — Washington, D.C.July 2022 · Film

The fountain at the National World War II Memorial — Washington, D.C.July 2022 · Film

Visitors beneath the columns of the Lincoln Memorial — Washington, D.C.July 2022 · Film

Light moving through the sandstone walls of Lower Antelope Canyon — Lower Antelope Canyon · ArizonaAugust 2022 · DJI Osmo

Curving sandstone textures inside Lower Antelope Canyon — Lower Antelope Canyon · ArizonaAugust 2022 · DJI Osmo

Illuminated sandstone deep inside Lower Antelope Canyon — Lower Antelope Canyon · ArizonaAugust 2022 · DJI Osmo

A vividly colored thermal pool in Yellowstone National Park — Yellowstone National ParkAugust 2022 · DJI Osmo

A mountain valley and lake in Yellowstone National Park — Yellowstone National ParkAugust 2022 · iPhone 13 Pro

The cliffs of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone — Yellowstone National ParkAugust 2022

A distant waterfall in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone — Yellowstone National ParkAugust 2022

The Yellowstone canyon framed by pine trees — Yellowstone National ParkAugust 2022

An orange and green hot spring in Yellowstone — Yellowstone National ParkAugust 2022

Blue water across a Yellowstone hot spring — Yellowstone National ParkAugust 2022

A geothermal basin and distant hills in Yellowstone — Yellowstone National ParkAugust 2022

A frozen pond after snowfall at Ohio State — Ohio State University · Columbus, OhioJanuary 2023

University Hall framed by snow-covered branches at Ohio State — Ohio State University · Columbus, OhioJanuary 2023

Students gathered around a giant snowman at Ohio State — Ohio State University · Columbus, OhioJanuary 2023

A red-brick Ohio State building beside a frozen pond — Ohio State University · Columbus, OhioJanuary 2023

A live band and dancers inside a New Orleans bar — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A New Orleans bar illuminated by pink and blue light — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A lively Bourbon Street at night in New Orleans — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

Street dancers performing for a crowd in New Orleans — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

Street musicians performing in Jackson Square, New Orleans — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A night street scene outside Hard Rock Cafe in New Orleans — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A girl seated on a New Orleans sidewalk — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A red streetcar traveling through New Orleans — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

Passengers inside a New Orleans streetcar — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A pedicab driver resting on a New Orleans street — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A portrait of a man on a New Orleans street — New Orleans, LouisianaMarch 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

Fish swimming past underwater observation windows — Los Angeles, CaliforniaMay 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

Sailboats and yachts moored off the Los Angeles coast — Los Angeles, CaliforniaMay 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A hillside harbor filled with boats near Los Angeles — Los Angeles, CaliforniaMay 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A blue-and-yellow macaw perched among the trees in Beijing — Beijing, ChinaJune 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A ring-tailed lemur holding a railing in Beijing — Beijing, ChinaJune 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A blue-and-yellow macaw lifting its foot on a branch in Beijing — Beijing, ChinaJune 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A ring-tailed lemur seated on a rock in Beijing — Beijing, ChinaJune 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A pavilion framed by trees and lotus leaves in Hangzhou — Hangzhou, ChinaJune 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A summer lotus pond, pavilion, and stone bridge in Hangzhou — Hangzhou, ChinaJune 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

People walking and resting beneath willows beside West Lake — Hangzhou, ChinaJune 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

People seated beside a lotus pond in Hangzhou — Hangzhou, ChinaJune 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

Red prayer ribbons and a stone pagoda at a Hangzhou temple — Hangzhou, ChinaJune 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

Pumpkins and autumn flowers inside Phipps Conservatory — Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaOctober 2023

A wall of yellow flowers inside Phipps Conservatory — Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaOctober 2023

A white Shadyside mansion framed by trees in Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaOctober 2023

Yellow flowers cascading beside a window at Phipps Conservatory — Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaOctober 2023

A mask stall at a Chicago Christmas market — Chicago, IllinoisDecember 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A knitwear stall under Christmas market lights in Chicago — Chicago, IllinoisDecember 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

A Christmas tree glowing in downtown Chicago — Chicago, IllinoisDecember 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

Crowds and lights at a Chicago Christmas market — Chicago, IllinoisDecember 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

Holiday lights illuminating trees in downtown Chicago — Chicago, IllinoisDecember 2023 · Fujifilm X-S10

The Chicago River and bridges at dusk — Chicago, IllinoisDecember 2023 · iPhone

A pond after snowfall in Columbus — Columbus, OhioFebruary 2024

A squirrel climbing a tree in the snow — Columbus, OhioFebruary 2024

Geese beside a winter pond in Columbus — Columbus, OhioFebruary 2024

A snowy park in Columbus — Columbus, OhioFebruary 2024

A snowy Columbus neighborhood and park benches — Columbus, OhioFebruary 2024

Magnolia blossoms beside a Columbus home — Columbus, OhioSpring 2024

White blossoms beneath a blue Columbus sky — Columbus, OhioSpring 2024 · Fujifilm X-S10

The Hawaii coast and Diamond Head — HawaiiMay 2024 · Fujifilm X-S10

A lighthouse beside the sea in Hawaii — HawaiiMay 2024

Waves breaking along the Hawaii coast — HawaiiMay 2024 · Fujifilm X-S10

A dark-sand cove in Hawaii — HawaiiMay 2024 · Fujifilm X-S10

The Hawaii coastline and distant mountains — HawaiiMay 2024

Willows and pavilions beside Baotu Spring in Jinan — Jinan, ChinaAugust 2025 · Fujifilm X-S10

Visitors beside Baotu Spring in Jinan — Jinan, ChinaAugust 2025 · Fujifilm X-S10

Cherry blossoms framing a University of Washington building — University of Washington · SeattleMarch 2026 · Fujifilm X-S10

Blooming cherry trees and Gothic architecture at the University of Washington — University of Washington · SeattleMarch 2026 · Fujifilm X-S10

A University of Washington building surrounded by cherry blossoms — University of Washington · SeattleMarch 2026 · Fujifilm X-S10

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