Tianzifang (田子坊), Shanghai, Where Fusion Happens - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

My photography evolves over time.  Sometimes it's the mood; sometimes it's the composition; it could be the interest of subjects and it could be the color tones (like how I recently started processing some images into black & white)...

That's why it's interesting to see my heart skip a beat when I saw this image that I made 3 years ago in Tianzifang (田子坊),  Shanghai and never had a chance to post.  I guess some things never change.  It's the longing for the reminiscent of the past, the things that show evidence of age, the things that we "modern" people demolish and so-ever-clumsily try to reconstruct with no success ...

Yes, heart is a tricky place to reach, let alone understand completely.  And yet, I choose to listen to my heart.

Alley in Tianzifan (田子坊), Shanghai - ©Jean Huang Photography

Please click on the links to see my other fine art photography (here and here) and travel photography.  And to reach me, you can find me here.

I "Transformed" a Dandelion - Los Angeles Transformational Beauty Photographer

I once received a comment about how I can handle any weather condition when photographing during travels.  Comments like this are always nice, especially when you least expect them.  Lorraine, you know you made my day, and the next day, and the day after, and so one and so forth ... :-)

Lately, I've been thinking about this.  In an age where consumers are converse about terms such as saturation and contrast, good photographs are easily reduced down to a bunch of good cameras and some Photoshop tricks.

Is it really so though?

The other day, I picked up a stem of dandelion and had a vision in my mind.  I started out in the flat natural light.  And as you see (in the insert), it's not bad.  However, my vision includes nothing but sharp detailed hair, and not much distraction from the base of the "hair stems.  So, with some adjustments to lighting, I "transformed" a stem of dandelion.  (After all, photography is painting with light, isn't it?)

If I can transform something that does not follow instructions, imagine what a difference my lighting, posing, styling and (of course) joking can make to a client. :P

Interested in a "Transformational Beauty" session?  You know where to find me.

"Transformation" of a Dandelion - ©Jean Huang Photography

I did something about my unruly hair - Los Angeles Portrait Photographer

I'm sure you've all seen my ever-crazy, ever-fun-loving profile image (see the image on the left below and here and here).  It expresses the inner peace (should I say passion and happiness instead?  Haha... ;-)) and has gotten tons of compliments.

Well, something like this would be hard to out-do.  And yet, "change is the only constant" is the B.S that I learned in my corporate life.  So, I've decided to do something that's so drastically different from the beloved profile.

For those of you that's been asking for more images of me online (J.M., are you reading this?), this is to show that I haven't been playing deaf to you. :-)

Now, here's my ask - give me your thoughts before I blast this all over the web (wait, is it already too late to take back?).  At the least, give me a word that you feel from the image on the right.

Profile Image - ©Jean Huang Photography