About me 自我介绍

introduction If you want to be alerted to new galleries, please subscribe to my Twitter feed or like my Facebook fan page. I also have a blog where I post occasionally. I became serious about taking pictures when I began traveling on a regular basis to China around 2000 or so. I spent time in China and Taiwan on an occasional basis in the late eighties and early nineties, including long stints in 1990 and 1992/3, but unfortunately I didn't take many pictures. When I started going to Beijing again around 2000, I quickly realized that the world I had known there only 10-15 years before had disappeared. I decided to start taking pictures when I traveled so I could have some record. I like to photograph scenes that suggest emptiness, alienation, and despair. When I do have people in my shots, I like them to be small, shadowy or silhouetted, and unrecognizable, moving across a cold and lonely cityscape. Perhaps I am inspired by Hopper and Caillebotte. I do have some people shots here and there, but I'll be the first to admit I have no future as a traditional street photographer or a photo journalist, since I basically am not particularly interested in getting close up and personal with subjects. Photography is only a side interest for me. I have a day job that I will keep for the foreseeable future. I like taking pictures when I travel so I have a record of where I have been that I can share with friends and visitors to my site. For a long time I shot with a Canon 20D, but as of June 2010 I have finally 'upgraded' to a Canon T2i. I suppose I should have upgraded to a 7D or the 60D, but I found the T2i really appealing not only because of its much lower price, but also because of its compactness and light weight. I do most of my shooting when I am travelling, and the T2i is easy to stow and carry. I took most of the night shots with the Canon EF-S 17-55 f2.8 IS. Some shots were taken with a Tokina 11-16 f2.8. I have also acquired a 50mm f1.4, which I use mainly for portrait shots that are not yet publicly visible. I also have a 70-200 f4 IS which yields absolutely spectacular results, but I use it mainly for family shots that aren't posted here. Lately I have acquired a Tamron 18-270 which is turning out to be pretty remarkable. Sooner or later I will post some pictures. If you like my pictures, by all means let me know, by sending an email, leaving a comment, or sending an instant message. I welcome links to my photo site or blog from other sites. If you mention one of my photos or blog posts in one of your posts, let me know so that I can reciprocate. You can order prints or high resolution downloads for most of the pictures here. Almost nobody ever does, but I leave the shopping cart enabled just in case. I have disabled the shopping cart for some galleries devoted to landmark contemporary buildings, and some other facilities. If you embed any of my images in a forum post, blog, or personal or non-profit web page, please be kind enough to provide a link to the gallery containing the photo and attribute the photo to Canghuixu.

简介 如果感兴趣看我上传新照片的消息，请关注我新浪微波或新浪博客. 我此２０００年左右开始对摄影比较感兴趣，因为当时开始经常驻足中国出差．　我８０年代和９０年代去了几次但遗憾的是我没带相机．　此2000年左右了经常去中国出差，意识到最近二十年的发展很快，变化很大．发现很多我以前比较熟悉的地方已经换了样子，跟以前完全不一样．遗憾的是我以前没带相机．因为我只有８０年代和９０年代的一些回忆而没有记载，所以认为因该尽量将我现在看得景记下来，作一个历史记载，将来可以给孩子或是孙子介绍过去中国或是其他地方的情况． 我喜欢拍的景表明空虚，疏离，绝望．喜欢镜头里的人很小，阴影或轮廓，在一个寒冷而孤独的城市景．也许我的启发由Hopper和Caillebotte． 摄影对我来说只是一个业余活动．我还是每天上班．一般说只有我在外地出差才有空在外面走走拍照． 原来我用了佳能20D，但2010年6月我欢乐佳能T2i．我很想收买7D条或第60D，但我发现T2i足够了． 我最常使用的镜头是佳能EF - S 17-55．我也有一个Tokina11-16 f2.8, Canon 50mm f1.4，Canon 70-200 F4. 如果你喜欢我的图片，欢迎你寄信或是留下意见． 如果将相片嵌入论坛帖子，博客，或个人或非营利的网页，请明显表达照片的来源，连接到我网页．