My Photography Journey
My photography journey begins here.
My journey in photography began with this image.
Twelve years ago, I suddenly felt exhausted and wanted to find a quiet place to rest for a few days. So I came here, alone, with a camera. At that time, smartphone photography was not yet common. I had bought the camera simply to document my children’s growth, and my only goal was to take clear pictures. I had never thought about the difference between taking pictures and photography.
During those several days, I was alone in nature, temporarily freed from the noise and complexity of daily life. What remained was a quiet dialogue with nature, and the subtle inspiration it brought. I captured the moments that touched me, not to express anything, but simply to preserve a feeling, so that one day, I might return to it.
That experience of being fully immersed in nature, of feeling completely relaxed, stayed with me. From then on, I began taking solo trips from time to time, going to remote places and allowing myself to be absorbed by the natural world. I always brought my camera, but gradually, recording was no longer enough. I began to ask myself: how can I bring my emotions and inner experience into the image?
It was around that time that I discovered post-processing, how light and color could be shaped to express mood. I started searching for resources online and teaching myself. Back then, information was fragmented and far less accessible than it is today. My learning process was like assembling a puzzle, piece by piece. But this also helped me develop an open approach, absorbing ideas from different sources, while maintaining my own sense of direction.
The process of learning was long, and the development of visual sensitivity even longer. Coming from a science and engineering background, with no formal training in art, stepping into this field felt like entering a vast ocean, trying to find a path of my own.
Throughout this process, I never forgot why I started. It was about connecting with nature, and about expressing what I felt through my work. Because of this, I never pursued popular or well-known locations. Instead, I was drawn to places that resonated with me, often remote, quiet, and untouched. Perhaps, deep down, I have always been searching for a kind of quiet solitude, a sense of stillness that feels almost poetic and ultimate romantic.
As my skills developed, so did my understanding of photography. At first, I believed that strong post-processing could fully realize an idea. But over time, I found that the images I like most were not those carefully planned and heavily processed, but those discovered in the moment, images that carried my own perspective.
I gradually came to understand that the essence of a photograph lies not in technique, but in the way the photographer sees the world. This “uniqueness” is not something to be forced. Each person is already unique, and what we see is simply the world reflected through our inner self. Photography, in a way, is the act of making that reflection visible.
Whenever I go out to photograph, I spend a great deal of time immersing myself in the environment. This process begins long before I arrive. I make fewer and fewer fixed plans. Instead, I let the images emerge gradually in my mind, or reveal themselves unexpectedly.
I often find myself simply sitting or standing near the location, doing nothing. Sometimes my mind is empty, and sometimes it drifts far beyond photography. On one occasion, I suddenly recalled a question that had stayed with me since childhood. In physics class, when I learned about electrons orbiting the nucleus, I imagined planets orbiting the sun. In biology, when studying cells, I thought about the structure of the Earth.
I always felt that the microscopic and the macroscopic worlds share something in common. That is the beauty of nature. If we could shift our scale, see the world from different perspectives—perhaps we could get closer to its essence. At that moment, I realized that photography might be a way of doing just that.
Perhaps this is why I have always been drawn to intimate landscapes and abstract forms. What if I could “shrink” myself and enter another space of perception? A space where recognizable objects fade away, and what remains is the essence beneath appearances.
From that point on, my work gradually moved toward abstraction. I am still in the process of that transition. Nature remains my source of inspiration. I still photograph grand landscapes, but I increasingly focus on subtle details: things that may only exist within my own perception. Sometimes, I even deconstruct and reorganize what I see from different perspectives, forming a new inner world.
These seemingly free and unstructured explorations are, in fact, my way of searching for and understanding myself.
I enjoy exploring alone, just as I enjoy being immersed in nature by myself. But if, along the way, someone understands what I see, if you connect with some of my images, it brings me great joy.
This website is built with that hope. That those who resonate may find me here.
And that we may share conversations, from time to time.
我的摄影，是从这张照片开始的。
那是十二年前，突然觉得自己好累，就想找一个清净的地方去放松几天，于是我来到了这里，一个人，一台相机。那时候手机拍照还没有普及，我的相机是为了拍孩子的成长过程而买的，我当时的目标是能拍清楚就行，从来没有考虑过拍照与摄影之间的联系与区别。
那几天我一个人在大自然里，忘掉了一切繁杂琐事，只有与自然之间的对话，有自然对我的启迪。我把对我有启发的瞬间都拍了下来，没有想过要表达什么，只是想着以后看到这些照片的时候，就能够想起当时的感触。
几天下来，那种与大自然融为一体极为放松的体验，让我爱上了这种感觉。从那以后，我会隔一段时间，就来一次独自的旅行，去人烟稀少的地方，将自己沉浸在自然里去给自己的身心充电。我也都会带着我的相机，但是已经不满足于记录场景，总是在琢磨怎么能把我自己当时的情绪和感触融入到画面中去。也就是在那个时候，我才知道原来摄影还有后期处理，能够通过光影与色彩的处理呈现出作者想表达的情绪。
于是我开始从网上寻找各种资源开始学习摄影后期，那时候的资源远没有现在那么丰富和有系统，所以我的后期学习就像拼图一样是一点点拼凑起来的。不过这也有个好处就是形成了我保持开放心态，采集各家所长的学习方法，这能让我在现在资源满天飞的状态下，仍然能够保持有自己的选择。
学习的过程是漫长的，审美的积累也不是一蹴而就的，艺术没有捷径，对于理工出身没有任何艺术基础的我来说，踏进艺术之门后是另一个全新的世界，就像在茫茫大海中要去搜寻一条自己的航线。
在这个过程中，我一直没有忘记自己开始摄影是因为找到了与自然之间的连接，是因为想借助于作品，传递出我对自然的感悟，展现出我心中的世界。所以我对拍摄地点的选择，并不是追求摄影热门机位，而是自己看上去有感觉的地方，而这种地方，往往是人烟稀少的荒野之地，可能是下意识里，我的心里一直在追求这种宁静孤独的极致浪漫。
随着各种表达技巧的积累与掌握，我对摄影的思考也在慢慢变化。在不会后期的时候，我总觉得作品如果有强大的后期制作，就能完整表达作者的想法。但是渐渐地，我才发现我自己最喜欢的作品，并不是那些经过完善计划拍摄，花了大量时间做后期的作品，而是拍摄时偶然发现并且打动了我，有我自己独特视角的作品。我体会到作品的核心并不是后期制作，而是所展示出来的作者看世界的独特视角。那并不是刻意去追求的独特，而是因为每个人自己都是独特的，每个人所看到的世界，其实都是世界在自己内心的折射，摄影作品，就是把这种折射表现在画面上。
我每次外出拍摄的时候，都会花大量时间让自己沉浸在拍摄场景中，这个过程，从去往拍摄地的路上就开始了。我越来越没有明确的拍摄计划，而是通过沉浸，让画面在脑海中慢慢浮现，或者在沉浸中突然发现了一个画面。
我会经常在拍摄地附近一个人发呆，脑子里有时什么都不想，有时又想一些与摄影完全无关的事。有一次我就突然间回想起小时候一直在我脑海里萦绕的一个问题。我在上学的时候，当老师讲到电子围绕原子核旋转的时候，我当时就联想到行星围绕太阳旋转，当老师讲到细胞的组成的时候，我也联想到地球的结构。我一直觉得微观世界和宏观世界本质是相同的，这就是大自然的奇妙之处，如果人能随意缩放自己，站在不同的视角看待这个世界，是不是就能看到世界的本质呢？这个想法突然让我灵光一闪，摄影何尝不是如此呢？
怪不得我一直对小景风光摄影很感兴趣，怪不得我一直对抽象绘画作品很感兴趣，既然如此，何不把自己缩小，进入到另一个空间呢？在那个空间里，没有常人所见的具体事物，只有把具象逐渐抽离的世界本质。
于是，我的作品开始逐渐向抽象世界靠拢，现在的我正处在这个转变过程之中，大自然仍然是我的创作源泉，身处宏伟场景之中，我仍然会拍壮美的景观，但同时，我会把注意力更多放在只有自己能看到的细微之处，甚至有时候会在心里把从不同角度看到的眼前的世界重新打乱，组织成一个全新的内心世界。这些看似无厘头的天马行空的实验，是我自己在摸索和寻找自我的过程。
我喜欢独自探索，正如我喜欢一个人沉浸在大自然中。但是如果这个过程中有人能懂我，正如你喜欢我的某些作品，那我会非常开心的。
这个网站的建立也是这个目的，希望懂我的人能够找到我，我们能够在这里经常一起聊一聊。
