Xiaolan Y.

More about Xiaolan Y....

What do you love about your job?

I enjoyed the communication with my clients.

That is...
When a crying 2-year-old finally calms down and laughs at your funny face,
When a shy little kid eventually steps out from their mom and plays in front of the camera,
When a woman feels absolute confidence after you keep encouraging her to give you her best smile,
When the whole family all dress up for the photo and have lovely interaction in between,
When beginner skier / snowboarder are not skillful enough but you got the best angle shot for them,
When snorkelers are amazed by the skills you have for attracting the big fish maori wrasse to swim close for a photo with them,
And so on!

All those moments that captured in the photo forever make me feel so rewarded.

What types of shoots have you done and how did you make them special?

I have lots of experience with sports photography, which sounds easy as it's candid photo but actually not easy at all. Sports photo requires a lot of route planning and angle finding, and I need to make sure my camera setting is correct so I can absolute capture the moment which will only happen once.

I love portrait photo as well. Ladies wearing their pretty dresses, with the sunlight shining on their hair, dreamy looking eyes tells all the emotions within them.

Awards, honors, and recognitions received

To your disappointment I don't have any well-known awards or honors, and my best recognition is my clients' smile.

A fun fact about this photographer

I love dangerous outdoor activities, scuba diving, free diving, skiing, skydiving. They all sounds dangerous that you must think I'm a crazy person, but my favourite thing to do is netflixing on a recliner!