

“Zhujiajiao is a famous water town in Shanghai. l’m happy that I found this place and got a different perspective from other people’s photos.” This was the first time I went there to fly my drone. Over the years, the area got built up, including shops and restaurants. “Chenghuang Temple in Shanghai has a long history it was built in the Ming Dynasty, about 600 years ago.


You never know what the future holds, so just do your best.” I was kind of disappointed, but when the sky got brighter and the sun rose, the clouds were so beautiful. “I got up at 4am to take drone photos, but when I left home I couldn’t see any clouds. Here Jasmine introduces some of her favorite shots: The area has the most beautiful and unique natural scenery and rich culture. If you could shoot one place you have not yet been to, where would it be? I hope I can have a road trip from Sichuan to Tibet. When you post a photo, don’t forget to tag big public accounts in China and use hashtags as much as possible. What advice would you give someone trying to build up an Instagram account? Get a name people easily remember. I also made some new photographer friends on Instagram we’re like family, everybody knows each other, and we support each other. How is the Instagram community in Shanghai and China? I have many photographer group friends in Shanghai we go on excursions to take photos together and post them on Instagram, which is a motivation for us.įor me, I love Instagram because I can see people’s reactions everybody has a personal preference, but if not many people like it, then you need to work more on your photo. They have a complicated terrain, which makes for very interesting photos. I love Chongqing because the city is built on mountains. There is the Miao ethnic group in Guizhou their ethnic costumes are beautiful, and their architecture is very interesting too. Of these places, I love Guizhou and Chongqing the most. I also loved Laoximen, but unfortunately it’s been demolished.Īnd outside of Shanghai? Honestly, since I started learning photography I’ve only been to Beijing, Chongqing, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou and Xiapu. You can see Lujiazui behind it there is something about the combination of ancient Chinese architecture and modern buildings. The four iconic high buildings make it an amazing spot to get drone photos, especially with our mother river, the Huangpu. Which is your favorite place in Shanghai to shoot? Lujiazui. I also can share them with my friends on Instagram.Īt the end of the day, that’s why we’re on Instagram exploring the world through each other’s eyes. It’s more relaxing and I’m happy I can get beautiful photos. So I started taking photos of landscapes. What do you look for in a photograph? I was into street photography before, and I still love it, but it was too stressful getting close to people to shoot. Then I go there and explore different perspectives. How do you choose where to shoot? I browse online to check out photos and locations I like. And I also love photography we had photography lessons in university too. It was during the pandemic, and I couldn’t travel overseas, so it was a good time to learn something new. How did you get into photography? My friend invited me to a Shanghai photography WeChat group last year. During the pandemic, she got into photography and Instagram, with some quite spectacular results. Shanghainese Jasmine a 3D game design director, making models for games and in charge of communications with her Japanese parent company. And, of course, share their incredible work. So we decided to reach out to these Instagrammers of Shanghai to learn a little bit more about them and their methods. And, the more we did it, the more we noticed we were regramming photos from – and tagging – the same accounts over and over again. In the process, we found ourselves reposting some absolutely stunning photos of the city and beyond. Here’s how the That’s Shanghai hatsshanghai Instagram account works: users hashtag their images #thatsshanghai and we pick out the best of them to regram, tagging the original photographer.
