Why does Feng Li take a camera and a flash?

Feng Li takes a camera and a flash with him everywhere he goes, shooting daily, to try and capture the moments that grab his attention – moments which can be seen throughout his ongoing series White Night. The series began in 2005 and “will keep going, it’s my only work that will never stop,” Feng Li explains.

Why does Feng Li use official imagery?

He constantly gravitates between official imagery and his personal work, which is at complete odds with the propaganda he’s crafting for a living. The photos of Feng Li are the result of fortuitous encounters with an unlikely cast of reality, in the streets of Chengdu and around the world.

Who is Feng Li?

Born in 1971 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China, FENG Li is a self-taught artist. Feng's photos are all fortuitous encounters with the unlikely cast of reality that’s taken center stage in his native city of Chengdu. He has an eye beyond the norm and a vision that detects the very spectacle of the mundane everyday.

Should you move your camera along a nodal rail?

Moving the camera along a nodal rail helps you to align the nodal point with the axis of rotation. Once that is done, the parallax errors will be minimised and your pictures will stitch without error. If you’re doing landscape photography, then you’ll want to invest in an L Bracket so that you can shoot in portrait mode.

Is the XPan a good camera?

To be honest, it's been a bit of a trip down the rabbit hole. While the XPan is probably the most famous body (and rightly so), it's far from the only panoramic camera useful in this role. In fact, there are a few instances where it's less than ideal. XPans have a few things going for them that make them the best choice in most circumstances.

Is a panoramic head a good investment?

A panoramic head introduces predictability into the equation. If you shoot three rows of ten overlapping images, you can work out the degree of rotation and tilt, and repeat it exactly for all rows. In panoramic photography we need to save time so that we can capture the light. For this reason alone, a panoramic head is a good investment.