He recorded the figure movement of the Wuhan people from watching shooting to participating in sports.
User Zhang Hong’an is a retired worker of Hanhua chinal processing factory. Eight years ago, Zhang Hong’an began to shoot horse racing, and since then he has been addicted to sports photography.
-Shooting horse racing made him from amateur to professional
when he retired, Zhang Hong’an often went to Oriental horse city to watch horse racing. At that time, Wuhan had just introduced the project of speed horse racing. Zhang Hong’an saw that many photography enthusiasts were shooting wonderful moments of horse racing, and he also joined the ranks.
When the head of the racecourse saw this, he contacted Zhang Hong’an voluntarily and invited him to provide pictures for a long time after seeing the photos. After that, six seats were specially set, and photography enthusiasts could fully record the whole process of horse racing such as switching off, curve and Sprint.
After that, Zhang Hongan and this group of photography enthusiasts set up a professional sports photography club. Now they not only participate in the shooting of various horse races in Wuhan, but also kayak, paddle board, basketball, badminton and sports dance and other events, they are often invited to shoot.
-Shooting sports has become the source of happiness in life
“I was an ordinary worker before I retired and had no hobbies. People around you spend their leisure time on playing mahjong or drinking tea.” Zhang Hong’an said that now because of shooting, he has also been taken together for sports. Everyone walked out of the house, went to the Jiangtan for cycling, went to DH to play kayaking, and went to Hanyang ink Lake to play football…… Everyone can find their own interests.
Zhang Hong’an said that sports can bring him happiness, and so can shooting sports. He often pondered the skills of shooting sports, and speed was the key. For example, in the speed race of motorcycles and horse racing, the photographers of each seat need to concentrate on shooting more or continuous shooting at a certain moment, and then select the ones that best reflect the current state of athletes.
“Of course, we will also take some failed scenes, but we will not feel depressed.” Zhang Hong’an said, “recording the whole picture of the movement and enjoying the movement itself are more than the joy of victory.”
-There are more and more sports patterns of Wuhan people
After Shooting Sports in Wuhan for so many years, Zhang Hong’an felt the change of Wu Han people’s concept of sports. He said: “When we were young, we could practice table tennis at most. Now there are too many sports that children can play.” Zhang Hong’an often sees four or five-year-old children on the racecourse. Kayaking is the first choice for many families to travel on weekends. Fencing, roller skating and so on have also become many important options to cultivate children’s interest in sports.
Zhang Hong’an likes the living condition surrounded by sports and photography very much: “Every day, many photographers and I are running in Wuhan and have endless energy. See where is suitable for film production, just stay there for a day.” He fell in love with photography through sports and met a group of like-minded people through photography.
(Changjiang Daily reporter Tian Tian Tian Wang Anne)
Changjiang Daily, October 13, 2022, 15th edition