Dream Catcher Project – Alysha At Washington Park, Albany, NY

The Dream Catcher Project continues, and this time I was so fortunate to get Alysha working with me in the last minute. The story between our first shooting appointment is not quite smooth at first, not for any kinds of compensation like others would do, she needed to be shot on real location! And that's where my photojournalistic style came back, and I quickly responded with what I had and let them speak to her. And the result is, without any surprise, she agreed immediately, as my pursuit of exceptional texture, dimension and mood with rich color, fashion and emotion will be the winner for most models that seldom got their shots in such crisp taste. I love to work with different people of different personalities, and Alysha is the first girl I met that seems to have endless passion and joy. She loves laughing but fears birds and ducks, she hates dirty hands and feet but dares to try anything unexpected. Hanging out with her, I found the time flied quickly, and when she smiled, the time froze! As you will see below, the pictures I captured are full of her youth, beauty and happiness. She helped me recall the past prime ages that I had when I was still a school boy, looking for something exciting and challenging day by day. Games, sports and girls, all of these stuff began to fill in my heart, and I can't stop chasing my own dreams that I owned and cherished for a long time since my childhood. As a photographer this time, I was doing a job that I hoped someone else could do for me at that age. Even the images might be gone one day, the memory will never fade as you've already seen how beautiful you are!!! Enjoy ~~~

P.S. Special thanks are given to my new lighting assistant, Miss Xiaoyu Liang, whose efforts helped me a lot to gain so many wonderful frames ~~~