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Belinda Shi Photography
I help mirrorless camera enthusiasts create lasting memories - of people, places, and the world around them - with clarity and confidence.
 

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5 Steps To Prepare My Portrait Camera For Landscape Photography
5 Steps To Prepare My Portrait Camera For Landscape Photography
How To Photograph, Photography TipsBelinda ShiJune 24, 2019equipment, North Carolina
My Favorite Photo Subject Besides Landscape
My Favorite Photo Subject Besides Landscape
Photography TipsBelinda ShiJune 19, 2019beach, tree, portrait, childrenComment
Less Is More - How I Downsized To One Camera And One Lens (in 2019)
Less Is More - How I Downsized To One Camera And One Lens (in 2019)
How To Photograph, Photography TipsBelinda ShiJune 10, 2019equipment, children, mirrorless camera, Sony mirrorlessComment
How to photograph landscape while traveling with young children
How to photograph landscape while traveling with young children
Planning and Logistics, Travel, Photography TipsBelinda ShiJune 3, 2019children, waterfall, seascape, mom, night photographyComment
Blue Ridge Parkway (Part 2) - Road Trip With Kids On The East Coast
Blue Ridge Parkway (Part 2) - Road Trip With Kids On The East Coast
TravelBelinda ShiMay 5, 2019USA, children, Virginia, animal, landscape photographyComment
Blue Ridge Parkway (Park 1) - Road Trip With Kids On The East Coast
Blue Ridge Parkway (Park 1) - Road Trip With Kids On The East Coast
TravelBelinda ShiMay 4, 2019USA, children, Virginia, animalComment
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Barcelona
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Barcelona
Travel, Europe, 2018 EuropeBelinda ShiApril 3, 2019family travel, Europe, HungaryComment
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Prague
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Prague
Travel, Europe, 2018 EuropeBelinda ShiMarch 29, 2019family travel, Europe, HungaryComment
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Budapest
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Budapest
Travel, Europe, 2018 EuropeBelinda ShiMarch 20, 2019family travel, Europe, HungaryComment
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Porto
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Porto
Travel, Europe, 2018 EuropeBelinda ShiMarch 14, 2019family travel, Europe, HungaryComment
3 Day Family Trip To Washington DC
3 Day Family Trip To Washington DC
TravelBelinda ShiMarch 7, 2019USA, WashingtonDC, childrenComment
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Lisbon (Part 2)
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Lisbon (Part 2)
Travel, Europe, 2018 EuropeBelinda ShiFebruary 21, 2019family travel, Europe, HungaryComment
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Lisbon (Part 1)
Travel With Kids In Europe For 6 Weeks - Lisbon (Part 1)
Travel, Europe, 2018 EuropeBelinda ShiFebruary 19, 2019family travel, Europe, HungaryComment
Travel With Kids in Europe for 6 weeks - Day One
Travel With Kids in Europe for 6 weeks - Day One
Travel, Europe, 2018 EuropeBelinda ShiFebruary 17, 2019family travel, Europe, HungaryComment
Top 8 Photo Spots To Photograph Prague Castle and Charles Bridge
Top 8 Photo Spots To Photograph Prague Castle and Charles Bridge
Planning and Logistics, Europe, Photography Tips, 2018 EuropeBelinda ShiJuly 30, 2018bridge, long exposure, night photography, castle, Czech, Europe, sunset, clouds, landscape photographyComment
Top 8 Photo Spots To Photograph Budapest In the evening
Top 8 Photo Spots To Photograph Budapest In the evening
Planning and Logistics, Europe, Photography Tips, 2018 EuropeBelinda ShiJuly 22, 2018night photography, church, castle, bridge, architecture, cityscape, long exposure, Hungary, Europe, sunset, river, landscape photographyComment
How to photograph cherry blossom in Washington DC
How to photograph cherry blossom in Washington DC
How To Photograph, Photography TipsBelinda ShiApril 13, 2018flower, nature, WashingtonDC, long exposure, composition, lake, tree, USAComment
July 4th Fireworks In the Fog
July 4th Fireworks In the Fog
For Beginners, How To PhotographBelinda ShiJuly 6, 2015fireworks, night photography, San Francisco, USA, CaliforniaComment
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View fullsize 9 days of photographing Alaska in October.

Rain, fog, fall color, snow, wildlife, glaciers, mountains, lakes, and the northern lights.

Here’s what I captured, day by day, through my lens. 📷

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View fullsize Alaska through my Sony 24mm f/1.4 — my go-to for indoor scenes, restaurants, and astrophotography.

Compared with my Sony 35mm f/1.4 from my last post, the 24mm gives me a wider view for northern lights or Milky Way, and close-up food shots in
View fullsize Alaska through my Sony 35mm f/1.4. My go-to for indoor scenes, low light, everyday walk-around photography.
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#sony35mm14 #documentyourmemories_ #everydayphotography
View fullsize Farewell, Alaska. It was a gloomy day with nonstop rain. My son saw airplanes. I saw colors, layers, and one last reason to keep photographing.

Sometimes the weather might change the photo you planned, but it might also give you new opportunities to
View fullsize I asked you what would be your preferred subjects if you were at this scene (see last video), here’s my answer. 
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#alaskaphotography #lakephotography #documentyourlife #kenaialaska
View fullsize Making memories in Kenai Fiord National Park and Seward, Alaska. 
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View fullsize I didn’t plan our Alaska trip around the northern lights (and even skipped Fairbanks). Once we arrived, I knew our chances looked nearly zero with rain in the forecast almost every day, except for one day in Seward.

We had just spent the entir
View fullsize One of those moments when you’re trying to photograph a beautiful mountain lake at sunset… and simply run out of time.

The color was on one side. The composition I wanted was on the other. And my family still had to trek back down the m

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