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Tianshu Huang / Photography

I'm an amateur photographer who mostly takes travel photos; recently, I've also been dabbling in events and other research-related work. I started (somewhat) seriously trying to learn photography in 2022; this page documents my best work so far.

I started on the Sony E (APS-C) system, mostly using the Sony 18-135mm and Sigma 30mm f/1.4 after upgrading from the kit pancake lens and 55-210mm telephoto. In early 2025, I upgraded to full frame (A7Cii) with roughly equivalent lenses — the Tamron 28-200 and Sony 35mm GM. Some photos also feature borrowed kit, including the 24mm GM, Sony 90mm Macro, and A7RV.

2025

The Freundschaftstempel in Park Sanssouci, Potsdam.Paul-Löbe-Haus by the Spree.This narrow stairwell up to the Jakob-Mierscheid-Steg is iconically backlit, especially on an overcast day.The Bardentreffen brings street musicians to all over Nuremberg, including its iconic castle.A rainy Belgian Grand Prix weekend.Despite the slogan, this hotel-restaurant is actually in Trier, not Bitburg.Joshua Tree National Park is known not just for its namesake trees, but for unique rock formations which are great for climbing and scrambling.A bee pollinating flowers in Laguna Beach.Idalp at Ischgl; despite being early April already, the snow quality above 2300m is surprisingly good.The cafe is closed, but the sign is definitely not.An abstract scuplture at the Carnegie Museum of Art.An alien landscape at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.Macro shot at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh.A level crossing in the South Side of Pittsburgh.

2024

Jumping from rock to rock at Ohiopyle in the Fall.Bakery Square in Pittsburgh.A "macro" shot of a leaf and some flowers shot with a telephoto lens.A mossy tree in the pacific northwest.A late sunset in Seattle.Reflection from the roof of the Summit building at the Seattle convention senter.Seen in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; the dutch have some interesting taste...The "Graffiti Bridge" in Amsterdam.Van Gogh-esque photo of a Canal in Amsterdam at twilight.Deutsche Bahn building in Frankfurt is one of the most "evil" buildings in Germany.Telephoto of elevators in the Eiffel Tower.Side staircases in the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart.Shilin night market in Taipei with steam coming from a stall.A seedy Hong Kong crime thriller, complete with sketchy characters sitting in the shadows.Riding the Hong Kong tram at night; the ride is quite shaky, especially on the upper deck, replicating Hong Kong's signature blurry look.Sharetea in Honk Kong.

2023

Large panorama of the Shenzhen Futian CBD at sunset from the Deng XiaoPing monument in Lianhuashan.A ferry on the lake in Zhaoqing.A small side street in the "Beijing Road" district in Guangzhou.The Nanshan District in Shenzhen is one of the "newest" districts; just about everywhere seems to be under construction.A cat and its ball in the newly-built MixC shopping mall in Shenzhen.San Bruno caltrain station taken while landing at SFO; the distortion caused by the window and engine exhaust happens to create a tilt shift-like effect.A panorama of Oakland from Flagstaff Hill in Pittsburgh.The iconic bridge of Lisbon - which looks suspiciously like the Golden Gate Bridge.View from the Miradouro Da Graca in Lisbon.View of Madrid from the roof of the Riu Espana.Stuttgart's Cannstatter Volksfest is the 2nd largest beer festival, rivaling Oktoberfest in Munich.The Amtrak Surfliner in Torrey Pines from the bridge on Torrey Pines Rd.Potato Chip Rock in San Diego being used as intended.USS America (LHA-6) performing airlift exercises off the coast between San Diego and LA, taken while stuck in traffic.

2022

A camper parked by the side of the road in Big Bend National Park.Panorama of the Chisos Mountains from Persimmon Gap in Big Bend National Park.View of Alcatraz and the San Francisco Bay from Chestnut & Hyde.View of the California Aqueduct from above, taken on final approach to SFO.A conversation in Lake Erie viewed from a distance in Presque Isle State Park.

Events & Research

Akhil Padmanabha @ PhD Defense.Real-time Volumetric Compression; paper in review.Daiyaan Arfeen @ MLSys 2025.Anthony Rowe @ CPS-IoT Debate at CPS-IoT Week 2025.HCI Study Paper on Mixed-Reality Art; paper in review.Towards Foundational Models for Single-Chip Radar, Appendix A.Bosch Collaboration @ Bosch Research, Renningen.