01 / THE PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY
Go beyond the view.
If autumn needed a tangible home, Moganshan would be an essential choice. While other places are still tentatively spreading their colors, autumn here has already matured into a jar of maple-red wine: fallen gold covers stone steps, soft light touches old pavilion eaves, and even stone-wall crevices hold the sweet scent of osmanthus. Every step lands on a line of the season's poetry. Late autumn in Moganshan is never a single color. Red maples wrapped in morning mist spill over blue-gray stone walls, their leaves translucent as agate in sunlight. Dawn redwoods form golden corridors, tinting mountain roads warm caramel. Groves of bamboo remain upright, fine spots of light filtering through deep-green foliage and interweaving with red maples and yellow leaves into a richly layered scene.
Moganshan autumn light
If autumn needed a tangible home, Moganshan would be an essential choice. While other places are still tentatively spreading their colors, autumn here has already matured into a jar of maple-red wine: fallen gold covers stone steps, soft light touches old pavilion eaves, and even stone-wall crevices hold the sweet scent of osmanthus. Every step lands on a line of the season's poetry.
Maples, redwoods and bamboo
Late autumn in Moganshan is never a single color. Red maples wrapped in morning mist spill over blue-gray stone walls, their leaves translucent as agate in sunlight. Dawn redwoods form golden corridors, tinting mountain roads warm caramel. Groves of bamboo remain upright, fine spots of light filtering through deep-green foliage and interweaving with red maples and yellow leaves into a richly layered scene.
The journey in pictures
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02 / IN GOOD COMPANY
A different way of seeing.
Leading photographers
Hua Sheng · View photographer profile →
Hua Sheng
Specializes in portrait, landscape and documentary photography, as well as drone aerial photography. He has worked in photography education and travel photography for more than ten years, collaborating with tourism authorities in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Malaysia and Thailand on in-depth destination projects. He has also produced official self-drive travel imagery for BMW, Ford, Roewe and Chery. His photography training clients include Shenzhen Library, Standard Chartered, China Merchants Bank, Bank of China, China Mobile, Guosen Securities and Shenzhen Airlines. Photography journeys He has repeatedly led portrait and landscape photography groups to Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, and to Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang.
03 / THE DAYS AHEAD
A rhythm shaped by light.
Shooting locations, accommodation and transport are subject to confirmation before departure and may change with the weather.
Travel dates are November 24–28; confirm the final departure dates when registering. Note: Itinerary times above are for reference only. The photography leader will adjust them according to local weather, scenes, and other factors for the best results.
Itinerary dates and text times without their own zone use: Beijing · Asia/Shanghai。Exact times use your selected timezone; dates alone and descriptions such as “morning” are not converted.
DAY 01Nov 24 · Beijing · Asia/ShanghaiHangzhou arrival and photography near the hotel
Shenzhen–Hangzhou. After airport pickup, check into the hotel and photograph nearby.
Final arrangements follow the operator’s departure briefDAY 02Nov 25 · Beijing · Asia/ShanghaiAutumn scenery in Hangzhou
A full day photographing autumn scenery in Hangzhou.
Final arrangements follow the operator’s departure briefDAY 03Nov 26 · Beijing · Asia/ShanghaiHangzhou to Moganshan: portraits with autumn maple leaves
Depart for Moganshan at a suitable time. Photograph maple-leaf portraits at the hotel in the afternoon.
Final arrangements follow the operator’s departure briefDAY 04Nov 27 · Beijing · Asia/ShanghaiMoganshan and Yucun
Full-day photography in Moganshan. Visit the artistic haven of Yucun, stroll streets with Republican-era character, and browse interesting shops such as Yeyouji, Shan+ Life, and The Story of Moganshan. Create playful photographs with the gray-brick, black-tile buildings. Yucun's iconic clock tower and circling white pigeons are its visual signatures. Watch pigeons fly low over the square and interact with visitors, capturing peaceful scenes with a little-Switzerland feel.
Final arrangements follow the operator’s departure briefDAY 05Nov 28 · Beijing · Asia/ShanghaiMoganshan autumn scenery and departure
Photograph autumn colors around Moganshan, then transfer to the airport in the afternoon.
Final arrangements follow the operator’s departure briefWhere we stay
Hotel stays are planned in Hangzhou and Moganshan. Night-by-night locations and hotel names are pending confirmation with the operator.
Getting there
The following services are reference options, not mandatory or confirmed group transport. Confirm meeting and departure times before booking. [Round trip from Shenzhen] Outbound: November 24: ZH9885 Shenzhen–Hangzhou 09:00–11:40 Return: November 28: ZH9888 Hangzhou–Shenzhen 14:35–17:00 Before booking transport, please confirm the departure and travel arrangements through this website.
04 / A CLEAR PICTURE
Know what is included.
Platform service fee to be confirmed
Included
Photography accompaniment, retouching, service and trip logistics planning, accounted for separately from shared travel expenses.
Before departure: The logistics team purchases travel insurance, books hotels, and organizes and plans the itinerary, giving everyone an overall understanding of the photography journey;
During the trip: An accompanying travel photographer photographs you on location, records the beautiful scenery, and captures your memorable travel portraits!
Insurance throughout (complimentary);
Not included
Round-trip transport between your departure city and the destination;
Meals within the itinerary;
Chartered vehicle expenses within the itinerary
Admission tickets listed in the itinerary;
Accommodation throughout in twin rooms. Anyone requesting single occupancy throughout must pay an additional supplement;
Other additional service fees not listed;
In exceptional circumstances involving force majeure, such as natural disasters, war, strikes, or airline delays or cancellations, the organizing team reserves the right to cancel or alter the itinerary. Additional expenses, including extended accommodation abroad, meals, transportation, or national airfare adjustments, may be charged at expenses. We will nevertheless do everything within our ability to minimize participants' losses;
The charges above exclude tax. If an invoice is required, the applicable invoice tax must be paid additionally.
Service fees, supplements, taxes and the final total are subject to written confirmation.
05 / BEFORE YOU GO
Clarity before departure.
Availability and registration
This website accepts expressions of interest in this trip and does not synchronize the operator's remaining places in real time. Please contact us to confirm group departure, availability, the final quotation and booking conditions.
Cancellation and breach provisions
Participants and the organizing team may give written notice before departure to terminate the trip agreement. If notice is given more than 7 days before departure, calculated as the difference in calendar days between departure and receipt of the termination notice, neither party is liable for breach provided no actual expenses have been incurred, such as flight or high-speed rail tickets booked with both parties' knowledge. For later termination, the party terminating the agreement bears liability for breach. [Liability of the organizing team] If we notify participants within 7 days of departure that the group cannot operate, we will refund all fees and pay compensation. For notice given 7 to 4 days before departure, including day 7, compensation is 10% of the total trip fee; for 3 to 1 days before departure, 15%; and on the departure date, 20%. [Participant liability] Participants cancelling within 7 to 4 days before departure, including day 7, must pay us a business-loss charge under the following schedule: 50% of the total trip fee for cancellation 7 to 4 days before departure; 60% for 3 to 1 days before departure; and 80% on the departure date. If these percentages do not cover our actual losses, the participant must compensate the actual losses, up to the total trip fee.
Trip information
[Registration] Registration for this trip is confirmed upon receipt of the deposit. [Transport] 1. Flights booked by the organizing team are economy-class group tickets. Once issued, they cannot be endorsed to another carrier or refunded. 2. Actual flight, driving and boat travel times on the day apply. 3. Airlines and flight schedules above are for reference only. Changes to flight times may require minor itinerary adjustments; the departure notice takes precedence. [Accommodation] The charges is based on 2 people sharing 1 room. We will try to pair solo participants with another participant of the same gender. Participants who do not wish to share, or cannot be matched, must pay the single supplement for a room of their own. [Group meals] We try to choose meals suited to Chinese tastes and ensure that every guest receives an adequate portion. [Photography] 1. Photography activities follow the itinerary. In exceptional circumstances, time spent photographing each location will depend on the actual conditions that day. 2. Please read this itinerary carefully and choose a photography trip suited to your circumstances. If you give up part of the itinerary for personal reasons, including health, or request to forgo accommodation or transport, this is considered voluntary withdrawal. expenses already incurred are non-refundable. You are responsible for your personal safety while not participating in the itinerary. 3. Participants may not leave the group without permission during group photography activities, except during free time. Leaving partway through the trip is considered a breach by the participant. Unused photography activities, meals, accommodation and vehicle services are non-refundable, and the organizing team is not responsible for accidents occurring while the participant is away from the group. 4. If force majeure events such as typhoons or blizzards prevent travel according to the agreed itinerary, additional or reduced expenses following changes will be settled according to the travel agency's actual group operating expenses. [charges adjustments] the organizing team reserves the right to adjust charges if major fluctuations in international oil charges cause substantial increases in fuel surcharges. If the increase is within what we can absorb, the trip fee will not be adjusted. [Departure notice] 1. The departure notice will be sent no later than 1 day before departure. If arrangements are confirmed earlier, we will notify you as soon as possible. 2. If the online itinerary differs from the departure notice, the departure notice takes precedence. [Optional activities at your own expense] Under the Tourism Law provisions prohibiting travel agencies from organizing or arranging optional activities at additional expenses, guests wishing to join such activities should contact the service provider themselves for information, charges and participation. If language difficulties lead you to ask a guide or tour leader for additional assistance, any paid or unpaid help is provided solely in that person's individual capacity, not on behalf of the organizing team or the local receiving agency. the organizing team has no involvement in the expenses, transaction charges or service standards of free-time activities; guests bear the outcomes themselves. The photographs above were taken by the photography instructors.
Booking confirmation
Bookings are confirmed in the order advance payments are received. Confirm the advance payment amount when registering.
Shared travel expenses
Other travel expenses are shared and paid by participants, including vehicles, meals, accommodation, guides, staged photography, supplies and related expenses. The instructor's expenses throughout the trip are shared by all participants. Participants must contribute to the instructor's meals and accommodation even if they themselves do not join a meal or stay overnight;
Fitness, equipment and conditions
Equipment and fitness requirements will be provided by the operator.
