Training to capture a perfect image
Wearing intricate European-style costumes, passengers get photographed aboard a train in Heilongjiang province. In early January, China Railway Harbin Group started operating its first photography-themed train, which features two specially decorated carriages and a specialist team of staff to help carry out the photoshoots. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Despite arriving in Harbin, the Heilongjiang provincial capital, at midnight, Bu Shengyao rose early the next day and spent the entire morning posing for photos on the square in front of St Sophia Cathedral. The cathedral, one of the best-known landmarks in Harbin and a well-preserved example of Russian Revival e architecture in China, is open to the public as an architectural art gallery. Bu said: "As such photos are quite popular on social media, I booked my photoshoot with a travel photography shop in Harbin several days in advance.
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