Shooting Tips: The model should sit on the chair, and the photographer should stand two arm's lengths away, using a 1x/wide-angle lens.
Shooting Time: 3-5 PM, when the light is better.
Shooting Equipment: Fuji XE4 with an 18-50mm f2.8 lens.
Outfit Suggestions: The café has a natural and modern Chinese style, so a simple outfit works best.
Posing Tips: If you have coffee or juice, hold it as a prop. If you're unsure about poses, you can look down at the camera, look up at the sky, or look down at the ground.

Xi Lin Teahouse - seats by the floor-to-ceiling windows

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West Side, No.1 Courtyard, Xinghuo West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Photography Tips

Shooting Tips: The model should sit on the chair, and the photographer should stand two arm's lengths away, using a 1x/wide-angle lens. Shooting Time: 3-5 PM, when the light is better. Shooting Equipment: Fuji XE4 with an 18-50mm f2.8 lens. Outfit Suggestions: The café has a natural and modern Chinese style, so a simple outfit works best. Posing Tips: If you have coffee or juice, hold it as a prop. If you're unsure about poses, you can look down at the camera, look up at the sky, or look down at the ground.

Walking Guide

Go through the door and turn left. — step-by-step photo guide

Go through the door and turn left.

Head directly to Xilin (Tea House) and enter through the main entrance. — step-by-step photo guide

Head directly to Xilin (Tea House) and enter through the main entrance.

Arrive at the shooting location. — step-by-step photo guide

Arrive at the shooting location.

Walk straight along the main road and turn right to enter through the glass doors. — step-by-step photo guide

Walk straight along the main road and turn right to enter through the glass doors.

Turn left and go inside. — step-by-step photo guide

Turn left and go inside.