{"id":718891,"date":"2026-06-06T11:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718891\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:29:08","slug":"a-soccer-ball-can-bring-great-joy-to-two-little-kids-kuanglong-zhangs-best-phone-picture-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718891\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A soccer ball can bring great joy to two little kids\u2019: Kuanglong Zhang\u2019s best phone picture | Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kuanglong Zhang lives in Shenzhen, in the south of China, and was visiting the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar when he took this photo. Close to the borders of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan, it is ancient and landlocked; distinctly different from the modern port city he calls home. Zhang remembers being captivated by the unfamiliar streets and alleys. As he explored, he came across two brothers playing football after school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used the telephoto lens on my phone to make the contrast between the children and the painted yellow buildings stronger, and the composition cleaner,\u201d says Zhang, who is the 2025 Mobile Photography awards\u2019 photographer of the year<\/a>. \u201cI\u00a0set up the shot so they\u2019d be on the left and right side of the frame to create a\u00a0sense of visual balance, and, as both of them are facing left, it gave more space on that side so the image doesn\u2019t feel cramped.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was struck by the boys\u2019 obvious happiness, and was prompted to reflect on his own sources of joy. \u201cTaking a\u00a0good photo can make me happy for a long time, just as a soccer ball can bring great joy to two little kids,\u201d he says. \u201cThe photo shows that the way to happiness can actually be very simple. There are many beautiful moments in life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kuanglong Zhang lives in Shenzhen, in the south of China, and was visiting the ancient Silk Road city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-718891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}