Who founded Hua Yao photo studio?

From the middle of19th century to the beginning of 20th century, Shanghai has developed into a prosperous industrial and commercial city in a short period of 50 years, and the photography industry has also flourished, ranking first among the southern provinces. There are four photo studios in Shanghai, known as the "Four Kings". Among them, the most famous is Hua Yao Photo Studio.

Hua Yao Photo Studio was founded by photographer Shi Dezhi, and it is quite famous in Shanghai. After Gengzi, Hua Yao photo studio was divided into East Pavilion and West Pavilion. The East Pavilion is located in the "throwing field", and Shi Dezhi takes photos. Because so many people come here, Stetzky has to declare that he only shoots for three hours every morning. Shi Dezhi is familiar with chemistry and is very particular about the light used in photography. He advocates that the color tone should be changed in depth, highlighting the three-dimensional form of the subject. This idea breaks through the tradition that photographers in China only use plane lighting. Shi Dezhi is good at enlarging huge photos to make people look more vivid. In addition, he also took many color photos of women, which was very popular with customers.

The West Pavilion is located in the richly decorated "racecourse", and the photographer is Shi Dezhi's daughter. At that time, there were no female photographers in the photo studio in China. Hua Yao pioneered this precedent and preached that taking pictures of women is a gift that is different from men and women.

Shi Dezhi's daughter is also proficient in photography. "His skill is as good as his father's." Father and daughter run a photo studio together, which was a much-told story at that time.