A good photographer can always find something to shoot in China, where the vast land and population naturally gives rise to interesting and diverse stories. Now, some of those stories are packaging themselves for sale to meet the demands of amateur photographers.

According to a list compiled by the WeChat account of a program on the Travel Channel, eight typical Chinese photography themes were revealed to have developed “professional subjects” for photographers.

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

Ranking at the top of the list is children on Daliangshan Mountain in Sichuan province, which is one of the poorest regions in China. Apart from other poverty relief measures, the list pointed out that modeling may have become one way for children in the region to make money.

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account) 

Yangjiaxi, located in eastern China’s Fujian province, occupies a spot at the bottom of the list. In Yangjiaxi, farmers and their buffalo form a delightful tableau, shot against forest-like pathways in the early morning mist. One of the most noted farmers, surnamed Wang, now puts on his everyday work clothes not to farm, but instead to pose for photos. He and his buffalo get paid to act as models, even guiding the photographers on how to consider timing and angles in their scenes. When the sun rises, Wang’s assistants – also local villagers – begin to create smoke to set the tranquil morning scene.

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

Similar to Wang and his buffalo, fishermen on Lijiang River in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are also popular characters to capture on film, along with their fish hawks. Every fishing performance lasts several minutes, but can cost up to 100 RMB for photographers who want to look on.

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

Compared with a 100-RMB bill, an old man standing or sitting on the red dirt in Dongchuan, Yunnan province comes for a much cheaper price – just 20 RMB per photo.

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

Lone fishermen with fishing nets on Xiaodongjiang River in Hunan province are another favorite for photographers, but the beautiful moment when fishermen spread their nets into the river may actually be captured only after communication via walkie-talkie, according to the list.

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

While Wang keeps his work clothes on, others take their clothes off for modeling, including boat trackers in the Three Gorges region, whose naked, muscular bodies are very eye-catching in photographs.

“Boat trackers in the past have often worked with their clothes on. Now, faced with photographers’ demands, they have to take them off,” the WeChat account noted, adding that it is a “big business opportunity.”

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)

As for other popular scenery, such as horses and riders on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, or teams of camels in the desert of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the team captains and riders know exactly where to lead their animals to present the most appropriate scene for photographers standing just behind the viewfinder. 

(Photo/Travel Channel's program WeChat account)