In February this year, Yang joined Project 365, a Flickr group that has over 24,000 members. The project requires him to take one photo a day for an entire year, and is the ultimate test of a photographer’s commitment. Recently, one of his photos, which depicts a bag of Skittles on a rainbow-colored cloth, gained 3,133 rebloggings and likes since it was posted on Tumblr.

“That one’s actually really odd,” Yang said. “[It] was just a picture that I took at 11:55 [p.m.] because I wanted to get it in before midnight, before the next day started. Apparently, someone on Tumblr found it and posted it, and more people reblogged it. I didn’t really realize it until I started getting favorites on [the photo] and I checked where the people were visiting from.”

Skittles bags are only one of many subjects where Yang finds inspiration. As a photographer, he always keeps his eyes out for new photo opportunities and visualizes how different objects can be arranged into a photo.

“You kind of imagine what you want the picture to look like [in your head], and from there, you position your camera into the right angles so you can get what you’re picturing.” Yang said.

Once a novice himself, Yang also knows how much he improved.

“I remember when I was starting out, I would just take a whole bunch of pictures and then choose out the good ones… Now, I tell myself I’m going to take fifty pictures and try to make every one of them good.”

To see Yang’s photos, visit his Flickr photostream at flickr.com/byyang.