‘I probably jumped down from a chair more than 50 times’: Leo Huang’s best phone picture

Worried about trampling his camera, the photographer, who has been skipping on his rooftop in Taiwan since Covid began, turned to his mobile ...

There is a saying in photography," Leo Huang says. The single most important component of a camera is the 12 inches behind it. The camera you use is important, yes, but your brain, ideas and imagination are what really matter."

Huang began skipping at the start of the Covid outbreak, using the rooftop above his home in Taiwan's Yilan City. There is enough open space up there, and it meant I didn't have to go to the gym, which was closed anyway. I liked that skipping didn't need complicated or costly equipment and has so many benefits. People think it's a simple aerobic exercise, but it can help with depression, cardiopulmonary function and reducing fat."