The first of the five to take up photography, the one to spur the others 'interests, and the one most influenced by his father's work is Hsieh Chen-lung, the second oldest, noted as "a man of actions rather than words."
謝家兄弟中，老二謝震隆的個性木訥、務實，被公認為「做得多，說得少」。他是五人當中，最先接觸攝影，而影響、引發其他兄弟熱中投入。同時，也由於謝震隆和他父親的攝影淵源最密切、深厚之故，影響了他日後，攝影上的理念實現與表現氣度。