It was completely by accident that he started to take photographs of s taged performances. In 1973 Hsieh began serving as president of Shih Chien College, where the annual graduation fashion show is one of the school's most important activities. From the need to make a record of this event for t he students, he grew intrigued by the beauty and high challenge of stage photography.
開始舞台攝影也十分偶然，實踐家專的畢業服裝秀是學校年度重要活動，民國六十四年時謝孟雄擔任校長，在為學生演出拍照時，他從舞台攝影的美與高度挑戰性中得到極大的樂趣，從此潛心投入。