Bought an iPad recently. Got it in australia without realizing that Japan has a rather insular policy regarding the distribution of SIM cards. So after a bit of back-and-forth buggery with several of Softbank’s smug staff, I had to resort to slightly illicit means to get my iPad hooked up to 3G and functioning at...
Category Archives: Teaching
Learning photography the fun way
I love running workshops with Japanorama – not only do you get to learn stuff along with the students but it’s also good to get together and be creative, without having clients breathing down your neck. Such as the case with Ella here, in Tokyo at the Mejirodai Studio. These shots aren’t edited at all...
Yoyogi Boxing Gym
Here’s another batch of photos shot at a recent Japanorama strobist workshop I held in Yoyogi, Tokyo. The great thing about teaching photography in Tokyo is that you are always surprised at who will become willing subjects for your students – this time it was Japanorama student Rob Piazza who introduced this boxing gym to...
The Importance of Having Watt-Seconds
One of my biggest concerns with my speedlighting kit is whether I’ll have enough flash power to make a dent in broad daylight. Of course, using large lights is always an option but not always feasible unless you have a gimp to carry around several battery packs and heads. So when Alfie suggested we do...
These guys bend differently
Big thank you to Capoeira practitioners P-Jay and Shingo for the weekend’s workshop. Definitely one of the more challenging workshops by far, as we had to deal with using flash to freeze motion as well as timing shutter releases to get a decent photo, not to mention auto-focus issues and our subjects moving all over...
Tomfoolery
Sheer idiocy. This is from another workshop – I decided to break out the coloured gels for students to play with, which was fun for all. This is Hunter – not the actual model for the day but just a stand-in to test lighting while the real model Haruka changed outfit. He’s a funny old...
Jenny
Some shots from a workshop held *aaaages* ago at Tokyo’s Komazawa Park with the lovely Jenny. Took ages to actually getting around to editing them – bloody hell! Anyway, Jenny was stunning, as were the students as usual. I should be worried about how good they’re getting – I’m training up photographer’s who’ll soon be...
Just a couple from the weekend
Big thanks to all who attended the session on Sunday! As is always the case it’s the models and the students who provide the most creative energy, with me just sitting around in the background fiddling with lights. Occasionally I do get to take the odd shot though, and here’s a couple from the workshop....
Just one for now…
Sorry about the infrequent-ness of posts – been pretty slammed with stuff going on with shooting, sorting out a visa, etc. Busy, but good. Here’s just one shot from the session we had with Johan and Akiko on the weekend at Odaiba. More will come as soon as I can spare the time to go...
Akiko
Some shots from the most recent weekend workshop – Akiko was simply incredible and just looked great no matter what we threw at her. Here are the demonstration photos I shot to show the class what I was talking about; she absolutely killed it. Check out her flickr page for more images of this great...
