Some shots from the weekend. Sorry for the late update guys, but things have been getting busier. This is Marissa – and as is fairly evident she does a great job modeling. The location was the industrial complex at Ougimachi, where there was an excellent section of unused train track for shooting. At least, we...
Monthly Archives: January 2010
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...
Haruka
Finally gotten around to editing the photos from a workshop late last year. Haruka is 16 – this came as a shock to me because I swear she had told me previously that she was nineteen – but anyway we had to work with the posing a bit to get something that I was happy...
A bit of Meiji
Just a couple of shots from the last day of Hatsumoude at Meiji Jingu. Hatsumoude, for the uninitiated, is the first visit to a shrine for the new year, where good wishes for the year are made and protective charms are bought. Meiji Jingu is often the most crowded one in Tokyo. Just happened to...
Make your own window light
It’s easy. What is window light? Light, coming through a window one would think. Stick your flash outside a window, and what do you have? Voila! Light coming through a window. Window light. Gel it orange for a bit of mood and you have instant sunset, even if your ground floor pottery studio is surrounded...
Noh Masks
Hey guys, first up, happy new year!! Time to get right back into the swing of things after a long couple of days of extreme indolence and food. First up for the year – a photo from last year. Here’s another one from the Noh mask shoot with Akiko. Might do an exhibition of that...
