I’ve been asked on several occasions to provide more than just photography – sometimes people ask for a bit extra. Like this movie poster I shot for my best friend’s wedding a long time ago – ‘The Last Ninja’, a bit of a satirical homage to the old Sho Kosugi ninja films. Quite possibly still...
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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...
Fred Harris
Fred Harris – artiste extraordinaire, humanitarian and philanthropist. This is as shot, no alterations in post except a little sharpening for web. Forgive the negative space at the top – the magazine’s title is likely to go there so I decided to leave it in. Strobe freaks: check out the video I did here for...
Kinfolk
I’m a sucker. Buy me dinner and I’ll take your photos. That’s what my good friend Chris Nixon did in order to get his shots done with his new Kinfolk bicycle. Kinfolk is best described as a bicycle atelier out in Nakameguro. Each bike frame is built to order and hand-made by 70-year old master...
Photography Tip #1504 – Get drunk first
It’s incredibly important not to take this caper too seriously – sometimes it’s useful just to have a few drinks to loosen up and have a bit of fun. All shots below were made with a D700, 24-70mm f/2.8, a bit of flash and a bottle of Remy Martin. You can see the dangers...
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...
3 lights, 1 chair
Behold veteran journalist and media personality Torigoe Shuntaro. This is a cover shot for the magazine of the Tokyo American Club, for some kind of article. I’m usually not very well apprised of the story but I always do my research on my subjects. Gotta have something to talk to your subject about, so you...
Marissa @ abandoned train yard
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...
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...
