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...
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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...
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...
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...
