Sometimes being a foreigner with a Hasselblad at 7:30am near Tokyo station means you're not going to blend in the with the rest of the crowd hence the look I've managed to capture on the mans face. This doesn't usually happen. Most of the time I'm ignored (and not just in this country!) but it seems, in this instance, it makes the shot with him looking down. Aahh the time (and film) you can waste on a weekday morning near the station.
Blog
The photographic blog of Sean Wood (aka motionid)
Poles Set
From a series I'm working on from Australia
Birubi beach
Late afternoon on Birubi beach, north of Sydney Australia
Shinjuku west
Long exposure shot of west Shinjuku on an early Saturday night.
Sunrise at Enoshima
Woke at 4am to arrive on the island at around 4:45am. After checking the perimeter I spotted a fisherman heading up a path. Follow the local knowledge. Sure enough I found the spot I was looking for although the sun was rising from behind the island. Unfortunately there was no way to get around and the view from that point is not as good anyway. Still, it was surprisingly busy with fishermen for 4:45am (I'm betting most of them get there at 4 or so).
Reflections
Reflections in a dam north of Sydney Australia.
Shibuya Investigation
Another scene from a different film
Like a scene from a film
This has to be my favorite photo from my archive. I have never found the same light or scene since.This picture was also published in 2008 in SonntagsZeitung (Swiss Sunday Times) in an article about flickr.
Enoshima, Pan F and Diafine
Click the image to start the slideshow (2 slides)
On my little adventure to Enoshima last weekend at 4am, not only did I manage to get sick but I tried a Film / Developer combination I hadn't seen before.
I've used Ilford Pan F on occasion and, while expensive, have liked the results I've gotten so far. My trip to Enoshima was finally a chance to shoot something at ISO100 (developing with Diafine pushes it a stop to 100) so I thought I'd try it developed in Diafine.
Well, as you can see by the results, it's pretty damn dark. But, looking at the shot of the old man (second slide), I couldn't have really exposed it more or the shirt would have been blown. The background at the time was not at all dark and the day was overcast so there were no shadows so in theory more of the background should be visible.
If you are going to use this combination, make sure you don't have any dark area's in your shot or you're likely to get blacks.
Napoleon
Sometimes you find a gem in the crowd.
Night moves
A photo from the archives. A pause in the heartbeat of the Tokyo night as a homeless guy crosses the road. Surprisingly stable shot considering it was shot hand held with a Rolleiflex.
Morning confusion
Chiba Sea
Went out the other weekend in search of a semi reasonable location to shoot something other than night city action. thoroughly uninteresting I have to say. Half a roll shot but some how I get the feeling that this place could have potential. Maybe because I walked 6km to reach this spot in the middle of a summers day my judgment of the place has been affected.
Peekaboo
This one is definitely making it into the exhibition. It's the odd shot like this that makes lugging that camera around every day worth while (or almost ;-)
In love
No,no. Not with the girl in the shot. With the camera and lens I used to take the shot. Sure it's nothing super special but the picture has a quality that all my other camera's don't have. A soft yet sharp image. A bokeh that I've not seen another lens produce. Finally after a LONG time of taking pictures for the sake of taking pictures I may have a real reason to take them again.
Great Quote
I’ve become increasingly nihilistic about photography... photography was much more interesting 50 plus years ago, and now there is just this overabundance of photography. It’s like saying “What type of art do you do?” “Oh, I do Twitter.”
-- Alec Soth Via http://www.aphotoeditor.com/
Drunk action
One of a series from the archives. Possibly more episodes to come
Infected
So yesterday I managed to have my computer infected by a very nasty Trojan that, in a matter of minutes replicated itself and took over my machine. I've gone many years of PC usage (and Mac usage for that matter) without this happening to me. No less that 84 viruses found on the drive with the OS on it. I could not get rid of them. This lead to a complete re-install of the system on a new disk. And I figured while I was in pain I'd inflict a little more by installing Windows 7. Having just gotten my machine almost to normal I have to say I'm very surprised by the performance of this new OS. All my apps seem to work without an issue. Drivers? Everything is automatic. I Did have to download a printer driver, my scanner and the Wacom driver but everything else related to the machine was taken care of by the OS. The speed of the new OS is noticeably faster than XP pro which I'm happy about and the interface seems to be an improvement (function wise) but I'll still need to get my head around these new permission issues.
Computers - fucking waste of time.
(and you mac people...spinning ball of death...yes, I know about that too).
Virus image By Solitaire Miles
Secret Door
So a few of you will recognise where this shot is taken. What you may not know about is the secret door. Evidence above. Next time you're in the area, look for the hidden keyhole.
Tour de France
Great story and even better photos to be had over at whatsthejackanory.com