Well, government men but they are not really G-men as referred to in Wikipedia (FBI). When I shot this the hasselblad back was dying and was causing a lot of overlapping of frames. I like the picture but have never used it cause of the overlap at the top of the frame. Obvious solution if not very pure.
Blog
The photographic blog of Sean Wood (aka motionid)
Looking to escape
Looking for a way to escape, he looks back only to discover the best possible route blocked.
Look no one in the eye
No eye contact, head down, no speaking with anyone. 8.3 million people in this town (source - probably more now) and my version of Tokyo seems like an endless stream of the same.
Makeup
See this kind of thing every day. Hard to photograph at this angle though.
Sleep
It's so easy to go to sleep on the train in Tokyo.
Sinister
Sometimes you point your camera in a direction and just hope something will fall into the frame. You don't expect to feel like your about to get killed (in Tokyo anyway) in the process. This could have been one of these times :-)
Resting
Resting up outside Bic Camera in Shinjuku.
Summer excitement
Daytime photography. Something I really don't do much of in Tokyo. Tokyo by day is ugly. Real ugly. Ugly enough to have to shoot in black and white. So, being a night shooter I've always got my camera loaded with 1600 asa (iso to you post film people). During the day this means f/16 and hope like hell the shutter speed is fast enough. The magic thing about f/16 is no focus! Which is why I can point the camera behind me, hope like hell and take the shot. I think the strap adds a level of genuineness to the picture :-)
The ultimate accessory
Sometimes a girl needs accessories in her bag. This one seems to be bigger than most.
Anxious look as the storm arrives
Last Xpan II shot for a while. Candid shot of an old guy looking a bit worried about the storm that was coming.
The XpanII
This is another shot taken with Jon's XpanII camera. The fun thing is that it's a rangefinder not unlike my Bessa R2a or Brian's Leica M6 albeit a lot wider and slightly harder to focus. Having said that it makes taking panoramic or wide shots much easier than say the Horizon Perfekt and you tend to get a MUCH nicer, more cinematic feel from the shots than a regular rangefinder (likely the format of the shot and the lack of distortion (horizon problem)). The only downside, and it's a biggy, is the price. Be sure to pick yours up when you have a few thousand dollars spare ;-)
Cocoon Tower
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower. Shot with Jon's XpanII.
Shibuya girls
Girls hanging out in Shibuya
Spores
On a recent trip to Australia I managed to find these little spores which I'd previously spotted in Japan. Thanks to Brett for giving me one of several random rolls of expired film which I (for only the second time ever) cross processed.
Photo booth 2
Part of a series. From the archives.
Stress and good times
Sometimes when a perfect moment occurs, thing's go horribly wrong. In the case of this shot I was disappointed at the time but after not viewing it for several months I've come back to it and had a laugh. Some shots you can't plan :-)
Masked salary man
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.
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.