One from the archives while I take time out to process a bunch of pics I took the other week.Shot in Shinjuku during the rainy season I guess. Provia 400x pushed to 1600 as always.
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The photographic blog of Sean Wood (aka motionid)
Mini worlds
A shot from the mini world series from tha archives. This one has not seen the light of day yet.
Ghost in the machine
Shot (like usual) on the way to work.
Killing time
This particular shot I like because of the light on her face and the softness of the shot in general. Difficult to find in stations.
Shibuya girl
Random girl found of the street that would pose (with assistance from friends)
Shinjuku 3am
An outtake from a little assignment I was given by tv network you would have heard of. You'd think that it would be easy to shoot the streets of Shinjuku with no one in them. You'd be surprised at how busy it is at any time of the day or night. Word of caution. Try not to do this in the summer. The entire place smells of urine and it's not because of the poor sewage system. It's literally because so MANY people are peeing in the streets. And you thought Tokyo was hi-tech and trendy!
Reflection
He started it. I'm only following.
Gaze
Sometimes you have to really hunt for these types of shots.
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
Connections to title...
This created by Peter Saville reminded me of this (wrong song for cover art...still...) which is where I stole the title from.
Hydrangeas
Figured I needed a bit of colour on the blog. As you can tell, Haven't been getting out much on the weekends for the last year!
G-men
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.
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.