This has to be one of the best shot's I've taken in a long while. I'd developed it a few months ago and had left it jammed in my Annie Leibovitz book to flatten out (you gotta maximize the value from those expensive books). I'd finally managed to get a few new rolls developed over the weekend and discovered several sleeves in the book I'd forgotten about.This shot popped right off the neg. It seems to have a timeless quality to it I'd like to explore more of.
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High noon
Not much to say here really. Maybe different to my usual efforts which is why this might have finally made the cut.
TOKYO-GA Charity Photo Book
So, the Tokyo-Ga charity photo book that I contributed to is finally out. I encourage you to stop by and take a look.
The website for the book can also be found here http://www.tokyogaga.com/
Tokyo-GA is a group on flickr started by Dairou Koga and has turned into a great place where like minded Tokyo photographs that enjoy shooting scenes of tokyo gather together. The book contains submissions by many of the Tokyo-GA members and monies received will go to the Japanese Red Cross
I'm very happy to have been invited to contribute and also feel humbled to be along side a number of photographers in the book I admire.
A major thank you should go to Dairou Koga, Charlie Kirk, Toshiya Watanabe, Fabrizio Quagliuso for making the whole project possible.
Ponies
For what could possibly be a happy title I've managed to make a pretty dark image.Went out after a few drinks this evening and found myself a few Ponies with owners. Somehow through the rain and umbrellas I managed to get something I liked. Or maybe it's because I haven't shot this way for more than a year it feels new again. Either way it's different to the clichés I'm known for apparently.
Mirror realities
I started to shoot this series and felt it lacked depth but it has been siting on my computer for a while and I thought it should see the light of day. Inspired by Jon, it's trying to find a different way to look at the same space I use to visit many times a week. Anyway, now that it's out I can leave it alone and get on with trying to find a new subject (which is seeming to take a very long time).
Fukutoshin Line
I've shot this on the Hasselblad before but not using the Horizon Perfekt. Shot on Tri-x400 and developed in special sauce, this shot is straight off the neg with no adjustments.
Dog's on the beach
This is a shot from a long time ago. I must be the ultimate procrastinator when it comes to choosing what to post.Everything about this photo is wrong but I can't help loving the atmosphere and spontaneity. It's starting to dawn on my I might have something for beaches. maybe i should spend some more time on them :-) (obviously this whole post is a note to self)
Railed
ok, So I am taking some serious inspiration from Jon and posting a few of these because, more than anything, I'm liking the tones and the grain.
Breakfast
Mark
Stephan
Our little team doesn't seem to do enough of these. They do look a little sleepy I must say but this was shot before they had coffee :-)
Sakura Polaroid
It seem every year I have to do flower shots. I'm sure I'll do more but this year I ran out of energy. It seems you can only do the same subject for so long before you need a rest.Fitting that I chose to take a break and make the last of these shots a chocolate Polaroid. The colours somehow seem to fit the subject.
Afternoon light
Earthquakes, Radioactivity, bad backs, hospitals, work, dysfunctional servers. Just some of the thing's distracting me from adding pictures to the blog and taking new ones.
Credit for the ability to shoot on a very rare box of Polaroid Chocolate iso 80 film goes to Nanako san who was generous enough to give me a box AND a box of colour (yet to be shot) as well.
Let's see if I can make up for a large gap in posts.
Station raw
Station photo fail unedited.
Sunset at katsura
Don't look up
And on a completely unrelated topic to the photo above, I will need to take a little break from shooting as I have managed to damage my back badly and need to rest it a bit.Expect a few archive shots to fill the gap in the mean time.
Keep walking
Another medium format Kabukicho shot. This one with the Contax 645 and Fuji Provia 400x.
Legs
There is a series here but I've yet to develop a bunch of film from last year. Seems I managed to put my back out and it's taking a bit of time to recover. Can't yet be sitting for hours in the bathroom in the cold developing film.
Gathering
I have not shot a lot of candid street images for a long time. I've needed a break and a steady income to be able to have time to spend for this part time. This shot literally fell between the cracks. I missed scanning the whole roll and it's about 2 years old. Nothing else really worth keeping. I think I'm posting this for nostalgic purposes more than it being a shot of any substance. I might have to make a regular attempt to shoot a bit more of this once my other series' are done.
The Old Man and the Sea
Well, the image does not do the original story justice but what else am I going to put?Another shot from the scouting mission. I think I am going to need at least a day to re-think my scanning strategy. Not sure if this is before or after I finish all these rolls I have backed up for development.
Can anyone comment on their approach to scanning? I find that dust is a constant issue, followed by flat film and streaks in the film when I scan colour negs.
Suggestions?
Coast
A place I will revisit once my back is back to normal.
On the hill
I have been uninspired lately to post anything of Tokyo. I am wanting to do a series but have too many other half completed series' on the go I cannot muster the energy to start another one. 13 rolls of film yet undeveloped and many rolls unscanned and forgotten. Every photo chosen is a photo unfinished which is probably why I have so many pictures and post so few. That, and I can never decide if I like some shots or not. Or maybe I should accept that I have run out of good shots and should stop trying to feed the blog and get on and make new ones. This is a shot taken mid 2006 in Australia where I first visited Tea Gardens. On the way if you look carefully you can find this tree on a hill. I have visited the site a few times and shot it with the Hasselblad . One of the many forgotten images made. maybe the past is worth revisiting? Even if it's just for a short time.