I’ve been making an effort to photograph the bejezzus out of Shinjuku. Part of this is because it is my own back yard, but part of this is a desire to get past the tourist photos, get past the trite and overdone, and find the photos that show Shinjuku as it is, and yet, as people have not seen. A [...]

I’m not a huge fan of having a million links for you to peruse… in fact, as of this moment, there are only three. They’re all excellent sources of information, and I peruse them myself, often. But today’s Strobist post is particularly relevant to the low-budget, Japan-resident photographer. While the end-result is photoshop-heavy, it’s also stunning. You should give Strobist a [...]

Alfie over at Japanorama ran a turn-a-body-cap-into-a-pinhole-lens project, and has been monkeying around with the Loreo Lens-in-a-cap, sometimes getting some stellar results. He’s also been playing around with some large field cameras. Alfie, I’ve heard it from you numerous times… if you’re ever going to get back into film, you’re going to go big… so why not go really big? [...]

Photo by Robyn Nadler Thanks to everyone that came out for the Itabashi-(almost)Oji sakura walk! We met up with a less-than-punctual, less-than-problematic panache, and proceded to have a grand ol’ time, with surprises everywhere, including instant friends and nihonshu. Robyn took this photo above while standing bravely atop the ramparts of one of the river’s bridges, but I also love this [...]

testing to see what it will look like

Converting over to an all-wp format. Bear with me while I get my sea legs.