Hanami in Naka-meguro, Tokyo
Naka-meguro in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward is probably one of the best-known of cherry-blossom locations in Tokyo. It can get extraordinarily busy on the weekends so, typically, I do photowalks there mid-week...
View ArticleShakuji-gawa cherry-blossom walk
I discovered the Shakuji River via a good mate of mine, Toru, a year or so ago. Here’s a link to an article I made upon first finding this wonderful area. It might...
View ArticleSmall yet perfectly formed
Over the past few weeks I have been falling back in love with my 20mm lens. Serial number 231270, mine hails from around 1982 and has been with me since about 1992. It’s...
View ArticleTrain of thought
Just a day after admitting a penchant for umbrellas, here I am confessing to being a trainspotter. As someone just pointed out on Facebook, the next thing will be my ‘fessing-up about my...
View ArticleMultiple exposures with the D300
Film-land was, among other things, a land where delightful accidents could occur when you didn’t advance the film and shot twice on one frame. Or shot over a roll of film you’d already...
View ArticleTokyo mash-ups, getting ‘signed’& some news from Blurb.com
And on the second day, Alfie created a book cover. Yep, reckon this shot [above] is gonna be the cover of a book about street photography I am preparing. Only shot another six...
View ArticlePhotowalk: Yurakucho to Kanda in the rain
Shooting some street photography, catching the typhoon rain and showing Liam from Australia some good spots to shoot with telephoto lenses. A great afternoon out with the cameras and a chance to catch...
View ArticleSome pearls of my photographic widsom: Part 1
One of the things that makes me chuckle these days is the inordinate amount of websites based solely around lists. They also all use plenty of hyperbole and melodrama…. The 50 Best Black...
View ArticleIn Defense of 3rd Party Lenses
I’ve been burned by lenses, too. My most disappointing purchase was the Nikon 18-200. I bought it when I got my first Nikon DLSR, and I was… disappointed. I wondered why everything looked...
View ArticleProtector filters are a sales gimmick: my tips for lens protection & use
I discovered The Phoblographer website when I started using the Flipboard app on my iPhone. Incidentally, if you don’t know that app then check it out as it is a great way of...
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