Lessons, a fashion shoot and friendship: shooting for Shisa Brand in Tokyo
Two days of lessons, then a fashion shoot. Karen Sissal talks about coming to Tokyo from The Faroe Islands, to up her photography game and do the first shoot ...
Some recent portraits of my kids, using the Hasselblad H4D-40
I've been really busy of late so it was nice to get out of the city for a few days recently, including an overnight stay in Nikko. 15cms of snow overnight was ...
My mobile photography: some Instagrams of 2017
Six weeks into this year, the year of the Rooster (my year, I was born in Rooster year 1969), here are a few of the Instas I've been posting so far. I love m...
“Have you had a good life, enough to base a movie on?”: getting cinematic in 2017.
I've been fascinated in watching movies for as long as I've been fascinated in photography. Over the years I've also dabbled in making moving pictures. 2017 is ...
A little walk with the Hasselblad HC300mm f/4.5
After five busy days shooting in Kyoto, I dropped off the zoom I'd borrowed and picked up a 300mm from Hasselblad for a couple of days. I love the HC300mm le...
Blurs in stations: a little study of people moving around in Tokyo
A few shots that I took whilst out doing a lesson focused on motion and movement with two of my photography students earlier this year. Tokyo never really g...
A little bit of nature, a little bit of urban: shooting Hibiya Park & Ginza on an autumn day
A few hours out shooting with a regular student from Germany gave us the opportunity to soak up some autumn colours in Hibiya Park and some urban density in Gin...
Asahi Beer Building in Asakusa, Tokyo
It's been almost 17 years since I first visited this landmark building by the river in Asakusa. It's one of two in Tokyo designed by Philippe Starck. Always...
Nikon Picture Controls: comparison between my Ektachrome P and Nikon’s Standard
Following on from my recent article about why and how I use the Nikon Picture Control system, here is a comparison between two of them. You can read a full a...
Sitting above Ginza, making toys from the cars: Tokyu Plaza re-visited
The new Tokyu Plaza building in Ginza, Tokyo, has me a little obsessed. So, I went back there earlier this week to shoot the cars passing below. Getting a h...
Flash photography portraits: testing out some strobes with Joe
My eldest son and I took an hour out of yesterday to go test out some strobes, shooting around the neighbourhood. I recently picked up a couple of older Bowe...
Some of my recent Instagrams
Just in case you haven't found me on Instagram yet, here are few of my recent posts and a link to my Insta stream. Despite having lots of lovely cameras, I d...
Location-scouting day down near Mount Fuji: shooting with the Kerlee 35mm f/1.2
An opportunity to get out of Tokyo for the day and scout locations for an upcoming shoot with a trucking company. On some location-scouting days, I shoot a ...
Photographing the outgoing Canadian ambassador to Japan
An opportunity to shoot with the super-friendly outgoing Canadian ambassador to Japan in his residence. I've shot for a few publications owned by the same pu...
Nikon Custom Picture Controls: a couple of mine.
Nikon's Picture Control software and system isn't perfect but it offers a nice way to custom style your shots in-camera. First in a series of posts where I talk...