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 ...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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'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...
N.B. IN RELATION TO EXIF DATA IN THESE SHOTS: My Nikon has many non-CPU lenses set up in it. All I can think of is that I shot these pics with the camera set to...
A day out in Tokyo shooting some of Vacheron's latest watches on location for D'Marge magazine.
I'd first come across D'Marge magazine via Flipboard, as it w...
Last summer I got together with a model and one of her favourite Japanese fashion designers, to make some photos in the area around the old Olympic stadia in Ko...