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Photos of Hibiya Park in autumn and Ginza's urban delights

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...

The Asahi Super Dry Hall in Asakusa, Tokyo

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 with Standard

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...

Tokyo Time Lapse: traffic and ants, from up high in Ginza

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Fire engine passes through a zebra crossing, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

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...

Location portraits with flash: Joe in Omori

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...

Shooting Shibuya Crossing with an iPhone

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 ...

The Canadian Ambassador to Japan, Mackenzie Clugston

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...

Kerlee 35mm f/1.2 photographic lens for Nikon, Canon, Sony and Pentax

Kerlee 35mm f/1.2 lens: first impressions & review

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...

Shooting in Tokyo for the Vacheron watch company & D'Marge magazine

Shooting in Tokyo for D’Marge magazine & Vacheron watches

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...

Model Mari wearing mecci at Komazawa Ollympic Park, Tokyo

Fashion shooting in Komazawa Olympic Park: Mari Wears Mecci.

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...

iPhone photo digest: December 2015 to February 2016

I tend to periodically dump all the shots from my iPhone's 'camera roll' to folders on my external hard-drives. It keeps me from filling up the phone, helps me ...

Panorama taken from moving train with my iPhone

Fitness regimes for photographers, staying sharp, getting out of the rut: the photographer’s gymnasium

One question I get asked a lot is about how to 'get out of a creative rut'. For me it's not just about getting out of a temporary funk, a creative cul-de-sa...

View from the new Tokyu Plaza building, Ginza, Tokyo

High views in Tokyo: the new Tokyu Plaza in Ginza/Yurakucho

It's been just a few months since the new flagship Tokyu Plaza mall opened in Ginza/Yurakuch, Tokyo. And it offers some amazing new high views. A new high vi...

Workshop on 9th December: establishing a narrative, storytelling & shooting for print.

Photowalk in Yokohama, 24th November: Composition, Colour & Creativity

Publicity & behind-the-scenes photographer on a movie: two weeks in Myanmar

Photowalks in Tokyo: the Tokyo Tower and a homage to Hokusai