In lack of things to post, here’s another nice photo! The photographer this time is mrhayata and it was taken in Odaiba 1-chome in Tokyo. Oh and while I think the couple is in focus here, that’s the Rainbow Bridge in the back, probably just an hour or two before it’s lit up :)
I’ve never been this close to the Rainbow Bridge actually, definitely going to take a closer look next time I’m in Tokyo, preferably just like in the picture above! Next time I want it to be a little bit warmer though, going in January was great, but I think it’d be even better in the Spring or Fall. My only chance this year would be in November, but that depends on whether I get accepted to the school I’ve applied for. Going to do a test on Monday and then an interview next Friday, so wish me luck because I really want to get in^^ It’s a two-year program in agile web development.
Via AILOVEJAPAN [click to continue…]
An awesome shot by Kazushi Hirota. Makes me want to go back to Japan again soon, right now it looks like I might be back in November. But that depends on how things go with my school application (applying for a web development program). If I get in, we’re probably looking at a shorter (like 1-2 weeks) ASAP :)
Via AILOVEJAPAN
Finally! After about three hours of hard work, the collage has been completed. Three hours may sound like a lot for 94 photos (yeah I didn’t actually put up all 106), but I guess one and a half hours of those three were spent on the fact that I used tape (=folding tape four times per picture). Tape is obviously not the best solution, but I was too lazy to take the bus somewhere and look for those normal sticky-thingys you use in photo books.
So this was the canvas I had to work with after I took down the Battle Royal poster (which is now hanging next to the Namie Amuro/Hikaru Utada posters). Quite a bit of space to work on there. [click to continue…]
So after a few days the photos I ordered via Flickr arrived at the post office for me to go and collect. So I just thought I’d show you guys what they’re like before I start putting them up tomorrow, I thought I could do it today, but I forgot that I don’t have enough sticky-thingys for them^^;
I’m very satisfied with how they turned out, the quality is great! Out of 106 photos, one of them turned out bad (my own fault though since I used a photo with a different aspect ratio. $0.07 down the drain, ouch! Lesson learned.
I obviously couldn’t get all 106 photos to show in one picture, so you’ll have to wait until they’re up on the wall^^ As you can see I printed them out in three different sizes. (20×30 cm, 11×17 cm and 10×15 cm) [click to continue…]
It’s quite amazing how many great Japan photographers I’ve found over the years since I started blogging. In general I’ve seen many Japan bloggers taking an interest in photography and getting better equipment for themselves. But today I’d like to mention a guy named Alexandre Gervais, a guy I actually found just a few months ago. Alexandre is a web professional who’s like many of us, learning Japanese. While his main interests are all web related, I think he deserves a mention because of his photography skills.
Girl shopping on Shinsaibashi Suji, Osaka (Japan)
Personally I’m really fond of the wide aspect ratio of Alexandre’s photos, and it’s also great that he just below the photo shares the settings he used to take them (camera model, ISO, aperture, exposure, focal length). I’m quite inexperienced so seeing the settings is a good way to learn a little.
Tsukubai of Gojoten Shrine, Ueno Park, Tokyo (Japan)
My favorite photos are generally those taken in the city, like the first one in this post. But Alexandre has a great mix of photos including lots of greenery and temples, which is relative to my interests as well.
Baby monkey playing with a leaf, Nagano (Japan)
So if you like photography of Japan or photography in general, I strongly recommend Alexandre Gervais’ photo blog. You can subscribe to it via RSS here and being the web enthusiast as he is, he obviously has a Twitter too.
Alexandre’s website has a very nice design as well, do visit the home page to see for yourself.
Do you know of any good Japan photographers? Perhaps you have an all-time favorite? If so, please don’t keep them to yourself ;)
I don’t know what Otaku Army is all about, but I like how they promote it^^
Photo by swanky, check out his Flickr stream for more nomable stuff!
I wonder what it is they don’t want to forget? Maybe I have a reader who understands Chinese?^^ The photo title says “品果兔之勿忘88水災受難同胞及殉職弟兄!” if that’s any help.
First off, thank you all for your kind words about the new design! If this is the first time you’re here since the change, you can read a little about it here.
Well anyways, as you can see, this is my new camera tripod that I bought for my Lumix LX3! Actually I got it at the same time I got the Aragaki Yui mousepad, but I’ve been a little slow lately. I ordered this from a Swedish store for about $34, this is my first tripod so I really had no idea what to expect, but the price was good (I think?). [click to continue…]
Really like how this photo turned out, I think it’s calming and I like the colors. Guess I have a soft spot for nature photography… Might use this as my wallpaper for a while, even though I prefer idols!
Or more likely, there was a cat fight going on, since I saw brown hairballs too. Didn’t take any pics of the brown hair though, it was pretty nasty. This could be something else though, I’m not really a cat hair expert, I’m just guessing this is what it is… What do you think?
This little fella was just hanging around while I walked by a tree. I thought it looked pretty cool so I had to take a photo of it. It kind of looks like a butterfly, or something else with two wings…
