The last night was celebrated with a geisha show.
I think I made an impression. I'm baka gaijin in the middle.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Finished!
A MARATHON OF A JOB IN JAPAN BUT IT GOT DONE.
The last night was celebrated with a geisha show.
I think I made an impression. I'm baka gaijin in the middle.
The last night was celebrated with a geisha show.
I think I made an impression. I'm baka gaijin in the middle.
Monday, May 26, 2008
60 gigs and counting
I'm on the sixth day of the Japanese adventure and have over 60 gigs of images. I think it equals about 4800+ images I shot. I have two more days of shooting. I might run out of room on my hard drive and external as well. Thank goodness I can go buy one in Tokyo!
I also managed to fire off several quality rolls of film on the Leica. Excited to see that stuff.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Ironic
Japanese industry dominates the global market and they tiny island nation is credited for making and/or improving TVs, cameras, computers, and all things electronic as well as cars and so many things its almost hard to fanthom.
Nintendo, Sony, Honda, Toyota, Nikon, Canon, and Panasonic are just a few of their corporations that rule the world.
yet....
Nintendo, Sony, Honda, Toyota, Nikon, Canon, and Panasonic are just a few of their corporations that rule the world.
yet....
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tokyo Sunset
After a long day of travel, taxi, airplane, bus, and subway...I made it to Tokyo and I got to enjoy a non-Hawaiian sunset. Actually, its nice to see an urban, smoggy, vague sunset over the sublime sunsets off the beach. Don't get me wrong, sublime is nice...but its nice to have reference points.
So for an hours worth of shooting...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Working Hard!
I quite busy these days as work is steady and plentiful. I'm shooting assignments weekly as well as pushing myself to shoot personally, even if it just means wandering around town snapping pictures.
I've got lots of images to post but I can't publish many of them due to embargos, etc...so please check back soon as I will update my site and the blog in the near future.
I do want to list a few that will never be published except for here:
Working on a job for the New York Times and came across a monk seal sleeping on Sunset Beach. Monk seals are not common to see and they are federally protected...so you can't get close. I've been close to one once as one was sleeping near a path to a beach in Haleiwa and a surfer quickly came up to me to warn me that she'll bite.
This one seemed like a male as it was much bigger than the one I first saw several weeks ago.
The two sunbathers in the background are just an added touch to my sleeping beauty.
Canon Mark II
70-200 F2.8
Odd enough, Japanese tourists think everyone in Hawaii speaks some level of Japanese. As for me, I can understand as I think everyone has some understanding of English when I'm abroad but its a given that the world listens to some stupid American/British pop band. I mean who doesn't know Brittany Spears!
Two Japanese girls dressed in kitschy plastic Hawaiian leis and fake flowers on their ears...they make up a view of many young Japanese women who visit Hawaii and find themselves dressing and acting a part uniquely Japanese...an over the top "Hawaiian-ness" that is beyond normality within Hawaii. Its not just the Japanese which will wear gaudy flowers and clothing, many Westerners who would never dare wear a flowery Aloha shirts or skirts find themselves, as couples, dressed the same. I've seen many white couples dressed in Hawaiian shirts and dresses that match. I've seen families all dressed the same.
Its unique to think a vacation can allow you to act a way you would never do elsewhere. Very few locals wear gaudy Aloha shirts outside of Waikiki yet Aloha wear is standard in the office...but the business Aloha shirt is tamed compared to how tourist walk around Hawaii. Its just a Waikiki thing...I've never seen well traveled 2nd home condo dwellers in Maui wandering around obnoxiously. Those types are obnoxious in their own way...
Getting back to the girls, I snapped a shot for them and I got my own. The girl on the left moved at the last second but I think it added to the shot.
Leica M6, 35mm Summicron, Kodak 400CN
Yes...dear followers...FILM is not dead.
My buddy here is from Nepal and was part of a group visiting Hawaii to put on an art show of Nepalese art at the local museum. I was invited to a small party where I got a chance to shoot the Nepalese. This guy just happened to be taking a group shot for all of his buddies and I turned and saw him with all his cameras.
Canon Mark II 1Ds, 24-70 F2.8.
My pork can...I love this shot. There are pockets of homeless living around Ala Moana Park and I walked past a couple who were napping under a tree. I saw past their camp a park bench which this can stood, fork and all. I can't imagine where it came from or exactly what was in it or whether it was fit for human consumption...but I saw and snapped.
Leica M6, 35mm Summicron, Kodak 400CN
I've got lots of images to post but I can't publish many of them due to embargos, etc...so please check back soon as I will update my site and the blog in the near future.
I do want to list a few that will never be published except for here:
Working on a job for the New York Times and came across a monk seal sleeping on Sunset Beach. Monk seals are not common to see and they are federally protected...so you can't get close. I've been close to one once as one was sleeping near a path to a beach in Haleiwa and a surfer quickly came up to me to warn me that she'll bite.
This one seemed like a male as it was much bigger than the one I first saw several weeks ago.
The two sunbathers in the background are just an added touch to my sleeping beauty.
Canon Mark II
70-200 F2.8
Odd enough, Japanese tourists think everyone in Hawaii speaks some level of Japanese. As for me, I can understand as I think everyone has some understanding of English when I'm abroad but its a given that the world listens to some stupid American/British pop band. I mean who doesn't know Brittany Spears!
Two Japanese girls dressed in kitschy plastic Hawaiian leis and fake flowers on their ears...they make up a view of many young Japanese women who visit Hawaii and find themselves dressing and acting a part uniquely Japanese...an over the top "Hawaiian-ness" that is beyond normality within Hawaii. Its not just the Japanese which will wear gaudy flowers and clothing, many Westerners who would never dare wear a flowery Aloha shirts or skirts find themselves, as couples, dressed the same. I've seen many white couples dressed in Hawaiian shirts and dresses that match. I've seen families all dressed the same.
Its unique to think a vacation can allow you to act a way you would never do elsewhere. Very few locals wear gaudy Aloha shirts outside of Waikiki yet Aloha wear is standard in the office...but the business Aloha shirt is tamed compared to how tourist walk around Hawaii. Its just a Waikiki thing...I've never seen well traveled 2nd home condo dwellers in Maui wandering around obnoxiously. Those types are obnoxious in their own way...
Getting back to the girls, I snapped a shot for them and I got my own. The girl on the left moved at the last second but I think it added to the shot.
Leica M6, 35mm Summicron, Kodak 400CN
Yes...dear followers...FILM is not dead.
My buddy here is from Nepal and was part of a group visiting Hawaii to put on an art show of Nepalese art at the local museum. I was invited to a small party where I got a chance to shoot the Nepalese. This guy just happened to be taking a group shot for all of his buddies and I turned and saw him with all his cameras.
Canon Mark II 1Ds, 24-70 F2.8.
My pork can...I love this shot. There are pockets of homeless living around Ala Moana Park and I walked past a couple who were napping under a tree. I saw past their camp a park bench which this can stood, fork and all. I can't imagine where it came from or exactly what was in it or whether it was fit for human consumption...but I saw and snapped.
Leica M6, 35mm Summicron, Kodak 400CN
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