Aug 4

Aug 4 Some Mamiya 645 Shots

I was going through my ‘working’ folder in Lightroom and found some Mamiya 645 shots from a walk I took during a walk in Jiyugaoka and Shibuya. I actually have a bunch of shots in there from my last trip to San Francisco

Jul 30

Jul 30 Restoring Memories

Dave

Tokyo

I went with a team from work to volunteer and help with restoring memories for some people who need it. We went to a beach town called Chigaseki about an hour from Tokyo. I’m sure many of you have the exact same question I had when I first emerged

Jul 28

Jul 28 The Contax T3

Dave

Film, Gear

I have been thinking for a while about picking up a compact film camera. This is a cool little film camera. While my Leica is very small I sometimes just want a point and shoot and this was a great choice. I can see myself starting to collect compacts.

Jul 26

Jul 26 Shibuya on Ilford 3200

Dave

Film, Shibuya

A few week’s ago I met up with my friend Humphrey who was in town on business from Hong Kong. We decided to meet up in Shibuya and check out the camera show that was going on. I love checking these out. All of the camera shops in Japan bring out some

Jul 22

Jul 22 Nezu Shrine

Dave

Film, Nezu

Nezu Shrine and the area surrounding it has become a favorite place for me and my buddy Dave to go shooting. Nezu has great little streets to walk down around on the way to the shrine. The shrine itself is very understated and filled with great colors and scenes

Jul 20

Jul 20 A walk in Nezu

Dave

Film, Nezu

Going for a walk in Nezu makes for the perfect afternoon. It has become one of my favorite places to go shooting and explore a little old part of Tokyo. Tokyo has some great places to explore in the evening such as Golden Gai in Shinjuku and Harmonica Yokocho

Jul 18

Jul 18 Around Jiyugaoka Station

Dave

Jiyugaoka

I like to go for a walk and try to tell the story of an area. It is fun to do little walk abouts like this and see if you can give people a feeling for what they would experience there. It has been a while since I shot around Jiyugaoka Station so I set that as my

Jul 13

Jul 13 My Tokyo Commute

Dave

Jiyugaoka, M Monochrom, Marunochi

My office moved from Roppongi to Marunochi this week. I will no longer have these beautiful views of Mt Fuji from the 39th Floor of Roppongi Hills. What I will have is a great new location in Tokyo to explore.

Jul 11

Jul 11 Why Shoot Film

Dave

Film

A few thoughts on how shooting film has been good for me...

Jul 10

Jul 10 Pushing TMAX 400

Dave

Film

As a follow up to my post on pushing film I though I would share a few more examples of pushing film. As I mentioned when I am traveling I often carry a second film camera with high ASA film or pushing film to a high ASA.

Jul 7

Jul 7 Pushing Film

Dave

Film, Kyoto, Nezu

Pushing Film was a very confusing topic to me when I first started shooting film. The explanations I found seemed overly technical and didn’t really help me to understand what pushing film was all about.