The White Tigers Corps

The White Tigers Corps

Dave
Fukushima

The next leg in my Fukushima trip was to Iimori Hill in Aizuwakamatsu.   This hill overlooks the city and Tsuragajo Castle can been seen off in the distance.   During the Boshin War (the civil war between the Tokugawa Shogunate and those seeking to return political

Tsuragajo Castle

Tsuragajo Castle

Dave
Fukushima

I got back last night from Fukushima.   I haven’t gotten a chance to drive my new S5 all that much so it was nice to have a nice 600km trip to get my car out on the open road and stretch it’s legs a little bit.  Fukushima is about 260km or so from my house

Ouchijuku with NHK

Ouchijuku with NHK

Dave
Fukushima

I am spending 3 days in Fukushima trying to capture of beauty of this part of Japan.   This region has suffered a lot since the Magnitude 9.0 earthquake of 2011 triggered a tsunami that killed 16,000+ people and triggered a nuclear disaster and I wanted to share a bit

3 Strangers in Shibuya

3 Strangers in Shibuya

Dave
Flash, M Monochrom, Shibuya

Today I went out for a photowalk with Michael one of the backers of my Kickstarter Project.  We shot at a bit at Zojoji Temple with my wife Mayumi.  I shot film so it will be a while until I can post those photos. After that Michael and I headed to Shibuya to try some

Getting around to shooting

Getting around to shooting

Dave
Film, Yurakucho, Yutenji

I haven’t shot much film lately.  Not as much as I like anyways.   I was able to get out a few weeks ago to catch up with my friend Pieter for our camera trade.  I love getting new photography gear by trading and not having to spend additional money. The beauty

Exploring London

Exploring London

Dave
London, M Monochrom

After a busy week in London I finally had a day for myself for exploring London and some photography.  I was initially thinking I was going to host a photowalk but I was pretty burnt out from the week so I decided to spend the day catching up with colleagues and

Needing Inspiration

Needing Inspiration

Dave
Film, Jiyugaoka

I haven’t had enough time to get out and shoot trying to balance everything I have going on in my life with work, family and travel.  Perhaps I’m needing inspiration.   Perhaps I need to launch a 365 project or something to get my creative juices flowing

Then comes the rain

Then comes the rain

Dave
Tokyo

I went to the 3rd day of Tokyo Photo last weekend but skipping the 4th as Tokyo was getting pounded with a typhoon.  The typhoon didn’t turn out to be too bad mother nature is blessing us with a super typhoon that was just down graded to a tropical storm

Day 2: Tokyo Photo

Day 2: Tokyo Photo

Dave
Press Room, Tokyo

Yesterday was day 2 of Tokyo Photo!   I spent most of the day at there chatting with other photographers, meeting people and selling a few ShootTokyo Books. Today’s Configuration:  Leica M9-P with Summilux 21mm f/1.4 and Noctilux 50mm f/0.95.  Tokyo Photo will

Heaps

Heaps

Dave
Press Room

I was very exited to be contacted by Heaps Magazine a few weeks ago for an interview for a cover story for their Made in Japan issue.   Heaps is a digital magazine run by Dai Nippon Printing (Japan’s largest printing company). They are one of the main sponsors

Found Frames

Found Frames

Dave
Film, Jiyugaoka, Shibuya

With all of my work, travel and personal projects I feel like I am going 1,000 miles an hour lately.  I was in Seoul last week for a few days.   Thankfully I’ll be in Tokyo for a few days but then I have trips coming up to London, San Francisco, and Seoul

Paper Pool

Paper Pool

Dave
Jiyugaoka, Video, Yutenji

A few more shots from my Sunday of shooting with Rocco.   As I said it was really nice to get out and shoot.   I need to make sure I continue to do more of that.    Sometimes I just don’t have enough hours in my day. Below is a headshot I took of Rocco.

Exploring Jakarta

Exploring Jakarta

Dave
Jakarta, M Monochrom

I finally had my first day off in a while today.  All of my travel and work has eaten up a lot of my weekends late.   I’m looking forward to a few days off when I get back to Tokyo. One of my readers of ShootTokyo Wiama and his friend Astrid kindly offered to

Leaving Bangkok

Leaving Bangkok

Dave
Thailand

A short but busy trip I’m leaving Bangkok en route Jakarta.  I haven’t been to Jakarta before so excited to see somewhere new.   I really hope I have time to get out and shoot a bit of Jakarta. I tried to get out a second night for photography but the

A short walk in Bangkok

A short walk in Bangkok

Dave
M Monochrom, Thailand

After a short flight (well 5 hours seems short lately) I settled into my hotel and decided to go for a short walk in Bangkok while it was still light out.   I haven’t been to Thailand for about 3 years.   It is nice to be back and see how the city has changed

Nakameguro Festival

Nakameguro Festival

Dave
Film, Hasselblad, Nakameguro

In my overly busy schedule lately I was able to get out for a few hours so I headed to Nakameguro.  Luckily there as a festival underway.   I actually attended the same festival at the end of a photowalk a few years ago. I have been running non-stop lately.   I just

The Sony A7s

The Sony A7s

Dave
Jiyugaoka, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Sony A7S

Last week I finally got the Sony A7s for shooting video.  I posted my first video on my ShootTokyo YouTube Channel.  It isn’t perfect but it wasn’t meant to be.  I am going to learn to shoot video and share it (mistakes and all) on YouTube Channel so feel

Failure is not an option

Failure is not an option

Dave
Video

I recently picked up the Sony A7S as I want to start experimenting with video.  It is a very cool camera.  I’ll post up a series of photos soon.   For now I am playing with video.  I was debating internally if I should go and shoot a bunch of video become very

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