Mar 13

Mar 13 En Route Shinjuku

My friend Scott was in town on business this week. We met up at the Grand Hyatt with the intention of making our way to Golden Gai for some shooting via Shinjuku

Today's configuration: Leica M Monochrom with a Summicron 28mm f/2.0

Maybe I am not up on technology as much as I think I am but a QR Code bar? Did a miss a massive technology trend? I was surprised when looking at my photos how much this woman standing in front of this bar looks like my wife. I had to make sure it wasn't actually her!

I walked past this girl as we were heading for the train and turned back around to stop her to take her photo. People are often shy about asking but what is the worst that someone is going to say to you? 'No!'? It probably doesn't get much worst than that so just get over it and you will end up taking some great shots.

I felt really inspired yesterday and was really happy with the images I was able to capture last night.

I am glad I was able to get out and shoot my Monochrom last night. I needed to drop it off at Leica Ginza today as they need to replace the CCD sensor. I brought it in a few weeks ago to have the sensor cleaned and they informed me that someone was wrong with it and the entire sensor needed to be replaced. Thankfully it was under warranty and the good people of Leica will be fixing it for free. It is about ~$3,000 to replace it I think so I'm glad it is covered.

Walk towards the light...

We actually got off one stop too early under Maynds Tower. Perhaps it was just a force of habit since I worked in this building for my first 10 years in Tokyo.