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Studio Shoot – Dani (Purple)

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Studio Shoot - Dani (purple)

Studio Shoot - Dani (purple)

Another image from the shoot with Dani a month ago. This one’s quite interesting for the superhero (or heroine) pose, but also because the lighting isn’t what I had planned. There were two strobes: a beauty dish over my right shoulder and a hair light behind the model. Unexpectedly, by having the model at an angle to the camera some of the light from the hair light is also hitting her body. (Hair light should probably have been higher, closer and pointed more accurately.) I think the image still works, and I’ll treat this as a lucky mistake.

Kishiwada Danjiri – The Action

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Kishiwada Danjri, Osaka

Kishiwada Danjri, Osaka

It’s the job of some men to drag the danjiri through the streets, while other men get to ride along.

Kishiwada Danjri, Osaka

Kishiwada Danjri, Osaka

The above photo is clear evidence that I was standing where I shouldn’t be standing! The large group of men in the left of the image are just about to stampede past.

Kishiwada Danjiri, Osaka

Kishiwada Danjiri, Osaka

The man on the roof of the danjiri jumps from side to side and performs something similar to YMCA as they hurtle through the streets.

Rapi:t Train, Osaka

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Rapi:t Train from Kansai Airport to Namba

Rapi:t Train from Kansai Airport to Namba

The Rapi:t are  express trains running from Kansai International Airport to Namba Station in Osaka.   I’d describe their design  as retro-futuristic as they look like they were thought up in the 50’s as “trains of the future”. I wonder if the architect actually did aerodynamic testing or based his design on something else….

Gigantor / Tetsujiin #28

Gigantor / Tetsujiin #28

Depending on the number of stops, the train is the named either  rapi:t α  and rapi:t β.

A quick tip for anyone naming products (or indeed children) – please stick with your basic letters A to Z. Otherwise hardly anyone can spell your product or find it on Google.

(Even Pentax made this mistake naming its first digital SLR the unpronounceable *ist )

Umeda Sky Building, Osaka

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Umeda Sky Building is one of my favorite examples of exciting modern architecture. Hopefully from these shots you can see why the night image in the previous post (no matter how detailed) doesn’t really do justice to the building.

Umeda Sky Building, Osaka, Japan

Umeda Sky Building, Osaka, Japan

Umeda Sky Building, Osaka, Japan

Umeda Sky Building, Osaka, Japan

These were both shot with the 645 35mm lens, an extremely impressive piece of glass.

The Best of Kumamoto & The Best of Nagoya

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A couple of updates have been made to my website. There’s now a small icon taking people to my Facebook page, and more excitingly two new travel articles in the features section.

Next time you’re surfing the web,  take a look at The Best of Kumamoto and The Best of Nagoya.

A big thanks to my good friend Nick Fraenkel for making the updates even though he now lives on the other side of the world. 🙂