If you’re ever in Kyoto, be sure to come adventure around this gate area at night. It’s pretty busy during the day, but at night it’s almost empty. It’s also a great time to pick up Japanese girls, if you are into that. I’m not into that at all. They can be very distracting while you are trying to take photos.

Midnight Through 1,000 Gates

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• Date Taken2017-07-21 13:36:41
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time4
• Aperture6.8
• ISO200
• Focal Length45.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I often walk over here around sunset to this little peaceful pond in Dalefield. You can’t tell from this angle, but it’s actually in the shape of a heart, which fits many of my Disney romantic fantasies. Speaking of which, I think Disney has messed up a lot of people! A friend came over about a week ago and she studied Women’s Issues or something in college… she went on a long diatribe about sexism and stuff. I mostly was tuning her out because she was a woman, but she did have a few good points.

The Little Pond Near my Home

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• Date Taken2017-03-21 08:02:06
• CameraX1D-50c
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture11
• ISO100
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

While on the bus tour across Europe, we made a quick stop in Nice for breakfast and a beach walk. The beach is super popular, but the only bad thing is there is no sand. It’s one of those beaches with big rocks that makes walking a little challenging, and certainly not smooth enough to lay out a beach towel and relax. Maybe the French people have inflatable things to lay on out there. I don’t know… I don’t understand the French. 🙂

Along the Beach in Nice

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• Date Taken2017-05-01 13:13:07
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/500
• Aperture8
• ISO200
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

We were lucky to get a little bonus access to the Sagrada Familia and were able to get into the upper floors. These are quite hidden from the ground level and I never would have known they were there otherwise. I didn’t have to do anything special to get access, just a bit of planning ahead of time with their PR team.

Gaudi’s Masterpiece

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• Date Taken2017-04-30 09:44:53
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time4
• Aperture16
• ISO100
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

If you ever make it to Portugal, but sure to go here to visit the Pina Palace. Planning ahead, you can reserve this whole place for a few hours of your own personal photography before the crowds come in. It’s not that touristy of a place anyway, but it is nice to take photos and be calm before all the muggles show up.

The Magical Castle in Sintra

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• Date Taken2017-04-17 08:36:15
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/250
• Aperture11
• ISO200
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Here’s one of the first photos I took with my Hasselblad camera when I got to Tokyo. This is kind of a weird thing to like about that machine: the aspect ratio. I mean, it’s not that big of a deal because I can always crop them any way I want. I guess there is just sort of a different feeling when looking through the viewfinder and looking at that 3:2 aspect that gives me a slightly different experience. Hard to explain.

Daytime in Roppongi, Tokyo

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• Date Taken2017-11-03 00:07:31
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/500
• Aperture3.5
• ISO100
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias-1

That’s not the official name of this cool rock structure in Skipper’s Canyon near Queenstown, but that’s what I call it. This road around the canyon has many little turnouts and stops where you can see cool formations. This one is right in the beginning, just as you are beginning your downward crawl into the canyon.

The Wizard’s Hat

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• Date Taken2017-03-21 06:40:29
• CameraX1D-50c
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/125
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

While on the European Photo Tour, we stopped in Normandy for the evening while on the way to London. We parked the bus in a car park and I jumped out to walk along the coast to enjoy the sunset. It turned out to be a rather beautiful one. I took a lot of photos of the old monastery, but some of the best light was in this direction.

A sunset in Mont-Saint Michel

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• Date Taken2017-05-10 21:43:39
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time64
• Aperture4
• ISO400
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Okinawa, although an island by itself as part of Japan, is like a country of its own. The culture there is like a small parallel universe of Japan, which is like its own parallel universe. The country does not have much of a “beach culture” where families go out to hang out on the beach, so most of them are quite empty. In the middle of the summer, the weather is still pretty hot, but the beaches are mostly empty and ready for you to explore. Like many islands, the clouds are often multilayered and idyllic for photography.

Across the Beach in Okinawa

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• Date Taken2017-07-13 02:17:56
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time1/2000
• Aperture4.8
• ISO100
• Focal Length45.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

This is one of my favorite little alleys in Tokyo, and it is very close to Shinjuku. I’ve been there a few times, but I often forget exactly where it is. Sometimes, I purposefully set out to find this place, and I get completely lost and end up in a different area. I mean, that’s okay. I guess I could mark it on Google Maps, but I like the challenge of trying to find this little treasure again.

Secret Food Alley in Tokyo

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• Date Taken2017-07-19 12:13:21
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time11
• Aperture13
• ISO100
• Focal Length45.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias