Like a different reality to yesterday’s version…

An Alternate Tokyo

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• Date Taken2017-07-14 14:45:03
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time24
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length30.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I was inside an office-area of Mori Tower (not the observation deck) to get this shot. On the observation tower, they have a bar or restaurant or something that covers up this view! Seems crazy, I know!

In the Office

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• Date Taken2017-11-03 01:10:21
• CameraX1D
• Camera MakeHasselblad
• Exposure Time6
• Aperture8
• ISO100
• Focal Length45.0 mm
• Flash
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias-4/3

Just a little bit of a different vibe from yesterday’s city.

The Bridges of Tokyo

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• Date Taken2017-11-01 06:14:01
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/1250
• Aperture
• ISO200
• Focal Length
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

I guess this is the camera body that should be described as “my” camera. Up until this point in my photography I’d jumped from body to body and brand to brand but despite moving to other models along the way such as the mark 4 and the Hasselblad X1D I’ve always returned to the a7R III. It has its battle scars for sure, but it has never let me down, across many continents and trips in the most extreme conditions and it’s still going strong today.

Sony’s a7R III

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• Date Taken2018-02-02 05:20:08
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/320
• Aperture4
• ISO3200
• Focal Length105.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Regular readers will no doubt be aware that I like to experiment, a lot. In many ways. One such experiment, on the tech side of things, has been 360 content. Mostly video but occasionally i’ll drop in something like today’s image which was created on one of the reasonably early Insta360 models. You can do all sorts of weird stuff when you’ve got all that image data. For more experimentations in 360, click the 360 category just under the title of today’s post. All sorts in there, from me randomly walking around places all over the word, to discussions with interesting people such as Hugh Howey (creator of Silo on Apple TV) and Dr Jack Horner, the dino guy that Sam Neill’s character in Jurassic Park is based on.

Experimentations in 360

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• Date Taken2018-04-17 10:56:58
• Camera
• Camera Make
• Exposure Time
• Aperture
• ISO
• Focal Length
• Flash
• Exposure Program
• Exposure Bias

Been thinking back to Google Glass, which was pretty cool, and wondering if it was one of those things that was just the right product at the wrong time… or was it more that we needed products like that to kickstart things and get us to where we need to be by paving the way for others…

Before Their Time?

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• Date Taken2013-10-02 20:18:41
• CameraNEX-6
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/100
• Aperture4.5
• ISO1250
• Focal Length56.0 mm
• FlashAuto, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramProgram AE
• Exposure Bias

You may remember this restaurant from the fight scene in Kill Bill with that deadly Japanese girl. It wasn’t filmed here, instead they recreated it, but still it was cool to visit, and the food was fantastic.

The Restaurant That Inspired Tarantino

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• Date Taken2023-05-05 19:14:30
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/4
• Aperture5.6
• ISO1000
• Focal Length16.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

While leaving Harajuku, I saw this person (I assume person, not creature of the night because they do have that cool look about them) walking toward the action. I still had on my 50mm prime and I wasn’t quite close enough, but they had the right stride, so I took the shot. I cropped in quite heavily in post, and then I ran one of my Lightroom Preset filters on it…

Tokyo Gothic

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• Date Taken2009-10-04 06:28:28
• CameraNIKON D3X
• Camera MakeNikon
• Exposure Time1/4000
• Aperture1.4
• ISO400
• Focal Length50.0 mm
• FlashNo Flash
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

I love all the umbrellas in Tokyo! I captured these two girls that were giggling away while looking at some Christmas decorations just as it started to snow.

Have you noticed how Japanese girls cover their mouths when they laugh? You know why that is? You’ll never guess. I’ll get some of the details wrong on these dates. Before the Meiji period of the late 1800s, women would often die their teeth with a black lacquer to show adulthood or marriage. They often found this embarrassing, so they would cover their mouths when laughing. Even though it stopped 150 years ago, the tradition continues, passed on by daughters watching their mothers for generations.

Christmas Snow in Tokyo

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• Date Taken2018-02-01 23:47:44
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/60
• Aperture4
• ISO800
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Nothing beats a light rainstorm in Tokyo. Well, maybe except for a snowstorm, but I’ve never been lucky enough to be there for those. I probably took over 1,000 photos this night in the rain. I didn’t have any protection for the Sony A7r Mark 3 either… and it held up perfectly. I think I had on the 24-105mm lens the whole time… it was getting absolutely soaked, but it never missed a beat!

A Cinematic Rain In Tokyo

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• Date Taken2018-02-02 05:19:19
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/320
• Aperture4
• ISO3200
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias