May 2012
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Annular Eclipse Tokyo
Taken from my balcony at about 7:30am this morning.
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Portrait Session - Starring Tiffany
Shot with model and punkrocker Tiffany Cadillac recently. She had some creative looks that she had come up with so we decided to meet up and shoot them. Hair, makeup and styling was all done by her.
We did maybe 7 looks or so. Still processing the photos but here are two quick photos from some that were taken.
Will post the rest maybe next week when I have finished with them ;D
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Portrait Session - Starring Sascha
So, took these pics maybe 2-3 weeks ago of model Sascha
A bit before this Mijonju brought out his lappy and gave me a quick lesson on photoshop
and how he edits images. Got some good advice and was able to do some basic editing of some photos.
However, for any type of beauty work you need to do a lot of stuff in post so I subscribed to Lynda and watched a few photoshop series by Chris...
April 2012
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Polaroid Fun
Was shooting a bit of retro/old skool ish and took a few polaroids.
Think the polaroids might end up coming out better than the shots on digi ;o
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Portrait Session - Starring Stacey
So with the weather sucking since forever decided to do a bit more studio stuff. After all the bad weather rainy season is probably also around the corner which sucks even more…
Decided to up some shots with Stacey from a week or so ago. Messed around with a few setups, beauty look and some other stuff.
Ended up making a composite out of one of the looks.
Shot some film too.
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Quick Portrait - Stacey
Quick pic from a portrait session I did with Stacey last week. WIll post some more pics and a write up later.
Actually went darkroom 2 days ago. Will up some scans and a little report about it tomorrow or something.
Have a nice day folks.
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Portrait Session - Starring Julia
Did a shoot with Julia about 2 weeks ago. Alani came along too. Shot some outdoor and indoor stuff. Been trying to learn some photoshop recently. It is funny I find that at this point I jump between Lightroom, GIMP and photoshop depending on what I want to do…
Was shooting large format outdoors so maybe only took 3 different looking shots. Came inside met up with Maity and shot one...
adventuresinfilm asked: Re: your overexposed Portra, I think that just proves the principle of 'with negative film, it will be fine'. Shooting a roll of slide through my RB67 made me realise how much my guessed exposures vary, but on FP4+, Reala and Ektar they turn out just fine.
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Darkroom Coat
So yeah I was talking about getting a lab coat for going to the darkroom when Joanne offered to get me one :D (she works as a mad scientist).
We discussed colours and I said that blue would be good. However, no blue was available. She said she would dye a white one blue for me. However, it didnt quite turn out blue, ended up purple…
But its all good, purple is rapidly becoming one of...
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Portra 400 shot at 100
Picked up some film last night which was a mixed bag of this weekend and a shoot from 2 weeks ago.
I shot two rolls of portra400 on my pentax67 with Adriana, reason being was after shooting the first I realized I adjusted my f-stop in the wrong direction and exposed for iso 100 instead of 400…
Shot another roll straight after at the correct setting. Sent that roll to the local near my...
Hanami with the missus
Was out doing Hanami (checking out the cherry blossoms) with the missus on the weekend.
Took out the camera so she could take some pics of the flowers and stuff and so I could take a few of her.
Got to near the end of the park trail and hadn’t taken a single picture of her yet, I was too busy using instagram to take photos of weird people and stuff.. (follow me on instagram...
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Adriana on Film
Shot some photos of Adriana on film. Developed them last night and they came out nice. Might be the best batch of negs I have done so far, nice density. Still have a little dust and a few scratches though but way better than the past two batches….
Shot some colour too, but bw looked way better. Not sure if its due to me letting the dude in my local shop dev them… (i never...
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Instagram
Android has finally released instagram. Catch me on there, username is:
streetportraitist
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Portrait Session - Starring Adriana
So yeah did a shoot with model Adriana and hair makeup partner in crime Maity recently.
Fun times :)
It was the second time shooting in my home studio setup. Had a post about the first shoot I did but tumblr deleted it :(
Few months ago I thought to myself, why not turn my home to a mini studio? Did a bunch of research, checked around and came to the conclusion it was not feasible...
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Learning Post Processing
Ugh, I think I bought my first camera, a d70, in like June 2010. After shooting for a few months I realized that I wasnt happy with the way the photos looked and to make things worse had no idea how to fix them…
The escape route was to start shooting film :D. With film you can more or less just use whatever u get out of the cam and still get decent results.
But the side effects of...
March 2012
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SixtyEight & SixtyNine
My timing has been lovely as of late. Seem to bump into people or cool stuff wherever I go. Maybe it is more induced than anything since I do stuff like get a different train to work everyday and end up riding on a different carriage each time. I also walk home and to work via different routes depending on my mood and go to lunch at a different time everyday. My life is pretty random…
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Print Giveaway
Gonna be giving away some test prints that I make since they are probably gonna pile up and end up going to waste or getting thrown away (some old street stuff and maybe some newer portraits I take).
Check out my FB page if interested:
FB Page
Peace
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Rapper Micho
Did a little shoot with Japanese Rapper Micho a few months back.
She released an album last week that is available through free download and can be found here:
Download
Download it and give it a listen :)
Here is here music video on youtube for her single -> Youtube
She is also on twitter -> https://twitter.com/#!/MICHOmic
And has a FB page - Facebook
Go show her some love :D
The...
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Happy Sunday
Was looking through some photos and realized there were a few more of Lareina I took that I liked. Thought I would upload one real quick.
Have a nice Sunday peeps.
krshb asked: I love your work! Both the stories and the photographs are so inspirational to me. I've just sort of started off with portrait photography and sometimes I find it awkward to talk to people while taking their pictures. Sometimes I don't even know what to say or do! Haha, I think that it's awesome how bold you are to approach strangers on the street to take their pictures. One day...
mariostrim asked: Great street portraits and stories. That is all.
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The Archives
Was going through some old photos and found this buried in the archives. Took it probably a year and a half ago. After learning a bit about lighting from Adrian and Zack Arias one light DVD I bought a softbox from bnhphoto and went to the park to test it out (how the above shot was born).
Time flies… Seem to have a lot of shoots booked for April but nothing for this month. Get at me if...
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Darkroom Round 2
Warning, long rant, read at your own peril :p
Went darkroom Saturday night for a 6 hour session, was planning on making a few medium format prints, one of them being this one above (scanned negative).
Got to the darkroom, made myself comfortable and got ready for a productive 6 hour session.
Loaded the 6x7 film holder and started trying to adjust the enlarger to display the image on the...
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GF2 Popup Flash
It was my birthday yesterday. Went to grab food and watch a movie. We were in an underground store that was pitch black to the extent you couldnt take a photo without flash.
My chick took a few shots of me with the flash pointed straight at me which resulted in the usual “headlights from a car is pointing at you look”.
I took the camera back and realized that you can actually play...
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Darkroom Field Report
Thought I would write up some random thoughts on doing some darkroom stuff for the first time.
First thing, time flies. Booked 4 hours but barely had enough time to make 2 prints, seriously might need to go in 6+ hour blocks.
Thinking of maybe getting a setup in my house, but gotta work out the logistics.
Greatest Fear: Opening 100 sheets of photo paper with the light on and ruining them all...
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SixtySeven
Not a stranger this time, a cool lady who lives in my neighborhood who I became friends with. She has the most adorable children. Since there is no back story to the encounter allow me to entertain you with a little anecdote.
I cant actually remember how we met, I know I moved to the area about 2 years ago and would randomly walk around and see her. She is one of those friendly people with a...
February 2012
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Lareina Part 2
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is…”
A little reflection from the shoot the other day, the perils of shooting strobes using film.
Given a lighting setup that consists of a set of lights with different modifiers and the model in the optimal spot to give you the result you want. Depending on the modifiers being used the amount of freedom...
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Portrait Session - Starring Lareina
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”
Really love this quote, crazy how true it is…
Went to the studio on the weekend to shoot some with Lareina and Jo came along to shoot too.
Was a pretty crazy day, I was more or less dead before I even left the house. I was gonna shoot large format but changed my mind at the last minute to go...
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SixtySix
Hmm, too cold to get motivated to go on any sort of wandering outside all day type of missions.
So, of late I either go studio, do nothing, or do nothing + spend an hour in the park behind my house.
I have hit the park for the last 3 weeks in a row now. I normally go at 3pmish when the light is starting to get good. First week I took pictures of trees, second week I took nothing, and this week...
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Mrs Portraitist
Recently I have been randomly buying/collecting prints and paintings from people both online and offline. I bought a few paintings from Estetika Exposure a few weeks ago and they arrived this week. Two of the paintings were from her portfolio and the one below is one she made from scratch as a surprise.
Really happy with this, love the use of the browns and the faint blue in the sky :D
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Current Film Selection
Oh well, hopefully weather improves soon and I can actually get around to using it :D
Need large format colour film though :( only have 4 Portra 160 sheets left..
bottom shelf all medium format film
middle shelf is large format with some loose medium format and 35mm film
top shelf is all medium format with some large format loaded in holders
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Lunchtime Shenanigans
Recently I have itchy finger syndrome and have been wanting to shoot at any opportunity i can.
Unfortunately the weather has sucked of late so its kinda hard to go outside and try and take photos of people.
Last week the weather wasnt so bad so I decided to holla at Number Fifteen who works near me and find out if she wanted to do an impromptu lunchtime shoot.
She was game so we met up at lunch...
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Lazy Saturdays
Decided to stay at home and rest this weekend and not take any photos.
As it is I am currently on a mission to watch 100 Naruto Shippuden episodes in a week (after 4 or so days i am on ep 80).
I was going super hard on Saturday when my eyes started to give in so I decided to go for a walk.
I grabbed my large format camera and went to my local park where I spotted a few guys playing Igo under a...
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Large Format Training (Colour)
Quick shout out to Mia for coming out to hang and be experimented on :D
She is part of a band called Sterling (check them out).
They just so happen to have a gig tomorrow details are here.
So yeah, plan was to just mess around with strobes in the studio with Irwin. Ended up mainly just messing around with the beauty dish.
It was my first time using a beauty dish, I think that I might be in...
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SixtyFive
It is midnight and it is raining pretty hard. Suprisingly I am still awake. I am on my way home from some function when I see this guy swinging a bat outside the entrance of my building.
Flashing back I think I have seen him a few times practicing. However, on those days it wasnt raining so he was a bit further out from the exit.
I never really knew if he was old or young or anything since the...
January 2012
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Testing out the GF2
So, been looking for a compact camera for a few months to compliment my current camera selection. I have a d700, but its too big to fit in my pocket and it is actually straight overkill taking it out everywhere i go to take snaps or random everyday stuff.
Was gonna buy a contax t3 but realised that I would be too lazy to scan the photos after..
Ended up picking up a GF2 and a 20mm F1.7 (gives...
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SixtyFour
The objective of the day was to go to Nikon Gallery, kick down the door, find out who is in charge and get them to explain why my pics aren’t on their walls.
After that I would go to pentax gallery and tell them to give me a free pentax67II since im repping pentax on my site (delusions of grandeur).
After that I would spend the rest of the day taking photos.
I get to Shinjuku and pass...
Photoshoot Keepsakes
I watched Jeremy Cowards Lifefinder DVD and got a cool idea from it. He takes a fun photo with the models after a shoot as a keepsake. I decided that I am going to try and do the same thing from now on.
On the right is the model Masumi. She is a great at modeling. I set up the light, she takes the stages, and I turn into a monkey pressing the shutter and leave her to do her thing :D
On the...
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SixtyThree
Met up with twocutedogs the other day and he was with two guys who were visiting Japan.
One of them was a photographer (the shadow on the right) and is part of a group called Burn My Eye who do some good street photography.
We hit the streets to shoot a bit and stumbled upon an area that had some really nice light and decided to take a photo.
The guy in the photo is a really cool dude. I...
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A Day in The Life - Yoyogi
(This actually happened nearly a month ago, but I forgot to post it :o )
Left the house with no plan (as usual) and was heading towards the station when I saw this guy. I normally see him on the weekends on the side of the road.
I go up to him and say hi and he looks up to me and says hi back. Realizing he is gonna have to strain his neck looking up anytime he wants to say anything I decided...
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A Day in The Life - Odaiba
A couple of random pics and thoughts from a day out in Odaiba last week.
A list of all the photographers that came out that day :P (listed in order I met that day):
Mijonju - met at shinjuku yama platform 8:30ish
Imo - met at shinjuku yama platform 8:40ish (met via mijonju)
twocutedogs - met outside shimabashi stn at 9:40ish
Joanne - met inside shimbashi stn at about 1 minute after 9:40ish
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SixtyTwo
I saw this guy posted up outside of the station. I stopped and looked at him and thought to myself, “Dude looks cool, I should ask him for a photo”. After looking for a few seconds I decided not to and walked off. I stopped again after a few steps, looked at him and once again decided not to. As I was walking off for the second time I stopped took a deep breath and said,...
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Polaroid
Suffering from mild exhaustion, spent the majority of the past two days sleeping. A quick Polaroid of the GF. I am getting faster at setting up and tearing down down the Large Format camera. Might attempt to shoot some color for the first time next week Saturday.
Have a nice day folks.
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SixtyOne
I was out in Odaiba last week with a group of people who like taking photos. The lady above is a friend of Mijonju. She was a really nice and chilled person. She shoots a form of photography called “half frame”? The concept being every shot that you take gets split down the middle and forms two separate photos. I asked her what you need to take into consideration when shooting half...
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Sixty
I saw this lady sitting on a bench by herself using her phone. She didn’t seem like she was going anywhere anytime soon so I quickly did a lap around the area looking for a better spot to take her photo.
I found a spot a few seconds away then came back to her and did the goofy thing I do sometimes where I say, “Hi” while raising my right hand up like a student asking...
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Large Format + Self Dev Training
Yesterday I took my first real shots using negative film on large format (I took a shot of a giant carebare in my apartment and of my balcony prior).
I went out to meet Irwin to hang while he did a project and eventually ended up meeting twocutedogs.
While out I remembered that my GF’s mum was in the same area I would be in so I contacted her and asked her if she wants to come hang and ill...
December 2011
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FiftyNine
Walking around the Shibuya area and saw a diva looking lady wearing a leopard jacket sitting on the ground using the phone. Decided to lurk around and wait for her to finish so I can try and speak to her. While waiting I saw this kid walk past.
I put some music on while I waited and closed my eyes for a few seconds and when I reopened them the lady had disappeared hehe.
I decided to move on and...