Monthly Archives: August 2009

Beating the heat….

Beating the heat….

Tokyo gets oppressively hot in the summer. You take a step out from your air-conditioned apartment and your dripping with sweat in no time. Whilst …

 

Kamakura

Kamakura

Tokyo is crammed with places to go and things to do, but sometimes you just need to get away from it all and slow things …

 

Photographing fireworks

Photographing fireworks

Summer in Japan is firework season. All the big displays in Tokyo, especially the sumidagawa fireworks in Asakusa are packed with people hours in advance …

 

Using flash on sunny days

Using flash on sunny days

For photography, lighting is one of the most important elements in getting a good shot. You have to have enough light so you can see …

 

Celebrating death

Celebrating death

A couple of weeks back I went to photograph the celebration of death at the Mitama Matsuri (soul festival) in Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine. This Shinto …

 

The woman in the dog mask

The woman in the dog mask

When I’m on an assignment for my agency or a job for a newspaper or magazine, I’m always drawn to the unexpected. Recently I went to …