Category Archive: Life

28 Jan

Kanchu Suiyoku (midwinter bathing)

Kanchu Suiyoku (midwinter bathing)

The new year here in Japan starts off with some quite masochistic festivals. The other week I went to the Kanchu Suiyoku festival, which is …

 
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14 Jan

Night shots

Night shots

Recently I’ve been really enjoying taking lots of night shots on my travels. I love how it can really bring out a different feel to …

 
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11 Jan

Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower

Recently I’ve been photographing a lot of buildings around Tokyo. It’s always good to have stock shots of the same buildings, I often get asked …

 
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09 Jan

Shibuya Crossing at night

Shibuya Crossing at night

The other night I went to Shibuya to photograph and video around the crossing area just out from the station. Shibuya has the image of being …

 
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01 Jan

The start of 2010

The start of 2010

Happy New Year everyone. 2009, like most of the last decade, just seemed to fly in. It doesn’t seem long ago I was seeing in 2009, …

 
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Also posted in Japan, Photography, Tokyo
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21 Dec

Christmas Tokyo style

Christmas Tokyo style

Japan has its own way of doing things, quite often very different from how it’s done in other countries. Christmas is a good example. Here in …

 
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05 Dec

Kusajishi and Yabusame

Kusajishi and Yabusame

One of my favourite things about Japan is how ancient rituals and festivals go on on unchanged for centuries. No matter how the country grows …

 
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Also posted in Japan, Kusajishi, Lonely Planet, Photo tips, Photography, Tokyo, Yabusame, festivals
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01 Dec

Tim Kern and J-Select

Tim Kern and J-Select

Earlier on this year I photographed the renowned New York based Tattoo artist Tim Kern who is a co-founder of the tribulation tattoo studio in …

 
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28 Nov

Whisky galore

Whisky galore

The write up for the whisky piece I shot a couple of weeks ago was in The Japan Times yesterday. The paper was just B&W, …

 
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Also posted in Drinks, Nick Coldicott, Photography, The Japan Times, Whisky
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25 Nov

The Iraq diaries # 2: Life in the camps

The Iraq diaries # 2: Life in the camps

Spring 2006 It was my second day in Iraq. The sound of the generator outside my window growling all night hadn’t given me much sleep, then …

 
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