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…even out on to my balcony to have a smoke. These days there are plenty of ways you can always make sure you have a camera with you, from ....
31 Aug 4:16 pm from Japanorama

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Composition 101, Pt.1

How a simple cardboard frame can help you out, even when you’re a pro. Cheap or free is good sometimes and in the case of our lo-fi aid to....
26 Aug 9:37 pm from Japanorama

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Photowalk, Saturday 21st Aug: Enoshima

It’s about time we all got out of town again and had a bit of seaside action. Enoshima is not exactly the quietest of places on the weeken....
17 Aug 2:28 pm from Japanorama

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Photography project: Leading the Eye

A new project for this week kicks off a series on leading the eye. There are many ways of leading the eye of the viewer through your photogr....
27 Apr 11:54 pm from Japanorama

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Shoot the kids!

Come along this Sunday for a studio & location lighting workshop with Alfie’s kids. No animals on this shoot but with this workshop we....
20 Apr 12:07 pm from Japanorama

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Even More Kyoto Sakura Photos

Northern Kyoto sakura (North of Imadegawa Street) are in fine bloom right now. Anything south of Imadegawa is fading and falling now, which ....
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Life three metres out in Tokyo’s backstreets

Alfie spends the day touring Jared, a music producer from Vermont, around classic backstreet Tokyo. It might have been Cartier-Bresson who o....
8 Apr 12:20 am from Japanorama

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My latest Kyoto sakura pictures

Go to my flickr photostream (username: Kyoto) for the latest photographs of Kyoto sakura. ....
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Sunset Sakura

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Photograph : Hostesses On Obake

As I mentioned yesterday, around Setsubun the geisha of Kyoto celebrate Obake, a special event where they dress up in costumes. The event h....
21 Mar 11:50 am from Mazikeen

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Photograph : Maiko On Geisha Obake

At the start of the year in Kyoto the geisha celebrate a special event with the festival of Setsubun called Obake (the Japanese word for “....
20 Mar 9:36 am from Mazikeen

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Yokai Matsuri (Yokai Part 3)

This month, in honour of my hosting the March 2010 Japan Blog Matsuri, I have been creating posts about yokai (Japanese monsters). posted ....
16 Mar 3:09 pm from Mazikeen

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Shots from our recent macro workshop

Thanks to those that came out last Saturday for our macro workshop. Some great shots and some glorious weather. Macro photography, or ‘pho....
16 Mar 12:12 pm from Japanorama

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Photograph : Nio Japanese Buddhist Guardian Statue

This is a photograph of the nio (Japanese Buddhist guardian statue) Agyo at the first temple of both the Fudo Myoo and Bekkaku pilgrimages i....
14 Mar 3:56 am from Mazikeen

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Photograph : Nio Japanese Buddhist Guardian Statue

This is a photograph of the nio (Japanese Buddhist guardian statue) Ungyo at the first temple of both the Fudo Myoo and Bekkaku pilgrimages ....
13 Mar 5:39 am from Mazikeen

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Agyo and Ungyo : Japanese Buddhist Guardians

Niomon of Yashima in Shikoku. Upon entering the grounds of many Buddhist temples you will find yourself having to cross through the nimon.....
10 Mar 2:56 am from Mazikeen

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Yokai Village (Yokai Part 2)

Deep in Tokushima-ken (and an hour from my home) you will find Miyoshi City and the Oboke Valley. It is a gorgeous area determined to woo an....
9 Mar 12:38 pm from Mazikeen

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Photograph : Tanuki

As I mentioned yesterday, I am doing a yokai theme this weekend for the weekend photographs from Japan. This particular photograph is an old....
7 Mar 2:30 am from Mazikeen

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Photograph : Tanuki

In keeping with the yokai theme I have for this month’s Japan Blog Matsuri I am keeping my weekend photographs to a yokai theme this week.....
6 Mar 12:19 pm from Mazikeen

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Japanese McDonald’s American Burgers

A few months ago the McDonald’s in Japan began an American Burgers promotion. They debuted four different burgers tied to four locations i....
5 Mar 7:58 am from Mazikeen

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Swimming With Tiger Sharks

I grew up with the ocean. As a child my summers were spent at the shore, the waves crashing over my feet. I adore the ocean. It inspires a g....
4 Mar 1:48 am from Mazikeen

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Japanese Buddhist Ceremony : Walking On Fire

At the start of the year I found myself continuing the eighty-eight temple pilgrimage of Shikoku. It was a unique time to see the temples as....
3 Mar 1:46 pm from Mazikeen

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Photowalk: Saturday 30th January

This week we explore with just a 50mm lens and taking 36shots. Shooting with a fixed, prime lens can be great discipline for the eye. Add to....
29 Jan 1:15 am from Japanorama

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Photography Links of the Week – Looking Foward to 2010

Click through for some great photography links and some words about the coming year 2010 is well and truly underway now, and we are once aga....
6 Jan 7:07 pm from Japanorama

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Group lesson: First sunrise of 2010 in Japan

It’s something of a tradition for Alfie to capture the first sunrise. And he hopes this year’s is less eventful than in 2009. Last yea....
28 Dec 1:53 pm from Japanorama

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Maple swirl

I jumped out of the way of a car while taking a picture of an “iroha momiji” maple tree around the corner from my home, and spun the ca....
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10 Photographers who changed my life, Hunter`s take

Picking a favourite photographer is a bit like picking a favourite song on your favourite album; impossible. However, choosing a list of tho....
25 Nov 12:13 pm from Japanorama

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Inside Hunter’s sack: all his kit reviewed

What photo-gear Hunter can’t leave the house without. A lot of people are surprised when they see the inside of my kit bag, partly because....
24 Nov 9:26 am from Japanorama

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Quadcam App for iPhone

Our world is full of competing visual stimuli. Capture that stream of visual consciousness with this great app for the iPhone. We live in a ....
22 Nov 11:54 am from Japanorama

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