Planes, Trains & Automobiles
31 photos
Japan = Home
279 photos
Some of the many pictures I have had the good fortune to be able to take in the country I now call my home.
Thoughts on the March 2011 quake and tsunami so...
People Who Pose
246 photos
Portraits, models, fashion.
Working Photographer
190 photos
Some of the shots from shoots I do in the course of life as a freelance photographer.
Tokyo Street Photography
340 photos
For all those of you who ask, here is my approach to shooting street in Japan:
1. I dont hassle people. If I am shooting from a distance, with a long lens, then afterwards I always try and make...
Tokyo By Night
142 photos
Hasselblad
90 photos
Since the beginning of 2015, I've been an Ambassador for Hasselblad in Japan.
I own an H4D-40 camera and 80mm lens. Was involved with some of the development of the X1D and regularly shoot with...
Nikon D800E
84 photos
Mr. Children
8 photos
Japan's second biggest-selling band of all time, with more sales than U2... and I was asked to shoot photos for their new album, posters etc.
Fuji X100S
61 photos
Me and my Family
69 photos
Video
2 videos
Tokyo in the Rain
50 photos
I love shooting in the rain..... :-)
Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Ai
151 photos
A lot of people ask me how I get such great sharpness at f/1.2 on one of my fifties. This is what I tell them....
Practice....
I have been shooting manual focus cameras and lenses since I was seven...
Boke - Bokeh - 暈け
199 photos
The beauty of out-of-focusness, shot on my favourite bokeh engines:
Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Ai [1979 vintage]
Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 AF D
Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AF D
Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8 ED IF
...and,...
Nikon D700
270 photos
Nikon D300
411 photos
Epson R-D1
24 photos
Mamiya 645 AFDII & ZD Digital Back
125 photos
Kindly on loan from a buddy.... a very nice buddy. Thanks Jeff. It's getting put to good use.
Lenses I have with it:
Hasselblad 110mm f/2
Mamiya 80mm f/2.8 AF
Mamiya 80mm f/1.9
Mamiya 35mm...
Tsukiji Fish Market
17 photos
Published Photography
51 photos
Some of my recent published and commercial work in its finished form.
Nifty Fifties
173 photos
50mm f/1.8 AiS
50mm f/1.2 Ai
Two years on the D300 living at 75mm, now on a D700 and back to 50mm. Whichever, they're great lenses and old friends.
A lot of people ask me how I get such great...
Spring in Japan
37 photos
Summer in Japan
44 photos
Autumn in Japan
84 photos
Winter in Japan
46 photos
Monochrome
230 photos
After the Quake
16 photos
I moved to Japan in 2007 with my Japanese wife and our two children. We've since had a third child here.
Japan is our home. We knew when we moved here that it was, is, the most earthquake-prone...
Mamiya Tilt Shift
39 photos
Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AiS
35 photos
Had it since I was about 22. That's 19 years and counting...
First album cover to use one of my shots was a pic taken with this lens.
It's back on the Nikon for a few weeks of uninterrupted,...
Carl Zeiss Planar 110mm f/2
16 photos
Mamiya 80mm f/1.9
34 photos
Fastest medium-format glass on earth.
Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 AF D
152 photos
Loved this lens. But loved it more on the DX D300. Now own the 135mm f/2 instead.
Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 AF D
26 photos
And what a lovely macro lens it is. Not that I just use it for macros. It's a great short telephoto on the DX sensor, coming out at about 165mm equivalent.
Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8 ED IF
79 photos
Not the newest of Nikon's medium telephoto lenses but a beauty.....
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8
58 photos
The only DX specific lens that I own because it is the only lens, for the money, that does what it does. Probably the best ultra-wide DX lens for Nikon...
Nikkor 300mm f/4 ED
47 photos
Around ten years old, this lens isnt new but it is as sharp as a razor when you nail the focus and is a superb 450mm on the DX sensor. Great to use in the street as it has a lovely perspective...
Nikkor Manual Focus on D300
57 photos
From F3, FA and FM film Nikkor days but after installing a Katzeye split-image and microprism screen in my D300, these old lenses are a dream to use.
The roster:
Nikkor 20mm f/3.5 AiS
Nikkor 50mm...
Flora
89 photos
Fauna
26 photos
Shibuya in the Snow
8 photos
Two magical hours on one Feburary night in 2010. What wasn't captured by the camera will live on in my head as one of the unique experiences I have had in this amazing city I am delighted to call my...
High Dynamic Range [HDR]
44 photos
For those of you who think that HDR is an invention of the digital age, think again! Since 1870 people have been trying to squeeze as much dynamic range into one image as possible and the technique...
Festivals |Temples | Shrines of Japan
55 photos
The Japanese at Work
43 photos
The Japanese @ Play
27 photos
They work hard do the Japanese. Here are some pictures of them when they aren't working.....
My Neighbourhood
33 photos
Minami-oi, 4-chome
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo.
Or, simply put, home to me and my family.
From the roof of our flat
14 photos
iPhone Photos Japan
24 photos
Photos shot and posted from the iPhone.
Some articles I am writing about photography apps for the iPhone:
japanorama.co.uk/2009/11/22/quadcam-app-for-iphone/
japanorama.co.uk/category/iphone/
Blighty
8 photos
Blighty is an English slang term for Britain, deriving from the Hindustani word vilāyatī (विलायती) (pronounced bilāti in many Indian dialects and languages) meaning...
Time
43 photos
Images that give fulfil one or other meaning of the word 'time'.
Project on my Japanorama website about shooting pics to this theme:
japanorama.co.uk/2010/05/12/photography-project-time/
Film
10 photos