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I am not sure how many times I was in Odaiba continuously seeking new spots for taking photos of the night panorama of Tokyo and the Rainbow Bridge. This time, however, I decided to take a slightly different approach and use the panorama of Tokyo as a background, as an element while composing my photos. Sometimes it is good to work the same scene many times, to challenge your imagination and creativity, and see with how many good compositions you can come up with. Odaiba is a fascinating place for any photographer, as there is so much to shoot, you could spend there a month and still have things to photograph. Anyways, here is my final shot, and I have also recorded a full length photoshop workflow (about 1h long) on how I created this photo with details commentaries on the process. It is a particularly tricky shot to edit, as the composition is based on 3 layers: the Tokyo city, the Rainbow Bridge and the people on the view deck. On top of this the scene is backlit by a sunset, yet the city lights are already popping out. So there is lots to juggle and consider during the editing. The final photo is a digital blend of a few exposures. Enjoy!
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Here is another shot from my night adventures with a camera in Tokyo. I took this photo from World Trade Center's observation deck. Funny story is, that you can use a tripod inside there, which is rather odd for Japan, but if you want to use a cloth that blocks the reflections from the glass, you need to fill out an application form (beep, beep), AND pay $170USD fee! Someone in charge over there is seriously mentally ill. Anyways, last time I was in WTC the weather was gloomy and rainy, so the mood in the photos was completely different. Yesterday the visibility was great for a summer day (August is probably the most humid month), so I managed to grab a few good shots of sunset over Tokyo.
Video tutorial on how to digitally blend images in photoshop - full workflow with many great tips Buy fine art photo prints at my store on SmugMug. Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. We had a few rainy days here in Tokyo, so today when the weather got better I knew that the sunset wil be worth photographing. So, I made my way back to the World Trade Center in Hamammatsucho, and there it was, a spectacular sunset happening just behind the Tokyo Tower. I spent about 1h just photographing one view, during different stages of sunset. Landscape photography can be very relaxing, but requires a lot of patience. This photo is a digital blend of 4 exposures, manually masked in photoshop.
Video tutorial on how to digitally blend images in photoshop - full workflow with many great tips Buy fine art photo prints at my store on SmugMug. Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Here is a view of central Tokyo from the top observation deck of Tokyo Tower. It was really a tricky photo to take, because the glass windows up there are heavily scratched, and another thing is it was a very gloomy and rainy night. It is getting cloder here in Tokyo, but the air is still humid and hazy. All in all, I used all those to my advantage, except the scratched windows. The scratches are so serious, that parts of the pictures were completely distorted, and I had to manually clone stamp bit by bit from other exposures. It was a smashing view, with city lights disippating into the distance. The famous starfish-shaped crossing if a fun object to photograph, though composition wise I would prefer if it was completely surrounded by city structures, and not parks. I ran out of time to shoot this from the lower deck (there are two observation decks in Tokyo Tower), so I will be back there later on this year, when it is cold and the air is crisp and clear, to shoot a few more frames.
Here is a telephoto shot of central Tokyo, taken from the Tokyo Tower on a rainy night. Atmosphere was fantastic, I just wish the windows were less scratched and cleaner. They should really change the windows in Tokyo Tower's upper view deck, they look like a werewolf on crack was trying to get out or something. Anyways, I managed to capture a few nice shots, and this is the first one. I had fun editing this, it is a digital blend of 3 exposures manually masked in photoshop, with a few filters applied and altered tones and colours. I am really pleased with how it came out.
Video tutorial on how to digitally blend images in photoshop - full workflow with many great tips Buy fine art photo prints at my store on SmugMug. Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. I took this photo last year during one of my visits to Kamakura. I re-edited it from scratch, and gave it a completely new and fresh look. Those traditional Japanese houses that you see here, are buildings surrounding one of the gardens in Kamakura. The garden itself was not bad, but I found those structures far more interesting. It was a sunny morning, so the dynamic range between the sky and the shadow areas was huge, so I had to blend two layers together to be able to get all the details back into one photo. So I manually blended two exposures in photoshop, and actually made a short video on how to mask in and extract difficult items in photoshop, which will be posted on my Youtube channel soon.
Video tutorial on how to digitally blend images in photoshop - full workflow with many great tips Buy fine art photo prints at my store on SmugMug. Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Summers in Tokyo are mad hot and humid. It will be really warm till the end of September, but today the heat is gone, and the temperature is down to 21 degrees Celsius. Humidity is still at 88%, ugh. I am dying to welcome winter. I am repacking my gear after a photo shoot, and I am thinking of hitting Tokyo for some evening shots fun. Below is a photo of fireworks that I took recently in Yokuska, together with a bunch of other photographers. Fireworks are happening all over Japan during summer, and most of the events attracts a sea of people. I am not a fan of crowded places, but fireworks are something that I enjoy to watch and photograph.
Video tutorial on how to shoot fireworks photos and how to edit them in photoshop Buy fine art photo prints at my store on SmugMug. Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Here is another photo that I took traveling on the Yurikamone line in central Tokyo. You can see across the Tokyo Harbour towards central Tokyo, with a famous landmark, the Tokyo Tower, to the left. Those elevated highways, they lead to the Rainbow Bridge, which crosses from Odaiba to central Tokyo. I turned this photo into black and white, as the foreground lights were drawing too much attention to themselves, and in monochrome, they are more of a frame rather than a distraction. This image is a digital blend of a few exposures, manually created in photoshop. To learn more about photo editing, see my Youtube channel with tons of free photoshop tutorials and photography tips!
Buy fine art photo prints at my store on SmugMug. Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Here is another photo of Tokyo by night, which I took from the Wolrd Trade Center building in Hamamatsucho. It was a great hazy and rainy night, so the horizon is gloomy and moody, and it accentuates the city lights. It was a very dramatic scene, and a fun one to photography. Wolrd Trade Center is amaizng, that view deck over there is perfect for night shots, even though there is a glass window you have to shoot through. The lighting is dark, and you can use tripods, and the view is 360 degrees. This photo is a digital blend of a few exposures, to learn more about photoshop and post processing see my Youtube channel.
Buy fine art photo prints at my store on SmugMug. Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. OK, well, I had a bit of fun in photoshop, and made Tokyo into a futuristic megalopolis. I wanted to add some space cratfs to make it even more crazy, but I reckon it looks all right as it is. I shot this view from the Buknyo Civic Center, and it shows skyscrapers of Shinjuku. My initial plan was to reshoot this panorama, but when I went there Mt. Fuji was behind the clouds, so I changed my plans. This photo is a digital blend of 3 exposures, manually blended in photoshop. If you want to learn more about photo retouching feel free to visit my Youtube channel, where you c
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