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Do not ask me who painted it or what is the title of this scroll, because I have not checked it, and not planning on doing so. Learn to enjoy what you see without names telling you if you should. The guy on the shot is a random visitor of National Museum in Tokyo, I just needed someone in the frame to balance the painting and the number 18. Yup, it is there on purpose, and so are the reflections of other exhibits and lights, leading you straight to the painting. I played a bit with colors inside photoshop, and created a cross over between cross processed image and sepia. Looks really cool.
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Anytime you have enough of concrete, steel, glass and every day Tokyo rush, head in to one of many gardens or parks of the Metropolis. Hama Rikyu Imperial gardens are located very close to Shiodome district, which is one of my favorite places to photograph modern architecture in central Tokyo. Hama Rikyu gardens are very peaceful very well maintained making it quite a spot for wonderful portraits nature photographs. The park was opened to public in 1946. In its center there is a lake with a traditional tea house, where you can sit down and admire surroundings from a wooden deck suspended over the water. Hama Rikyu is a home to white Japanese cranes, so if you are lucky you can see them there. There is an entrance fee, but it is very low and it is well worth it.
My Youtube channel with free photoshop tutorials Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Hire a photographer in Tokyo Buy original Chinese and Japanese calligraphy art Check out my new portrait photography services in Tokyo website! Hasedera is one of the Zen temples located above Kamakura, and you can see the whole bay and the beach from up there. Magical place, not as peaceful as Kenchou-ji but it does have a very soothing atmosphere. There are quite a few temple buildings there and the entire complex is wrapped around hills and rocks. One of those buildings is very special for me, it is a Buddhist sutra copying pavilion, devoted to sutra studies and meditations with mantras. Japanese and Chinese calligraphy studies are a well-known activities that prolong life in more effective way than tai-chi. Power of concentration, mind moving with the brush, balance and harmony - all of those that has healing powers. Watching calligraphy is also considered to be therapeutic.
My Youtube channel with free photoshop tutorials Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Hire a photographer in Tokyo Buy original Chinese and Japanese calligraphy art Check out my new portrait photography services in Tokyo website! Kenchou-ji Zen temple in Kmakura - hands down my favorite place in this small traditional Japanese city. The amazing atmosphere and aura that surrounds this peaceful place is simply therapeutic. If you are lucky you can sit down and listen to the chanting sound of massive temple bells, being struck in certain order by the monks, or witness the every-day prayers and ceremonies, or listen to the sutra recitation. The entire temple is an cove of peace and tranquility. I have visited this place several times and I can never get enough. If you enjoy travel photography or architecture photography, Kenchou-ji is a dream place to shoot. If you want to see other photos of mine taken in Kamakura, just type 'Kamakura" into the search box. Kamakura is relatively close to Tokyo, so if you are visiting the Metropolis you should definitely save one day for exploring the temples of Kamakura.
My Youtube channel with free photoshop tutorials Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Hire a photographer in Tokyo Buy original Chinese and Japanese calligraphy art Check out my new portrait photography services in Tokyo website! Photography is not about what you can see, but noticing and capturing what others cannot.10/12/2015 Photography is more complex than people realize. Today, everyone has a camera, and cameras mounted on some smart phones are better than or close to pro cameras in the early years of digital photography. So, the internet is flooded with pictures. Naturally, most of them are random snapshots of things or scenes that someone though they looked good or interesting. Thing is, that real life we see in motion, and still images are very different since they freeze a moment in time. That moment is all the viewer will see, and it is all you will have to tell your story. What is more, everyday we pass places or events that we do not consider interesting, and the trick to become a good photographer is to learn how to find, frame, and capture images that almost no one else can spot. Photography is not about what you can see, but how to show what others cannot, and the skill of turning the usual into art. Below photo - Shimbashi, central Tokyo.
My Youtube channel with free photoshop tutorials Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Hire a photographer in Tokyo Buy original Chinese and Japanese calligraphy art Check out my new portrait photography services in Tokyo website! Tokyo has countless amazing spots for all kinds of photography, be it street, portraiture, night, events, etc., you can find it all here. But anyone who has ever visited or lives i Tokyo will tell you, that architecture is quite unique, and photographing it is a real joy for anyone who enjoys capturing intriguing images. I have a few favorite spots in Tokyo, and one of them is Odaiba, a place where you can spend days and days and never run out of things to shoot, The cool thing about Odaiba is a mixture of modern structures, futuristic shapes, crazy stuff, open spaces and amazing vistas of central Tokyo. Here is a photo taken on the way to Tokyo Big Sight during sunset against the dark and stormy sky. The contrast between saturated colors and dark tones of the clouds was stunning.
My Youtube channel with free photoshop tutorials Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Hire a photographer in Tokyo Buy original Chinese and Japanese calligraphy art Check out my new portrait photography services in Tokyo website! Kotokuin of Kamkura - possibly the most famous Buddhist temple where you can admire the 13 meters tall bronze statue of Amida Buddha. Kotokuin is not my favourite place to visit in Kamakura, (I prefer Kenchouji temple of Zen Buddhism, which has incredible atmosphere), but it is definitely one of those spots you should go to while traveling around Tokyo. The best time to go there is at 8 am during weekdays (this is the opening time), and you just may be the only person one on one with this peaceful being. Once more people arrive, the energy is disturbed and half the charm is gone. It took me a few tries to separate Kate from the crowd so I can capture her alone sitting on the stone base of the statue (yeah, I had no tripod, so the photshop magic disappearing act via masking would not work).
My Youtube channel with free photoshop tutorials Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Hire a photographer in Tokyo Buy original Chinese and Japanese calligraphy art Check out my new portrait photography services in Tokyo website! They say that if you are good, you will be lucky. Well, I must say, this is probably the luckiest capture of mine. I was in Narita san Buddhist temple complex the other day, just about 1h by train from Tokyo, and I was walking through the temple park. I was shocked when I saw this old Japanese building tucked in between some trees. It is not usual to see ruined unattended structures on the temple grounds, and especially parks like that at Narita san. This park is being maintained very well. So anyways, I spotted it and pulled up my camera with a 70-200 mm lens mounted on and took one shot, then I stepped down to 70 mm to take a wide shot which would have the entire structure in frame. Just before I pressed the shutter I said to myself "I wish I had someone there in that entrance, so it doesnt look so empty and lifeless". The moment I said that this guy came out of nowhere. He was so perfect I nearly forgot to take the photo. The cigarette, the 100 yards stare, those two dogs (one of them is Shiba breed, so you could not get more Japanese than that), and even his shirt matched that laundry hanger to the top left (both were blue). I mean this photo could not be any more perfect. It is a gift from Buddha for carrying a DLSR with battery grip and a massive lens in my hand all day long.
My Youtube channel with free photoshop tutorials Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Hire a photographer in Tokyo Buy original Chinese and Japanese calligraphy art Check out my new portrait photography services in Tokyo website! Shichigosan is a early event for your kids, and IO wrote a separate article about it last year, so read more here if you are interested in what it actually is. I took this photo in Kamakura yesterday. There were so many small kids there dashing about in kimono, it was so freaking cute that I just couldn't leave. I wanted to capture something special, something that would tell a story about the event but at the same time allow you to have a glimpse into a private moment between a growing daughter and her mom, who is and always will be there to guide her. There is a saying - if you are good you are lucky, so here you go,, enjoy :-)
My Youtube channel with free photoshop tutorials Photography workshops in Tokyo - click for more details. Hire a photographer in Tokyo Buy original Chinese and Japanese calligraphy art Check out my new portrait photography services in Tokyo website! When I saw this view I had to take the shot, but it was a really tricky one,. I had to shoot through a thick dirty glass at a crazy steep angle. I actually thought it won't come out sharp and that it will be all distorted, but I was actually pleasantly surprised. I did some digital blending on this one, as well as creative cloning to cover black patches of trees or parks whatever that was, but this is where shooting in RAW is so great, as you can do anything you want with the photo, including dramatic adjustments like changing the composition. You can enjoy this photo in high res on my 500px site page.
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