St Clair Photography Blog | New Zealand Wedding and Portrait Photographer

I don’t know where to begin in describing this photo. It was one of those moments when a magical scene unfolded with the most amazing light. Snapping this shot I wasn’t too sure if I had nailed the focus or not. Shooting with medium format at f/2 is often a real challenge so when I...

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We were messing around the other day to see what we could do with some cool shadows from the trees. We had fun trying to compose these shots as passers-by watched us like we were crazy. I love the intense looks in these portraits, quite different to our usual selves!  Jason (left) Eiko (right). Contax...

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A few more photos from my random walk through the side streets of fashionable Daikanyama. I’ve changed the format of the photo sizes so let me know if it bothers you. Contax 645, Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f/2, Fuji Pro 400H film.

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I’m going to really miss photographing around areas like this. These were taken in Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan. This area is quite well known for it’s great cafe’s and shopping. It’s a higher class area so it was fun to roam the back streets and find some really interesting houses and stores. I’ll be posting more...

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Contax 645, Zeiss Planar T* 80mm f/2, Fuji Pro 400

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This photograph show why I have been so in love with film recently. The way it captures so much detail from shadows to highlights really blew me away. Having really only shot digital until recently I’m so glad that I have listened to other successful photographers in the industry and decided to use more film....

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Here’s a few more from that day, god I love film… Shinjuku park, a Big Dog, Contax 645, Zeiss 80mm f/2, Fuji Pro 400.

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Shot in Shinjuku park, these are a couple of friends that I was hanging out with for the day. I love the look of these and still can’t get over the depth of field that medium format and fast lenses can create. I have a Mamiya C330 on the way with 80mm f/2.8 lens and...

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A few weeks ago a couple of friends and I spent an afternoon walking and photographing around Shinjuku park. I’d never been there before and it was an amazing location. I’d love to do a model shoot there, so many great areas and beautiful light. I seemed to notice a lot of couples and families...

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Some shots that I took in Singapore on a Hasselblad 501cm. These were using the mirror lock up feature but seems to have not worked properly and created a sort of blinking photo. I quite like how they turned out and seem a lot more interesting as you can’t see the full frame but just...

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