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Christmas in Tokyo

admin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:26:14 +0000

A few photos from Christmas. These were taken in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Every Christmas they put up a great light display which makes for some insane bokeh! Leica M7, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Fuji Pro 800Z film.

Fujifilm natura 1600 rocks

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:40:40 +0000

Here’s some shots taken on Fuji Natura 1600 film. I shot this during the day and exposed it at ISO 400. The great thing about Fuji film is that it has really great latitude. I also used a neutral density filter so I could shoot wide open at f/1.1 some of the time. You can see in one of the shots the vignetting that happens when using an ND filter and shooting at f/1.1. This film as far as I know is currently only available in Japan and in 35mm format and goes for about 800 yen for a roll of 36. Definitely a film that I will be constantly shipping back with me to New Zealand for our wedding photography! Leica M7, Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.1, Fuji Film Natura 1600.

Old Jack Frost

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:37:25 +0000

Just got some film scans back and have some great stuff to post over the next couple of weeks. These were shot around where we are living in Tokyo, only 8 weeks left until I will be back in New Zealand and shooting the first hopefully of many weddings to come. Hope you enjoy these photos over the next little while. I’d love to hear from you so leave a comment will ya?!

Mamiya C330

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:48:05 +0000

Been having fun with my Mamiya C330 Professional f twin lens reflex recently. It has the Mamiya Sekor 80mm f/2.8 lens and so far has been so much fun to use. I’ve shot a couple of rolls so they will be getting developed this weekend and I’ll post some of photos next week. I’m really looking forward to using this for a model shoot coming up soon.

coffee break

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:20:01 +0000

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

Film is not dead… at least for me it isn’t

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:54:14 +0000

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. I think that I will be a rare case and very unique when I am back in New Zealand working as a wedding / portrait photographer. I can’t imagine there are many New Zealand photographers at all shooting film and I really don’t understand why they aren’t. Not only do you get the added security of having negatives that last generations but it becomes a product that is fully digitized through scanning the film. Win win isn’t it?

infamous

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:04:05 +0000

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.

Some portraits

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:06:55 +0000

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 am really looking forward to shooting some portrait sessions and engagement sessions coming up.

shinjuku park

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:35:50 +0000

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 there and subconsciously photographed them. I’ve enjoyed my time with film and medium format so much so that I will be picking up a new, well old, secret weapon soon. More details on that coming and one more post of park photos.

Summer’s gone

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:32:16 +0000