Posted on 04 November 2007. Tags: jimatwood
Here is a photo of my daughter that I took today. I used an SB-800 flash and actually took the shot low without using the view finder. I find myself doing that much more when taking shots instead of putting my body through the grinder trying to position myself. I find I get better shots sometimes if I let my own radar guide my camera. I then later post processed the photograph in Photoshop to get a sort of retro feel working with the colors a bit. Fun photo I thought. Enjoy!
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Posted on 04 November 2007. Tags: Japan, Japanese, Nagano, Temple, Zenkoji
Today I was out and about at Zenkoji Temple watching my kids goof off and looking for some interesting things to fire away at. Apparently there were a bunch of members from a Photography club at the temple waiting for some models to arrive. Most of the photographers looked to be 40 years an over and they were all well equipped with Nikon gear. I would say there were about 50 Japanese photographers there in total. Half of them had the 18-200mm VR Zoom lens. I was a little surprised at this because I wouldn’t necessarily use this lens to shoot portraits with. One guy had a D2x with an 18-200mm VR and it really made me wonder. Then a couple of other guys came over to say hello and they had 28-70mm lenses on their Nikon D200 bodies and I thought that was a better choice. That’s just my opinion though.
The models were two women dressed in formal Japanese Kimono wear and another two were young gals dressed in the latest trendy fashion. I think they then split into four different stations and took the models to various locations for their photoshoots. There were only a couple using SB-800 flash units and everyone else was shooting in natural light only. I didn’t see any light modifiers, reflectors, etc. At the time I had my camera but I only had my 28mm f/1.4 lens on, but I asked to take some shots anyway. They mentioned it was a sort of paid membership only club and that perhaps next time they would let me shoot. So I instead handed out some business cards and said please keep in touch. I understand the situation, but asked anyway.
In any event, below are a couple of shots that I found interesting while walking around. One is a metal door with a ring handle. I thought this would be cool to post process in Photoshop. The other photo are some leaves on the ground that had some nice colors. Not much out there today, but I did enjoy the chat with the local photographers club in Nagano City Japan.
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