Mixing flash & ambient light
A gallery full of example shots and a cheat-sheet to take you through the basics of balancing ambient light with flash.
Model shoot with Jenny
This weekend we had a lovely autumn day for shooting with Jenny at Komazawa Park.
Ten photographers who changed my life
Brassai’s ‘Paris by Night’ was a book I couldn’t put down and it got me regularly out & about with my camera at night for the first time.
The bridge at the end of the rainbow
One week, a stack of photos and I feel myself falling in love with Tokyo’s ‘Rainbow Bridge’.
How I did this: monochrome HDR
In the average week I get asked lots of times: ‘how you do that?’ So, here starts a new series of articles on that theme.
Location model shoot: Sunday 18th October
A great time was had by all as we teamed-up with Akiko and headed down to the Sumida River for our weekly model shoot.
Photowalk in Kawasaki Daishi
Last Sunday we explored the superb Daishi Temple, streets and the Tama riverfront in Eastern Kawasaki.
The purifying waters
Water purification fountains are a feature of Japanese shrines and Alfie has a bit of a thing about them.
Photographing Tokyo Station
The ballet of mass-movement to be enjoyed at Tokyo Station. A great photographer’s playground.
Umbrellas and Parasols of Japan
Wind, rain, sun… they all bring out the parasol or umbrella. Here is a photographic look across Japan at the fashionable, the practical: the umbrella and parasol.











