Protector filters are a sales gimmick: my tips for lens protection & use
I discovered The Phoblographer website when I started using the Flipboard app on my iPhone. Incidentally, if you don’t know that app then check it out as it is a great way of…
15hour course: intro to location & studio model photography
Fashion photography and shooting with models is a lot of fun. But it can be daunting to start photographing models. From looking a little at the history of fashion photography, location-scouting and shoot-planning…
Model photography workshop in Miyazaki
Beautiful beach and old town locations, a team of wonderful models, two days of shooting, one day of post-pro, critique and large-format printing. Last call for the few places left on this terrific…
Typhoon 15 [Roke] hits Tokyo
The Japanese typhoon season has been pretty rough so far. A couple of weeks ago a typhoon left a trail of destruction and 87 people dead as it swept across the south of…
Some pearls of my photographic widsom: Part 1
One of the things that makes me chuckle these days is the inordinate amount of websites based solely around lists. They also all use plenty of hyperbole and melodrama…. The 50 Best Black…
Photowalk: Yurakucho to Kanda in the rain
Shooting some street photography, catching the typhoon rain and showing Liam from Australia some good spots to shoot with telephoto lenses. A great afternoon out with the cameras and a chance to catch…
Photowalk, July 2nd: Texture
I recently met with a gallery and agency owner who is interested in putting on shows by Japanorama’s students. So, this walk will be one targeted at getting you started on a search…
Tokyo mash-ups, getting ‘signed’ & some news from Blurb.com
And on the second day, Alfie created a book cover. Yep, reckon this shot [above] is gonna be the cover of a book about street photography I am preparing. Only shot another six…
Multiple exposures with the D300
Film-land was, among other things, a land where delightful accidents could occur when you didn’t advance the film and shot twice on one frame. Or shot over a roll of film you’d already…
On and off the rails: a day on the trains in Tokyo
Just subsequent to writing an article about trainspotting in Tokyo, I took a group of photographers on a workshop around the Yamanote Line and onto the shinkansen platforms of Tokyo Station. The idea…
May 23, 2013
Drew Northup — +Kelli Seeger Kim +Alfie Goodrich A fair number...
