Seeing better: a workshop about looking IN to the world around you, not just AT it.
This workshop will be taking place on Sunday 10th February. Photography is about using a machine to capture...
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Workshop Sunday 27th January: seeing with telephoto lenses
Join me this weekend for a day of learning how to see with the longer lenses in your...
New Year photowalk along the Old Tokaido Road, Tokyo
It’s been an annual tradition for a few years now, for me to do a photowalk along a...
Autumn leaves in Tokyo: out and about with the Hasselblad H4D-40
Autumn is always my favourite season in Japan, all be it that we’ve had a few odd autumns...
Walks with my Hasselblad: Nezu to Hibiya Park
A cool, crisp, sunny day made the perfect conditions for a walk from quiet shiitamachi, past Tokyo Station...
Ballet photography in Tokyo: Alexandra Farber
Professional ballerina, Alexandra Farber, came out to shoot with me during her visit to Tokyo earlier this year....
Slow motion Tokyo: towards sunset in Shinjuku
A few slow-motion sequences shot, edited and graded by me as a little test for myself, as I...
My mobile photography: some Instagrams of 2017
Six weeks into this year, the year of the Rooster (my year, I was born in Rooster year...
“Have you had a good life, enough to base a movie on?”: getting cinematic in 2017.
I’ve been fascinated in watching movies for as long as I’ve been fascinated in photography. Over the years...
A little walk with the Hasselblad HC300mm f/4.5
After five busy days shooting in Kyoto, I dropped off the zoom I’d borrowed and picked up a...
Blurs in stations: a little study of people moving around in Tokyo
A few shots that I took whilst out doing a lesson focused on motion and movement with two of...
A little bit of nature, a little bit of urban: shooting Hibiya Park & Ginza on an autumn day
A few hours out shooting with a regular student from Germany gave us the opportunity to soak up...
Asahi Beer Building in Asakusa, Tokyo
It’s been almost 17 years since I first visited this landmark building by the river in Asakusa. It’s...
Nikon Picture Controls: comparison between my Ektachrome P and Nikon’s Standard
Following on from my recent article about why and how I use the Nikon Picture Control system, here...
Sitting above Ginza, making toys from the cars: Tokyu Plaza re-visited
The new Tokyu Plaza building in Ginza, Tokyo, has me a little obsessed. So, I went back there...
Flash photography portraits: testing out some strobes with Joe
My eldest son and I took an hour out of yesterday to go test out some strobes, shooting...
Some of my recent Instagrams
Just in case you haven’t found me on Instagram yet, here are few of my recent posts and...
Shooting in Tokyo for D’Marge magazine & Vacheron watches
A day out in Tokyo shooting some of Vacheron’s latest watches on location for D’Marge magazine. I’d first...