50mm

As an escape from obligations looming, I packed my messenger back with about 10kg of camera gear including a tripod and set off for an industrial area of Tokyo. I’d been close to the same place a week before trying to figure out the best way to get there. Most of the evening was spent tracking down interesting scenes to shoot. No doubt I’ll be going again at some point in the near future to capitalize on an evening spent cycling a good 50km trying to get pictures.
I took the Hasselblad and the Canon in an attempt to capture atmosphere and get instant gratification and while I’m ok at holding a shot at 4th of a second I didn’t want to do a 50km round trip and risk a shot being blurry, hence the tripod.
While riding around I found myself at the end of a very long walled road with only the guarded entrance to an industrial complex and a very lonely bus stop. With not a soul in sight (except the guard at the end of the road) I set up my tripod in the middle of the road to take a few pictures.
Out of the walls came people to the bus stop. By chance I’d picked probably the only moment in the evening when the bus would arrive.
I’m interested to see how the Hasselblad image turn out.
I leave you with a few more pictures from the outing.

Another Friday night at the station

Inspired by one of Jon’s shots (You always give credit. I hate the way people take an idea from somewhere and pretend it’s theirs).
I thought I’d see what happens when you put your panoramic camera in a puddle while it’s raining. I’m going to claim the colour version now before someone rips me off and does it before I’ve developed my film (like it hasn’t already been done a millions times). More to follow at some stage when the film is ready.

Here he is on flickr

A wasted evening wasting film. C41 shot in Shinjuku station through a rangefinder and a 50mm lens. This could have been shot yesterday or 3 years ago. It’s now all the same to me.

This was shot quite a while ago. Not a flattering shot of the model but I like the atmosphere in the shot all the same.