Industrial nowhere
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.
March 23rd, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Motion,
Seriously Great Stuff! Imagining you gutting it out on your messenger bike with 10kgs of equipment at dawn down to Kawasaki is enough to rouse me out the comfort of my homestay (despite the rain). The first shot is very conceptual by itself ( as on Flickr), but works quite well with the others (in order of light and therefore pulse-quickening excitement). Keep going, and can’t wait to see the Hassey stuff.
March 30th, 2010 at 7:16 am
Motion,
Seriously Great Stuff! Imagining you gutting it out on your messenger bike with 10kgs of equipment at dawn down to Kawasaki is enough to rouse me out the comfort of my homestay (despite the rain). The first shot is very conceptual by itself ( as on Flickr), but works quite well with the others (in order of light and therefore pulse-quickening excitement). Keep going, and can’t wait to see the Hassey stuff.
April 6th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Where did you go? I love industrial places an my usual hunting ground is the Kawasaki Port area which is not too far from where I live.
I have been there about four times and I still find new things to shoot.
April 7th, 2010 at 5:07 am
Where did you go? I love industrial places an my usual hunting ground is the Kawasaki Port area which is not too far from where I live.
I have been there about four times and I still find new things to shoot.
April 7th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
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