50mm

Asked this guy if I could take his picture. Still like the contax lenses even if it is non square. Shame I can use the lenses on anything else.

Late afternoon down the street.

A different way to see Harajuku.

The 14 to 35 crowd seems to do it a lot but the over 50′s? Nice to know the subway is stable enough for her to take care of fine details without getting battered around by the moving car.

As so this is about where I am at the moment. The end of something and the beginning of something else. Here is hoping your journey from one thing to the next is an enriching one.

This shot is one I dug up from the archives again. To be featured in the upcoming update of the 50mm web site which hopefully should launch before the end of the year.

Connections to title…

This created by Peter Saville reminded me of this (wrong song for cover art…still…) which is where I stole the title from.

Girls hanging out in Shibuya

No,no. Not with the girl in the shot. With the camera and lens I used to take the shot. Sure it’s nothing super special but the picture has a quality that all my other camera’s don’t have. A soft yet sharp image. A bokeh that I’ve not seen another lens produce. Finally after a LONG time of taking pictures for the sake of taking pictures I may have a real reason to take them again.

It’s interesting to see how people respond to different photo’s. More often than not (80% of the time?) I find people liking shots I’ve taken that I think are ok but nothing out of this world. This particular shot appeals to me for a number of reasons and was ignored on flickr
The tones in the shot are hard to achieve in B+W film unless the exposure and circumstances are spot on. The picture was taken using the Contax 645 with the Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2 lens with a special adapter which makes the background just vanish into a smooth blur. I like this photo a great deal and it was interesting to see who fav’d it. Expect more in this series and follow up with a bit of colour too.