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this Holga springtime
Actually, these were all shot in the spring of 2013. All shots were taken using a Holga CFN 120 loaded with LOMO 400 medium format film.
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Tags: 2013, お花見, ハクモクレン, blossoms, blue flash, cherry blossom season, cherry blossoms, 豊中市, Holga, Holga CFN 120, LOMO 400 color film, magnolia, medium format, Osaka, spring, toy camera, toyonaka, 大阪府, 春, 桜
the Shouryoue
The Shouryoue (聖霊会) is held every year on the 22nd of April to commemorate the death of Shotoku Taishi (聖徳太子), a semi-legendary imperial regent credited with facilitating the spread of Buddhism and founding Shitennoji temple (四天王寺) in Osaka and Horyuji temple (法隆寺) in present day Nara. This commemorative ceremony, which is over a thousand years […]
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Tags: 15mm Heliar, 35mm Ultron, 75mm Color-Skopar, Buddhism, Buddhist Memorial Service, bugaku, ceremony, commemoration, 聖霊会, 聖徳太子, 舞楽, 関西, 雅楽, gakaku, imperial court dance, imperial court music, Kansai, Osaka, Shitennoji, Shitennoji temple, Shotoku Taishi, Shouryoue, traditional music, Voigtlander Bessa R2A, Voigtlander Bessa-L, 四天王寺, 大阪
The 2014 Nipponbashi Street Festival (日本橋ストリートフェスタ) will be held in Osaka on March 21st. I went to the 2013 Street Festival and had a blast, even though I did end up missing the parade itself (which is the main event) and instead spent my time on the backstreets taking portraits. Most of the more elaborate […]
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Tags: 2013 Nipponbashi Street Festival, 2013日本橋ストリートフェスタ, anime, アニメ, キン肉マン, コスプレ, ピッコロ, cosplay, costumes, crazy costumes, 紅の豚, Kinnikuman, manga, Nipponbashi Street Festival, Osaka, Piccolo, Porco Rosso, Skeletor, 大阪, 日本橋ストリートフェスタ, 漫画
Photo data, from the top. 1) Dada shows up for a part-time job advertising for a pachinko parlor. (Voigtlander Bessa-L, 15mm Heliar, Fuji 400 Superia) 2) Seafood restaurant in the Tenjinbashi-suji Shotengai. (Voigtlander Bessa-L, 15mm Heliar, Fuji 400 Superia) 3) Whity shopping town in Umeda. (Voigtlander Bessa-L, 15mm Heliar, Fuji 400 Superia) 4) Gyoza restaurant […]
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Tags: 15mm Heliar, 35mm Ultron, analogue, film, Osaka, photography, urban space, Voigtlander Bessa R2A, Voigtlander Bessa-L, wideangle lens, 大阪
Osaka textures (the iPod bits)
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Tags: digital, everyday life, iPod 5, iPod photography, Osaka, square, urban space, urban wandering, 大阪
The final installment of my favorite photographs from a 2011/2012 trip back to the US. These shots were taken using either a Voigtlander Bessa-L with 15mm Heliar wide-angle lens, a Voigtlander Bessa-T with 50mm Nokton lens, or the medium-format Fujifilm GF670 (Voigtlander Bessa III) set in 6×7 mode. You can view all 91 photos in […]
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Tags: 15mm Heliar, 50mm Nokton, film cameras, film photography, Fujifilm GF670, photography, rangefinder, Voigtlander Bessa-III, Voigtlander Bessa-L, Voigtlander Bessa-T
Some of my favorite Ricoh GRD2 shots from a 2012 trip back to the States.
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Tags: 2012, digital, photography, Ricoh GRD2, square, square format, United States, USA
