“Mundane subjects, dynamic photos” – A Workshop with Alfie Goodrich
On January 25th, I had the pleasure of joining the absolutely amazing Alfie Goodrich for a day long workshop in Tokyo. The composition focused theme of the workshop was “Mundane Subjects, Dynamic Photos”. We started the day with a walk around the Ueno-Akihabara stretch, meandering our way through the numerous lanes and alleys looking for […]
Coming of Age Day in Japan (January 2015)
Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi) is a very special holiday in Japan as it celebrates the “coming of age”, that is, reaching the milestone age of 20 (adulthood) during the last year. So you’ll find 20 year olds all dressed up to join ceremonies, partying and also visiting temples to offer prayers. On […]
The Street Photographer’s Photowalk Kit
Of all the genres of photography, the one that I enjoy the most is street photography. The freedom of being able to walk around (alone or in a group) the streets and capture what’s happening around me is a wonderful experience that not just feeds my passion for the art, but also calms my mind […]
Street Photography in Japan
Almost everyone enjoys taking photographs. In Japan, I would venture to say that EVERYONE enjoys taking photographs! Whether it be the camera embedded in modern smartphones or high end digital SLRs, cameras have become an integral part of our lives. And so has photography. My dad was an avid photographer and had a Pentax film […]
58th Koenji Awaodori – 2014/08/24
The 58th Koenji Awaodori was held near Koenji station in Tokyo on August 24th 2014. I have seen photographs of this event before and been especially inspired by my photographer friend Jason Arney to actually take up the challenge of capturing the sights and sounds of the Awaodori myself. The Awaodori is held in the month of August […]
Featured by Google Japan on Google+ – August 2014
Featured by Google Japan again! 🙂
Google+ 3rd Year Anniversary Photowalk in Tokyo – 2014/06/28
Every year, to celebrate the anniversary if Google+, photowalks are arranged in various parts of Japan, including Tokyo. While I was part of the 1st photowalk back in 2012, I missed out on the second one in 2013 as I was in India on work. This time round though, I joined the photowalk held in in […]
Shibuya Photowalk – 2014/06/27
Photos from the evening photowalk in Shibuya, Tokyo. Click on the image below to view the full gallery (opens in a new tab/window):
Featured on CoolJapan (Google+)
Google Japan started an interesting campaign (powered by the Google+ platform) named “Cool Japan” some time back to promote interesting visual content from Japan, mainly photographs and short videos. Users of Google+ can share their content with the hashtag #cooljapan. The curators of the campaign periodically select contributions that they like and promote the same on the Google […]
A snowy day in Tokyo
It snowed here right through the day. Even though it was not as heavy as I would have liked it to be, it was good to have snow in the city for a change. More is expected on Monday, so let’s see. 🙂 ——————————————— Posted from WordPress for Android