It took a bit of digging to recall when this photo was taken. Actually I should have just looked at the exif data rather than going through my blog archives. October 13, 2012 we all went to dinner after discussing how we would put the exhibition together . Having missed last year I think we're due for another.
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The photographic blog of Sean Wood (aka motionid)
Omotesando by Night
Making an effort on the way home from work.Pretty rare these days.
Koenji Awa Odori 2012
Nine thousand images later I have thirteen hundred images that made the first edit. The next task is to boil that to around two hundred for the book that needs to be finished by mid October. Not much time left.
Choices
I went out for a bit of practice on Friday. Need to brush up the skills for the upcoming Awa Odori event in Koenji in August. This also gave me a chance to try out a few Ai servo modes to find what worked and what didn't. Kind of impressed with the iso on this shot. Difficult to tell because of the size but at 2000 iso this is pretty clean. I'd suggest looking at the tags below for details about what was used to practice with.
Salaried man
This has to be one of the best shot's I've taken in a long while. I'd developed it a few months ago and had left it jammed in my Annie Leibovitz book to flatten out (you gotta maximize the value from those expensive books). I'd finally managed to get a few new rolls developed over the weekend and discovered several sleeves in the book I'd forgotten about.This shot popped right off the neg. It seems to have a timeless quality to it I'd like to explore more of.
Ponies
For what could possibly be a happy title I've managed to make a pretty dark image.Went out after a few drinks this evening and found myself a few Ponies with owners. Somehow through the rain and umbrellas I managed to get something I liked. Or maybe it's because I haven't shot this way for more than a year it feels new again. Either way it's different to the clichés I'm known for apparently.
Keep walking
Another medium format Kabukicho shot. This one with the Contax 645 and Fuji Provia 400x.
Shibuya back streets
In the recent past I have had a bit of a discussion with a follower of the blog. Conversations through the comments system that I have enjoyed have culminated in him sending me reference pictures of what he has suggested I shoot or post. This image is a reply to his recent mail.
I'm hoping (but not sure) that this shot hit's the mark. I might have to go digging in my archives a bit to find some more (or just go shoot a few new ones).
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Soundproof
If you search hard enough around the back streets of Omotesando you'll find this cool little studio space with this great stairway. No idea what the company is but I like their style.
The look of love
Reflected
Multitasking
A skill you acquire here over the years. Takes practice but completely possible.
Frozen
Sometimes in the craziness of a Friday night at Shinjuku station you need to just stop or slow down. The man is caught in the moment where he just needs to stop and take stock of where he is, where he is going...just to think for a minute. If he was closing his eyes to the madness, that would be the shot to get.
No idea
Sometimes you look at a picture and just have no idea as to what's going on. What is the girl on the left holding? What is the girl in the middle looking at and why does the girl on the right look clueless? And what are they all wearing!? Well, I guess I can't talk either. Shot the whole thing using a Hasselblad with film. What a waste! Still, not bad for manual focus and eye metered exposure.
The attempt
Team Mask
Most people in this 13 millions person city do thing's in groups. Wearing masks I guess is one of them.
Red night
Another take on the previous version of the image with a different colour pallette. Which do you prefer?
Ride on time
Shinjuku station. Always on time.
Another from a very large collection I seem to have.
Death by developer
Vending machine death by developer
Don't ask what went wrong. I'm not sure. I've had this in the archive for a while (along with countless other images - Adrian and Jon can attest to this) and I like it a lot. Not so much the blown out huge white bit but the vending machine part. The way the light from the machine is blown out and the developer has stained the neg and run down to where the light is making it spill out. I must be in happy accident mode because everything I'm working on has loads of grain, light leaks and other imperfections that just seem to make the image. This is probably why you see so little of the pin sharp digital stuff I shoot (not very interesting).