Yosemite wins Gold at the years AOP awards

AOP Gold award for Non commissioned environment series. Also won Best in show.

‘Volcano’ a shot taken in Noboribetsu Hokkaido was also awarded ‘in book’

… and ‘Tumbleweeds’ a short film, was awarded in the moving image category.

Fushimi Inari. Kyoto. Japan

Noboribetsu Jigokundani

More amazing volcanic colours from Shikotsu Toya national park. Hokkaido Japan.

Noboribetsu, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan

Colourful mineral deposits around a volcanic lake. Noboribetsu, Hokkaido prefecture,  Japan.

Kanazawa

Q; Why is it so common to find people of all nationalities being photographed doing the victory V ?

Answers welcome

Spring Lines

Spring blossom, Matsumoto, Japan

Kenroku-en 1

Stalking people is hard. I sometimes shoot with a strange looking camera called an Alpa www.alpa.ch which makes images of an amazing quality. It’s a slow camera to work with which is great as it slows the process of picture making right down and gives one time to think. You have to measure the light independently, measure the point of focus independently…… it takes some getting used to. Whilst in Kanzanawa, Japan I spent a day in the gardens of Kenroku-en. I soon found myself following people around….. waiting for the right moment…. for a happy accident. I find that pretending to photograph something whilst observing people on the periphery and waiting for that special something can produce a picture where its subjects are totally unaware of being placed within a carefully constructed image. It’ll probably get me into some bother one day though.

Another picture here: Kenroku-en 2

Kenroku-en 2

Kyoto Cabs

Waiting for a train in Kyoto I found this amazing scene. It reminded me of Jacques Tati’s ‘PlayTime’ (www.tativille.com)

Takayama