Blinks In Tokyo 1

These are photos I took during my recent trip to Tokyo.
They are not arty and heavily manipulated style I currently obsessed. 
They go back to my documentary root.
I went there with family, went to normal 'tourist' spots and theme parks. One compact camera for happy snaps, one DLR for these. 
Seven days I shot about seven hundred blinks. I've been slowly working out some better ones.

Officially Ugly

There is a outdoor art exhibition near Bondi Beach, Sydney every year. I went there 1st time this year on the 2nd weekend. It was as busy as the down town shopping stripe--with many weekend photographers holding super long zoom lenses!


Besides several travelling shots for my visiting friends, I took less than 20 shots with my own interest. One turns out OK with my new found technique.


I tried to Google more info of that particular piece, only saw ugly photos littering in the 'cloud'---even the official one.

Find from the event's official website
Memory by Tomas Misura

Bill Cunningham

He is a fashion photographer---of different kind.
He is a paparazzi---of different kind.
But he definitely is a street photographer.
He is over 80 years old but still rides a Schwinn bicycle on the streets of New York looking for his ‘preys’, just like the last 50 years.
He still uses a Nikon FM(looks like it) without motor, a classic Vivitar 285 flashgun.
He is friend of ‘The Devil wear Prada’ and many other A list designers.
He’s never had a romantic relationship in his life-- 'I don’t have the time.’

A fascinating documentary about a fascinating artist.

A Tale of Two Treatments

This is a very great subject to put into retro look, cause it is an vintage design building on its own. A type of 70’s ‘pretentious’ school of art.

This is a library(?) of Ku-ring-gai Creative High School where is not too far away from I live. With the photos I took, I firstly created the B/W version which is, of course, my auto-mode. It was OK for a while, then I recently developed a way to recreate the 70’s colour scheme on Photoshop.

After a few tests, a photo quickly jumped out from the databank of my brain. So, I came up with the coloured version---also using different approach besides colour.

Sally Mann's latest

One of my favourite photographer, Sally Mann's latest exhibition.


Had a quick look at the website, I think I like her 8X10 older family works than this wet-plate style.


Her 8X10 had very exquisite 'pure' photography feeling, wet-plate in a way if there are too many 'un-even' chemical marks, it feels a bit gimmicky---nonetheless, still very strong subject and composition.


You can't go to the gallery in Atlanta? Seldom has a website of a gallery show off so many of their exhibits. Of course: for a limited time only.


http://www.jacksonfineart.com/artist_exhibit.php?id=58&exhibitid=151

Double Fantasies

Shots by phone-cam

Phone camera apps give people the quick kill, and some cheap thrills for someone that can't work on serious photo-edit software. At the end, they just litter the world with more junk data (dose not mean my works are jewels, just more thoughtful than those littering guys).

Phone-Cam Saved the Day

A Breather

If I was truth to myself, I would not have shot anything with my mobile phone.


I remember the time when I bought a 'better' compact digital camera, I promised myself I would bring it everywhere, not to miss any MOMENT.


Of course I am lazy. Only phone-cam save the day.


This one I took from the street around the corner where I live. So intuitive.