Gear: Tokina 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Can you shoot with a crappy lens?

Tokina 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 - the "Crappy lens - good photography" project! Have you heard of this Tokina 19-35mm lens? Haha, I guess not, I didn't know it as well! To be honest it's not even a Full Frame camera lens! With this article I wanna…

Gear: Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Lens

Sigma AF 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Here is a small gallery dedicated to another of the lenses I have been using through the years, and this time it is the first vario zoom lens I have used! It's the Sigma 17-70, and I used it on my crop sensor Canon…

Gear: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II If you are on a budget and wanna shoot portraits, and I mean you can't even afford the Canon EF 85mm F/1.8, then Canon 50mm 1.8 is the lens for you! It's the cheapest lens you can find! And especially if you are just…

Gear: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM I often advice other photographers to get just one lens, and spend some time with it until you really master it, without even touching a different lens for a while! This time I will be talking about the lenses, Canon…

Shooting it: Photoshoot with opera singer Ayako Tanaka using Profoto B1

Here is another photoshoot with the young Japanese opera singer Ayako Tanaka! This time it's taken in some forest around Kobe! She was a great model, and we did a few photoshoots and for mose of them I was using some big softboxes with Profoto lights to shape the light on the model! I've always wanted to shoot with some Octabox but for some reason never really decided to

Shooting it: Portrait in the Stars of opera singer Ayako Tanaka using Profoto B1

Here is a photoshoot with the young Japanese opera singer Ayako Tanaka! We are doing some stars portraits here! She was a great model, and we did a few photoshoots! In this photoshoot I will be using some big softboxes with Profoto lights to shape the light on the model! I've always wanted to shoot with some Octabox but for some reason never really decided to get one and do

Shooting it: Hairmake & Body Art Photoshoot

Intro This is a project of my hairmake friends we did together some time ago, I have another article from the same project, too I bet you've seen it, but here is the article for it too: click! It's been a really hard work putting the blue stamps…
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Shooting it: Autumn shoot in Japanese red leaves (strobist video)

Intro Japanese red leaves season is in it's most beautiful stage now, so I can't hold myself uploading an article with some photos taken in that beautiful time of the year! I'm having also the lighting setups below as well as couple of strobist videos…

Shooting it: Takedao Fashion Photoshoot

The Fashion Photoshoot Intro This time I'm uploading a few shots from a recent fashion photoshoot, well, the location is well known from my photographs I guess! I'm using very simple lighting again, this time it's a DIY Beauty Dish created…
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Shooting it: Extremely cool and high location photoshoot

Intro This time I'm uploading another few shots, with a dramatic making video like last time I did! It was a really windy day, and and if you are afraid if high places don't watch the behind the scenes video! I'm using only one light for the…

Locations: Mayakan – the beautiful abandoned Japanese hotel マヤカン

摩耶観光ホテル a.k.a. マヤカン、Maya Hotel This time I want to introduce you one of the most beautiful abandoned locations in Japan - the Mayakan Hotel! I have been shooting there for so many times, can't even count them. This…
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Shooting it: Windy bridge fashion photoshoot (Making video)

Intro This time I'm uploading a few shots, with a dramatic making video for the fashion photoshoot! It was a really windy day, and walking on that bridge was kind of a challenge! I'm using only one light for the whole shoot! Check out the making…

Shooting it: Mixing color filters at night

Intro For this strobist article I will be showing how to get some colorful stuff with a really dark and far background that at first glance doesn't look to be easily modified by strobes! But it is interesting to see that in some cases if you…

Silhouette Photography / シルエット 写真

Silhouettes I mostly post articles in which different type of lighting is involved, but in this article I will just upload some silhouette photos and no complicated lighting systems, well, not too many! Because even if you are shooting that actually…
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Gear: Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM

Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM I often advice other photographers to get just one lens, and spend some time with it until you really master it, without even touching a different lens for a while! This time I will be talking about one of my favorite…

Shooting it: Hairmake shoot at Mayakan

Intro Another strobist shot from the cool abandoned hotel located in Kobe, called Mayakan! It's one of the locations I've been no idea how many times, and I still enjoy going for a photoshoot! For this shot I'm there with my friends hair-makeup…

Gear: Light Blaster

Light Blaster So this time I would like to write about a piece that is an important part of my bag recently, it is the Light Blaster! What is it doing? Basically you need a strobe and a lens and it turns into a projector. But unlike a normal…

Before & After of 15 of my photographs – Vol.2

Before & After - Vol.2 (Click here for Vol.1) The first article from this the Before & After series was viewed quite many times, so here is Vol.2! Many times I've been asked to show how I edit my photos! Well, in this article I will…
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BTS Video – Flower & Body Art Shoot

Intro Here is a long version of a making video for some of the articles I have uploaded recently! You can check them in the thumbs below the video! この前あげた三つの記事の長いバージョンのメイキングビデオです！ビデオのしたにスタッフ紹介とそれぞれの記事へのリンクあるので、ぜひ見てくださいね！ BTS…
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Before & After of 15 of my photographs – Vol.1

Before & After - Vol.1 Here is the first Before & After article I do! Many times I've been asked to show how I edit my photos! Well, in this article I will show exactly how they look straight out of the camera, and how my final images…