Richmond Mural Walk part 1

A few weeks ago I held a walk in my city where we hunted down some murals that have been painting on the side of some buildings. It was fun as I wasn’t looking just for murals as my group is street photography focused. Was a great day with great weather. Was about 8 of us.

Photo’s taken with my XPro-1 with the 27mm 2.8 and 35mm 1.4

DSCF0138 Some of the murals are brand new down there as of this Summer and some have been up for a few years, all pretty cool to see…DSCF0145The artist are from ll over the world and there is one that is a local boy…
DSCF0148 Looking into a restaurant…DSCF0149 Cook having a quick smoke before the lunch crowd comes on in…

DSCF0156 This murals is pretty cool, there is an explosion that is bursting out of his cranium…

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Taking the dog for a ride…DSCF0176 DSCF0179 They wanted to become famous so I took their picture…

DSCF0183Thanks for taking a look!

Have a swing

I went to the Eastern Shore for work yesterday but had my girlfriend ride along since she had the day off. The day was perfect even though I was “sorta” working. Grabbed some seafood and ice cream and went to the beach for awhile.

This was taken while working at a house. They had a lovely swing with English ivy all around the tree!

Taken with my Fujica AX-3 with Fujinon 50mm 1.6 on Provia 100F
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White in the Night

Walking around the streets in Japan in the city or just in the suburbs you will notice lanterns at shrines or in the front of restaurants. They are almost all different and look great at night as the light up the night provoking you to come eat or drink there.

Taken on my X-pro1 with 23mm at 1.4 lens

White Lanterns

Summer night on the Kamo River

So the weather that we had on our trip was really great. It rained once and that was when we were in Tokyo. Kamo River that cuts through Kyoto is a great sight on a nice night. Along Pontocho which has a lot of restaurants that are really nice and be quite expensive have there backs up to the Kamo river. they build these decks out of the river a little ways and adds a great atmosphere. We cooked our food in a large oil boil (veggies and meat) on one of these decks. It was splendid.

Taken with a fuji XPro1 35mm 1.4 Lens

Night on Kamo River

Sunset at Higashiyama

Walking one evening while we were in Kyoto we manage to see a wonderful sunset which I didn’t get but the pink across the sky was visible for a good while. Walking in the Higashiyama hill area is a delight at this time in the early summer. There were no more crowds but the small stores were closing up. The old streets take you back and the setting sun cast shadows and lanterns turn on. Truly a great time for a walk.

Taken with Fuji XPro1 on 18-55mm lens

Sun going down Kyoto