Amida Buddha at Kotoku-in, Kamakura

September 18, 2015

The Amida Buddha at Kamakura is a really large bronze statue at Kotoku-in temple. It was great to see and by far the highlight at this specific temple. It has been washed away and damaged a few times over a long period of time by natural disasters. If I had seen this on my first trip to Japan like my original plane then this would have seem more amazing, but my trip 2 years ago I went to Nara to see the large on at Todai-ji which was incredible because it was housed in this massive wooden building. I sure loved the small beach town and the smell of the sea and the distant sound of waves.

Taken with Voigtlander Bessa R4M with 21mm lens using Ilford FP5

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Taking a walk 9-12-15

September 16, 2015 — 1 Comment

I took a walk on Saturday since I was holding a meetup but no one showed because I guess “weather” so I went walking around exploring some alleys and checking out the non-stop stickers that are all over the city, especially on signs. I will have to do a series of these stickers on signs someday. I was walking around in Jackson Ward area of Richmond.

Taken with my XPro-1 with the 27mm lens.

Stop! slapping stickers on the sign. Like the Astro boy one…

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It isn’t just on signs but walls, poles and electric boxes.

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Nice dead end with the mural there, right next tot he park…

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Thanks for taking a stop by to look.

Kyoto Gion

September 14, 2015

My trip was now a few month back and I already miss Kyoto. I have spent a little over a month worth of time in that city and it is never enough. I would go again anytime and if I could stay to see all the seasons. Walking around at night is great even if it is a week day Gion is moving about here and there. This entrance to the subway below gave me a good frame for the theater that was lit up in the front.

Taken with Konica Hexar 30mm f2 with Ilford FP5

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Richmond Mural Walk part 1

September 13, 2015

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…

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Down the Book Shelves

September 12, 2015 — Leave a comment

I held a short walk in Staunton Virginia a little while ago where we met at the Camera Heritage Museum which is the largest public camera collection anyone can see in the country. Pretty cool but they need more space and have been trying to get money donated to get a nice place so they can display more. They have so much cameras, some that are awesome from what I hear that are always donated to the place but they have to store it because there just isn’t the space to display. They are appreciative of the camera donations but they do need the money as well to have a better museum. They list a lot of duplicate cameras they get for sale to raise the money. I bought some expired and out of production film from them, they do have a eBay store. As I was walking around Staunton I saw this antique store with a row of used books in a tight hall.

taken with fuji XPro-1 with the 35mm 1.4 at 1.4

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