Tag: Japan Pictures

Pergear 12mm f2 HDR Samples | Fukuoka Japan

This lens is very interesting and fun for the price. I found it doesn’t perform great with regards to flaring and shooting into the sun when compared to the Rokinon 12mm that costs more than twice as much ( so not amazing for landscape work ), but this Pergear lens does have some nice sun…
Japan Landscape Shooting – Rokinon 12mm f2

For years, the Samyang 12mm f2 has been the go-to lens for APS-C shooters looking for a great ultra-wide prime lens. For a while, it was the only viable option really and probably still is the best bang for the buck in terms of what you get and the pro-level image quality it outputs.
Secret Gem – Kipon Iberit 75mm f2.4

The Kipon IBERIT 75mm f2.4 is a relatively unknown third-party lens, but is a true gem and a street machine! I’ve written about this lens a few times but it’s sort of fallen out of the general discussion of special secret sauce lenses, so here I share some experiences and photos taken recently with it…
Mochitsuki Mochi With The Fujifilm X-T3

It’s the end of the year and it’s time to smash mochi rice into little rice cakes. In Japan, it’s called Mochitsuki, or Mochitsuki festival. Friends, family, or neighborhoods get together, bring mochi rice and everyone works together to smash the rice into a mochi paste after steaming it.
Shutter Speed, Why You Should Stop Ignoring It

Shutter speed is often one of those settings on a camera that photographers overlook. Most photographers these days just put their camera in aperture priority mode and let the camera decide shutter speed for them. While doing this is fine for most people and most situations, you might be ignoring some artistic potential, some mood,…
Atago Shrine Fire Festival – The Process

Once a year, at the temple Agato in Fukuoka Japan, visitors gather together to begin the celebration of the coming new year in an annual fire festival. A tradition with a series of rituals rooted in Shintoism and celebrated by both the Buddhists and Shintos of Japan. To photograph this event, I used the Canon…
Ox Wagons Of Okinawa Japan

First off, I have to say Okinawa is pretty cool. It’s one of those places you have to go to or at least try to at some point in your life. While there, I kept thinking I was in Hawaii, but nobody spoke English. Except it’s not an annoying tourist trap like Hawaii is. This…
Mochi Girl – Japan Street Photography

The past few months have been crazy. All I’ve done is work, leaving me with very little time to shoot photography. I’m still trying to find the perfect balance between posting photography and camera news, which is tricky. Posting tutorials and news is more friendly to Google, which gets my site more views, which is…
Fukuoka Airport HDR Photo

This was from my last moments in Japan at the Fukuoka Airport. The photography gods finally appeared at the end there and gave me one last blessing. We ate dinner in a restaurant when the sun lit the sky. Luckily, my Sony A7r wasn’t packed away with the rest of my gear.
Behind The Shot – The Fuji Tunnel

The Kawachi Fuji Garden is one of those hot spots/places to see before you die in Japan. This location has two tunnels, a dome, a small trail, and an additional Fuji flower rack. It is pretty cool and very photogenic. Although I was about a week early to get the full Fuji flower blast, the…