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Alone in Kyoto

by Matthew Posted on October 22, 2018

Hasselblad 500 C/M / Fuji Pro 800Z

The title of this post isn’t just a casual reference to a beautiful yet sloppy film that’s littered with lazy stereotypes. I was actually alone in Kyoto.

Chu Chu was tired and all puffed out and didn’t want to venture out first thing in the morning but it was such a beautiful day I didn’t want to miss a single second of it.

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Himeji Castle – Hasselblad – Kodak Portra 400

by Matthew Posted on September 21, 2018

Hasselblad 500 C/M / Kodak Portra 400

Here’s an entire roll I took at Himeji Castle. A couple at the train station and the last picture was taken at Zenkōjidō Temple. Post here.

In the second pitcha you’ll notice a young lady whom I decided I wanted to be in the frame. I noticed her as she was wending her merry way down from the castle. I decided I would wait for her to come into the frame. Oh, I waited and I waited.

In order to get the attention of the lady in question I found it was necessary to gesticulate wildly and some would even say franticly towards her general whereabouts. An endeavour in which I believe I was truly successful. She looked squarely in my direction and at once gave me a look of the most ferocious intensity, a look that I captured forever on some kodak film at that very moment. Was it worth it? Not really.

You’ll just have to imagine the cherry blossoms.

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Zenkōjidō Temple

by Matthew Posted on September 18, 2018

Zenkōjidō Temple

Hasselblad / Kodak Portra 400

It was quite difficult to get any nice pitchas of the temples we visited on this day as it was a Sunday so lots of local people were out and about. The cherry blossom bloom was imminent too and the selfie stick-wielding tourist hoards had descended.

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Hanazono Jinja, Shinjuku

by Matthew Posted on August 30, 2018

Hasselblad 500CM / Kodak Portra 160NC [expired 03/’12]

This is Hanazono Jinja (ginger), a little Shinto shrine that by some accounts is one of the most historically important shrines in all of japan.

I took the batteries out of my light meter to feed the Pentax espio mini so I was guessing exposure. The pitcha of the lady doing bowing is obviously under-exposed.