By Nancee Rostad | Art & Creativity , Travel Photography
At the end of a winter trip to Japan, I found myself looking at cherry trees in full peak bloom. Mind you, this was on February 22, 2023 – February! Which is at least several weeks before the blooms open in other parts of Japan. Luckily, I was in Kawazu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, which […]
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By Jean-Claude Louis | Travel Photography
Ever since I read Kenneth White’s book The Wild Swans in the mid-1990s, the idea had been taking shape in my mind of a geopoetic journey into the ethereal beauty of the Japanese winter, a salutation to its precious and precarious wildlife and to all things Japanese. Years passed, and then in February 2019, my […]
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By Nancee Rostad | Travel Photography
There are certain places in the world which pull you back time and again, no matter how hard you try to resist. For me, the list is long, so I’ll just mention a few: Paris; Edinburgh, Scotland; Santa Fe, NM; Tofino, BC; Bandon, OR; and now, Kyoto, Japan has joined the list. After my second […]
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By Nancee Rostad | Art & Creativity
The following is a true (if somewhat dramatized!) example of my typical creative process. I’ll set the scene: Kyoto, Japan 2017 with a group of photographers, bucketing rain, wind blowing, a beautiful autumn garden, dripping & flowing water everywhere, 2.5 hours allotted to shoot this place, at this time. For me, it was a nightmare […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Like every country with a rich culture and history, Japan offers many facets to the visitor. Unlike most countries, though, it exposes a layering of ties between past and present and the contrast between modernism and past is very striking, a fact I only barely scratched the surface of, during my first ever visit, a […]
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By pascaljappy | Monday Post
Aha moments shape how we live our lives. DearSusan looks back at 3 determining aha photpgraphic moments of 2018.
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By Paul Perton | Monday Post
Pascal’s last Monday Post might have been an easy to skip piece for many of you. After all, the Interwebs delivers incredible stuff – right to your desktop. Indeed it does. It also does some bad things, too. Here’s one; it’s my story, my contribution to this conversation. […]
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By Paul Perton | Travel Photography
Osaka. Huge industrial city. Busy. Another view of modern Japan, in that it’s a city of contrasts; brutally, digitally modern alongside glimpses of a different life, more cultured and ordered. Much as it’s been for centuries. Tech note; all images shot with the Fuji X-Pro2 and either Fuji’s 23mm f1.4, or 35mm f1.4. […]
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By Paul Perton | Travel Photography
Kyoto. A city with links to Japan’s history, stretching back centuries. We managed a couple of days – a kind of taster visit, to help us decide if we wanted to spend longer next time. Yes. We do. It’s a great city. What does it look like? Here’s a few samples: […]
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By Paul Perton | Travel Photography , Uncategorized
Last week Tokyo. This week, Nagoya. Continuing the theme started in the capital – rich Fuji-style chroma colour. There’ll be more images from Kyoto and Osaka shortly, perhaps a collection of faces collected from our tour across the country. In the meantime, here’s Nagoya. […]
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