01 Nov 2021
The photographed “nature” won the 2021 Good Design Award.
As I mentioned in the news, the beauty salon in Nagoya taken at our office won the 2021 Good Design Award. Congratulations to Mr. Takahashi of Masayuki Takahashi Architects and Mr. Hara of Hirokazu Hara Atelier, who are always in charge of the design. As a story behind the shooting, the interior of this building…
01 Dec 2020
Slowly analog or ultra-advanced digital
The other day, I read in the news about the dismissal of dancers at Tokyo Disneyland (and the Sea) due to the effects of the corona disaster, that “the person in charge of Oriental Land, the management company, gave the dancers a one-sided notice, but did not respond to their inquiries, not even to the…
03 Nov 2020
Talk about movie colors
Yesterday I saw a film by Taika David Waititi called Jojo Rabbit, and I said, “What a beautiful red and yellow and green! I was impressed. Lately I’ve been researching to see if I can somehow imitate Woody Allen’s colors, but it’s been difficult. The reason for this might be the hues of Japanese interiors,…
17 Sep 2020
Japanese Architectural Photographer
Hello. A person I consider to be a good architectural photographer is Ano-san. He is currently working and doing well. The other person whose work I consider to be a good photographer is Ogawa-san. I also feel that foreign architectural photographers are a little different in their approach to photography than their Japanese counterparts. Other…
08 Jul 2020
Photographer’s Flow Work to Photo Submission Part 2
Previous article Photographer’s Flowwork to Photo Submission Part 1 Continued . Last time, I listed what we do verbally (in writing), but this time I’ll try to make it easier to understand. This time, I’ll talk about what to do after the shoot. I think the workflow is as follows Pre-shooting → shooting → selection…
12 Jun 2020
Photographer’s Flow Work to Photo Submission Part 1
What exactly is the work of a photographer? I’m sure it’s the same in all industries where we don’t know the specifics of other people’s professions, but here’s my I will try to note the flow work from the time a commercial photograph is commissioned to the time it is completed and submitted. I’m mainly…
02 Mar 2020
Cameras and lenses for architectural photography
I usually use a tilt-shift lens for both interior and exterior architectural photography.This lens gives the same effects that used to be obtained by swing and tilt photography using a large format camera with bellows. In the film photography era such lenses were readily available from many suppliers including Mamiya and Olympus, but nowadays the…