Electric Pig » Tokyo http://www.electricpig.org Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:36:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Form & Function http://www.electricpig.org/2010/05/15/form-function/ http://www.electricpig.org/2010/05/15/form-function/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 14:27:47 +0000 Electric Pig http://www.electricpig.org/?p=711 Bored, I finally got round to processing some old photos of the Tokyo International Forum which I had never bothered doing. I guess the International Forum is probably my favourite building in Tokyo. It’s one of those buildings that doesn’t disappoint when you see it for real. The size, acoustics and, (whenever I’ve been) comparative lack of people allow you to sit on one of the benches and appreciate the actual architecture. I haven’t found a similar building in London where the quality of the architecture is matched by the amount of access the public have to saunter around inside. I end up going there pretty much every time I’m in the area, and then end up making some excuse to go here too. The photos below were taken at various times in the past 8 years, with a variety of cameras. Click the photos below to see bigger versions:

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This is a little experiment me and Eri did while I was in Japan. The lights presumably strobe in real life too, but I never really pay attention or my brain compensates or something, but here it’s pretty noticeable, which I quite like. Eri did a pretty good job of staying still too!

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Olympus OM1. f1.8 Kodak 160NC

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Hoya R72. f2.8

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50mm f1.8

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2 shot panorama. 50mm f1.8

]]> http://www.electricpig.org/2009/06/22/rain-temple/feed/ 1 Last Day http://www.electricpig.org/2008/08/27/last-day/ http://www.electricpig.org/2008/08/27/last-day/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:46:36 +0000 Electric Pig http://www.electricpig.org/?p=186 Leaving Eri and, to a lesser extent, Japan, was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. We went out that evening to do some last minute shopping and then to visit the 8bitcafe – a cafe in Shinjuku dedicated to the 8bit era of video games, with Famicoms and Master Systems to play. It was really nice, as was the expensive hotel, but we weren’t really in the mood. Anyway, after that glowing introduction, here are some photos I took…


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]]> http://www.electricpig.org/2008/07/27/tokyo-bay-cruising/feed/ 1 Nuptials http://www.electricpig.org/2008/07/08/nuptials/ http://www.electricpig.org/2008/07/08/nuptials/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:10:25 +0000 Electric Pig http://www.electricpig.org/?p=134 The last time I was invited to a wedding, I managed to take 3 photos in the entire night. This time, I was determined to take more, and bought a new film on the way. In the end, I got so overexcited snapping away, that I had to leave the after-after party karaoke to buy another film, which I proceeded to shoot all of without adjusting the focus at all from one shot to the next. I don’t think I was attempting some kind of peculiar avant-garde technique, I think it may have been just because I was a little bit pissed. Anyway, these were the best shots from the night – I really like the two shots of Seri and Jacob. There’s a calmness in the storm there. Congratulations again to Matt and the missus.


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