Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]beautiful, engaging photographs Peter. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On May 21, 2010, at 11:23 AM, Peter Cheyne wrote: > Here are some photos I took in Miyazaki, my local city, while > walking around with a couple of friends and my soon-to-be 7-year- > old daughter. > > C & C welcomed! If you feel inclined, please tell me which you > like and what I could do to improve my walkabout photos (e.g. get > closer, stand further back, don't crop > feet, look for more interesting relations between people/things). > > Ten photos, quite a few I know, but I wanted to share a typical > weekend from my life. I live in rural Miyazaki, South Japan. My > home is at the foot of a mountain and in front of a rice field. > Most weekends I hang out with friends from a photography club. > Often we just walk about the city, take photos, then go to an > izakaya (a relaxed restaurant serving Japanese food, beers, sakes > and shochus). > > > > 1. Displaying the restaurant sign > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4614431403/sizes/l/ > > > 2. Hosing down the hot street > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4614518971/sizes/l/ > Store owners and home owners often hose down the concrete outside > to help cool down the building. > > 3. Toy poodle > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4615029078/sizes/l/ > > > 4. Club touts > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4618097317/sizes/l/ > These guys, holding canned coffee from ubiquitous street vending > machines, have quite a sense of humour and pride themselves on > being slick operators. > Their job is to pull passing businessmen into the shady clubs and > brothels in the entertainment district. I have no idea why, but > some of them will often try to > entice a man who is walking with his wife or girlfriend. > > 5. Izakaya waitress taking Maria's order > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4618091945/sizes/l/ > > > 6. Arm wrestle > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4618047143/sizes/l/ > One of my photo-walk buddies arm-wrestles my little girl. > > 7. Drum game > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4618055633/ > One of my daughter's treats is to play the taiko (drum) game after > we visit an izakaya > > > 8. Favourite drum game > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4621774770/sizes/l/ > Here's another of the drum game, this time with colour slide film > > > 9. Watching TV while waiting for a train > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4621134433/sizes/l/ > Japanese and Korean phones have doubled up as TVs for a few years > now, I don't know if that is so in Europe and the US. > > > 10. On the train > http://www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete/4618078527/sizes/l/ > Here I think my daughter is reading one of those ad banners that > hang from the train ceiling. > > Peter Cheyne > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information