Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]These are very charming images. My mother who was born in Osaka before the War, always talked about the charms of the western part of Japan as opposed to what she saw as the vulgarity of Tokyo. Having lived here in the USA my whole life, I don't have an opinion, other than to say your images seem to capture glimpses of the vision she expressed to me. -rei On 05/21/2010 12:23 PM, 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