Photography

Here are a couple of photo from city life in the north. I think not much explanation is required... The ninth photo (9/12) is the canal in Otaru, all the rest are from Sapporo... The photographs in this set were taken with Fujifilm Neopan 400 or Fujicolor...  

Thank you blomman [nt]

reminds me of when I was there some years ago. The crabs were just super. :) Thanks for sharing these wonderful and realistic shots with us Casey. Best Fernando PS. Pls excuse my ignorance but how does one post film photos on the internet?

I did enjoy some crab box lunches a couple of times... lots of sushi and grilled fish... the food was excellent... I scan my film using a dedicated 35mm film scanner... the Nikon Coolscan V ED which gives me 134MB TIF files (Bit Depth = 48) for color and ...  

Man , i think i'm going to die now :-) And then there's Sushi and grilled fish ... you think i should move to Japan ? Great series of pictures Casey. Thanks, Filip

Bento (弁当) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento holds rice, fish or meat, with pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in box-shaped container... such as in the following internet photo... for examp...  

#1 and #5. cen@jkt

Number one was taken at Nakajima Park next to the apartment that I rented and number five is from Hokkaido Shrine which has a wonderful atmosphere... Both are from Sapporo. Casey

what cen likes :) + 4 and you'll have to tell secret how to take photo number 4 ;) Yours D

See my reply to 'cen' above regarding 1 & 5... Number four was taken at the Christmas Market on Odori in Sapporo... I think that these two girls were from Taiwan or China... They wanted to take a picture with me... maybe I was looking like Saint Nick ... 

Thanks for sharing. #5 is magical for me, although I love the classic look of #9 and #10 too. The last picture fits my own aesthetic very well, with the intriguing reflection. It's a picture that requires more looking and playing with perception, and that... 

Dear Casey. Not only picture perfect photos (every single one), but also straigt ones, even without a tripod!!! If my memory is good you were not using one. You really did not leave a stone unturned in the neigbourhood, lots of lovely places for photo sho... 

No tripod, but post processing in some of the photographs ;). Thank you for the kind words... I think in the end I will show (including the next batch) a total of around 33 photos out of 800... I did take some duplicates, and/or photographed the same loca... 

Number five is from the Hokkaido Shrine, and the surrounding woods is beautiful... late afternoon sun through the trees... the mood there was very special... Number nine... the canal in Otaru Number ten... snow covered benches on Odori... Odori is a tree ... 

are quite marvelous ! Love Hokkiado for its contrast. That 5th photo in the park/ woods ... So peaceful ! Bustling in the city. Serenity in the suburbs. U captured it well. And how I miss the seafood at Otaru ! Have to revisit !

Thank you for the comments... there is a 50-50 chance I will be back to Hokkaido in early February to do a little skiing... It's a great location and very photogenic... A friend of mine did the circle trip of Hokkaido by bicycle... in the summer ;) Casey

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make me want to go back there again...hopefully this year end like #1, #5 and the canal

Number one was the first major snowfall during my visit to Sapporo, it seemed like a lot of snow at the time, but it was just a hint of what was to come. Number five... yes that was 'Hokkaido Shrine' at Maruyama Koen station of Sapporo's Tozai subway line... 

I am very curious as to how they will translate to print, if ever :-)

I have printed some of the color photographs in 2L size mat finish and they turned out fairly decent... I might try larger sizes... 4PW (254x365 at 17.00 USD ) or maybe HP (356x432 at 25.00 USD ) or ZP (457x560 at 35.00 USD ) What I really want is to try ... 

Beautiful work, Casey. I wish I was less lazy and tried shooting some film again, however, whenever I shoot film, it just stays in the camera for months. Digital is just too easy...

That small pavilion is one of the parts of a Shinto shrine... The Chōzuya (手水舎) is a free-standing structure located a short distance from the main building, used for cleansing with water as part of a ceremonial purification rite known as temizu. You can ...