Category: 365 days in Japan

museum

Day 68- Museum

Shutter Speed: 8 seconds, Aperture: F/8.0, ISO: 100 I took these photo’s on a visit to Hagi’s art museum. Photographing the exhibits themselves seemed a bit sterile and boring so I decided to make the visitors the subject. Propping my camera wherever I could find, I slowed the shutter speed- catching people stopping to ponder […]

okinawashell

Day 67- A Shell

On the beach in Okinawa, amidst a carpet of coral, I spotted this shell and thought it was worth a photo. I got someone to pose in the background to make the composition more interesting and took the photo as quickly as possible, before it’s inhabitant decided to crawl off.

parrot-in-a-cage

Day 66- Parrot Photography

Wandering down the main tourist strip in Naha (the Okinawan capital) we spotted this parrot, chatting away as people tried to photograph him. He was a moody little guy, shuffling to the other side of the cage and snapping at fingers through the bars- doing his best not to appear in any photos.