snow monkey photography
Following on from my shoot in a Japanese garden a few posts back, I noticed that few of the monuments I photographed look quite interesting on their own – isolated and abstract.
I had a play with the images in Photoshop and ended up with some colours and patterns to add to the abstract theme.
The tenth and last image in my cherry blossom Instagram series. Edited in Snapseed on a Galaxy S3.
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This is a guest blog post by my mate Matt, a great video he made in Hagi City‘s beautiful castle grounds. You can see some photos I took there during cherry blossom season here.
Take a look at some more of Matt’s videos here. There is some great stuff!
Over to Matt –
“For the best part of the 17th and 18th centuries the Moori Family owned a sizeable share of Japan’s central island – Honshu. This was their back yard.
I rushed down here with my camera after work, hoping to catch some of the evening light and found that I had the whole place to myself. I’d chosen a good day too, as the garden seemed to be at the peak of its climb through spring.
On this day, more so than usual, I felt a tremendous sense of ease in the garden; as though we were relaxing together, away from the expectant eyes of tourists. This was the feeling I hoped to capture with this short video.
The music is a piece that Brian Eno wrote, to be played in airports. The mixture of peace and anticipation felt fitting of the mood.”
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