I arrived in Tokyo via bullet train, or Shinkansen, from Kyoto. I had toyed with the idea of taking a more budget-oriented approach towards getting here but I’m glad I didn’t. Seeing the countryside whizzing by me at 170 miles per hour inside my whisper-quiet cabin was an experience in itself, not to mention all […]
Posted in Travel | Also tagged 35mm, Akihabara, Asakusa, Asia, bullet train, container port, DeCordova Sculpture Park, fugu, Fuji GS645S, Hakone, Ikebukuro, industrial port, Japan, Kabukicho, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanalian Guesthouse, Kawasaki, Lost in Translation, medium format, Minami-Senju, Minolta XG-M, Mt Fuji, Narita, New York Bar, onsen, Owakudani, Park Hyatt, Portra, Rainbow Bridge, Rokkor, Rokkor 135mm f/3.5, Rokkor 28mm f/2.8, Rokkor 50mm f/1.2, ryokan, Senso-ji, Shibuya, Shinagawa, Shinbashi, Shinjuku, Shinkansen, Shiodome, Tokaido Road, Tokyo, Yamanote, Yashica Electro 35 CC, Yokohama |
Arriving in Osaka was a very odd experience for me. I had never been to Japan before in my life, however for some strange reason I was hit with a strong and persistent sense of nostalgia. From the moment I stepped off the plane, for the next 24 hours or so I felt like I […]
Posted in Travel | Also tagged 35mm, Asia, Bamboo Forest, Bamboo Grove, capsule hotel, container port, Dobutsuen Mae, Dotonbori, Fuji GS645S, Fushimi Inari Taisha, Gion, Golden Pavilion, industrial port, Japan, Kinaku-ji, Kobe, Kyoto, Lost in Translation, medium format, Minolta XG-M, Osaka, Portra, Rokkor, Rokkor 135mm f/3.5, Rokkor 28mm f/2.8, Rokkor 50mm f/1.2, Shinsekai, Yashica Electro 35 CC |
I had arrived in Hong Kong right around sunset. Now the airport was pretty far from the city, so by the time I had arrived in Mong Kok it was already dark. I’ll never forget stepping off that bus into the streets of Kowloon for the first time; I can only describe the experience as […]
Posted in Travel | Also tagged 35mm, Asia, Fuji GS645S, Gursky, HK Island, Hong Kong, Kowloon, medium format, Minolta XG-M, Mong Kok, Portra, Rokkor, Rokkor 135mm f/3.5, Rokkor 28mm f/2.8, Rokkor 50mm f/1.2, Tai O, Victoria Peak, Yashica Electro 35 CC |
So after about a 20 hour overnight train ride from Penang, I had arrived in Bangkok. Now, Singapore and Malaysia were hot, but there was just something a little more oppressive about the heat in Bangkok. I had arrived at around 10 AM and I’d soon come to find out that the mornings in Bangkok […]
Posted in Travel | Also tagged 35mm, Asia, Bangkok, Burma, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Fuji GS645S, medium format, Minolta X-570, Myanmar, Portra, red light district, Rokkor, Rokkor 135mm f/3.5, Rokkor 28mm f/2.8, Rokkor 50mm f/1.2, SEA, Thailand, visa run, White Temple, Yashica Electro 35 CC |
After I left Singapore I made my way through Malaysia. I only spent about 4 days here, with my time divided between Kuala Lumpur, several overnight trains and a stopover in Penang. After hopping on a night train from Johor Bahru across the border in Malaysia, I arrived in Kuala Lumpur just as the sun […]
Posted in Travel | Also tagged 35mm, Asia, Butterworth, Fuji GS645S, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, medium format, Minolta X-570, Petronas Towers, Portra, Rokkor, Rokkor 135mm f/3.5, Rokkor 28mm f/2.8, Rokkor 50mm f/1.2, SEA, Yashica Electro 35 CC |
First up in my upcoming series of posts will be Singapore. For those of you that don’t personally know me, I spent this past winter backpacking around Asia. I started right after New Years in Singapore, spent about a week there before traveling up to Malaysia for a few days, and then spent about 3 […]
Posted in Travel | Also tagged 35mm, Asia, container port, Fuji GS645S, marina bay sands, medium format, Minolta X-570, Portra, Rokkor, Rokkor 135mm f/3.5, Rokkor 28mm f/2.8, Rokkor 50mm f/1.2, SEA, seaport, Singapore, Yashica Electro 35 CC |
If you missed it, be sure to check out Part 1 of this trip before reading on. After Prague I decided to head back to Austria, to a city called Linz which was situated perfectly to give me relatively quick access to the cities of Melk and Hallstatt. I only spent about 12 hours in […]
Posted in Street Photography, Travel | Also tagged 35mm, Abbey, Austria, black and white, color, Eiger, Europe, Gimmelwald, Hallstatt, Ilford HP5+, Jungfrau, Kleine Scheidegg, Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Portra 400 VC, Lauterbrunnen, Leica 90mm f/4 Elmar C, Leica M6, Mannlichen, Melk, Monch, Mountain Hostel, Murren, street, Switzerland, Wengen, Zeiss 35mm f/2 Biogon |
It’s been quite some time since I’ve updated this site, so I figured it was time for a redesign. I had pretty high hopes for Photosomnia back when I created it, but unfortunately it’s taken a backseat to my daily photoblog over at www.shuttermaki.com. Hopefully this will help breathe some new life into it, and […]
Posted in Street Photography, Travel | Also tagged 35mm, Austria, black and white, color, Czech Republic, Europe, Ilford HP5+, Innsbruck, Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Portra 400 VC, Leica 90mm f/4 Elmar C, Leica M6, Prague, street, Vienna, Zeiss 35mm f/2 Biogon |
Since my last Iron Horse post I have made two more trips, shooting mostly black and white film with a little digital thrown in. These trips were much more successful than the first, as I’m sure my results will show. It was a little disappointing however to find that they had removed all the buses […]
There is an old abandoned train repair facility in my hometown of Billerica, Massachusetts originally used by B&M railroads. It closed down some years ago, and now functions primarily as an MBTA graveyard for old buses and train parts. Last fall a friend of mine recommended I go check it out, as it was fairly […]
This post will conclude the two-part “Underground Adventures” series, and will be dealing with four different types of film, most of which I was rather unhappy with. If you missed my last post, please go back and read it before continuing any further. The films I will be discussing today are Ilford XP2, Natura 1600, […]
Posted in Amateur Photographers, Boston, Street Photography | Also tagged Boston, Canon 70-200 f/4L IS, Eos 1, Natura 1600, Press 800, Sigma 12-24, Sigma 50 1.4, subway, Superia 1600, XP2 |
Today I would like to talk a little about a recent photo outing me and a friend of mine took into Boston. I shot only film this day, and went through about 7 rolls before the day was out. The specific films I will be discussing in this post are Ilford HP5+, Neopan 400, and […]
Posted in Amateur Photographers, Boston, Street Photography | Also tagged Boston, Canon 70-200 f/4L IS, Eos 1, HP5+, Neopan 1600, Neopan 400, Sigma 12-24, Sigma 50 1.4, subway |
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