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Getting started with tilt/shift photography.

I received a lens I had ordered, a Ukrainian Hartblei 35mm f2.8 Super Rotator. This is an unusual lens in, in addition to focus and aperture controls, it also supports shift and tilt movements. There are other tilt and shift lens, but the Hartblei is unique in allowing the tilt and shift axes to move […]

Adventures in Saitama…

I went to a friend’s premiere showing of his video from Soulclipse, held at Arcus Cafe in Saitama, 45 minutes by road outside Tokyo. Like so many places in Japan, initially an anonymous looking place, but full of surprises!

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A very cute standing bar, specialized in […]

Azuma Odori 2006

I went to see the Spring Dance of the Shimbashi geisha, the Azuma Odori 2006. Tokyo still has a number of geisha neighborhoods, though not as well known as those of Kyoto.

Diamond Ring

The Diamond Ring effect at the end of the Antalya eclipse, March 29, 2006.

Istanbul Lamps