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POTW 14th May: Kyoto store

14 May, 2012 in AsiaPhotoConnection, Photo of the Week | No comments

This Photo of the Week is a simple one, but I really like it. A guy in a traditional store in Gion Kyoto adding more items to display. It’s more in the tourist area than the Geisha area, but it’s still Gion. Many shop keepers in Japan choose to wear these kinds if clothes, so I don’t regard it a costume for the benefit of tourists. This image, and more like it, are available at my agent’s website Asia Photo Connection / Henry Westheim.

A store keeper replenishing his snack displays in Gion, Kyoto.

A store keeper replenishing his snack displays in Gion, Kyoto.

 

 

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POTW: 7th May Tado Horse Festival

7 May, 2012 in Photo of the Week, PhotoShelter | No comments

This Photo of the Week is from the Tado Horse Festival. I’ve written about this before, but the summary is that the event is hundreds of years old, and if the horse gets over a mound of earth atop a hill then there will be a good rice harvest later in the year. Following the festival the local farmers can begin to plant their rice. And there’s always a catch, the horse, rider, and the hill all have to be appropriately inebriated with sake. More details can be found in previous posts, and this time I provide more info than what is on Wikipedia/Tado_Festival. See the Tado Horse Festival gallery for more images.

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POTW 30 Apr 2012: Fujifilm Velvia100

30 April, 2012 in News & Media, Photo of the Week, PhotoShelter | No comments

This Photo of the Week is inspired by Fujifilm Velvia 100. Fujifilm has announced price rises for the month of May, which is tragic news. And to share the love of film, here’s an image from the Naked Man Festival, taken on Fujifilm Velvia100. See the blog for details on Fujifilm and the Naked Man Festival.

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POTW Kyoto

16 April, 2012 in Photo of the Week, PhotoShelter | No comments

This Photo of the Week is from the infamous Gion Kyoto. It is a huge tourist attraction, drawing in tens of millions of Japanese and foreign tourists annually. The highlight has been Kinkakuji or “Golden Pavilion”. However, I decided to show something that you can imagine yourself in… Gion and a rickshaw. You and your boyfriend / girlfriend / husband / wife / family / buddies can rent a kimono (each) and stroll around Kyoto as though you were a Gion resident a hundred years ago, take a rickshaw ride to see a blossoming plum tree, go to a restaurant or tea house, before returning to the kimono rental store, before having a night out on the town. See more Kyoto photos on my PhotoShelter portfolio.

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Delay in shipping some prints

4 April, 2012 in Announcement, PhotoShelter | No comments

I’ve just received an email alerting me that because of the Easter Holiday, one of the vendors (Adorama Pix) that receives some of my print orders on my PhotoShelter account will be closed from the 5th to the 14th April. Any order that they receive in this time is kept and will be processed as soon as they can after the holidays. I assume there would be a backlog, so if it’s urgent contact me so I can check to see if your order may be delayed, and I could organise for alternative options to be set up in the automated ordering system for you.

I apologise for the inconvenience, and also wish I had advance notice of this interruption.

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POTW 2 April: Jazz Improv, portraits of a tog

1 April, 2012 in Photo of the Week, PhotoShelter | No comments

This Photo of the Week is from the new art collection called “Jazz Improv, portraits of a tog”. Each image has a unique subtitle denoting something about the image. All photos were shot of film (Kodak Ekta100), and appear on the negatives as you see them displayed in the gallery (here Jazz Improv).

In a sense, I love and hate street photography. I love the variety and diversity of people’s existence, and being able to see things. At the same time it can feel creepy and voyeuristic, despite being public; and so these themes are explored. All images are available for electronic download or as high quality art products shipped worldwide.

Jazz Improv, portraits of a tog: Dude & his buddy.

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POTW 26 March

26 March, 2012 in Photo of the Week, PhotoShelter | No comments

This photo of the week is for the cosplay fans. This was taken during the 2010 World Cosplay Summit, in Nagoya.

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Site Maintenance

24 March, 2012 in Announcement, Homepage Picture, PhotoShelter | No comments

Update:

(25th March) Following the updates (see below), there are some inevitable bugs that need some sorting out. Most of these should be sorted in the next week or so.

Original notice:

I received this e-mail from the host of my PhotoShelter portfolio:

Dear PhotoShelter Member,

This is a final reminder to help you prepare for the full system downtime and major feature upgrades coming on March 24. We’re all really excited to bring you the first phase of a brand new PhotoShelter, and it kicks off this weekend. …

Planned Downtime:
The following is the official time window for the planned system downtime:

        Date: Saturday, 24 March 2012
        Summary: PhotoShelter System Upgrade – Full Site Downtime

        Duration: 8 hours

        START: 12:01 AM EDT 24-MAR-2012
        END: 08:00 AM EDT 24-MAR-2012
        (US Eastern Daylight Time; UTC-04:00)

 

Announcement of website maintenance

Announcement of website maintenance

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Sakura coupon

19 March, 2012 in Announcement, PhotoShelter | No comments

Special spring offer! Use this coupon code: SAKURA2012 for a 10% discount on any photo purchase (including the one below). USD$20 minimum purchase, good until the 10th April 2012 (hurry, while you remember!), and only at my PhotoShelter portfolio.

Get this or any other image as prints, mouse pads, mugs, downloads for your project or blog, and more.

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POTW 19 Mar 2012 Sakura

19 March, 2012 in Photo of the Week, PhotoShelter | No comments

This Photo of the Week is of cherry blossoms (sakura) at Nagoya Castle in Japan. Soon companies, family groups, friends will gather and start picnicing under these trees. They’ll have a little too much to eat, and a little too much beer. It’s a rare time when Japanese will let their hair down and relax. All the while pretending that it’s not uncomfortably cool.

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