Self portrait

I'm still working on it.

Maybe I should try and grow my arm a little bit.

瞬

A new kitten

There are 4 formats that you can choose from when shooting the Diana with the 35mm back.

-Extended panoramic shot with exposed perforations.

-Extended panoramic shot without exposed perforations.

-Square image with exposed perforations.

-Standard rectangular image without exposed perforations.

I tried the panoramic shot with exposed perforations the other day.

When I was shooting I wasn't really aware of how wide photos would be.

So most of the photos didn't turn out to be as I had expected.

But that is the fun part of using the Diana.

I just need to figure out how/if I can scan the negative including the perforations part with my scanner.

Davin

Kana again

冬の空

The winter sky is so beautiful and so clear.I love it.

Winter could be better if it wasn't too cold.

Elliott Erwitt

Last weekend I finally got back around to taking photos after having been swamped with various things for a month or so.

I went to a museum of art on Sunday morning and tried out my Diana with 35 mm film.

The most recent photos of 120 film format that I took with the toy camera didn't turn out too well, which was a bit of disappointment.I hadn't used it for a while so I think I forgot how to handle it.Oh well.I guess I should mess around with it every once in a while to keep my Diana  skills.

After admiring the art by myself I met a friend and we went see Elliott Erwitt's exhibit.

I wish there were more small galleries in town where people can enjoy photography more casually.

It felt great to be surrounded by great photos.

But I just wish I could see more of young artist's work like I can see in Tokyo.

Kana

Recently

だんご

The dango is believed to protect you from evil spirits by eating it.

If only it had been that easy and simple to stay away from evil.

But it was yum so it's good.

Getting Up

The other day:

"Hey, have you heard Q-tip's new song?Don't you just love it?"

Oh man,  I absolutely love it!

Actually I can't keep listening to that song.

"Me too!"

Are you going to play it at your club sometime?

"Most definitely. I got it on vinyl."

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Last night at 2 am:

Hey what up?I came for Getting Up.

"Man, you came so late.I already played that song earlier."

What!?

Darn....can you play it again?

"Well, I usually play one song only one time a night."

Come on!I want to dance to that song!Please play it again for me!Pleeeeaaaasssseee.

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Several minutes later, the song got played.

And I danced to it feeling great.

I wish there was someone to dance with, though.

Kevin

What I needed on the Shinkansen

A can of beer, a small onigiri, a newspaper, and some good music.

I felt like I was an old man.

John

Two waiting cats

A waiting cat

Osaka

初体験

I'd never stayed at an apartment building where there is a huge lounge that makes you feel like you are actually staying at a hotel.

I'd never played Wii before. That thing is pretty addictive.

I'd never thought my portrait could be easily drawn mainly with some thin lines.

Ginza

Ginza used to make me nervous and self-conscious.

When I was there last Saturday, I wasn't nervous but was feeling restless.

Maybe it was the X'mas lights, the photos I saw, the people I met, or all of those.

I don't know.

Well, I do know why I felt that way.

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I just realized that I took almost a month to finish shooting a roll of 35mm film.

The past month was long and tiring.

It will be interesting to see the photos of which I don't really remember taking.

Gin

Kotetsu

Last weekend

So I had some business to take care of in Osaka last weekend.

I went back there for the first time in more than 10 years.

My uncle used to live downtown Osaka so I would go down there every once in a while to visit him but that was until he passed away about 15 years ago.

Anyway, Osaka always confuses me.

More accurately, the underpasses around JR Osaka station do.

I was never able to figure out the shortest way to the place I had to go all the time I was there.

This trip turned out to be a really fun one, thanks to my friend Haru, who let me stayed at her place in Kyoto.I enjoyed my 45 minutes rides on the Hankyu line from Osaka to Kyoto both nights after I was done with my thing.

She and I hit a couple of bars downtown Kyoto.
"Bar 5" in Kawaramachi played nice music, and more importantly there was a cute bartender there.No wonder all the counter seats was full of young ladies.

I wish I could live in Kyoto.

Tako katsu burger

They have "たこカツバーガー" at Mos burger in Osaka.

Since I love both Tako-yaki and Mos burger, I decided to give it a shot.

Well, I realized that there are some things that should never be mixed up.

A vodka bar in Pontocho（先斗町）

If you are a big fan of vodka and ever get a chance to go to Pontocho you should go to "Vodka bar Nakanishi".

黒猫

A few weeks ago

After I took the shot above I saw the lady on her bike coming into the frame and then I released the shutter.

I kind of like the one with the lady too.

Sarah

Going West

I don't like being too bored, but being too busy does not making me feel very great.

November is going to be crazy and the craziness has already begun.

I made a trip down to Nagoya this past weekend and came back to Shizuoka absolutely exhausted.

First, my little digital camera died on me.

Then my iPod died on me as well.

And finally I myself died a little.

Why do people in Nagoya move slowly?

Every time I go down there I ask this same question.

I could have gotten on the Shinkansen 30 minutes earlier if everybody in Nagoya station had walked a bit faster.

I wanted to scream.

But I like Nagoya.

At least they have a ZARA shop and we don't in Shizuoka.

Girl Talk

A couple friends of mine thought I would like this.

Yeah, they were right.

I like watching the video better than just listening to the song on my iTunes.

It's much more fun.

When I was younger, that "Nothing compares, nothing compares to you, to you" song of Sinead O'connor sounded to me like  "I think I'm dead, I think I'm dead to you, to you".

At least I got "to you" right.

Now the song has to go with T.I.'s "What you know about it" in my head.

Damn.

On a beautiful day

Shoot and catch

He didn't know that I was taking a photo of him when he threw the frisbee.I caught the disk just in time after I took this shot.

That was a good way to test my reflexes.I am not too bad.

Those two boys were taking photos of each other jumping off the tree.

They looked to be enjoying doing it so it is all good.

Ladies Love Cool James

We do, don't we?

I have found new appreciation for LL cool J.

He is hot.

Mafumi

Moody

Meow

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