One of the things I've been enjoying about the #creative366project is the stuff I notice after a shot has been taken. When I took this shot, I was just looking at the pillars receding into the background, and was waiting for the train to pass by to add another element of interest. However after I got home and looked at it on the big screen, I noticed that the reflections on the wall and ceiling also added yet another fun element which I tried to bring out in my conversion to B/W.

So – one month down! Hard to believe that January is already over… While 11 months seems like a long time to go, given how quickly this month has gone by, I have a feeling we'll be reaching the end of the year far more quickly than we'd like it to…

Good night from Tokyo!

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January 31, 2012 – Reflective Surfaces

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Not particularly creative, but between recovering from my cold and how ridiculously cold it is outside, I wasn't much in the mood for walking around after work.

My taking this #creative366project shot probably exasperated my coworker, as we had started talking about methods of cleaning and repairing disks, when suddenly my eye was caught by all the colorful lights reflected on the CD.

I grabbed my camera and started spinning around in my seat, trying to find an angle that caught the most color before taking this shot; from expression on his face, I could see that my coworker was mentally giving himself a face-palm over my antics – he already thinks I'm borderline nutty for carrying my camera everywhere I go. (^^;

Well, it's a nice burst of color anyway 😉

http://youtu.be/_JoZS6LgqYI

G'night!

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January 30, 2012 – Shiny Medium

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A long quiet day at home resting and recovering from a cold means not many opportunities for #creative366project photos. Luckily, Danbo-chan was on hand to help out. 🙂

I'm back on early shift and have an early wakeup tomorrow, so I'm off to bed now.

G'night from Tokyo!

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Spent all day in the office, with no opportunity to go out and shoot anything for my #creative366project . Luckily, the view outside my office window is pretty cool; it's even better on a weekend because then the office is almost deserted and I can turn off the lights to take photos with less window reflection! 😀

This side of the office building looks down over the Hotel Okura, a fairly old but popular hotel due to its convenient location. I've never stayed there myself (kinda pricey!) but have been there frequently as the office makes use of the conference/seminar and dinner rooms.

It also holds the Okura Museum of Art (or Okura Shugokan), which is an old-style building that somehow manages not to look out of place amidst all the modern buildings around it.

http://www.shukokan.org/

I'm off to bed – sniffles and sneezing like crazy today, colds are so aggravating (though still better than a cough I suppose).

G'night from Tokyo!

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January 28, 2012 – Anachronism

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Tokyo/Yokahama-based portrait photographers who'd like to help out with a charity event, please contact +Joanne Yu !

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Day 27 of #creative366project : Girls night out at Nakameguro Taproom.

My friend and fellow Canuck (I've been hanging out with quite a few this week!), Shana Graves, is organizing a charity event for the 1 year anniversary of the March 11th earthquake. If you are a Tokyo/Yokohama-based photographer who specializes in portraiture and would be interested in donating your services and skills to this charity event, please contact me and I'll pass your name onto her.

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January 27, 2012

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It's a sign of how digitized the times are when the sight of a few people reading actual paper books makes me do a double-take.

I've joined the digital revolution myself – I never ever go anywhere without my Kindle. In fact, given the choice between my camera or my Kindle… the Kindle would win. However, I still have a huge soft spot for real paper books. If I could, I'd live in a library! Also, real books never run out of battery. 😉

So, I get unaccountably happy when I see people reading actual books, and want to go up and give them a big ol' high five 🙂

Off to bed to fight the onset of a cold, have a good weekend everyone!

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January 27, 2012 – Readers

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I've never had the occasion to use that "phrase" before, but it just popped in my mind while looking at this photo (^^;

This was a completely unplanned shot – I had another interior image I'd taken earlier today, but this came about right after I got home, shortly before I was about to copy over the earlier shot from my camera to the computer.

Honestly, I'm a little embarrassed to explain where I got the idea for this photo, so I'll just leave it to your imagination, unless someone happens to guess correctly, in which case I'll say so. :p

Going to crash for now – trying to fight off possible early signs of a cold, so sleep is critical!

G'night from Tokyo 🙂

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January 26, 2012 – U Jelly?

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