From February 13 to 24, 2011, I held my fourth Winter Wonderland Workshop, and after shooting the Snow Monkeys in Nagano for three days, which we looked at in Episode 279, we jumped onto a plane and made our way up to the northern island of Japan, Hokkaido. We were...
I'm back home in Tokyo, after a month at sea, voyaging to the Antarctic, the Falkland Islands and Patagonia. It's been over a month since the last episode, which I released literally as my studio started to shake in that terrible quake that devastated much of Northern...
OK, I have 14 minutes of battery life left, and I'm on my second coffee for Wifi here in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Here's a few more pics from my trip to Antarctica and the Falkland Islands. Enjoy! I'll be following up on these posts in my Podcast in the coming...
Hi All, After 13 days at sea, with six or so in the infamous Drake Passage, I'm now sitting comfortably in the Jetty Visitor Center in Stanley, the Falklands Islands, with a loaded Wifi Ticket, and I'm gonna use it! With Skyping home high on my priority list, I...
From February 13 to 24, 2011, I held my fourth Winter Wonderland Workshop, and took thirteen avid photographers to shoot the Snow Monkeys in Nagano for three days, then joined by one more participant in Hokkaido, we had fourteen participants with us for a further nine...
Associate Professor of Engineering at James Madison University, Virginia and co-author of the book “In the Big Forest”, about the role of photography in such a project. Because this was a recorded chat, there is no transcript for this Podcast. Below though are the...
Firstly, I really need to apologize for the hiatus since the last Podcast episode was released on January 25, over a month ago. I know that some of you have probably been concerned that I’d given up altogether, but that certainly isn’t the case. If you follow me on...
This post is going to be a living document for a few weeks, depending on how much time, energy and connectivity I have. I've come up to Hokkaido, where I run my winter tours, for a 12 day trip with the first half being a reconnaissance trip for a possible new...
I’m really pleased today to be able to bring you a recording of a chat that I had with photographer Syl Arena this afternoon. Syl is like the Canon version of Joe McNally, and like Joe, his teachings aren’t specific to any one system, so not only will any photographer...
On December 17th 2010, I did a portrait shoot at a Xmas party, where I set up my studio in a large room in a restaurant here in Tokyo, and ended up shooting nine groups of people. Last week we looked at the Studio setup and I talked about some of the other...
On December 17th 2010, I did a portrait shoot at a Xmas party, where I set up my studio in a large room in a restaurant here in Tokyo, and ended up shooting nine groups of people. Today I'm going to take you through the idea behind all of this, and some of the...
As you’ve heard in recent months, as I kept you up to date on my preparation, I had my first solo exhibition called “The Nature of Japan” at the H.A.C. Gallery in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo, from December 23rd to the 30th. The show went incredibly well in many respects, and...
