More Japan

Hey Guys, so these Images have been WELL overdue, I'm tempted to just dump them all on Flickr right now, but they are amongst the best I've shot all year and it would seem a pity for some of them to just get lost or never seen simply because of an overload dump, so I'm going to try to do 30 a day or so. I'm very close to having uploaded all my remaining archived Images for 2009, hopefully in time for years end, they will all be up, as for 2010, I'm looking to start a new page in my life as a photographer. I'm hoping by then I will have completed my Wordpress jump. Aditionally I'm hoping to close my current Lightroom catalog in hopes of opening a new one, as the current one holds 3 years of Images and is beggining to slow down, considerably. Anywho, here are some of the Japan Images from the latest batch, as usual you can see the whole set here.

Enjoy

New Site on the way!

For those of you who might have recently logged on to my main site, sbalaniphotography.com may have noticed a bit of a makeover has occurred recently. Now I warn you the site is only 90% Finished. It should be free of bugs and quirks, the only thing missing is my Texts which continue to remain in draft format. Aditionally my quest to rid myself of my Canon 40D in exchange for true flash simpleness remains at a standstill, with listings beeing placed on AyosDitto, Ebay & Facebook marketplace...its Seems I may have to think about selling the pieces seperately....ugh effort, but what to do, my lack of shooting is starting to get horribly annoying.

Some people have asked me what I think about the new 7D and Canon's first step towards flash goodness. Hmm for some reason I'm not particularly convinced about the workings of this, as what makes Nikon beatifull is in adition to its flash trigger system is also its flashes, the actual light bursting, blinding devices coupled wth TTL goodness. After having so recently released the 580EXII are they really going to bring out a MK III so soon flagshipping a new flash system? I highly doubt it, and with Nikon having caught up in terms of lens quality with their Nikkor brand it seems just silly for me not to switch over to Nikon. Although I have gotten attached to my lenses & Camera, I dont think their worth the headaches.

As for today's Images I'll be uploading a batch I took from last week when I was down at Mall of Asia, shooting around Manila bay (Got some hopefully nice HDR's) aswell as some very late Japan Images from my backlog so Enjoy!

And as usual, the full batch of photo's can be accessed directly in Flickr.

Usual 4am...

And so once again I seem to find myself awakened by unbearable sleeping conditions, and thus after finally having given up on a descent nights sleep I find myself confoundly distracted by by those dangerous things called thoughts, and the lovely little technological wonder, twitter. I also felt if i had the strenght to type i might aswell blog my latest set of Japan Images. They've been on flickr for a while so I'm sure some of you have seen them. But for the benefit of those not directly suscribed to my flickr stream here be the latest images for you all to enjoy!

Japan Pictures

So, after various requests for more Japan Pictures, and having had to delay the processing of them to pump the MCM pics out for downloading, but now I'm back, and with another deadline for the Japan pics! 18th of the month, since its the last day to submit images for the Japan trip competition done by the Mentor series :).

As part of the program I also get to put 15 of my images in a combined book, printed by MPIX, containing images from all of us! so here they are!

Another Day in Japan

And so my next post is on one approaching the final days of my trip in Japan :(, which brings a sad, sad glimmer into my heart as I am inmensely enjoying it here, particularly taking in as much as possible of the culture and heritage. But alas a week is not enough time to spend in Tokyo, let alone half the country, but we've maxed out our days, chased Geiko in the rain, chased by hungry deer, (and probably blinded a few with some strobes), broken backs, shoulders and necks with top heavy camera gear, and just been annoying tourists, all in all an extremely worthwhile trip. As mentioned in the previous post I got a chance to visit the Tokyo Fish market and Tokyo tower of which I have managed to find time to process some images between bus naps and taking the wrong trains in between shoots, so here they are for you all to enjoy! :D

Comments, criticisism's and Wow's are much appreciated :D

Prelude & Day 1 in Japan!!!

Hey Guys! Just finished my first day with the mentor seeries in Tokyo, and I gotta say PHEW! they certainly push us! I'm exhausted and need to be up in 4 hours to shoot the fish market so I'll make it brief.

Having arrived yesterday prior to the pack i took it upon myself to begin exploring the local area (Shinjuku) and start taking some pics, and upon the arrival of the gang, we had the introductions and I quickly hit the sack.

Today consisted of visiting a shinto temple, Tokyo Tower, The Imperial Palace and the Shinjuku gardens! More details on all those places tomorrow with pics! Today I'll just leave you guys with some warm up images of yesterday and today, with the best to come over the comming days as I process them ;). Enjoy!

Oh yes and I also got to play with Nikon Gear and a fisheye! :D