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New version of the Kyoto Station shoot

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Katsu's new Facebook banner - 2nd draft by Andy Heather

カツの新しいフェースブックバナーの設計のドラフト第2版です。どう思いますか? I've just finished the second draft of Katsu's new banner. What do you think?

Neon night tunnels and Spider-man

I have been enthusing for some months about an aesthetic I call "neon night tunnels". I once defined my style with the following formula: トンネル状のスペース + 暗み + 点灯 + ボケ + = 幸せ Tunnel shaped spaces + darkness + spotlights + Shallow depth of field = bliss It's a style of photography that I've been using for a while that always gives me results I like. It involves urban spaces that could be described as deep or tunnel-shaped. Lots of girders and modern architecture, chrome and glass, lots of pinpoints of electric light, a blue-ish sheen to give that metallic, futuristic, 80s action movie feel, deep 3D to create a feeling of layers parallax scrolling past each other. The student of Freud in me guesses that I find the blue-tint exciting because it is associated with the 80s action and sci-fi movies I grew up with such as Die Hard, Hard Boiled, Robocop, etc and that I love the parallax scrolling because it was prevalent in the 8-bit and 16-bit side-scrolling games of my you...

TED X Kyoto documentary team meeting

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Gion Festival 2012 volunteer debrief

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Gion Festival 2012 photos

I just took a walk around my apartment to see the crowds take to the streets for Gion Matsuri. It's weird for me to see my street closed to cars and packed with people every summer, but there's an electric charge in the air and the mood is good. People always find the (Dutch) courage to talk to me at this time of year, whereas normally I can go about my business unmolested. It's an interesting alternate universe version of my neighborhood and I love it. See the full gallery on Posterous