w.a.l.l. photographies and open spaces

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2009-09-27T15:18:00.000+09:00

Spat

2009-07-28T23:49:00.001+09:00

Para Nara

2009-06-05T00:38:00.002+09:00

First assignment

2009-05-25T23:50:00.002+09:00

Been asked to shoot the new menu for the mighty KANADIAN (see links)...first food photo shoot experience

...hard-hard-hard...

Here comes the sun. ...(and dust on my sensor)

2009-04-08T00:09:00.000+09:00

Thailand

2009-03-04T00:57:00.005+09:00

Leftovers from a trip to Thailand, Bangkok and Ayutthaya...

A day by the sea

2009-02-24T01:44:00.002+09:00

Osakan exhibit

2008-12-09T23:37:00.000+09:00

1rst exhibit... a big thank you to the Kanadian for hosting...

Watered concrete nature

2008-11-19T22:39:00.004+09:00

Shots from a dam, eastern japan... autumn.

Gaudi and neighbours

2008-11-03T01:16:00.004+09:00

Just came back from a short trip to Barcelona... Some shots of Gaudi's Casa Batllo (how do i get to put that accent on that "o"?...) and adjacent walls.

Week-end trip to nearby Myajima

2008-08-24T00:26:00.005+09:00

Chronological pics of my trip to Myajima and Hiroshima...Ise-jingu was breathtaking but my 24-70 was not the fitting lens...

O-ame mood

2008-07-28T15:29:00.008+09:00

Back to roots: dark M mode. Back on tracks...
Back to the roots.

Rokko-san date

2008-07-24T00:47:00.008+09:00

Fled to Rokko-san, near Kobe, with my sweet-one...both been tired of osakan moist'n'bigmouth ambience...

sukaibilu

2008-07-09T00:47:00.010+09:00

A monday afternoon at osaka, umeda skybuilding, sukaibiru for the kataganago freaks...

Stef round X

2008-07-01T00:19:00.003+09:00

New artwork from my appointed tattooist and friend... spent almost 1 month together now, heavily hydrating ourselves on chu-hi lime, being stupid, and stuffing ourselves with hard boiled eggs (has nothing to do with what you just thought of).

Thanks for all that nice time spent together... but gotta slow down on your visits here in Japan, for my skin's sake...

animal factory

2008-05-27T00:20:00.005+09:00

French summer chrono

2008-05-21T00:18:00.019+09:00

Pics from my summer vacation at my very dear friend Nath's... sharing the 5d for late photo sessions, two weeks of twice a day BBQ ( grew 2.5 kilograms of fat, but who cares...), endless tarot games, a couple (?) of cool Lambrusco bottles... and much more Nath knows... thanks for everything...

Kansai fixie

2008-04-14T18:20:00.003+09:00

My new road kill fixie mecanic... been taming the Kansai asphalt with my Bianchi Pista that past month, rushing thru traffic and the low town maze like neighborhoods. Representing the RxKxB spirit in this trick loving freaks town... just run kansai boys.

Hanami

2008-04-06T00:53:00.003+09:00

Hanami afternoon ( litteraly "flower watch" )

sumo 21st c.

2008-03-03T23:41:00.004+09:00

Was invited to a sumo pre Osaka tournament training. Managed to take a couple, not too intrusive, shots, before being fed like never by the house's Oyakata. Those people can eat, but you should see their everyday 6 am to 12 training... combat athletes.

Hokkaido mood

2008-01-31T22:21:00.000+09:00

Pics from my short but pleasant winter trip to Hokkaido, northern japanese island. Plain white panoramas, cold but cool air, innumerable stalactites, great food...the camera definitely worked out of the 0~40 degrees fahrenheit range written on the users manual, but still had that tendency to open spaces....hun

postcard

2008-01-21T19:35:00.000+09:00

First autoportrait...far from being close to a fine pic, but wanted to share my new tattoo with my relatives and friends, that i left back there in my home country...(hope that all of you have noticed that dragon's skinny tail...can't ignore that beer belly i'm growing)

Thanks to Stef "Illusion of Light" for his great works he's been pushing in for 7 years now...check out his web page in the link section...see you soon man...

concrete monolith

2008-01-21T18:30:00.000+09:00

Back to grey, concrete, and crumbling tones, to start my 2008 blogging new year. I know my uploads have been rare lately, but will recover their full speed within soon...stay tuned

starting autumn

2007-12-03T20:07:00.000+09:00

three pics of beginning of fall, from Mino national park north of Osaka...the trees were not as red as i hoped, but already smelled that fresh autumn breeze.

A day by aqua blue

2007-12-02T19:49:00.000+09:00

Couple shots through the thick glass of osaka aquarium's tanks...not easy to keep away from the blurrr...

Burn whites / Tar blacks

2007-09-25T22:52:00.000+09:00

...burnt whites......noise......3 thirds... ...no rules, just hearts...

2nd look at Okinawa...

2007-09-21T00:12:00.001+09:00

2nd look at my Okinawan pics, and here are the ones i felt have been unfairly stilled in their 0/1 code format. LET THEM LIVE!

Okinawan postcard

2007-09-11T20:41:00.001+09:00

Here is the only worthy Okinawan postcard i was able to shoot, followed by expressions of my "detail-in-frame" frenzy...

2 hours at Cosmosquare

2007-08-29T19:59:00.001+09:00

Spent my first afternoon by the sea since my arrival in Osaka... the Cosmosquare business center and its marina was the spot. The place was built in the mid 90s as a zone open to access by overseas businesses and to centralize import-export companies. But i guess something went wrong in views of all those empty offices, shut down restaurants and cafes, and the more than few salary-men i've encountered. However the ocan's still pretty.

Testing bulb

2007-08-27T19:01:00.001+09:00

Having unfortunate tendencies to shoot at the dark and to have my hands shaking due to the lack/too much of beer, i've faced the necessecity to provide myself a flash...used to shoot on M mode, but as i do not carry any grey18, got to tame that P mode...not easy to give a part of itself away to electronics, but i guess it's part of digital photography. Here are the results of my first bulb taming test night.

Z and 2os w.al.l.s.

2007-08-21T00:09:00.001+09:00

Here's the result of my trip to the zoo...well, not the right lens, not the right mind, a passion for all of those details on surrounding plans, and here i am...m.w.c.p. for great animal pics, check the links...

Archithropology-japan

2007-08-14T23:41:00.000+09:00

Results of my personal photo club assignment.
How transcribe japanese skyscrapers' magnificence and creativity without reproducing those estate pamphlets...that's a puzzle...and ends up in mazes.

Lights, lights, lights

2007-08-05T17:40:00.001+09:00

Urban sparkles on my way home from Kanadian, Osaka...those lights definitly have some life of there own...by the way, happy birthday Hiroki...

Com2

2007-07-22T21:17:00.000+09:00

Grounds

2007-07-18T23:05:00.001+09:00

Santa B. and L.A

2007-07-17T20:08:00.001+09:00

Salton Sea

2007-07-01T00:19:00.001+09:00

A selection of shots from Salton Sea: a deserted 60's resort area...ghost motels, old hippies, shores of dried fish, omnipresent border patrol hunting mexico- emigrated exploited labour...the sharp edge of the californian coin. A must see....

Qween Mary on its steel wave

2007-06-28T20:12:00.001+09:00

Other stuff i've seen at the tattoo convention.

Long Beach tattoo convention

2007-06-25T18:25:00.001+09:00

Attended the anual Long Beach Tattoo Convention standing in -M.W.C.P's trail.
The event, which was taking place on the legendary Qween Mary, had many great artists, a lot of bad beer, some plain bands, and a very charming lady...

Flying with Dustin

2007-06-24T23:03:00.001+09:00

A quick selection from my trip to california. What else to do on a plane...

Back from the u.s.a

2007-06-20T19:43:00.000+09:00

Back to home sweet home japan after a 10 days trip in california, l.a-Desert-l.a, with my mate m-w-c-p. Took a lot of pictures, many not as good as i thought...but several days of intense selection and i'll probably be able to put some on line...

Blur

2007-06-05T20:10:00.000+09:00

Tested the blured portait (thanks to NATHTG for the inspiring photographs and to HIROKI from Kanadian for letting me test)...not perfect yet:not enough contrast between the subject and the background, and probably a bit to blured. Well, over did it again...but a path that is worth developing, i guess.

finding that this blog lacks comments (gratefull to M.W.C.P. for his support and presence)...come on...

Close-up vs. The Mutt ( Modified II )

2007-05-29T22:10:00.001+09:00

Special dedicace for Matti

To the Kanadian

2007-05-28T10:52:00.001+09:00

Shots on my way to the Kanadian's, the ones after beeing soaked into a flow of beer...my head hurts...

yesterday night and next morning

2007-05-20T18:37:00.001+09:00

drinks in ame-mra to star the days off, pictures to try to stay sobber, and morning walk in Tsutenkaku, popular district of southern Osaka, fully dedicated to beer, yakitori, ramen and kushiyaki...nice breakfast

monday afternoon

2007-05-15T21:58:00.000+09:00

spent my monday afternoon in Shitennoji area of Osaka, famous for its high concentration of bouddhist temples, some as small as house gardens. Was planning a close up photography session, but ended up shooting the crumbling urban surroundings...

street lights

2007-05-10T20:14:00.000+09:00

walls

2007-05-08T21:22:00.000+09:00

"W.A.L.L."s of Osaka, unrefreshed modern city...it has its charms...