Osaka 2016
After a long and hot flight I landed in Osaka on a wet morning. Once I made the journey from the airport to the city, I quickly parked my luggage at my hotel and wasted no time in hitting the streets.Read more
Hiroshima 2016
On my last trip to Japan, I took a Shinkansen from Kyoto to Hiroshima on the International Day of Peace. Such a humbling and highly emotional experience. Converging on Hiroshima were school groups, survivors and the families of victims visiting the site to perhaps share in hope that the world never had to visit such…Read more
Melbourne – Street Photography – A first attempt at video.
Hi readers. If you have been following my blog you will no doubt know that I love my photography and of course my beloved Fujifilm camera gear. Recently I started thinking about how I can take my love of photography in a different direction. I started watching a log of vlogs on YouTube made by…Read more
Japan 2016 – Unpacking My Travel Journal – Part 6
Another chapter from my travel journal and another day of exploring Kyoto. I was nearing the end of my journey and I was starting to miss home and my kids. I had spoken to them a couple of times throughout my trip and they seemed to be coping well. My eldest son decided to stay…Read more
Japan 2016 – Unpacking My Travel Journal – Part 5
By this stage in my travels I was struggling a lot with my feet being sore from the get-go. This was beginning to upset me as it was taking the enjoyment out of my experiences. I was finding that by midday I was ready to end the day and just sit in the tub with…Read more
Japan 2016 – Unpacking My Travel Journal – Part 4
Another day. Another early start. I am not the kind to take a holiday and lounge around or sleep in. I tend to wake early – far earlier than necessary – and then make the most of the full day ahead of me. Impatiently waiting for the hotel restaurant to open so I could get…Read more
Japan 2016 – Unpacking My Travel Journal – Part 3
Late in the afternoon on the previous day I made my way from hot and steamy Osaka to a slightly less hot but very wet Kyoto. It was pouring. Like seriously pouring. I got myself set up in my hotel – where I would be staying for the next few nights – and took a…Read more
Japan 2016 – Unpacking My Travel Journal – Part 2
This is the second part to my blog about my 2016 trip to Japan. Being my second trip I was so much more confident and comfortable with the idea of being in Japan and exploring with no assistance. Just me and my wits. Oh and my camera of course. So I was well prepared. I…Read more
Japan 2016 – Unpacking My Travel Journal – Part 1
In September of 2016 I took my second trip to Japan. Seems to me that it is becoming an annual pilgrimage as I have just booked my trip to Tokyo for later in 2017! I was flying solo again. My children were in the safe hands of my family back in Melbourne. In 2015 I had…Read more
Fujifilm X – Abandoned Reverence
I love photography of abandoned places. Places that have succumbed to the slow passing of time from when they were at their prime. Abandoned shopping centres, hospitals, big old homes, industrial buildings and theme parks are just a few examples of the sort of places that retain a sense of loss or of a forgotten past. Sometimes…Read more
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