In this blog about drunk shooting you can see a very interesting group of friends featured in the streets of Shibuya. It’s very interesting to see the people of Tokyo after hours, after the working day is over. People seem very carefree and happy. It’s funny to see how many people are willing to use their english language skills too.
Recently I was walking around Shibuya and I hit a moment a flow state. For around an hour I felt like I found so much inspiration in the world around me and saw lots of nice opportunities for nice photos. I can usually feel when I’m in this state when I’m looking around my eyes see things as if they were my camera lens. I like finding the wonderful in the everyday, this is one of the main reasons I take my camera out with me so often.
It was a drizzly night in Shimokitazawa, one stop from Shibuya where I met up with fellow Tokyo SPC member Tom Knott (@amateurcaretography on Instagram). It was a quiet as far as street photography goes, not many people around the streets. When I don’t have much to shoot it’s hard for me to stay in the flow state that I need for street photography. We ended up looking around a book market and eating Kushi-age. Here are some of the shots I got from this evening.
Recently I went to Kamakura, a seaside area just south of Tokyo. I don’t get out of the city often and it was nice to see a different area in Japan.I was hoping for it to be more peaceful, but with it being holiday season in Japan it was pretty packed. I got to go to the beach, which was pretty windy but it was a nice day.
A big turn out of Tokyo SPC members for drunk shooting this day as we had all finished preparing the venue for our exhibition in Shibuya! (blog post to come about that).
It was a Saturday night in Shibuya and as always, the drunk people turned up.
The weather is getting warmer in Japan and that means plenty of great days to go out and shoot street photography, so I spent the day walking around Shibuya and Harajuku.
Slowly becoming one of my favourite pastimes, hanging out with friends, drinking some japanese alcohol and taking photos of drunks in one of the worlds biggest cities. Tokyo has a lot of interesting subjects at night time so I’m going to blog about it more frequently. So although this is not first time going drunk shooting this is Vol. 1!
Recently I went out again with the Tokyo Street Photography Collective and a special guest in Alberto Ferrero who is the founder of the Berlin Street Photography Collective. He is here in Tokyo working on his new photo project. It’s always a great experience to meet and shoot with great photographers and this day was no exception. We went around Akihabara, the electronic town also known for it’s anime lovers, games arcades and interesting characters.
I went to visit Yokohama for the first time since arriving in Tokyo 8 months ago. It had been on my list of things to do and the weather was great. I also got to see the well-renowned Chinatown which I had heard a lot about from people. I lived in China for 3 years before I had moved to Japan so my friends were asking me how it compared. It didn’t feel like I was back in China but it was cool.
On Sunday I went to the Kanamara Matsuri festival in Kawasaki with some members of Tokyo SPC. The festival is based around the Kanayama shrine where sex workers would go back in the day to pray for protection against STD’s. Today it feels like a big tourist event where people like to eat penis shaped foods.
