Art Salad Tastings: SoHo's Gallery Reception Party

Our Evening Began In SoHo's Confortable Gallery
In Their Beautiful Art Space, Where The Ceiling Light
Was Just Right, The HiFi Was In The Background
And The Port Was Delicious...

[Laughing]

What's The Secret Celio
Naturally I'll Say Its The Port
Mmm It Does Go Well With The Art Show
Delicious again Celio.

Thank You & Please Come

Yesterday Monday my Body Art: Capoeira exhibition ended at Ands Tartines. I was told by the staff that my exhibition, especially the opening party, was perhaps the most popular yet. My guestbook has quite a few entries, and everyone I talked to said they liked the pictures (but I don't know if they would have told me otherwise)! Thanks for the space, Ands, and I hope we can do more together in the future.

Then today is the start of Soho Gallery's Art Salad. I went there early this afternoon, and the room was quite full compared to Fotografika. This time around, there are about 45 people showing their art, and it is a bit overwhelming, although stimulating. I got the chance to talk with some of the other artists, and I received for my piece 'Black Swan: Becky' some constructive criticism, which is always welcomed. I should be there most days early in the afternoon, please come on down to say hi. Enjoy!

Little Spud at The O-Hatsu Shrine

Spud is the nickname my grandfather Lucian gave me when I was a baby. I guess it applies to my own little man, as this picture shows. I took it between the two capoeira performances this afternoon (see previous post). I really like it. "Common photographic wisdom" tells us not to use wide angle lenses when photographing people; my 20-35mm at 20mm and I aren't wise and we don't agree. Enjoy!

Capoeira West x Hep 5

These days Hep 5, the shopping mall in downtown Umeda, is inviting dance acts to perform in public. Capoeira West / Lagoa do Abaete, the capoeira group I belong to, joined the event today I took the opportunity to snap some shots. The first one, taken during the first performance, had some glass between the camera and the action, and for the second one, from the second show, I used direct flash, something I normally don't do. Enjoy!

Windy Day

Coming back from the bank, I crossed the Juso Bypass Bridge and I took some test shots of a view I've been meaning to take. The weather was overcast with some clearings and the wind was howling, causing the bridge to whistle! Here are two of the shots, taken with my D40, let me know if you prefer the color or B/W. Enjoy!

Video Cameraman

My friend Nick, who had organised the Tohoku trip one year ago, likes his adventures, in the countryside or in the city. Today he wanted to make a short about kayaking around some of the rivers and canals of Osaka, dubbed the Venice of Asia (minus the classical buildings, as they were basically all leveled in WW2). Not content with the 4-5 cameras on his kayaks, manned by himself and Woody and Greg (of Union Trouble video shoot fame), he wanted someone to film them as they paddled around the city. I got on as filmer, even if I basically have zero experience in the matter. But it was alright as he didn't want anything fancy like, small gods forbid, panning or zooming.

Obviously, considering my experience level, the first takes were probably terrible, but as things progressed, and the rain settled in, I think I started to get the hang of it. The video should be in some time on Youtube, I'll post it once it comes out.

Of course, I had old faithful with me, and here are basically the only stills I took, busy as I was focusing on the filming. Enjoy!

Block Convoy

Smartphone x Holga Lens & Filter x King Camera

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Body Art - Capoeira Official Opening Party

Last night was the vernissage party for the photo exhibition. I'd say that in total a good 60-70 people showed up, more than I had imagined. Old faces, new faces, long-time-no-see faces and surprise faces came and it was great to see all of you. People had good comments about my pictures, although perhaps they were just being nice!

A big thank to all of you who came, to Capoeira West & Lagoa do Abaete for the energetic performance, and of course to &'s Tartines for the space and event. You can see the capoeira performance here. Enjoy!

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The Odds Are Stacked

I succumbed to temptation and got a Holga lens filter dial for my smart phone. I know it's a bit gimmicky, I jokingly said on Facehook that my phone had been 'hipsterized', but hey, everyone gets their kicks one way or another. Enjoy!

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