TEMPUSMASTER PHOTOGRAPHY

Dharuma

Dharuma

Hello Kitty Bullet Train

Pooh attacks Tokyo!

Cellphone Addict!

BON CHAN

Bon is 16 years old.

Cosplay And Gundam

gundam-012, originally uploaded by Tempusmaster.

We had the chance to drop in on a Comic market event held at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center just a few minutes by bicycle from where we live in Chiba, Japan.

It was a great opportunity to get more practice with our new Sony Cybershot DSC-R1. Although the shots came out well - great in fact - we did learn quite a few lessons.

The most important lesson was to tone down the flash. For many of the photos, like the one above, we used the swiveling LCD display which allowed us to position the camera down low and shoot up towards the ceiling. Normally this would have worked out well, but the R1 flash is so strong, at least on its default setting from the factory, that it easily lit up the wall and ceiling behind our subjects.

Next time we'll go a lot easier on the flash to try and narrow the depth of field. The images would look a whole lot better if the empty shipping boxes and rear wall were fuzzy rather than crystal clear.

Tokyo International Quilt Festival - 2006

We were lucky enough to get to the Tokyo International Quilt Show on Saturday – the last day. The quilts were fantastic. It’s always delightful to see all the creativity, design, and hard work that goes into creating these works of art.

Tokyo International Quilt Show 2006 Photos

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The "almost but not quite" Solutions

We had a problem - in fact, we still have the problem and haven't found a reasonable, workable solution yet. Our favorite camera is the Sony Cybershot DSC F717. It goes everywhere with us, except perhaps to bed at night. We use it as a photo diary, portrait camera, and even to take weblog quality video clips. The problem? We need a small, portable way to off load photos and videos from the camera in the field, without having to lug a laptop along with us.