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A Book! Kimono Now by Manami Okazaki

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Here’s a philosophical question: if a tree falls in the forest but no one’s around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Answer: Yes of course it fucking does. Just like if you write a post for your blog and nobody’s around to read it, doesn’t mean it somehow doesn’t exist. It’s there all right; it’s just unpopular. I’m kind of on a blogging roll at the moment, which is to say that I’ve made at least 1 post per month so far, which for me is a fairly regular basis. This at least means that the amount of blog posts I’ve made this year has surpassed the amount of people who actually read this blog (I’d say hi to my mum at this point but I’m certain even she doesn’t stop by here). Anyway, I know this sort of talk this doesn’t really befit an aspirant to the title of BEST FOTO BLOG EVARR but hey, things are things, and sometimes it’s alright to talk about things. Here’s another question: if you shoot a photo and nobody …

I’m gettin’ hitched! (not yet though)

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Now for something slightly different to what I usually put on this blog: here’s some personal news! I got engaged! w00t! Those of you who know me personally will appreciate how much of an achievement this (convincing a woman to marry me) is.  So, aside from recovering from the cost of the ring, and trying to figure out which wedding photographer I’m going to hire, I’m going to enjoy this while it lasts, or at least until my supply of Rohypnol runs out (that was a joke! no need to call the police). So to commemorate this frankly unlikely occurrence I’m putting some photos up of the lady in question, primarily because I love her, and secondarily as evidence that my fiance is not someone that I’m simply stalking with a telephoto lens. Of course, a post on this blog wouldn’t be complete without a bit of camera geekery. I shot all of these photos with a Bessa Voigtlander R4a (too poor to afford a Leica) with a Nokton 40mm f/1.4.  It’s a great camera …

Strobist: Asia correspondent

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It’s up! I’m really pleased to announce that my first post for Strobist.com is up on the website! If you don’t know what Strobist.com is, it’s probably the best place on the Internetz to learn – really learn – the nuts and bolts of lighting effectively, and cheaply.  Seriously, check it out, I know I read the site like a bible when I was getting the hang of lighting, so it’s a real honor to be actually contributing to it! I probably should have thought through the profile pic a little better tho… Anyway, here’s the link to the post, which featured photographer Ikeya Tomohide’s work, I’ve got a couple more in the pipeline as well. http://strobist.blogspot.com/2011/08/ikeya-tomohide-drawn-to-water.html Looking forward to posting more up in the near future!