Tags: Photography

Fingurine Photos, GSC Horo & Mobip Yui

Categories: Figurines, General
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Published on: January 24, 2010

Today I finally got around to one of the items that has been long on my list. That is to start photographing my figurine collection.

With Horo, I started simple using a simple tan background. I experimented with a number of angles, lighting options and camera settings until I cam up with what I have below. I’m not completely satisfied but these 2 are the best of the lot (in my opinion). I’m a little bugged by the reflection of the lighting from her dress. I need to find something to cut back on the harsh lighting.

For Yui, I started with the same tan background as Horo. My daughter suggested using the box interior as a background and I was very pleased with the result! I know that Yui is not quite in focus but I was running short on time by then. I’d love to have a Figma Yui to compare with the Mobip version side-by-side. Just not in my budget at the moment. I wonder if I can compare with my Nendo Yui…

Anyway, there you have it. I plan to take more since this round turned out so well. Let me know which of the 4 photos you like the best. Here’s a poll for you…

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I plan to do some more photo shoots since this seem to go quite well. I am using a Canon Powershot SD 800 IS for my sessions. Some day I’ll get that dream DSLR. I hope to raid the local hobby shop some day and see what kind of small decorative items they have that would be suited for using in my shoots.

Moon Setting

Categories: Misc
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Published on: November 3, 2009

I thought I would share something a little different today… Here the moon is setting over the neighborhood. Do you have similar pictures to share?

Setting Moon

Setting Moon

Japan – Land of the Future

Categories: Misc, News
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Published on: October 25, 2009

Browsing some links this morning, I came accross this story on the BBC website. is what I would call a tech crazy country. So much so that we here in the US seem to be lagging pretty far behind in some ways. (Cell phone features and speed of Internet access come to mind).

Japan Satellite View

I have on my wish list to visit there someday, in particular Akihabara and Shibuya. Since I also enjoy taking pictures though, I will really have to plan on visiting longer than just one week. My dream trip would be to NOT take the tourist trap tour but to actually meet somebody that lives there with similar interests. I suspect that a tour by someone not stuck to a planned path would be much more entertaining. For example, hidden shops to satisfy Otakuism or better restaurants with more authentic cooking (aka, not toned down for “wimpy” American taste buds)

In researching for this blog entry, I came across that Tokyo has 23 wards (another link) of which Akihabara and Shibuya are parts of. Looks like if I am going to plan a trip there, I better start soon. :) Something tells me there is LOTS to see.

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