I've been so busy/overwhelmed by the state of the world. Hard to balance just getting on with life with the horrors and injustice I see everywhere. I'm sure so many of you are feeling the same thing.
So, here's an image that makes me feel very calm and peaceful. I hope it does the same for you.
Naka-in is a Buddhist temple in Kawagoe built in the year 828, said to be the origin of tea culture in Kawagoe and Saitama Prefecture. It is also a pretty nice spot to view autumn leaves, a little away from Kawagoe’s frequently overcrowded historic city center.
All photos shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fujicolor Professional Pro 400H film.
Eine Wiederholung vom Motiv 112, diesmal nur im Hochformat. Mehr noch der Beweis, dass hier nicht in Spalten gedacht worden ist und an den knapp übereinander liegenden Balkonen erkennt man, dass sie nicht nur in der Horizontale schief gesetzt sind. Ich kann mir nicht dabei helfen, in der Hochkant-Variante wieder an ein Reibeisen denken zu müssen. Ansonsten wird mir nur noch schwindlig.
I may have ordered a Pentax 67 camera yesterday, because apparently I’m not financially ruined enough so I need to get into medium format too. Comes without a lens though so I’ll still need to get one of those. Probably 105mm?
Harmonica Yokocho is a hidden alleyway of small restaurants, shops and bars located on the north side of Kichijoji Station in Tokyo. A flea market in 1940s postwar Japan, it is named from the way in which its narrow alleys resemble harmonica reeds.
Shot with Mamiya 6 and 75mm f/3.5 lens on Kodak Portra 160 film.
The quiet and peaceful entrance to Gannenji (願念寺), a small temple in Kanazawa. This location is in close proximity to Myōryūji, which is commonly known as “Ninja Temple”.
Shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fujicolor Pro 400H medium-format film.
This is one of my favourite photos I've ever taken with a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye box camera from the 50's. I have several of this camera. Some of them only take 620 film and I would have to re-spool a roll of 120 film to a 620 spool so it would fit in the camera before shooting with it. The things I used to be willing to do to shoot film! 🤣