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Architecture
Architecture is my main subject. In most cases, I shoot them with the long exposure technique. Why? I have fallen in love with the smooth clouds and silky reflections on the water.
Ambassador
I am an ambassador of FORMATT-HITECH.
Their thick dense ND filter “Firecrest 16stops ” became a de-facto standard for today’s hyper-long exposure photography.
Award
My recent accomplishment is the Architecture of the Year in TIFA 2024.
In 2016, his panoramic long-exposure bridge-cityscape “The Land of Connections” topped many photo competitions, including one of the prestigious awards, the International Photo Award (IPA).
Adding to that he was awarded “Discovery of the Year” at the 2017 Tokyo International Photo Award(TIFA), with his 10 panoramic cityscapes “The City of Juncture”.
Challenging photo competitions surely improved my photography.
Monochrome Awards 2015 – Architecture Winners (Professional)
ND AWARD 2015 2nd place(architecture:other)
ND AWARD 2016 2nd place(architecture:bridge)
IPA2016 1st place(architecture: bridge)
TIFA2016 1st place (Architecture of the Year, bridge)
IPOTY 2016 1st place (Pro, architecture: bridge)
EPSON PANO AWARDS 2016 4th place (Amateur-Built Environment) “Dark Ballet”
Commended(top50) at Sony World Photo Wward2017 OPEN ,Architecture
EPSON PANO AWARDS 2017 2nd place (Amateur-Built Environment) “Encounter”
ND AWARD 2017 2nd place(architecture:bridge)
TIFA2017 Discovery of the Year “The City of Juncture”
Mono Visions Photography Awards 2018 3rdPLACE – SERIES, Architecture “The City of Juncture (bw version)”
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Born
I was born and raised in Ibaraki prefecture, which is close to Tokyo but a fairly local region; there is quiet countryside.
Ibaraki has a unique coastal area, which I often visit when I come to my parent’s house.
Black and White Photography
This is my passion and 90% of my work is B&W.
Why Black and White?
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Color
I love the simplicity of black-and-white photography.
This doesn’t mean I don’t shoot color pictures anymore.
Although, now, my color works are pretty personal, and I have not shown them on the web so far.
Cocoon Tower
One of the best architecture in Tokyo. The building was built for a commercial art school, HAL.
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Diffusion filter
Besides ND filters, I am a big fan of diffusion filters. They can add a soft glow effect for highlights without time-consuming (yet photoshopy)post-processing.
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Exposure
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Focus length
Formatt-Hitech
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Hyper-long exposure photography
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LENS
The PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED (PC-E24mm for short) is undoubtedly my favorite lens. I estimate that over half of the photos on my Flickr and 1X profiles were taken with it. The minimal lens distortion in both vertical and horizontal shift panoramas makes stitching a breeze. While I’ve been using the PC NIKKOR 19mm f/4E ED more frequently lately, the 24mm is still my go-to lens due to its user-friendliness and low peripheral distortion.
Luminocity Mask
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Nikon
I’m a Nikon guy.
I bought my first camera, D90 in 2011.
I loved the camera, especially the sound of shatter click.
Then I moved to D7000, which had a superb 16 megapixel sensor! (made by sony)
D7000 with Nikkor 10-24mm, I shot a lot of “look up” cityscapes.
I don’t own any DX (asp-c )cameras now, only use Full size bodies.
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Osaka
I’ve been living in Osaka for over 20 years now.
Osaka is the second largest city in Japan, next to Tokyo.
Most of my pictures were taken in Osaka, Koube(next to Osaka).
Occasionally
Occasionally I shoot landscapes; waterfalls are my favorite subject.
※箕面の滝、渓谷の写真
Ordinary
My philosophy: Go to an ordinary place , and make them extraordinary.
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sound designer
I’ve been a sound designer in the video game industry for over 20 years in Japan.
If you love playing horror video games, you might already have played the games I’d worked for. Being in the same industry for quite a long time got me tired, since my job is quiet sedentary work. Then I was lucky to find another passion which constantly gives me fresh air.
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Technique
Long exposure and panorama is my main technique.
Tripod
I use several GITZO tripods:
GT2542, GT3542, GT2532,GT3532, GT2545T, GT1545T
Actually, I have more.
TOKYO
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Yoshihiko
Yoshihiko is my first name, and my Chinese characters are “由彦”
YOKOHAMA
Yokohama is a wonderful and clean city in Kanagawa prefecture, and very close to Tokyo. I recommend visiting the Minatomirai area. There are many nice buildings.
