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Naoito : Izpon : Juicy – Live @ Best Wishes

The first time I shot live artists (Naoito) at Best Wishes I was worried abaout sharpness, clarity and getting good exposures in bad lighting and I failed.  The second time (Ucoca, Toruman & Kei) I somewhat let the lighting control the style of the photographs to get a warmer more stylized result and I did [...]

Ucoca – Live @ Best Wishes

Last set of photos from the Ucoca, Toruman & Kei (Afnica) gig @ Best Wishes.

Toruman – Live @ Best Wishes

Some shots from last Saturday night, here is Toruman live at Best Wishes.

Kei (Afnica) – Live @ Best Wishes

I photographed another live event at Best Wishes last night, artists performing were Ucoca, Toruman & Kei (Afnica) all from Tokyo I think.  Like last time, the lighting was shit as well as too many people packed into a small venue so I was pretty restricted with my angles and positions.  This time I opted [...]

Naoito – Live At Best Wishes

Naoito (below) is an instrumentalist and front man in KINGDOM☆AFROCKS and percussionist with Rickie-G.  He was accompanied by fellow KINGDOM☆AFROCKS members IZPON (percussion) & Daisuke (guitar) at an intimate acoustic show at Best Wishes bar in Fukuyama, Hiroshima on August 12th.  I was asked to come down and enjoy the show so I brought the [...]

Green Green ‘09 – Some of the best of…

Pentax DA* 50-135 : f/4.5 : ISO – 560: Shutter – 1/750 : Focal Length – 65mm

When looking up at Rickie-G I saw a perfect opportunity to shoot under him and take advantage of the sky as a background.  With the trees and temple in the background plus Rickie looking forward and pointing in the [...]

Green Green ‘09 Music Festival

A few weeks ago I photographed the Green Green ‘09 Music Festival at Koshinji Temple, Jinseki, Hiroshima.  The show ran from 12 noon to 9pm, 6 bands (Spinna B-BILL, Cool Wise Men, Rickie-G, Likkle Mai, Black Bottom Brass Band and B:Ridge Style) all playing for about an hour each.  Initially there was supposed to be [...]

Rickie G - Live Acoustic : Fukuyama, Japan

Rickie G is a fast rising Japanese reggae musician from Tokyo and through Best Wishes, played for the second time in Fukuyama for their 8th Anniversary.  Rickie G and his band played an acoustic set and I was asked to photograph the event.

A usual live photographer would be armed with a DSLR that can has [...]

Okayama Tattoo Bash Vol.3

Here are some photos I took from the Okayama Tattoo Bash Vol.2 @ Crazy Mama Kingdom in Okayama.  Read my Photo Essay at JPGMag for a full report of the event.  Check out the full set at flickr.

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