jof27 said (27 minutes ago):
Just wanted to thank you for putting this photo on creative commons. It has a very unique point of view. I have put it on my site www.tokyo-top-guide.com/Harajuku_Fashion.html
and people are telling me it adds a lot to the subject.
If you hover your mouse over the photo you will see your credit.
Good luck with your photography.
Best wishes

Cheers!

jof27 said (30 minutes ago):
Hi,
Just wanted to thank you for putting this photo on creative commons. It is very special, with a very unique point of view. I have put it on my site www.tokyo-top-guide.com/Best_Time.html and people are telling me it contributes a lot to the subject.
Good luck with your photography.
Best wishes
Tokyo-Top-Guide.com

It is one of my favourite photos! Thank you jof27, I wish you and your readers the best.

This is one of my favourite photos taken while I lived in Victoria.

I couldn’t be happier that people are using my photos.

“Air Guitar” has been used on the blog of UNTERNEUNTUPFING News, self described as a satirical magazine for a good cause. Nice! 

The image published is shown below:

Even though one of my photos was recently published in  If…Journal (The Angkor Temple Complex) I had pre-warning, I knew it was coming and that was exciting enough; but when the Los Angeles Times publish one of your photos, you kinda go “wow”.

The photo was published as part of the Jacket Copy blog by Carolyn Kellogg, the entry is called Flying the readerly skies. The photo has been credited as sourced from flickr.

The image published was “Out My Window”, shown below:

 
I have also created a PDF of the article in case it ever disappears.

This appreciation of the Flickr service naturally led me to checking out MOO.com and all of their nifty little printing services. I also took advantage of their 10 free MiniCards offer for Flickr PRO account holders. After placing my free order, the mailman delivered my free MOO MiniCards and the world was good, the print quality was great and my friends and family loved them. WOW.

So after uploading my latest photos to Flickr, I thought it was time to follow up with my second order to MOO. I jumped on the Web and eagerly ordered a new print run.

I ordered:

• 100 MiniCards
• 1 MiniCard Holder.

7 business days later, exactly as promised, the mailman visited again. The Holder was good and all things were right with the world. But then I opened my MiniCards, and things went sour. I was not happy at all with the cards. So what was wrong?

The problems:

• The MiniCards had a matte finish that was not the same quality as my first delivery: perhaps MOO needs to offer a surface selection in their process?
• Dull, lifeless printed colours: Perhaps colour calibration on my monitors is out, or perhaps my photos are just not as saturated as I thought, but I really feel that the prints I have received are not as rich as they should have been.

So I am not happy. Was this a problem with the images I submitted? I don’t think so, as I can compare both printing batches side-by-side and there is certainly a visible difference – and YES I did use a number of the same photos in both batches.

MOO do have a contact form for service, perhaps I will send them my thoughts…

I have not blogged much lately. I have been busy, between work and a few other exciting personal developments I have been completely overwhelmed with activity.

It’s time to start again, so here is something about a trip to Tokyo I just returned from.

I stayed at the Hotel Ibis in Roppongi, and even though I spent time unwell and only some time getting around the city I did manage to checkout the following Tokyo highlights:

• Ginza – a world that I do not understand; where too many brand names are not enough.
• Harajuku – Between the Shrine and the Girls on the Bridge I found this area very engaging.
• Shibuya – Without doubt my favourite zone of Tokyo. Alleys, lights, shopping and Mandrake (an amazing Manga shop).
• Tokyo Central – Including a visit to the Imperial Palace.
• Roppongi – Cheap food, lots of bars, Tokyo Tower and the Roppongi Hills shopping arcades.

Tokyo is amazing, though I was a little disappointed I could not spend more time there and even more disappointed I could not get out into the countryside a bit. I would love to have seen Mt Fuji up close, gone to see Osaka and of course toured the Sapporo brewery

Enough of these meanderings, here are some pictures.

Another post of photos I have taken in the past…

Italy:

Czech Republic:

Germany:

Well I promised in a previous post that I will publish some photos of where I went over the holiday break. So here are some photos I took while exploring the Crystal Creek area of Northern New South Wales. What a gorgeous part of the world, I even had fleeting moments where land at Uki was looking like being purchased…

So now for the photos:

And for the Google Map:
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