JapanDave Newsletter
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It’s going to be very much a work in progress, but at the moment I’m planning on making it a weekly email that will include some news, some behind the scenes, and a collection of the best few photos from the past week along with some bonus shots. The first issue will go out… hmm.. I’ll probably wait a week so people have a chance to sign up.
I’ll make a special newsletter sign-up page with some more detail in the future, but for now you can beat the rush and sign up on the sidebar to the right. I promise you to make it something you’ll look forward to — if only for the pretty photos within.
Daily HDR Photo — Slice of Life
Today’s photo is daily Japan. Nothing specific, just a shot of what you might see daily here.
Maybe I should call this “crowded parking lots and annoying political signs”. They are both very common.
You may not expect cars to be quite as common here as they are. I didn’t. The image we often get of transportation in Japan is trains, trains, trains. Certainly trains are common, but cars are just as popular here as the States.
The trouble with cars here is that there is much less space. Parking lots are small, always overflowing, and often blocks away from the business they are for. Apartments sometimes don’t even have parking. You have to rent it elsewhere. It’s not uncommon to see someone ride a motor-bike from their apartment several miles to the parking lot where their car is. So serious is this problem that in order to buy a car you must show proof that you have somewhere to park it. Crazy, huh?
What do you think? Let me know in the comments.
Photofest Japan
If any of our readers are interested, there is a 3-day photo workshop in Akihabara in 3 weeks. There will be 3 pros there giving various classes: Juan Pons, Hal Schmitt, and Rick Sammon. I’m a huge Rick Sammon fan, so I would fully recommend going to this event just to meet him.
Anyone interested should visit photofest where you can sign up. The nice guys behind this event ask me to tell you that any signups include a free dinner with the pros on the 29th. Sweet! Check it out. If you do sign up, be sure to mention you heard about the event at JapanDave.
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