A Wild Day of Street Photography (ft. Fujifilm X-T5)

In this video, I did some street photography with my Fuji X-T5 at the Fukagawa Hachiman Festival in Tokyo. Probably the most fund I’ve ever had doing street photography in Tokyo and I hope you enjoy watching!

I did use my Ricoh GR for a little bit, but the lack of water protection forced me to swap out to my Fujifilm X-T5 and 23 m f1.4.

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2 Comments

  1. Wow! This looks like so much fun! Love the snaps!

    The part where you say "pack up" had ME nervous. I was like, "what's going to happen? Will they flood your camera?" And I agree with you that it's fun to show people (like me here in Boston) what it's like over there for a very unique festival.

  2. Hi James, thank you for this further beautiful insight into one of the many festivals that take place in Tokyo at this time of year. In this video it is particularly charming to be able to observe the water effects. You have taken some very good photos, yes!! For example 3:55 how happy the child is!! 4:28 and 6:31 looks like snow instead of rain. 5:04 there seems to be brief eye contact between the two of you. I also like this snapshot 5:16 – the woman with the hat and the little girl having fun. 5:49 a beautiful photo! 6:54 as well. I like the alternation between situation photography and portraits picked out from the crowd. 9:19 so beautiful – this happy child! My favorite is this photo 9:44 – how this little child stands there full of contentment, as if it is completely absorbed in this little branch that it is holding in its hand, as if the surroundings are not important at this moment. And on top of that it is standing on the rainbow – how beautiful!! I was hoping you would take a special photo of it as you walked towards it. A really beautiful situational photo!! But my second favorite is at 9:50, also beautifully captured, this cheerful and happy child who is completely focused on the here and now!
    Thank you very much, James, for showing us this lively, happy atmosphere, wish you a nice weekend and all the best – モニカ

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