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Shrine Approach, Sapporo, Japan

Shrine Approach, Sapporo, Japan

The approach to Hokkaido Jingu, a major Shinto Shrine in Sapporo, Japan, takes visitors through this huge toori gate in Maruyama Park.

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Jun 21, 2026
Ascent to Vernal Fall, Yosemite N.P., California

Ascent to Vernal Fall, Yosemite N.P., California

One of the highlights of a California round-trip 25 years ago was this hike along Mist Trail and up 600 granite steps to Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park.

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Jun 9, 2026
Summer Vacation

Summer Vacation

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

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Jun 5, 2026
Letterboxd, the social film review site

Letterboxd, the social film review site

Seeing as how I have had a lot of time on my own recently whilst recovering, I decided to sign up for Letterboxd. It's a site where you can log which films you have watched and when, review them, and see what your friends have watched and reviewed. Letterboxd has been around for some time,...


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Jun 5, 2026

Fishing Boat, Dunwich, Suffolk, 2025

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May 28, 2026
Preparations before taking pictures

Preparations before taking pictures

A new old camera thanks to Splorp! + words


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May 15, 2026
Medium-Format Film Photography

Medium-Format Film Photography

This portfolio presents a selection of medium-format film photography. All photos taken with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 or 75mm f/3.5 lenses on a variety of film stocks.

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May 9, 2026
The View (Film Version), Hallstatt, Austria

The View (Film Version), Hallstatt, Austria

A view of Hallstatt in Upper Austria, as seen from the famous vantage point (“Aussichtspunkt” in German) north of the village center.

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May 8, 2026
Mamiya 6

Mamiya 6

My Mamiya 6 medium-format film camera with 50mm f/4.0 and 75mm f/3.5 lenses. My medium-format rangefinder film camera is an early-1990s Mamiya 6. Upon its release in 1989, Mamiya had branded this model as the New Mamiya 6, in order to distinguish it from an earlier “Mamiya Six” camera that had been introduced in the 1940s. Now it is commonly referred to as just the Mamiya 6. Most of the time, I am shooting this rangefinder camera with the 50mm f/4 lens as shown above. This is the widest lens ava...

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May 7, 2026
Styrian Panther, Graz, Austria

Styrian Panther, Graz, Austria

On a door of the Styrian Armory in Graz, built in the 1640s, one finds this painting of a panther, the heraldic symbol of the Austrian province of Styria.

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Apr 21, 2026
Kappa Bridge at Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Kappa Bridge at Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Kappa Bridge is crossing the Azusa River at Kamikōchi, a mountainous highland valley in the western part of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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Mar 23, 2026
Welcome to Cinema Ex Machina

Welcome to Cinema Ex Machina

The goal of this publication is for you to make informed, excellent decisions in your work.

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Mar 15, 2026
Pub Lane, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan

Pub Lane, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan

A typical back alley of small restaurants, pubs and music clubs in the Nakano district of Tokyo, Japan.

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Mar 5, 2026
Supermarket Corner, Jujo, Tokyo, Japan

Supermarket Corner, Jujo, Tokyo, Japan

A young mother carrying her child is turning the corner at a side street supermarket in the Jujo area of Kita Ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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Feb 27, 2026

Mercy (Timur Bekmambetov, 2026)

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Feb 25, 2026

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta, 2026)⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Feb 24, 2026

What's Your Favorite Movie?

Discovering Black Orpheus - 1959

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Feb 13, 2026

Send Help (Sam Raimi, 2026)⭐⭐⭐

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Feb 9, 2026

The Wrecking Crew (Ángel Manuel Soto,2025)⭐

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Feb 2, 2026

Odyssey (Gerard Johnson, 2025)⭐⭐

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Jan 30, 2026

Tron:Ares (Joachim Rønning, 2025)⭐⭐⭐

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Jan 22, 2026

The Rip (Joe Carnahan, 2026)⭐

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Jan 21, 2026

Dust Bunny (Brian Fuller, 2025)⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Jan 17, 2026

things I will spend more time on in 2026

This is the inverse of my recent post about stuff I'd like to dump in 2026. It is inspired by Jon’s blog where he added an invest list.


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Dec 24, 2025
Autumn at Joshinji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Autumn at Joshinji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Joshinji, a Buddhist temple affiliated with the Jōdo sect located in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo, Japan, is a popular destination for autumn leaf viewing.

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Dec 22, 2025

The Phoenician Scheme Critique

This is a critique of The Phoenician Scheme (2025) by Wes Anderson.

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Dec 21, 2025
Before Christmas, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Before Christmas, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

A store in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in the south-German state of Bavaria is decorated for the Christmas season.

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Dec 21, 2025

An American Werewolf in London: A Preventable Tragedy

All of these plot holes, it's like Britain's roads!

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Dec 14, 2025
Autumn Visit to Naka-in Temple, Kawagoe, Japan

Autumn Visit to Naka-in Temple, Kawagoe, Japan

Located a few minutes south of Kita-in, Naka-in is a Tendai Buddhist Temple in the city of Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

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Dec 2, 2025
Autumn Visit to Kita-in Temple, Kawagoe, Japan

Autumn Visit to Kita-in Temple, Kawagoe, Japan

Kitain in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, is the head temple of the Tendai Sect in the Kanto region of Japan. A few photos from a visit on a calm autumn day.

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Dec 1, 2025
Zojoji Autumn Colors, Tokyo, Japan

Zojoji Autumn Colors, Tokyo, Japan

Japanese maple trees at the peak of their seasonal colors on a fine autumn day at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo, Japan.

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Nov 17, 2025
Trompetergässchen, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Trompetergässchen, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Trompetergässchen is a cobblestone-paved alley in the historic town center of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in southern Germany.

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Nov 15, 2025
View of Hohenzollern Castle in Autumn, Hechingen, Germany

View of Hohenzollern Castle in Autumn, Hechingen, Germany

An autumnal scene around Hohenzollern Castle, the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern family in Southwestern Germany.

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Nov 10, 2025
Autumn Floor, Neckartailfingen, Germany

Autumn Floor, Neckartailfingen, Germany

Fallen autumn leaves and cobblestone pavement blending into a nice seasonal pattern in the southwest-German village of Neckartailfingen.

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Nov 7, 2025

An American Werewolf in London: The Streaming Shuffle Nobody Asked For

Ah yes, tempting a werewolf with raw meat into one cage and to the next, surely that won't go wrong!

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Nov 1, 2025

Theory: How Long Did It Take?

In 'An American Werewolf in London', How Long Did Jack Walk?

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Oct 28, 2025
Autumn Photos, Joshinji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

Autumn Photos, Joshinji Temple, Tokyo, Japan

During autumn season, visitors are taking photos at Joshinji, a Buddhist temple affiliated with the Jōdo sect situated in the Setagaya Ward of Tokyo, Japan.

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Oct 24, 2025
Street Food, Shibamata, Tokyo, Japan

Street Food, Shibamata, Tokyo, Japan

Scene outside a typical traditional street food place in the traditional Shibamata area in the northeast of Tokyo, Japan.

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Oct 12, 2025
Old Pub, Nakamise Shopping Street, Tateishi, Tokyo, Japan

Old Pub, Nakamise Shopping Street, Tateishi, Tokyo, Japan

A daytime look at a shuttered-down pub at the old Nakamise Shopping Street in Tateishi in the Katsushika Ward of Tokyo, Japan.

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Oct 11, 2025
Approach to Ninja Temple, Kanazawa, Japan

Approach to Ninja Temple, Kanazawa, Japan

A photo taken along the approach to Myoryuji (also known as “Ninja Temple”) in Kanazawa, Japan. I was standing just outside Gannenji Temple when shooting this.

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Sep 30, 2025
Second-Hand Fashion, Koenji, Tokyo, Japan

Second-Hand Fashion, Koenji, Tokyo, Japan

A store selling second-hand clothes and other used goods in the Kōenji area of Tokyo, Japan.

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Sep 27, 2025
Photo Lab, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

Photo Lab, Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

A photo lab and camera store in the Nakajuku district of Itabashi Ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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Sep 14, 2025
Tram and Old Restaurants, Otsuka, Tokyo, Japan

Tram and Old Restaurants, Otsuka, Tokyo, Japan

Old Restaurants around Ōtsuka Station in Tokyo, Japan. The train in front is a Toden Arakawa Line that was re-branded as “Tokyo Sakura Tram” in 2017.

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Sep 2, 2025