{"id":2185,"date":"2013-01-15T17:40:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T08:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-01-15\/2185"},"modified":"2013-01-15T17:40:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T08:40:55","slug":"super-impromptu-portraits-shooting-aeron-in-nara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-01-15\/2185","title":{"rendered":"Super-Impromptu Portrait: Aeron in Nara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSuper-Impromptu Portrait<\/span>\nAeron from Kyoto, in Nara\n<\/div>\n\n

I mentioned the other day in “Massive Support Column at\nNara's Todai-ji Temple<\/a>” about a recent<\/span> photo trip to Nara, an hour's\ntrain ride south of Kyoto. I made the<\/span> trip with Kyoto photographer friend\nAeron, who besides being a\ngreat<\/a> photographer<\/a> is also seriously photogenic\n(I mean,<\/span> really, just look at that smile), so along the way I took<\/span> the\nopportunity to try some very impromptu portraits.<\/p>\n\n

And when I say “impromptu”, I don't<\/span> mean something like\nthese<\/a> from five years ago where I spent<\/span> 15 minutes, or\nthese<\/a> from six months ago whee I spent<\/span> a couple<\/span> of minutes, or even\nthese<\/a> from eight weeks ago... I mean<\/span>\nreally<\/i> impromptu, where I set<\/span> up the shot without him knowing, get his attention,\nand take the shot all within a few<\/span> seconds.<\/p>\n\n

This says more about his easy smile than my meager photographic skill,\nof course, but I'll take a shot<\/span> like that to my name any day.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 560 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 280 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nat the entrance to the Todaiji Temple's Great Hall\n<\/div>\n\n

It was tough, but I got him to suppress the smile for 1\/80th of a second.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSerious Business<\/span>\nthis business of pausing to let me take a shot<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

A few other shots he happened to be in...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 105mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nNon Portrait<\/span>\nat the Todaiji Temple (\u6771\u5927\u5bfa), Nara Japan\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2000 sec, f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nTodaiji's Great Hall<\/span>\n\u6771\u5927\u5bfa\u306e\u5927\u4ecf\u6bbf\u3001\u5948\u826f\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAttention to Detail<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>400 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 5000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nExposed Root System<\/span>\nI didn't even notice their photographic potential until he pointed them out\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I mentioned the other day in \"Massive Support Column at Nara's Todai-ji Temple\" about a recent photo trip to Nara, an hour's train ride south of Kyoto. I made the trip with Kyoto photographer friend Aeron, who besides being a great photographer is also seriously photogenic (I mean, really, just look at that smile), so along the way I took the opportunity to try some very impromptu portraits.<\/p>

And when I say \"impromptu\", I don't mean something like these from five years ago where I spent 15 minutes, or these from six months ago whee I spent a couple of [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,28,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}