hanging around the Aijinmoto Stadium, a couple of hours before the soccer game started. it’s a dramatic structure, looks a bit like a fifties style flying saucer from the exterior. inside though is dreary grey concrete and seating. yawn.
here I’ve used a 400mm telephoto lens to compress the perspective, the seats all look slightly two dimensional, and this steward is helpfully standing at the intersection, or so it appears, right as the sun drops in the sky, giving those distinctive shadows.
first shots with the light modifiers I ordered from CheetahLight in the USA. this one with the wide angle reflector. this unit is intended for use with an umbrella, dispersing the light better, to be reflected after. I wanted a harsher light, 120J flash was about 5 feet away from the boys; I shot from a low viewpoint with a 17mm lens. converted to b/w in processing, and warm toned.
some people might have cloned out the overhead wires but, these are an integral part of life in Japan. just shot in the road outside my house
PeterPix 