I planned this for a long time and finally did it. A photo-bike-walk in the night of Yokohama. It turns out I took a lot of photos. The goal was to go from Minato-mirai to Chinatown. These pics were all taken in full manual mode without any tripod. When I found something I can put the camera on I use it, else this is just the "take-a-big-breath-and-try-to-not-move" technique, which i... Read more

Still hot here in Japan, well it's August then... Last article of this series has been really popular : seen something between 35000 and 50000 times depending of the tracking tools... Thanks to stumbleupon.com for that! And thanks to people who left comments! So, what do we have this month? (apart from earthquakes...) Finally tested this ramen restaurant in Yokohama, I always wondered why so... Read more

A little bit more than one month since my last article of the "Everyday Life in Japan" serie. So prepare for a big mix of photos! Let's start with some shots taken at Daikanyama. It's a quite fashionable place with many shops and some interesting architecture. I really like the night shots we can do with the Nikon D5000. Do you remember this one, I already took it from... Read more

Let's have a break from the Ho Chi Minh City - Saigon series and let's go back to some Japan shots! This is part 3 of the "Everyday life in Japan" series. On my way to the office, getting out of Shin Minami Deguchi (New South Exit = 新南出口) at Shibuya, a give away of some kind of energy drink. Got to love the Japanese uniforms! Few streets later, this guy was really... Read more

Second article of the week-end! I bought my first DSLR 4 days ago, it's a Nikon D5000. As I don't have the skill to make a technical critic of the beast, I simply show what I could do with it. I mainly used the scene selection. You can choose from 11 different pre-selected settings. I never used a DSLR before and I was little bit worried, but what I have here makes me qui... Read more