小林 Sho Rin Photography: October 2013

A collection of film and digital photographs. Film photographs are scanned images of original prints or digital photographic reproductions of slides. All digital photographs are out-of-camera jpeg images or RAW conversions. Post processing limited to cropping and/or denoising for digital photos, and dust removal for film photos.

"Photography is more about what you can do with your camera, than what you can do with your computer."

"For myself, what a photograph 'feels' like is paramount to what a photograph 'looks' like."

Commercial/professional services not rendered or implied.
All Images & Text: copyright © Wayne Kobayashi 2013 - 2018, unless noted otherwise. Above photo: Koele, Lana'i. Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Jack and the Moon

Jack-O-Lantern and the crescent moon.

Nikon D7000
Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G
Hoya Star-Six filter
31 October 2011

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Koi

Orange carp swimming in the Waiola Fountain pond, Ala Moana Center.

Nikon D300
Nikkor 16-35mm f/4.0G
Marumi CPL
12 September 2010

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

1 Dog 3 Women

Downtown Honolulu

Nikon Coolpix A
10 October 2013

Doraji

Stray flower from a hanging basket.
'Doraji' is the Korean name for the bellflower, Platycodon sp.

Nikon D7000
Lensbaby Edge 80
Nikon SB-600,
Rogue Grid 16°
Flash fired remotely using Nikon CLS.
3 September 2013

Friday, October 25, 2013

The Passing of Aunty Sue

As her life quietly slips away, brother and sister try their best to make her comfortable.

Olympus C-3040Z
19 December 2003

Self

Minolta SR-T 202
MC Rokkor-X 50mm f/1.4
Fujicolor PRO 400H
13 March 2013

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Jackie and Jasen

The Newlyweds enjoying a light moment after the ceremony.

Nikon F100
Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G VRII
Kodak BW400CN
28 July 2012

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

No need for fancy gear...

While I was lugging 20 pounds of semi-pro gear at Cannon Beach, my wife took out her Canon PowerShot 610 and captured this. She said she loved the way the couple was silhouetted by the sunset. I said, "Dang!"

She even got the horizon straight!

Cannon Beach, Oregon
Canon PowerShot A610
1 October 2008

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Sakura

Cherry Blossoms
Tokyo, Japan

Nikon N90s
Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D
Kodachrome (?)
30 March 1999

RFK

Robert F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery

Minolta XD-11
MD Rokkor-X lens (unknown)
Cokin In-Spot filter
Kodachrome 25
17 June 1980

Washington Monument

Minolta XD-11

MD Rokkor-X 24mm f/2.8

Hoya Polarizer

Kodachrome 25
17 June 1980

Manhattan Skyline

Minolta XD-11
MD Rokkor-X 24mm f/2.8
Kodachrome 25 or 64
26 June 1981

Friday, October 18, 2013

Three Sisters

Somewhere in Japan

circa late 1930s

My mother (furthest right) said that her dad (I never met my grandfather) was an avid photographer. He had many cameras (probably German made?) and also a collapsible tripod. He would lug his photo equipment wherever they traveled throughout the country. Sadly, after he passed away during the war, the relatives on his side of the family "borrowed" his equipment and never returned them to my grandmother.

The quality of this photo indicates that he probably was using a camera that was state-of-the-art during this time. He seemed quite knowledgeable about techniques too. A bright background would normally result in underexposure of foreground subjects, however he seemed to have compensated for that in this photo of his children. Perhaps he was following the Rule of Thirds too?

As evening falls...

...soft dappled light from the late afternoon sun illuminating the closing blossom of a water lily.

Nikon D800
Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di
Marumi CP
Tiffen Soft/FX3
2 June 2013