Ello From Tokyo

[Dave Young]

Ola Nathan! Welcome to the fun house

 

[Nathan Wright]

I see we use the same camera, Dave. When I'm not working, I use the X-Pro. It is light, somewhat small (about the size of an FM/FE) and works well with my L/M lenses.

 

[Peter McCullough]

Welcome Nathan,

Looking forward to seeing your photographic images......!


Regards;
Peter
central Scotland

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Welcome to the mad house Nathan - you'll find many folks here with similar interests and a really diverse range of styles and subjects

Looking forward to learning more about what you do, and how you make this stuff look so appealing

How did you get into the gig in the first place, if you don;t mind me asking?

 

[Nathan Wright]

Welcome to the mad house Nathan - you'll find many folks here with similar interests and a really diverse range of styles and subjects

Looking forward to learning more about what you do, and how you make this stuff look so appealing

How did you get into the gig in the first place, if you don;t mind me asking?

Hello Chris, we are in some of the same threads over at dpreview- at least if you use the same name there. I do no. I am shigzeo, the name I've used since I first established an online presence in the audio world. I believe that we may have bumped heads over the merits of the X-Pro 1 (a camera I really like, but think is faaaaaaaaaar from ideal).

I began as a hardware reviewer (something I still do) for amps, earphones, headphones. And I spent a lot of time (not compared to now) making the photos realistically show the object in use. Eventually I worked an artistic element into my reviews. A number of companies appreciated that and then asked me to do their photos. Now I attend trade shows and 'hobnob' with the geeks that make the stuff and am approached by them first. It is a lot of work. And Japan is an economy of demands. Customers somehow always think that they are your only client. Working with them is very difficult and requires a lot of patience. Unfortunately, it requires sleepless nights and longing to leave the country, too. I do. I really really wish to get out of here.

But I do it because I'm an audio geek and this is the industry I know best. But still life tabletop, especially with anything with cables, requires patience that honestly I sometimes don't have. A single image may take 5 or 6 hours to set up. After that is all the necessary post processing. Single jobs typically take me 3 weeks to finish. Patience. Alone time. Great tunes.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

There's another Chris Dodkin with a Fuji???

Tis indeed me - I like DPR for a little stress relief now and then, although I find the endless lens testing and pixel peeping pointless - still, it floats boats for some folks.

Interesting niche you've servicing - the level of detail and prep is impressive

 

[Keith Hollister]

Welcome Nathan. I find product photography very interesting because I'm a lighting geek with a bunch of moonlights and associated grip I pull out every once in a while to have a go at something. I'm also a reformed audiophile. My addiction is now limited to a headphone rig - Sennheiser HD-650's, Woo Audio tube (valve for Rob) amp, Rega DAC, Mac mini music server with lossless source.

I'm also a Nikon D800 shooter as well as m43. Welcome to RPF, although you beat me here by a couple weeks.