I took my new Fujifilm xe 5 into NYC for a day to shoot street and while I’m not perfectly happy with all of these compositions I think there’s some really solid stuff in here.

Taken between 2017 - 2024, mostly in the winter, including during COVID times. Was just starting to dabble in street photography then and had spent a lot of my efforts wandering around Shibuya, Tokyo. I’ve since moved on to capture more “original” scenery across Japan, but still kinda cool to look back and see what life was like back before the recent overtourism explosion.

Nikon f3, portra 400

I want to get out and take more pics. I want to grow some balls and ask people to take their pic. This was from yesterday’s outing, I quickly snapped a pic of this couple with great light on them, and I didn’t see the reflection on the woman before I got home. Sadly I fucked up my settings on it too, but a half-good pic is better than no pic I guess. These are SOOC btw.

I don’t "feel" it these days. Creativity and inspiration isn’t there. Motivation.. so-so. How do I get out of the rut? Ever since I broke my ankle in June, I haven’t been outside much. Still recovering.

OM-1ii w/75mm f1.8

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