Comments on: Akihabara Shopping http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/ Latest trends from Japan Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fotoamater.com http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12962 fotoamater.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:05:29 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12962 Great photos, dude, thanks for following me and the tweets. I think the maid girls are told not to allow their photos to be taken by their bosses, that would hurt their business as maids on the street would be posing for tourists 99 % of the time... Luckily, a longer lens always helps ;) ;) ;)... Great photos, dude, thanks for following me and the tweets.

I think the maid girls are told not to allow their photos to be taken by their bosses, that would hurt their business as maids on the street would be posing for tourists 99 % of the time…

Luckily, a longer lens always helps ;) ;) ;) …

]]> By: Chlose http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12842 Chlose Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:22:34 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12842 Wow akihabara is more flashy then i thought, thanks to the variety of photos from all around the place. This post makes me only want to go there even more! Wow akihabara is more flashy then i thought, thanks to the variety of photos from all around the place. This post makes me only want to go there even more!

]]> By: whipcracker http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12837 whipcracker Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:04:52 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12837 Here's an article I found about someone painting his view on Akihabara http://tinyurl.com/yh7hxdb. I know everyone is entitled to his opinion, but shouldn't be so negative. :( Here’s an article I found about someone painting his view on Akihabara http://tinyurl.com/yh7hxdb. I know everyone is entitled to his opinion, but shouldn’t be so negative. :(

]]> By: shibuya246 http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12815 shibuya246 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:17:06 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12815 Thanks. I have heard that said before, but then wonder how TV cameras can show video of streets, people walking and not have to get releases from everyone in the shot. I did find a couple of articles that give some useful info, but no definitive answer to the question of what is allowed, what is not. More a US perspective, but many example photos are from Japan http://www.danheller.com/model-release.html Blog Article http://tonymcnicol.com/2009/01/26/photography-in-japan-what-are-your-rights/ A note in Japanese about copyright issues from the Japan Professional Photographers Society http://www.jps.gr.jp/rights/pdf/127_30-31.pdf My general policy is to not take pictures of people in situations/poses I would consider embarrassing or potentially harmful to them. If possible, i prefer to take a side shot where the person is not clearly recognizable, but more just a part of the scenery. I try not to associate the image of people with any comment or association which appears as if they are endorsing a product. I have had a few people say "no photos" to me, including Michael Moore's film crew, despite him filming with NHK on a public street, getting many people in the shot and talking to people on camera without getting releases or telling them how the film was going to be used. As soon as anyone says "no", though, the camera is put away. I understand what camera shy is and don't want to impose. Thanks. I have heard that said before, but then wonder how TV cameras can show video of streets, people walking and not have to get releases from everyone in the shot. I did find a couple of articles that give some useful info, but no definitive answer to the question of what is allowed, what is not.

More a US perspective, but many example photos are from Japan http://www.danheller.com/model-release.html
Blog Article http://tonymcnicol.com/2009/01/26/photography-in-japan-what-are-your-rights/
A note in Japanese about copyright issues from the Japan Professional Photographers Society http://www.jps.gr.jp/rights/pdf/127_30-31.pdf

My general policy is to not take pictures of people in situations/poses I would consider embarrassing or potentially harmful to them. If possible, i prefer to take a side shot where the person is not clearly recognizable, but more just a part of the scenery. I try not to associate the image of people with any comment or association which appears as if they are endorsing a product.

I have had a few people say “no photos” to me, including Michael Moore’s film crew, despite him filming with NHK on a public street, getting many people in the shot and talking to people on camera without getting releases or telling them how the film was going to be used.

As soon as anyone says “no”, though, the camera is put away. I understand what camera shy is and don’t want to impose.

]]> By: lithiumangel http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12814 lithiumangel Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:29:57 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12814 I wouldn't worry about the "no photo" sign ... if you are being technical about it; just about _all_ your pictures are illigal. You need the explicit permission of the persion or the owner of a store to take pictures of them, even if they are tiny people in your frame of a street with their back to your lens .... There are quite a few horror stories of photographers getting picked up by Japanese police on Flickr forums; but I haven't seen any indication of that kind of extreme nor felt that threatened myself. I wouldn’t worry about the “no photo” sign … if you are being technical about it; just about _all_ your pictures are illigal.
You need the explicit permission of the persion or the owner of a store to take pictures of them, even if they are tiny people in your frame of a street with their back to your lens ….

There are quite a few horror stories of photographers getting picked up by Japanese police on Flickr forums; but I haven’t seen any indication of that kind of extreme nor felt that threatened myself.

]]> By: shibuya246 http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12809 shibuya246 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:32:08 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12809 It's great to stay at places like Akiba and Shibuya isn'T it. You can slip down from your hotel at any time of the night and check things out. :) It’s great to stay at places like Akiba and Shibuya isn’T it. You can slip down from your hotel at any time of the night and check things out. :)

]]> By: shibuya246 http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12805 shibuya246 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:55:18 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12805 Thanks. Yes, these were a mix of the 70-300mm and then the Sigma 50mm. I am working out how I can get my EXIF data to show on the blog when you hover over the photo image. I was a bit disappointed with the f1.4 60mm shots, but then gave my camera to a friend to take photos of her sister, who was being camera shy. She took some great photos of her sister buying some goods in Yodobashi Camera that give a super nice bokeh effect to the rack of keitai straps they were looking at. I haven't checked whether it's ok to show them do didn't upload them here, but they were really good. I think her sister went from camera shy to "wanna be a model" in 1 shot. Next time, I'll visit Go Go curry and check out the chef ;) Also that snipers alley from super patato sounds like a good spot to hang out. thanks :) Thanks. Yes, these were a mix of the 70-300mm and then the Sigma 50mm. I am working out how I can get my EXIF data to show on the blog when you hover over the photo image. I was a bit disappointed with the f1.4 60mm shots, but then gave my camera to a friend to take photos of her sister, who was being camera shy. She took some great photos of her sister buying some goods in Yodobashi Camera that give a super nice bokeh effect to the rack of keitai straps they were looking at. I haven’t checked whether it’s ok to show them do didn’t upload them here, but they were really good. I think her sister went from camera shy to “wanna be a model” in 1 shot.

Next time, I’ll visit Go Go curry and check out the chef ;) Also that snipers alley from super patato sounds like a good spot to hang out. thanks :)

]]> By: shibuya246 http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12802 shibuya246 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:32:29 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12802 That's true, but it can also make for some interesting discussions. Many younger Japanese don't know about the history of name places, so you can take them by surprise when you explain things. That’s true, but it can also make for some interesting discussions. Many younger Japanese don’t know about the history of name places, so you can take them by surprise when you explain things.

]]> By: shibuya246 http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12801 shibuya246 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:30:35 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12801 Thanks. Next time I will get off the main street a bit and take some photos of the action deeper inside Akiba. Thanks. Next time I will get off the main street a bit and take some photos of the action deeper inside Akiba.

]]> By: shibuya246 http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12800 shibuya246 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:29:53 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12800 Thanks. I wasn't going to put that one up as I thought it was a bit off focus. I think my eyes have spent too long in front of computer monitors ^~~^ Thanks. I wasn’t going to put that one up as I thought it was a bit off focus. I think my eyes have spent too long in front of computer monitors ^~~^

]]> By: shibuya246 http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12799 shibuya246 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:28:25 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12799 I only noticed that after I got home. I only noticed that after I got home.

]]> By: Exiv96 http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/09/akihabara-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-12796 Exiv96 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:38:31 +0000 http://shibuya246.com/?p=6708#comment-12796 I went to Akiba a month ago, on a weekday afternoon. In spite of my Canon camera having suffered a nasty fall earlier, I didn't have the time and the energy to look after a replacement. So I just took pictures of the buildings, bought a few scale car models at Donki, had a look inside Radio Kaikan, and finished off with a short visit to the monster-sized Yodobashi-Akiba store. But if I'm going to Tokyo again, I'd definitely spend more time in Akihabara. By the way, did you notice the "no photo" sign on the PC Max Love Café Sweets Paradise ? I went to Akiba a month ago, on a weekday afternoon. In spite of my Canon camera having suffered a nasty fall earlier, I didn’t have the time and the energy to look after a replacement. So I just took pictures of the buildings, bought a few scale car models at Donki, had a look inside Radio Kaikan, and finished off with a short visit to the monster-sized Yodobashi-Akiba store.

But if I’m going to Tokyo again, I’d definitely spend more time in Akihabara.

By the way, did you notice the “no photo” sign on the PC Max Love Café Sweets Paradise ?

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