perfect video <3

Great work! I admire your courage to, I cannot see myself in the middle of all these people! Very interesting footage and great shots, also! Thank you!

Amazing video and pictures. Your work is incredible! Congratulations!

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Good stuff James! I always enjoy your style of documenting. Your photos give a strong insight into Japanese culture.

trying to save money so i can get an xt2 with a decent lens, can't wait

Hi James, today I was able to take the time to watch your Sanja Matsuri video and give some feedback. You definitely managed to take some great photos in the crowds that were there, especially on the second day with many outstanding portraits. It was very interesting to watch. I did a little research online to find out what was going on in Tokyo during those days so I could understand it. Those pictures/tattoos on the men's bodies, my goodness! What courage they have to get such large areas inked. But of course, they are very proud of it and quite happy to pose to be captured in photos. After "looking over your shoulder", I thought of similar celebrations in many countries around the world, depending on their worldview or religious rules - with very specific set rituals performed on some days of the year. For example, I once experienced Semana Santa week in Spain - the Christian Holy Week before Easter. I was traveling in several cities in Andalusia and saw hundreds of people taking part in these ritualized processions that stem from deep-rooted popular piety. And sometimes it was not without danger to be standing on the edge and yet in the middle of the “hustle and bustle”, because the people standing and walking so close together almost took each other’s breath away. Finally, please excuse my leap of thought - greetings Monika

Love it! Thats what Life(Photography) is about - capturing Moments. Great Snaps.

What settings did you use to film? It looks like everything is sharp and in focus, from close to far.

Thank you 🙂 I love this mood

like the Intro, and The result

Nothing makes me sick with nostalgia more than the sound of Japanese pedestrian lights.

Good morning, James. Thank you so much for sharing this new video. The beauty of the exoticism conferred on the images by the placards in Japanese characters, whose vivid colors are in contrast with the darkness of the night, the daytime shadows and the human profiles, all the intense cinematic mode, transports me to my Blade Runner 1 moments. I wish you a good Sunday and look forward to your next share.

So awesome how fascinating the out-of-the-way parts of Tokyo are ❤

First of all, thank you for handling the camera - your "steady hand" when you film from a standstill is so typical and remarkable. This gives the viewer enough time to relax and enjoy the moving scenes. (By the way: did you not use a tripod here either?) This video contains very interesting insights into this part of Tokyo with the resulting great photographs. A special motif at 0:52 or this one at 1:46 with the many confusing lines that seem to touch each other. At 3:08 I had to smile because the name "Grimm" is very well known here in my country for a traditional bakery. Maybe they have a branch in Tokyo? Next time you pass by there, you can maybe ask if they are from Germany ;-). 6:07 also a very nice picture at night with the moving train on the bridge. And I also like the film perspective at 6:34 ! 7:48 a great picture! Oh, and last but not least, I would also like to mention that I really like this "peephole" perspective at 8:17 :-). You don't see something like that every day ;-). Once again a very nice choice of background music! Hope you're well, James. Best wishes from Europe - Monika

I have been looking for something like that so freaking much. I love it ,thank you !!

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Hello James. Once again I was mesmerized by the beautiful images in this latest film of yours. The search for light and shadow and the pictures they allow you to paint are a pleasure and a profound journey into the interior of the human soul. Thank you very much, once again, and I look forward to another production. Good sunday!

I think these cameras give to the Japanese city life a bit less modern look, a touch of the past, as if there was a premonition of a more difficult time ahead.

Oh wow. Stunning shots, dude! I love it!

Amazing video! The music was very beautiful and complimentary.

Hey, your pics are amazing. What is the song at around 8minutes?

I really enjoyed this. I like how you shared scenes that helped me understand the environment and establish the mood. The clips and the images came together so harmoniously. Thank you.

Hello James. What an incredible ability to produce art from everyday images! Incredible! I have no words to express my amazement at the poetry of this images. Congratulations! I'm impatiently awaiting your next video. Have a nice week.

love the snaps at 2:09/3:10/4:55 man🤌🏼✨ and everything at night haha, beautiful atmosphere throughout the vid, nice work bro👊🏼😎

The music that accompanies the video touches the wistful part of my heart and stimulates my reflection. I find the choreographic idea of allowing the real background noise to flow in and out of the music in subtle transitions at the beginning and at the end to be a very welcome, sensitive stylistic device. Everything is in motion, every step of every single person on the streets and paths is unstoppable, just as time passes with every second. And here is a short, very beautiful moment of contemplation 2:07. Very nicely edited sequences and transitions from bright daylight very slowly into twilight and evening light. In between, a few shots of the “blue hour”. For example 6:59 and 7:39 wonderfully atmospheric intense color photos. Thank you for this beautiful video work and for the captured photo moments.

Man, Tokyo's outer rim is so interesting. Excellent documentation, man. I particularly like the street with all the shops around 5:54 - also, That shot's great. Cool walk. Thanks!

Just found your channel, great work I just returned my X100VI as I like my Q3 better but debating on picking up a XT5 with a few small primes as I miss fuji colours. I was just in Japan as my wifes family is there. What do you do in Japan? Cheers.

my 90mm is arriving a a few days, cant wait!

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Very nice photos! Are they edited or straight out of the camera?

Hi, nice shots.. are you shooting manual focus or auto focus? Can you share your settings for AF if using.. much appreciated 🥰

If your jpegs are going straight to instagram, they’re more than fine.

What’s the green line on the right hand side? At first I thought it was just a bit of CA from the first photo but it’s on all of them.🤔

Loving these shots! I’m so happy i just impulsively picked up this lens from the shop 2nd hand. Can’t wait to go out.

It was good seeing Phoenix through your lens. Great images as always, James.

Great intro music!

Thanks for the video, in which I could hear an accompanying piece of music with the wonderful sound of the cello in the first part. On the one hand, you really have to admire the aesthetic look of all those delicate cherry blossoms, and because so many people do it, sometimes it seems that the total number of people matches the total number of blossoms ;-). Here in my country there is an expression that just came to mind when I was looking at it: “You can't see the forest for the trees.” ;-) I don't know if there is a similar saying in your language? Thank you also for the brief insight into your family visit to Arizona. Among other things, I really like this 6:25 photo - this scene shows a moment of pure joy. I can imagine that it was an exciting and very nice meeting with family and friends for you. And last but not least, I can very well understand the feeling of being “connected” to the GRIII.

Really beautiful!

I wish there were Cherry blossoms like that in Chicagoland!

I can really relate to the extra work involved in shooting B-roll separately along with your photo work. It basically doubles the time. On the positive side, it does help burn calories. Keep up the great work!

Discovered your channel! This video was amazing! I like this. I also have a GRIIIx HDF and a XT-5 and hope to showcase the capabilities of the GRIIIx!

Great video!

11:43 stunning shot man

looking forward to picking up one of these used at map camera when I go in May.

This is super cool. The music is mesmerizing and the photos are very compelling! SO, I was up here many months ago and discovered that the Nakasendo trail runs/ran through here back in the day. It still exists, but few people (me thinks) actually know it's there! I asked a crossing guard (old fella) about it and he was super stoked that I knew of such a thing. Anywho, cool video per usual!

Another example of true film documentary street photography art with high aesthetic value. And the accompanying pieces of music - again very well selected. I never get tired of looking closely and paying attention to certain details. And sometimes I have to smile at your very special look at a seemingly “incidental scene”, like here at 3:55. Beautiful this flowering tree 7:47 - we can see its blossoms in a detailed shot at 8:04 . I really like the time when nature blooms. Spring has finally arrived here in my country too. Maybe you would be interested in taking a look at “my magnolia tree” that I photographed and posted in my “community area” a few days ago? Stunning beauty, even in black and white, and you can certainly imagine how enchanting it looked in color.

thank you for sharing another side of Japan in such a beautiful and quiet manner. It all came together so nicely.

thank u James SunsFiat

Another poem told through images and music. Gimnopédies at the very start... The train at the very end, going away with Chopin... I don't know what to say because I have no words for such a work of art. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙏