A Day of Photography in SHIBUYA, Tokyo

A took photos for a day in Shibuya, Tokyo with my Leica Q-P.
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[@basedhalcyon]

Man, I remember that Tokyo heat. Heavy heat. Please don't forget to stay hydrated, love the pics!

[@carlosrodriguezherraiz9258]

This is one of the best Photography videos i’ve seen! Love the format and the results were awesome.

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Carlos, thank you so much

[@tanke1818]

Keep at it man. Glad to see your work

[@NL0Gwenster]

For the next place how about Nakano at night, the area to the right of Sunshine dori has a ton of little winding streets and alleys with restaurants and people hanging out. Some great camera stores here too. From Nakano it's a straight 15-minute walk along the railroad/residential area (station to station that is) to Koenji which is also a great little place ! .Either that or maybe Kichijoji ?

[@johnduke6438]

I was gonna ask for Koenji and Nakano too. I scroll down and it's the first comment I see!

[@verybadkitty]

Love your videos man. Keep it up!

[@RobertKuska]

Loved the intro :D This is something I like about Tokyo, people just walking not giving a crap about somebody taking photos (in general). Where in here, in my city, when I am standing somewhere and shooting, they tend to either bypass me or just wait until I finish so they don't accidentally walk into my scene.

[@zainnelson4602]

You probably dont care but if you are stoned like me during the covid times you can watch all of the latest movies on InstaFlixxer. I've been streaming with my gf for the last few months xD

[@zacharyimran3663]

@Zain Nelson yup, I have been using instaflixxer for since december myself =)

[@pedrovillaronga4310]

Buenísimo video loco, seguí así. Saludos desde Argentina

[@davidecarusio]

At this point, all I'm waiting for is the notification of your new videos! Love the shots!

[@SamuelStreetlife]

Yooo I know it's all you filmmaking skills but that EOS R always looks sooo great

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Yooo Sam, thanks man. That HD looks good doesn't it. Oh and btw you pointed out that 1 single shot that was stock footage lmao it was too good to be my shot... 🤣 Yeah that warm stuff is only possible mid August 〜September here.

[@SamuelStreetlife]

@@UlyssesAokiPhoto Haha damn but at least I didn't notice it :D

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

thanks though I'm really trying to up my filming game!

[@m3andzoloft]

Loved this video! It's so refreshing to see someone so humble walk us through the entirety of their process. Not only highlighting the great shots but all the things that made it difficult as well. It's really inspiring for us newer photographers to see what you do and the lengths you have to go through in order to do it. Fantastic photos as always, Ulysses. Keep it up and don't be so hard on yourself, just like you've taught me not to be.

[@apolosales]

I like that shadows. Congratulations.

[@zobongsar]

"i hate this place" that's pretty much me all the time lol. but always a fun watching your street videos bro

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Hey Zo!!! hahaha i know right. the struggle's real... thanks my man always appreciate your support (shoutout to my Patrons :))

[@uummiid]

Love all your videos man! I have a request. If you can, give us a guide to your favourite galleries and artist hotspots in Tokyo, that'd be amazing!

[@KimSamejima]

Man, these videos are soooo cool!! Great job Aoki-san!

[@dbugatto]

You got some real keepers , nicely done . Another enjoyable vid . I'm hoping to get out and shoot today myself .

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Thanks man! Not too bad for a youtube vid imo. I was relying too much on the light I think :)

[@ohwx4212]

Love the ending part so much!!

[@nathan1874]

Like the change you tried in this video, this is what I'm looking for. Enjoy it very much, thanks for sharing :)

[@Nicolas.Duchemin]

Hey Ulysses, love the grind. Even though, you could have give up, you still make the video! Let me know if you want some help for the video (to film you). That my help to not look like a freak haha. I tried several times to do some vlogs but I found it very distracting to have to change hat from photography to video... And every time I'm filming, I can see all the shots I'm missing (because I'm filming) 😅 So, I always ends up setting up my DJI OSMO Action to do some boring POV street photography videos... By the way, my favorite pics from the video: 4:00, 7:00 and 9:00

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Nicolas, thanks for the support. Actually, that might be very helpful... can you DM me on instagram? Maybe we can figure something out together :)

[@rudyortega3285]

It was really great seeing you shoot against that wall in a time lapse. Way to work the scene, especially in the heat. I love your editing style with the Q. It’s a great camera. I love shooting with it.

[@ertugcsayin]

Another great video, thanks man. Next month I will look those places for the nice shots :D

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Point of the vid, if you want to you can follow the places I shot at :) Let me know how it goes

[@Lizard26]

Those light and shadow shots

[@AlexSinclair]

Amazing work. This is such a work of art in itself. Will definitely share this with a few folks who I think may end up getting hooked on your channel as a result! [Hopefully!]

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

thanks as always Alex!!! 🤝🤝

[@Baldureksinwarek]

I can imagine this can be really hard to concentrate at the process of taking pictures and at the same time recording a video this way on your own. I find difficult to do a street photography when i'm somehow distracted. So hats down to you Ulysses and thank you for sharing your process with us.

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Baldur, nailed it with this comment. The process of candid photography alone is quite a challenge, filming a vid this way is quite impossible. So I'm really thankful for your support man thank you!

[@brycepowell5770]

The shot at 9:08 really grabbed me. Nice one! A lesson in perseverance :)

[@davesaunders59]

Great video. Very good photography and you know how to make good use of the light. Keep them coming. Can I ask - does your Q-P ever lock up on you and you have to remove the battery to reset the camera?

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

it does. sometimes glitchy 🤣

[@marcgs-sp]

Cool video, really loved the last sequence of photos, that hard warm light is so good, and I have a thing for yellow-orange backgrounds. I want to go back to Tokyo so bad, I went there only for a week but I fell in love with the place, also we share the same kind of hot and humid weather in summer in Barcelona.

[@venuslnd]

Love this series. Thanks for uploading.

[@AndreaBritophotomundo]

35 fuckyng degrees damn! I love your work. Love from Argentina 🧡

[@diedraunderwood1114]

Beautiful shots. I can't wait until I can get back to Japan. Crossing fingers and toes that I don't have to cancel my trip that I booked last year for this coming Christmas/New Year. 😫

[@CityWalksLondonVlog]

Great video Ulysses,can you go to Ginza next pls? 🥰🥰

[@ranganbhattacharya9187]

Love this vlog! 🖤

[@alexmather6847]

loved the time-lapses mate

[@chutherock]

The last set are pretty nice

[@mauricewebster]

Great stuff! Shimokitazawa and/or Yanaka ..... loved both areas when I was there in Jan.

[@TokyoGritandGrain]

This is definitely great. You're brave hitting the streets in this weather. We ventured out last night and it was still toasty! Love those shots at the new Ginza line wayfinding. 💥

[@Kevb69]

Really enjoyed this video, thank you 😊

[@เกี๊ยวอย่างเดียว]

Great photos!! This makes me miss Japan. Last year I was there around this time as well. Definitely going back as soon as this pandemic ends !! Stay safe bro!!

[@JasminGendron]

Can’t wait to go back!!! I might go in September during the long weekend... Hope we can have a drink!

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Jas, I was hoping to go to Nikko too!!!! We need to film together :)

[@murkinesS]

I was looking for that too but then I saw that they are not accepting people from most European countries! Damn! Damn u COVID!

[@JasminGendron]

@@UlyssesAokiPhoto You're welcome here anytime!

[@markjung4717]

More photo please..^^ Always Thank you so much!!

[@scallywhiskey]

Got some good ideas from this one👍👍 as far as suggestions, I really like the POV shooting! Another one of those would be cool!

[@にょにょ-k4k]

I loved the one at 9:10. The shadow of a man (you, obviously) taking a picture of a woman standing at a distance, looking down. Everything bathing in evening (even though in reality it's earlier) honey-lemon sunlight bursting through the black. Longing, wistfulness. As for where to go next, my personal favorite is Inokashira Koen in Kichijoji and also the residential blocks around it, in the direction of Mitaka station. It's insanely beautiful on a sunny day closer to the evening.

[@MoodyDen]

Great idea, cant wait for more! And the intro tho😂 Have a good 1!

[@fadondk]

Thanks for the insightful vid! Great shots too! 🔥 Was worried about you leaving your cam on the floor though 😅👌

[@rudyortega3285]

I was nervous about that too! I don’t think I could do that here in Denver, lol.

[@mawavoy]

Very nice images!

[@AlexOnStreets]

BBbbaaannggerrzz *airhorns* I liked you showed the struggle too. This isn't always a wonderful time here. Sometimes it's a slog but we make the best of it. You made the best of it. Next go to Yokohama. I went there a couple years ago just for a night cause of that massive hong kong themed arcade building. But never actually had the time to do street photography in the city proper. Always wish I had more time. Would be cool to see what you think of it.

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Alex, thanks my man!! Man that day was a struggle. I hated taking video that day 🤣🤣　People kept on staring at me too it was a nightmare. Wanted to do a short "shoot Japan!" in Yokohama actually. (since that's out of Tokyo)

[@Peter.Charles]

Hey Alex, are you are thinking of the Kowloon Warehouse Kawasaki in Kawasaki? That sadly closed this year. Or is there something like this in Yokohama as well?

[@Peter.Charles]

Ulysses Aoki I think you have the Shibuya blues. Enjoyed the vid nonetheless! As for a somewhere different, I liked the vibe in downtown Jiyugaoka. 😃

[@AlexOnStreets]

Peter Charles Ah ya you're right that was in Kawasaki. 👍 Too bad it closed. Makes sense though.

[@techbionictvgamingandtechn7449]

Yo. Big fan.

[@JayGrapherTh]

great photos, i do wonder the photos in the 3:30 section about how much editing you do to get the pure blacks or just try to get it in camera ? very cool (not sure) editing choice showing the images almost sounds like turning a page in a photo book at least to me and just a creative idea when most (and myself) would use a shutter sound :) also feels scary to put the vlog camera to the side to shoot long time laps - I suppose it really depends on location, which place is safer than others

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

actually I didn't edit too much. The harsh summer daylight in Tokyo does it. Expose for the highlights, and that's pretty much it. I personally don't like crushing the blacks, it's an easy ticket to a photograph that "seems good". But was inevitable for this video...

[@adrouf1]

really good

[@ericzhang309]

good vedio，love this！

[@natehynson1081]

You forgot to mention the best part about Shibuya: the smell! 🤣 Seriously though, you captured well the feeling of what it's like to spend time shooting in Shibuya. As for next locations, Shinjuku, Roppongi, and Ginza would be some of the obvious choices (though didn't you do a video in Ginza already a while back?) I prefer areas like Marunouchi and Ueno, and maybe other viewers would appreciate seeing one of the less well-known neighborhoods. Hit me up if you need a second shooter! ✌️

[@SankardeepChakraborty]

Around the area of Tokyo station, you can get some nice light and shadow theme pictures. Do give it a try.

[@K1n1c]

Any chances of more polaroid shooting videos?

[@LeonGreg]

Love your videos!

[@ZeptonicScientist]

I'd like to see some photos from Ikebukuro :D

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Hahahaha so you've watched the Night photography vid? ;)

[@ZeptonicScientist]

Ulysses Aoki of course 👍

[@sunnyrain_0o0]

Very interesting. Definitely going to visiting Japan once this madness is over.

[@ivanguerra1260]

Hey Ulysses, What if NatGeo ask you go to India to phtograph something but at 40 degrees ?

[@tamchunhomj]

What focal length of lens did you use in these pic? 35mm?

[@barangay13]

Woah I’m early! HYPEEEEE!!!!!

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

ENJOY!! :)

[@mr_cramberry]

Cheer up! Any opportunity to go out shooting is a great day! Lol. U might want to invest in a waistlevel finder of some sort. Seems bending or hunching over seems an occupational hazard...

[@gnomo_films]

bad day but nice video!

[@nicolaemorozov4304]

Dude, is there a "second wave" with covid19 now in Japan? (i saw you that people and you are wearing the mask pretty rigorously) p.s. as alway like that i'm able to see your videos, feel like teleports to Japan all the time, not like a tourist))

[@lorenzocatena6377]

❤️

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

Lorenzoooo are you a star yet, because of my video?? ;)

[@Maxhuertas]

Go to downtown Tokyo?

[@qipingzhang6156]

涩谷！Didn’t realize it was that place till saw the train station lol

[@courtneypeters8527]

I really liked this video because it shows some of the ish street photogs go through very real not all clean and fake if that makes sense

[@6wop]

#shibuyameltdown

[@peterau5527]

Very funny that you can leave your video camera on the ground while shooting stills in Japan. Anywhere else in the world, the video camera will be stolen in a matter of seconds.

[@iLLWiLL173]

Love the shots...I agree... Shibuya was a bitch to shoot...alot of people and very noisy ...I wish I could have taken better shots like some of these when I went last year 🤙

[@wojt4spes]

I'm just jelous of you being able to photograph in Tokyo.

[@UlyssesAokiPhoto]

I'd love to get out and take photos out of this place personally.

[@michaelschafer6379]

I guess you can easily waste a whole day just be there and watch others ... ok, beside geeking out in my case maybe ...

[@rippleled8704]

Are you not that worried about Japan's privacy laws while taking street photos? Shits got me worried, I'm just avoiding taking photos that you can tell who's in them.