About
Hi all. As you may have guessed, my name is Stephen and I am a 36 year old Photographer and Japanese / IT High School Teacher. Before this, I was a Software Engineer for about 10 years working on application development in various industries such as defence, finance, medical etc… However, things changed for me when I went to live in Japan in 2007. I lived in Himeji, near Osaka, for 1 year. It was the best year of my life and I am hoping to get back there as soon as possible.
My hobbies include: photography,...
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Gear
While gear is an essential component of what makes a photograph, it is the photographers vision that brings a photo to life. It’s no different to a great violinist. Each and every violin has it’s own characteristics and voice, but the virtuoso adds the heart and sole. Every time we depress the shutter, we are capturing a moment in time. But not only that, we are embedding our unique qualities and artistic talents into the shot as well. Every time we raise the camera to our eye, we and nobody else has...
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