the last year or so

[solypsist]

okay, so i departed New York after leaving a decent job with a famous magazine publishing company as an art dir and sometimes photographer. the sort of stuff like this:



i decide to go East for a bit, check out the scene and see how well things will go between picking up photo gigs and using my savings. i leave this forum and head out, sending Tosa one last email from the airport.

[solypsist]

i actually hit Hong Kong and Seoul first, and manage to get around there, doing the occasional photo project (of everything except girls). it's fun and relaxing.

[solypsist]

i might move to Hong Kong. i like Japan, but HK is more my kind of town (I'm now learning Chinese the fun way).

i have plenty of time to take pics for fun, too, and decide to settle on one 'style' for night shots.

[solypsist]

somewhere in there, i decide to try film. so i pick up a hasselblad and start shooting. my inexperience with film, film types, and the general fussiness of a manual camera (no batteries at all) seperates the work and free-time photography i do.

[solypsist]

i get to Japan, and spend a ton of time just learning to survive. no work is happening, until i figure out that no one is interested in a portfolio of Tokyo - but when i show NYC stuff, they all go wild and suddenly i start getting gigs for photos and stuff like video creation and editing for gaming expos and stuff.

[solypsist]

i get decent rooms depending on the gig, so my gaijin house apt sees less and less of me.







i still spend the majority of my work assignments on things other than girls. my portfolio now has many pages of urban stuff.