Sorry for the late response guys. Yes, Gary was right...I was swamped this weekend because of the festival. It all went very well though, I am happy to say.
Stuart
How long does your show last at the museum? Will it still be there for the Festival of Lights in February? I’ll be in Reykjavik Feb 1-4th so hopefully I can do the museum tour on the 2nd and see it.
Hi Graham,
Yes, it will be up. You are also welcome to come by the studio at some point if you like. Just send me an email if you have the time, and I am happy to meet up for a coffee. There is always a chance that I might be out of town shooting or busy, but if I am around and have time, I am usually up for meeting other forum members and photographers.
Stuart
Gary -- The lack of audio was both practical and by intention in the video. At time time I shot some of the videos, I did not have an appropriate microphone. The wind in the area is often very high, and getting good audio in that kind of environment is very challenging and requires a lot of specialized wind noise reduction equipment. I nearly always tend to work alone, and need to carry all my gear. Managing both the video and the audio was a bit more than I could handle, at least in heavy winds. For the second part of the series I did have a small audiotechnica stereo shotgun mic that sits in the hotshoe. The audio quality is quite decent (for my uses), so I started using that later. It comes with a wind protector, but it is only useful in moderate breezes. The wind here requires extreme measures, which I have not taken! In general, the focus of the videos is in the interaction of the light with the land, not the actual landscape or environment, so the audio is unnecessary, and to a certain extent distracting to that purpose.
Will -- Thank you very much for the recommendations for Ryokan and Naoya Hakakeyama. I will check them out. I know what you mean about missing Japan. I spent about six months total in Sapporo, but have not been back since 2005. I really would like to go back, especially now that I am a better photographer!