I bought some flowers for our apartment and I decided to
go for a few shots, inspired by the numerous photos of sunflowers you can find
on the web.
Those pictures are therefore far from being the most original of this kind
but it's still an interesting photographic experiment.
I tried to play with a shallow depth of field to show the same object under
different aspects, although the position of the subject didn't change compared
to the camera:
- I like this one because I played with the manual focus to show only the ends of the petals, leaving the main subject in a blur, bringing a surprising attention to what is usually left almost unseen
- This one is more classical, but I like the way the petals are flying away from the frame, I think it's a very dynamic picture
- For this one, I played with the manual focus again to show only one plane of sharpness. It gives an interesting effect, almost vertigo or as if the flower was burning, as Fred said
- Finally, a shot with a very small aperture the whole flower as sharp
This is it, Eiko and I got married this morning at 11am at
Nakano-ku's city office, with no ceremony, no suit or wedding dress, no
photographer, just a clerk at the counter checking our application forms for
10 minutes.
Yet, the joy of being finally married didn't suffer from the simplicity of
this old Japanese administrative building!
It has been quite a tough day, with the actual registration, the papers to
get to apply to the next counter for a different thing. It was especially
tough for Eiko who had to change her name, change her address, etc.
She still has to change her passport though. As for what's left for me, I'll
have to get some stamp from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, register the
marriage with the French embassy and eventually update my Visa, since I am now
married to a Japanese citizen: that gives me some additional advantages, such
as having a Visa that is independant from my occupation.
The picture here is the bouquet my family sent us for the happy event.
They've been very supportive, especially my brother who didn't hesitate to
wake us up at 6:30am this morning to congratulate us in advance (obviously,
he's still not very familiar with the time difference between France and
Japan! ;))
