Category Archives: Japan
Geisha in Kyoto
When wandering through Kyoto I was part of a small scuffle of photographers capturing a small procession of Geishas heading to work. At they time I thought they might be traditional opera singers, as I noted in this post. This is the photograph of one of them that I managed to capture. The ladies were [...]
HDR in the Evening
I have had a few additional moments to experiment with the high dynamic range software. The technique does make the photographs much more like the eye experiences (and compensates for the lack of dynamic range in my camera’s sensor). This photograph was taken in Kyoto on a busy street corner. The red lights are from [...]
Social network analysis, structuration theory, and more
I spent today tying to put some theoretical work in the context of my observations about economic and political change in East Asia over the last 150 years. In particular, I’ve been working through my reading and thinking about network society (see an earlier post), social network analysis, economic sociology and structuration theory. My hope [...]
Twenty four hours in Kyoto
Yesterday afternoon, after arriving and settling in my hotel, I wandered the central city area and caught up on some necessary shopping — a rugby top because it is cooler here than I expected and a small card wallet to replace the one I lost in Shanghai, the cards will have to wait until I [...]
Google Maps and Google Earth