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Tokyo.JapanTimes Launch

By Shibuya246 · 26 February 2010 · 2 min read · 24 photos · 23 comments

Some explanation and speeches about the new Tokyo Site and the Japan Times.

The launch party for the new Tokyo.JapanTimes.co.jp Site was on tonight at Roppongi Hills. Lots of people gathered to hear about the launch and catch up. The Site is focused on photos taken showing the beauty and culture of Tokyo.

The room was quite dark and if you look at the camera detail for a few shots you can see the ISO heading up over 1000 quickly. One shot was around 4000 ISO but the noise quality still held together well.

A full room for the launch part of tokyo.japantimes.co.jp

Drinks and conversation to start the night.

Prizes to be won for the best tweets. Looks like a copy of the Akihabara Guide by White Rabbit Press. I have a contest coming up soon with this as a prize also.

Steve Nagata setting up for a photo of the crowd.

Checking the nights twitter activity.

A Canon Powershot in action getting some cool angles across the bar and back into the crowd.

Danny Choo, aka Tokyo Stormtrooper was in attendance.

These beautiful models were at the event taking a few photos. They agreed to my request to capture a few shots. Thank you.

All three were enjoying the photo session. The light was quite low in the room. I wish we could have been in a studio with good lighting.

A very playful moment. It would be nice to meet up again and take some more photos.

The people kept turning up after the event began. This was definitely the place to be.

Checking out the camera.

Lots of drinks being served up keeping the bartenders busy.

Nice conversation over a bottle of bubbly.

Standing room only in this Roppongi Hills venue.

Friends enjoying the event.

Joseph Tame from TameGoesWild and of course White Rabbit Press, and Twinkle !

Raymond and Jonny Li test out the strobing effects.

I get a demonstration of strobe painting from Jonny Li

The J for Japan Times gets painted out.

and the T is also made. Great effects you can achieve with a simple flash.

You can never have too many business cards. Danny takes time out to exchange cards with guests.

A long night for the Stormtrooper. Time to sit down and reflect on the day.

Do you have events like this you attend regularly?

23 comments

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CLF 26 February 2010
hey there nice to meet you at the event! though we didn't speak to each other. looking forward to join these social events again. :)
shibuya246 26 February 2010
yes, next time lets get chance to talk. thanks
NekoLover 26 February 2010
First time seeing Steve Nagata's Face XD
NekoLover 26 February 2010
Still amazed at that JT Flash effect , Whats that technology ? Danny Choo is always on the move with his armour ^_^
shibuya246 26 February 2010
do you mean the effect on the top of the web page? That is JQuery :)
shibuya246 26 February 2010
Kyle
Steve Keys 26 February 2010
I think NekoLover was referring to the light-painting. If that's the case, you just do a little longer exposure on your camera while someone moves a light in the shape of, well, whatever. Any light source will do. I use my iPhone and the Flashlight app sometimes for this. You can pick different colors too.
Tapiokaa 26 February 2010
...and our Danny ^^
Neksus 26 February 2010
I like the lenses that give the "where is the focus ><", like pic no.2. Great set of photos, dark place but very clear pics. I never had the opportunity to go events like this, but I'm professionally too young to be "heavy" enough. Not yet there...
lithiumangel 26 February 2010
Any lens can do that if you don't properly focus *lol* Anyway, looked like a cool social networking event; the location looks really snazzy.
perdomot 26 February 2010
The inevitable Danny Choo!
perdomot 26 February 2010
Joseph is so shy!
shibuya246 26 February 2010
careful touching the armor please
HELLOSHEENA 26 February 2010
Hello Kitty likes to attend these. lol http//hellokittylimited.blogspot.com
micky2be 27 February 2010
I couldn't make it this time. It's difficult to be everywhere :(
shibuya246 27 February 2010
no problems. see you next time
Tristan 28 February 2010
Lucky he's not camera shy or anything!
Tristan 28 February 2010
Who is this? He looks familiar.
Tristan 28 February 2010
This is a nice, candid shot
Tristan 28 February 2010
Does Danny ever get a break?
Tristan 28 February 2010
Looks like a great night......again, quite jealous!!
shibuya246 1 March 2010
ok, Jonny had me set the camera to "bulb" and then hold my finger down on the shutter release until he had finished moving the flash around. quite an interesting effect. color would be good to try too.
shibuya246 1 March 2010
rarely :)