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Made a Promotional Video for this event: One Day in Kyoto Any and all creatives in the area, this is the event to take part in! Yours truly will be helping a fellow filmmaker on the day of shooting (April 14th) so I won’t be making my own short film. Seriously though, if you have any interest whatsoever join us on this epic event.
Categories: Year 5 • Tags: filmmaking, international, japan, One Day in Kyoto, One Day On Earth
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Six weeks after the crisis I went to volunteer. I took my camera with the intention of being the eyes and ears for those who could not go themselves – my family, friends, and especially my students. My original intention before volunteering was to simply have a slideshow of pictures and some video for my students to see. But after 5 days of first-hand experience in Iwate that original intention evolved into TREASURE. TREASURE post can be viewed here After […]
Categories: Year 5 • Tags: disaster, experience, Iwate, japan, March 11, thoughts, tsunami, video, videography, volunteer work
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Years from now when someone asks me about Taipei, Taiwan, I’ll probably say something like, “mopeds and food on every street corner.” Hey, it’s what I remember most. I saw a lot of Taipei through taxi windows as we went from place to place eating everything we could along the way. Lots of food stands. Lots. Food is cheap, readily available and in my honest opinion – really really good. On the flip side though, everything else is pretty much […]
Categories: Year 5 • Tags: Asia, discovery, good, identity, japanese, reflection, Taipei, Taiwan, thoughts, travel
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Gensho Yamamoto is truly a gift to the world. Meeting and working with him has been life-changing to say the least. Not only is he an internationally renowned professional artist, he also represents life in every way one could imagine. I already knew 2013 would be my Year of the Come-Up but wow, after working with Gensho I feel even closer to my goals. And it’s only February. Videographers Notes I have a lot to say about what it took […]
Categories: Year 5 • Tags: Art, Drawn, Dyes, Fabric, Gensho, Hand, japan, Kakishibu, Lake Biwa, studio, Yamamoto
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VIDEO (I don’t know why, but the link to the 2013 Update video ends up showing a completely different video from my YT channel, so click the above links to watch!) A short and sweet video about what I’ve been up to so far in 2013. Videographer Notes: I used the wrong shutter speed/fps ratio causing those horizontal lines to show up on the light surface behind me. There’s some unintentional vignetting in a few shots. Close up radish shot doesn’t have the […]
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usolee supporters will notice many of these clips from last year, and to those of you who just started checking me out here’s a general feel of what kind of stuff blessed my days in 2012. You already know 2013 is gonna be even more epic. The soundtrack for this video is availiable here Whole.notha.level
Categories: Year 5 • Tags: 2012, feel good, selection, usolee, video, wrap up
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DOWNLOAD Music is Life. My life is filled with music. I ALWAYS listen to music when I create. It’s as necessary as any other tool. I thought I’d share these with you to give you an insight as to what goes on in my studio/workflow. (The downloadable file is a .zip file in Dropbox) You’ll notice a varied mix of tunes and a strong Hip Hop presence. Why so much Hip-Hop Kenji? Because I LOVE HIP-HOP! In fact, come take a […]
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This guys Ninjaness has rubbed off on me. Now I attack every hour with purpose. No days off. I really enjoyed shooting this. Lot’s of firsts for me as a director, editor* and camera operator. This is just the foot of the mountain and I’m hungry for that view of the world from the top. There’s going to be a whole lot of climbing in 2013, The Year of the Snake. Hey Izzy, quick question: What does a snake symbolise? And how can […]
Categories: Year 5 • Tags: 30 Year Old Ninja, blog, experience, Izzy, japan, learning, motivation, video, videography
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Image Credit: Motoko Oshima I had lunch with a friend of mine this afternoon and she mentioned how she would be completely fine living separate from her husband. She says he loves fishing so much that he wants to move the family closer to the ocean so he can go fishing everyday. She, would rather not. According to her he is crazy in love with the entire process from the catch to the plate – gutting, seasoning, cooking, eating and […]
Categories: Year 5 • Tags: 2012, adogawa, agriculture, farmer, harvest, japan, Lake Biwa, organic, rice, shiga, Takashima
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Categories: Photo Gallery, Year 5 • Tags: adogawa, agriculture, event, farmer, Harvest 2012, japan, Lake Biwa, local, organic, rice, shiga, Takashima
