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Join me on a photo walk of a beautiful Japanese garden that was holding a summer festival. For this outing, I decided to work with some older equipment to see what kind of results I could get.  Check out the full video on YouTube:   This was the second day of the event. It had rained on the first day, so I think that had an effect on this day; there wasn't quite as much going on as I had seen in previous years, but it was still fun to check out! Keep in mind throughout this article that italic text descriptions were generated by Gemini Pro 2.5 and were not specifically based on my video's information. Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens:  B&H: https://bhpho.to/45A0wg0   Amazon: https://amzn.to/4fl7itj   Moment: https://partner.shopmoment.com/OedrnW   Sony a7S camera:  KEH: https://shrsl.com/4oing   B&H: https://bhpho.to/4e79RxJ   Amazon: https://amzn.to/4e0O22W   ebay: https://ebay.us/OZ0s32   As an affiliate of...

We recently had a moderately sized meetup at a local garden. One of the photographers there also does videography and decided to put together a video featuring all of the photographers at the event.  The videographer is Charles R. and he goes by the handle “Hikikomorisama.” You can see more of his video work here .  EDIT: On the off chance cosplayers or photographers see this... know that you need permission, likely in the form of paid access to the garden. Especially true with a group. Over the years they had issues with this, so please respect the garden and its staff if you consider visiting with the intent of photography.  I was interviewed in the video.  Here is the photographer interview on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19nHd-NCtlQ Video created by Hikikomorisama. I’m featured around the 1 minute mark ( direct link to that time here ). Well done! I’ve tried a few convention scene related interviews in the past, but nothing with that level of pro...