My Diary Pages Index

My uncle also told me that to get the most from a camera you should read the
instruction book, because it was probably written by the person who understood
the camera best. He was right, and that is why I am such good friends with my PEN.

Izumi's Diary Pages Index

Special Subject Pages

	Following the Woodblock Footsteps
		Information about a famous woodblock artist and his travels in Japan en flân, with plenty of his artwork to gaze on and marvel at.

	The Edo Ladies' Pinhole Camera Club
		The fascinating story of a hitherto unknown group of photographers in Japan in the late 1800s, with hand-coloured photographs of them.

	A Flâneur Walks in Old Japan
		A Japanese photographer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who was a flâneur of his times without really knowing it, and examples of his work.


	Hello! Here is a Izumi with a treat for you that you may find useful as your fingers and eyes follow my footsteps and lenses along streets, parks, cemeteries and other places, always seeking that elusive Decisive Moment but also on the prowl and lookout for interesting lighting, buildings, windows, activities and peoples that I can show you here. I have made a listing of all the Diary pages and what they are called and what is in them, so if you are looking for a particular one it may be easier to find. And you can go straight to it from this page. I have also written some special pages on aspects of street photography that you may find interesting and which do not easily become Diary pages. You will find the links to them if you go down to the end of the list. And always remember what my uncle used to say to me, quoting an old proverb (or so he said): "When needed, a nice cup of tea will relax the body and stimulate the mind".


		Special Subject Pages are at the bottom

Diary Pages


Diary Page 1	10 September 2010	Hello from the Early Streets
			First footsteps with a camera along the foggy streets

Diary Page 2	14 September 2010	My sister Kombi
			Tales of M Cartier-Bresson, our car and my sister who isn't

Diary Page 3	17 September 2010	Camera Must Try More to be Happy
			Problems with no viewfinder

Diary Page 4	22 September 2010	Learning with the Eyes
			I learn a lesson about looking

Diary Page 5	5 October 2010	Moments are Escaping
			More problems with no viewfinder but nice early light

Diary Page 6	12 October 2010	Blossoms are Blooming in Spring
			Discovering new things of Springtime, T Enami and Jeff Carter

Diary Page 7	19 October 2010	It's Not Just Tools, But They Help
			My excitement in exploring my new PEN

Diary Page 8	26 October 2010	A Great Eye Has Closed
			Memories of my friend Jeff

Diary Page 9	5 November 2010	Walking with my New Friend
			Shooting with my PEN

Diary Page 10	15 November 2010	When I Hunt Like Cyclops
			Shooting with just the 20mm 'street' lens

Diary Page 11	24 November 2010	A New Eye for my PEN
			Shooting with the manual 35mm fast prime

Diary Page 12	6 December 2010	Hello, Mr Sun
			Sunrise at Sydney Park, for a change

Diary Page 13	16 December 2010	Peaceful Stillness in Mornings after Rain and Storms
			Walking the streets again

Diary Page 14	4 January 2011	Confessions of a Lens Fangirl
			More lenses join the family

Diary Page 15	12 January 2011	Return to the Waterhole
			On the streets in H C-B's footsteps

Diary Page 16	24 January 2011	Roaming in the Gloaming
			Out early with the fast primes

Diary Page 17	2 February 2011	With PEN on the Streets
			Walking on new streets to see if they really are different

Diary Page 18	18 February 2011	After Sunset and Before Sunrise
			More night than morning on the streets

Diary Page 19	28 February 2011	Dawn Over My PEN
			Early wintry mornings on deserted streets

Diary Page 20	6 April 2011	Where the Ancestors Sleep
			Earthquakes, tsunamis and the peacefulness of a cemetery

Diary Page 21	18 April 2011	Sunrise Through my Pinhole
			Can a cemetery be a good place to use a pinhole lens?

Diary Page 22	26 April 2011	The Streets Beckon Anew
			Street walking after lots of cemetery walking

Diary Page 23	6 May 2011	Manually Handling the Ancestors
			Waverley Cemetery with my manual prime lenses

Diary Page 24	16 May 2011	Window Shooting
			On the streets again with a break in the rains

Diary Page 25	26 May 2011	How Soft is My Pinhole?
			A test of pinhole lenses to see if they make me happy or not

Diary Page 26	6 June 2011	Art of Steel
			Pinhole photographs that didn't really work as I wanted

Diary Page 27	16 June 2011	Espresso Time
			The people I meet in the morning at my friend's café

Diary Page 28	28 June 2011	Portraits in Stone
			Waverley Cemetery with a slightly different purpose

Diary Page 29	12 July 2011	On the Prowl Again
			Back on the streets with a little guiltiness

Diary Page 30	28 July 2011	Espresso Secondo
			People and activities at L'Espresso Café

Diary Page 31	12 August 2011	A Year in Footsteps
			Musings on a year's worth of street (and other) photography

Diary Page 32	22 August 2011	No Rest for This Lioness
			Life and characters on the awnings of Marrickville

Diary Page 33	6 September 2011	Walking in the Foggy Morn
			Anzac Bridge just after sunrise

Diary Page 34	28 September 2011	Espresso Candido
			Candid portraits at my favourite café

Diary Page 35	12 October 2011	What was Old is Used Again
			An amazing place brought to you using old but wonderful lenses

Diary Page 36	24 October 2011	Life and Art Can Walk Together
			A coincidence over time or a new life meeting an old?

Diary Page 37	12 November 2011	From Here to Modernity
			Modern photographs realised through old glassware

Diary Page 38	24 November 2011	My Own Private Serendip
			I revisit the wonderful old factory and tell you about some lenses

Diary Page 39	6 December 2011	Happenstance Again
			More relics of industry before my lens

Diary Page 40	20 December 2011	In Which I Meet Myself
			Walking the streets again and finding a personal surprise

Diary Page 41	4 January 2012	A Wider Shade of Serendip
			Overcoming disappointment at the flour factory

Diary Page 42	16 January 2012	Forty-Second Street
			Floods and droughts surround me at the same time in the same streets

Diary Page 43	26 January 2012	L'Espresso Vita
			Visual proof that where there's caffeine there's happy life

Diary Page 44	6 February 2012	Flora and the Ancestors
			How something not working can turn out to be interesting after all

Diary Page 45	20 February 2012	The Quiet Streets
			Despite rain and darkness there are still Moments to be found

Diary Page 46	12 March 2012	The Quiet Ancestors
			How it is on one side, it's the same on the other

Diary Page 47	24 March 2012	Celestial Serendipity
			More magical Moments can come if you open your mind

Diary Page 48	26 March 2012	Impressions of Rain
			Sometimes it's best to ignore what your mother told you

Diary Page 49	11 April 2012	Sharper Eyes Clear the Head
			Putting pinholes to rest

Diary Page 50	24 April 2012	Winter Draws On
			On the streets with a woolly jumper

Diary Page 51	2 May 2012	Pinhole Glory
			One last reprise but for a good cause

Diary Page 52	22 May 2012	Leica Lioness
			Is it true what they say about Leica?

Diary Page 53	6 June 2012	The World is My Angle
			In which I try something a bit different

Diary Page 54	24 June 2012	Espresso di Nuovo
			Returning to the familiar aromas of caffeine in the morning

Diary Page 55	4 July 2012	Circles Closing to my Eyes
			Introducing an old new member of the family

Diary Page 56	18 July 2012	Celestial Harmony
			Greater things than us can sometimes appear

Diary Page 57	28 July 2012	Words Without Pictures
			Some musings on the nature of photographing on film

Diary Page 58	14 August 2012	Streets Slowly Stirring from Slumber
			I can feel the world a-warming

Diary Page 59	28 August 2012	Orphans of the Digital Age
			Please meet some new family members

Diary Page 60	8 September 2012	Little Brother Shows You His Mettle
			Returning back to the glory of black & white film

Diary Page 61	18 September 2012	The Ancestors Sleep in their Blankets of Fog
			Something old, something new and something mysterious for the soul

Diary Page 62	28 September 2012	Warmer Walking
			Back on the streets with a Summer in my step

Diary Page 63	8 October 2012	Photographs Taken in a City Churchyard
			The Ancestors in a poetic vein from many different aspects

Diary Page 64	24 October 2012	Festivities Afoot
			Lots of legs along Marrickville Road

Diary Page 65	8 November 2012	The Streets of Summer
			Sights and sounds of sizzling days

Diary Page 66	28 November 2012	Walking in a Different Light
			Wavelengths beyond our mortal ken

Diary Page 67	12 December 2012	My Eyes Opened Wide
			Vistas within and without

Diary Page 68	30 December 2012	The Night Airs
			Parting the night's mysteries