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Playground, Kyoto

I hadn't planned to take this shot. I had finished a roll of film and was looking for a spot to reload. I found a seat on a bench, reloaded, and shot a few frames to advance the film. I generally compose a shot when I'm advancing film, and these are the objects I found in front of me. I can't remember exactly where I was going (if I looked through the entire roll, I'd be able to guess) but I was most likely heading in the direction of the Minimaza theater or the Gion district, if not all the way to the temples on the eastern slopes of the city.

It was my second time in Kyoto, and I spent more time just soaking in the atmosphere instead of searching out the sights. I had seen most of what I would have raced to see the first time I was in the city, and so I could afford to relax. In the intervening years I had also made friends with a few people who lived in Kyoto, and that brought an entirely new dimension to my visit.

Lately, I've been spending more time in the darkroom trying to sharpen my technique. I'm printing up a portfolio of images from Japan, and we'll see where that leads. Spending time in the darkroom makes me evaluate the photos more, and I wish I had the time to make darkroom prints to scan for each of the images posted on this blog. Alas, I'll have to make do with the lab's scans for now. Unless, of course, I win the lottery. Or people decide to start paying me to spend time in the darkroom. :-)