Paul MacPherson

I was out yesterday, back in Toronto, taking a Line 5 Tram (LRT) to run a few errands. I had my trusty Ricoh GRIV Monochrome on me for the excursion.

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I like the aesthetic of the new portions of the Eglinton Station for the LRT extensions here in Toronto.

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The only snap that worked out from my morning walk before heading to the airport and home.

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My last sunset in the land of the rising sun.

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I was out with my GR4 Monochrome this afternoon in the Ginza area of Tokyo for a little street photography.

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Tokyo Day 8: I was up before dawn, catching the sunrise while walking along the Sumida River.

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Day 7 in Tokyo, back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Observatory for sunset.

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A more panoramic shot from yesterday, just after sunset.

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Day 6 in Tokyo: Not the most prolific day for photography. Just a cityscape from the Observation deck at Odaiba Seaside Park and one street shot waiting for a train back to the hotel at Ikebukuro Station.

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Tokyo, Day 5: So I went up to the 42nd floor south tower observation deck of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Image 1) and took a few pictures (Image 2 and 3).

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Day 4 in Tokyo, a few images from my rainy morning walk.

High-contrast black-and-white was my jam today in the crappy light of this rainy day.

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On the bullet train earlier today.

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I took a day trip to see Mount Fuji.

I shot these using my #fuji #gfx100rf

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Tokyo in the Ginza district/area

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Self-Portrait Project Day - Tokyo edition

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Sunrise in Tokyo

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From today's walk

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Experimenting with the Ricoh flash for GRIV

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I am sharing my first 2 snaps, taken with my new Ricoh GRIV Monochrome.

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Last night from my rooftop.

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Tatsuo Suzuki: High-Contrast Tokyo Street Photography and the Style I’m Chasing As I prepare for my upcoming Tokyo trip, I’m studying local street photographers aligned with my direction. Tatsuo Suzuki’s high-contrast “friction” aesthetic offers lessons in urgency, editing for pr...

Tokyo is coming up, so I’ve been studying Tokyo street photographers who match where I’m heading stylistically.

Tatsuo Suzuki’s high-contrast “friction” look is exactly the kind of pressure + clarity I’m chasing—and I wrote up what I’m learning.

#StreetPhotography #Tokyo #VisualStyle

Using AI for Editing, Content Curation, and Clean Categories & Tags How I use AI like an affordable editing, curation, and light design staff—tightening drafts, curating internal links, generating feature images, and keeping categories and tags consistent without losi...

AI doesn’t write my blog posts. It acts like the editor + curation desk I never had: structure, clarity, internal links, consistent tags/categories—and feature images when I need polish (photographer ≠ designer). Here’s my workflow.

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Tokyo at the End of the Month: A Photo-First Street Photography Plan A Tokyo photography trip planned around black-and-white seeing—shape, contrast, reflections, night streets, and mini-projects that build a cohesive body of work.

End of the month: Tokyo. One base, three mini-projects, and a photo-first rhythm built around contrast, shape, reflections, and night light. Not chasing “iconic shots”—chasing cohesion.

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Sunset tonight, about 20ty minutes ago in fact, from my rooftop in Toronto.

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Self-Portrait Project Day 25

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Self-Portrait Project Day 24

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Josef Albers: The Bauhaus Teacher Who Changed How I See Black & White Portraits A YouTube lighting video led me to Josef Albers and his Bauhaus idea that shape comes first. Here’s Albers’ background—and how “shape vs. color” is reshaping my black-and-white portrait and self-portr...

A B&W lighting video sent me down a Bauhaus rabbit hole.

Josef Albers. “Shape vs color.” And suddenly my portrait lighting choices make more sense.

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I am really happy with how this one turned out.

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