Sunrise Photography at Sensoji Temple
Walking via the historic streets of Asakusa at 5:30am, it was onerous to not marvel what on earth we have been doing awake.
Usually buzzing with environment, the streets have been quiet and nearly fully empty at this loopy hour of the morning. Not to say the temperature was hovering simply above freezing.
As I repeat to myself typically, all good images come to those that rise early and whereas sunrises and I won’t be finest buddies, I knew this one can be fairly particular!
Not solely was it a historic location, it was the primary dawn of my Japan Photo Tour and I used to be SO excited to share the fantastic thing about Tokyo with my group.
First up…right here is the place I’m speaking about –
Sensoji Temple (often known as Asakusa Kannon Temple) is Tokyo’s oldest temple and boy is it spectacular. Having visited earlier than in summer time through the daytime I knew that anytime after 8am it was crowded, actually crowded.
Luckily although, the temple grounds are open 24hours so you may wander via and discover Sensoji below the celebs or like us, because the solar rises over town.
The precise temple opens at dawn however the remainder of the grounds are fully open together with the Kaminarimon and Hozomon Gates. You may even stroll up the steps in entrance of the temple too for a terrific view over the world and as soon as the temple opens up you’ll hear it!
Walking in the direction of Sensoji temple is a photogenic expertise in itself. The lengthy alley known as Nakamise is often full of avenue stalls however come the morning, it’s like an outside artwork gallery. The closed stalls have murals painted on their doorways with scenes of day by day life from the previous and exquisite oriental designs. In reality a lot of the Asakusa district has these work on the entrance of closed eating places and shops so it’s nicely price exploring after darkish.
Photographing dawn at Sensoji gives numerous potential views. From the 5 storey pagoda to the ever-burning incense and big purple paper lantern. If you’re fortunate there may also be a gathering of cute puppies in prams…solely in Japan!
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Take a peek beneath at a number of the pictures I captured whereas taking pictures dawn alongside my pictures tour group.
Camera settings are famous within the captions and all pictures are taken with the brand new Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III.
Read extra – A Photographer’s Guide to Tokyo, Japan
Camera Settings – ISO 1600, 1/2 sec hand-held publicity, f/14 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III * This picture was taken at round 8pm on the evening earlier than we shot dawn…it’s undoubtedly price visiting the temple in all lights, dawn, daylight after which simply after sundown!
Camera Settings – ISO 1600, 1/6 sec hand-held publicity, f/3.2 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Camera Settings – ISO 1600, 1/2 sec hand-held publicity, f/2.8 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Camera Settings – ISO 1600, 1/30 sec hand-held publicity, f/2.8 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Camera Settings – ISO 1600, 1/80 sec hand-held publicity, f/4.5 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Camera Settings – ISO 640, 1/80 sec hand-held publicity, f/2.8 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Camera Settings – ISO 320, 1/100 sec hand-held publicity, f/2.8 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Camera Settings – ISO 320, 1/800 sec hand-held publicity, f/2.8 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III utilizing an iphone display screen for the reflection.
Purely included for the puppies…within the bicycle basket and behind in little outfits!
Camera Settings – ISO 200, 1/800 sec, f/2.8 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Camera Settings – ISO 200, 1/20 sec hand-held publicity, f/6.3 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
Camera Settings – ISO 200, 1/40 sec hand-held publicity, f/4.5 with the 12-40mm M.Zuiko PRO lens on the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III
I’ll be sharing numerous content material over the approaching weeks from my picture tour in Japan together with a vacation spot information to the very best pictures places in Tokyo, updates to my Kyoto information and in addition the place to {photograph} autumn foliage in locations like Arashiyama and Nara!
Also, to have a peek behind the scenes, check out this nice video by Becky from wearetravelgirls.com who co-hosted this tour with me! Check out Travel Girls Getaways for upcoming journey information!
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