Yaum's Photo Diary

I wonder if going high contrast b/w might serve the KAROSHI (working yourself to death) theme better. Going the way of great Japanese photo...

Just had an idea to use my existing Japanese “Karoshi” photos to do a series of blurry, grainy (pixels) heads. I am not unusually a cropper...

Pushing the technical abilities of my Canon digital 5D Mark 3.

- Drunk man falls into bikes. Last night as I was coming home a group (2 men, 2 women) of drunk Japanese came out on the street in front o...

From Facebook.... Gerry Yaum  added  9 new photos . 18 mins  ·  Arrived In Hiroshima, it is hard to believ...

Today during the morning rush hour I watched  people being literally jammed into trains, doors being pulled shut by 2 white gloved train wo...

Today before coming to Hiroshima on 2 bullet trains (5 hours) I spent some time in Toyota’s Sinagawa train station. It was early in the mor...

From Facebook... Gerry Yaum  added  2 new photos . 30 mins  ·  On another bullet train today, this tim...

Most Japanese people are very well dressed, especially younger people. Foreigners and tourists often look like slobs next to them. The late...

Saw a retrospective on my idol the great photographer W.. Eugene Smith. They had all his great photographs, I counted 22 images that I love...

My off the machine gun style shooting of late is filling up all my compact flash cards FAST!! Note* Ended up buying in Japan, 2x Compact ...

I sometimes do see Japanese people laughing and having fun on the strreets, especially in the shopping area around Tokyo. They still do not...

On calling home today I find out my fish had died. Had sad feelings all day about it. If I had stayed home in Canada they would no doubt st...

Tonight I found this video search site with all my Vimeo vids on it. Check them out here: Gerry Yaum On Vidmoon

This trip to Asia has been very different in regards to how much film I have shot compared to digital files. In past years I shot all from ...

Got my Canon charger today at a wonderful camera-darkroom-film shop, YODOBASHI CAMERA. It was very expensive at $64 CAD but well worth it f...

Saw a very nice exhibition of Van Gogh and his connection to Japan. The 3 works that stood out for me were a crazy wild ravine running wate...

Found a possible title for my Japanese photo proct instead of STREET PEOPLE. It would be KAROSHI which is the Japanese word for overwork le...

Hopefully I can exhibit this Japanese based work and make some artist fees to help the families in the dump and to also help feed Pra Ton’s...

Spoke to an American in a train lineup last night, it was a very interesting talk. Here is what he told me about Japanese workers, the trai...

I made some photos in Tokyo train station on my return from home from Sapporo Japan. What an amazing place filled with a rush of running, q...

The photos for the STREET PEOPLE (Japan) is going well. Even last night as my battery died I was able to get 4 or 5 photos I liked. I have ...

Had no luck at buying a charger for my Canon camera. I went to one of the largest camera chains in all of Tokyo “Bic Camera” and they were ...

Facebook.... https://www.facebook.com/gerry.yaum/posts/10154821999847105 Here is what my HF3535 (35x35 inches) camera will look like. Fil...

While shooting the Canon 5D Mark 3 I have gone all in on the befits of this fully automated camera versus my fully Manual Leicas. I am usin...

My “Compact Flash” cards are filling up fast so I deciced to invest some money and bought a huge 128GB card. Will use it for my JAPANESE ST...

This will restore your faith in the goodness of your fellow human beings. Man Saves Baby Rabbit From California Wild Fire

So there I was outside a mall market after buying some, crab, sushi and sashimi. When an old man approached using a cane, he was carrying t...

I have been trying to figure out secondary photo projects to shoot in Asia, think I got one. I have been shooting random street shots of Ja...

For a country built around rules and safety Sapporo Hokkaido has amazingly icy, slippery streets and sidewalks. I watched a man take a hard...

(From a private letter written when he was serving in World War I) “Out here, we step over death every day. We stand next to it while we ...

From Facebook: Gerry Yaum  added  3 new photos . 4 mins  ·  Here is today’s food. Delicious grilled eel 399...

While photographing people on the street near my room in Tokyo an older man (70?)apologized to me. I saw him coming on his bicycle towards ...

There aremany unique things about Japan, here are a few I noticed. - Few locked bikes. There is so much trust here, lack of. crime. You s...

Last night while walking through the Shibuya area of Tokyo near the world famous crosswalk I witnessed a fire Japan style. Made digital pho...

Having trouble posting pics on the blog from my iPad but not onto Facebook, her are reposts and Lin’s to those pages. From Facebook: ...

From Facebook: Gerry Yaum  added  3 new photos . 1 hr  ·  Am in Tokyo after a very uncomfortable Air Asia ...

Before coming to the airport 5 hours early today. I met Khun Anapon and Khun Ooh the 2 people who live under the freeway. I have been photo...

Today during my long wait for my late Japanese flight I had my 9th 2 hour massage. It was so so to start (am getting fussy now) but finishe...

I have quite a few relaxing things to do today before I leave Thailand for Japan tonight. I will check out of my hotel room at 12 noon foll...

Had a nice little meeting today with a family group in Klong Toey Slum. They were having a meal and a drink along the abandoned railway tra...

As part of my Klong Toey visit today, I went to the Muay Thai gym. Many new people were there but I also recognized some people, some there...

When I was in Klong Toey Slum today I visited Khun Anapon. We had not seen each other for over1 year, something like 1 year and 7 months. I...

I had a fun day visiting old haunts. in Klong Toey Slum. Met a bunch of old friends, and shot 9 rolls of film. The list included, meeting u...

Languages are fun, languages open doors, languages bring people closer. I know almost no Khmer (Cambodian language) but today I was able to...

After photographing the Thai-Cambodian work site I went to the nearby Kathmandu photo gallery, a very nice experience. I browsed a through ...