One day at Kabukicho #DAY128 - What I am thinking actually when taking photos walking around.
I was taking photos in Kabukicho as usual on this day as well, but I happened to encounter a really unpleasant scene. Though I won't go into details, it involves male host bar staff. I have no intention to write everything is bad, but I wonder if there's anything to deal with annoying things that really hurt people's feelings when seeing them.
この日もいつものように歌舞伎町で写真を撮っていたんだけど・・・なんかすごい嫌な場面に遭遇してしまった。まあ詳しくは書かないけどホストさん絡みっす。全体を悪く書くつもりは全くないんだけど、ホント見ていて気分を害するような迷惑なのはどうにかならないものなのやら。
Somehow, I was able to take a photo that feels like a sequel to the one I took last time. Nope, it's completely different. I just felt so personally.
なんとなーくだけど前回撮ったこの写真の続編みたいな写真が撮れた。いや、全然違うんだけどね。個人的な感覚的に。
This is what I recently realized, that's I don't really have a desire to take high-quality photos or to take reality for photos. I deform them on purpose as well when developing.
これは最近気づいたことなんだけど・・・自分はあんまりリアルで画質もいいみたいな写真を撮ろうって思っていないんだなぁって。現像する時にも敢えてデフォルメしているんだよね。
For example, I think the colors of actual scenery is not as vivid as the photos I usually share here. But if I try to reproduce the colors that remain in my memory, they become vivid like this.
例えば色味とかも実際の景色はここまで鮮やかじゃないと思うんだよ。でも自分の記憶の中に残っている色味を再現するとこんな感じにビビッドになっちゃうんだよ。
I guess that in order to remember something, I have to unconsciously enhance the contrast more than it actually was, otherwise I won't be able to recall it later. I don't remember the details in the first place. What I remember is just the overall atmosphere, and I develop photos to reproduce that.
記憶に残す時にはきっと無意識に実際よりもコントラストを高めておかないと後で思い出せないのかなーとか思ったりもする。そもそも細かい部分なんて覚えていない。雰囲気で覚えているだけで、それを再現するために現像している。
Even though it was quite late, there were a lot of taxis around anyway. When I thought about that and tried to take photos to record how it looked like, it turned out like this then.
それにしてもこの日は時間も結構深かったのにやたらとタクシーがいっぱいいたなぁ。ってそんなことを考えつつそれを写真に撮っておこうと思ったらこんな感じになった。
And so, I took the photo above and as soon as I started walking again, another taxi stopped just in front of me and its door opened. I thought there were a lot of taxis after all, so I took a photo of that too.
で、上の写真を撮って振り返って歩き出したら今度はまた別のタクシーが目の前に止まってドアが開く。やっぱりタクシー多いなぁと思ってそれも撮る。
This time, I tried to write about the random thoughts that come to my mind while taking photos, or things that I don't really care about, with tracing my mind. I've written entries like diary frequently lately, so I thought it might be nice to try writing something like this once in a while, so I did. I wonder what I'm gonna write next?
See you then.
今回は写真を撮っている時に頭の中で考えている結構どうでもいいこととか、自分の頭の中をトレースして書いてみた。最近日記っぽいこと書くことが多かったから、たまにはこんな感じのこと書いてみてもいいかなと思って。次は何書こうかなー。
ほなまた。
