chair's got soul

Every now and then I come across inanimate objects which seemed to be posessed by a soul. Such was this old leather chair I saw at a studio during a recent shooting. I felt the chair watching us throughout the day, in a warm way. Each time I had to move the chair out of the way around the room , beautiful light would find its way to where the chair was as if was being attracted to it. Towards the end of the day when I was on my last shot, dark rain clouds came rolling in and making it difficult to
finish. As we all stood there in dismay, the clouds parted for a minute and a streak of light came through allowing us to wrap the shoot. Just then, I turned around to find the old chair behind the glass window smiling at us. I had to thank the chair on the way out.

Sometimes I get the feeling that you have to treat inanimate objects (such as appliances) with respect and love like you should with another human being.

tokyo turning colors

Time to catch up with this blog before the year is over. The frame shot here was taken by the imperial palace grounds while I was scouting for location last week. It's part of the runner's course around the palace which has become quite the popular activity in recent times.