One shot: Holy shit, this might be the sharpest, most beautifully textured image I've ever seen in a film. The next shot: Where the fuck did the focus go?
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From Osaka, photographing trips and everyday life.
A site run by the two of us, POI and Lily. Our photos and videos live here, along with travel notes and what we write after watching a film.
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Sasebo
Sasebo Harbor seen from the hills, a sunlit swimming pool, and a rocky shore framed by a boat window. Three photographs from a summer day in Sasebo.
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Hokkaido
Winter in Hokkaido, with snow outside the window, around the harbor and across the fields. Snow-covered landscapes and moored boats by day, station lights after dark—a record of what I saw along the way.
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Cherry Blossoms Along the Funagawa River, Toyama
April by the Funagawa River, where cherry trees form a long tunnel along the banks. Beyond the branches are flower fields, people out to see the blossoms, and mountains still capped with snow.
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Timeline
I’m planning four days on Kyushu’s west coast around the Marine Day weekend in July. Shinkansen from Osaka to Hakata, then a rental car, with nights in Kurume, Obama Onsen and Sasebo. Those stops should help keep holiday hotel costs down and make the drive wes…
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About
About Penguin Visual
We’re POI and Lily, and we run Penguin Visual together. This is where we keep our photographs and films, along with things we want to remember from our travels and everyday lives.
Some entries are finished projects; others are photographs from a walk or a trip, or a few thoughts after a film. The people menu takes you to each of our pages.