Hello, everyone :)

I'm a Japanese, living in Prague, Czech Republic

due to my partner's business.

It's taken about a year since I started taking film photos

with Minolta SR-1 from my dead dad.

I fell in love immediately with the sound of shutter,

the smell of film, and especially,

all of its time-consuming processes!

Prague is a great place not only for photo lovers

but also for all classic camera collectors.

I happened to find an old twin lense Frexaret,

made in Czechoslovakia at an old junk shop.

Since then, I've also been in love with it

which taught me how wonderful to take square format pictures...

To be honest, I'm kind of terrible at book learning,

far from mechanical...

So I just play with my cameras like kids with toys.

I'm still beginner, so it's a kind of experiment

everitime for me.

Excited...disappointed...

I'm really like a crazy little girl with her new exciting toy.

I discover the new world through the finder everyday:)

*****

I love jogging in foggy morning on the cobbles.

I love wine, I love cooking. I love rusty cafes in Europe.

I love old things(including cameras)

I love my family, love small Chihuahua, Tabi!

I love France. I especially like the way they enjoy their life.

I sometimes run away to France

when I feel depressed by tough people here...(**)

My dream is...to have a small space in which

I can share our joy of photos,cameras, with my nice friends.

With this small dream...

maybe I can survive here a bit more... ?

*My cameras*

Rolleiflex 2.8E Planar80mmf2.8

Rolleiflex 2.8F Opton80mmf2.8

Hasselblad 500C/M

Leica M6

Pentacon six TL

Flexaret

Nikon F3

Minolta SR1

HORGA

Nikon D80...etc

The end of September, 2009

*Prague、Czech Republic.*

Chihua**hua@Praha