Getting back to blogging, RSS feeds and more regular posting… Social networking has its pros and cons. And it needs to be in the repertoire of every freelancer. that word ‘network’ is the p...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2023/03/06/alfies-new-blog-for-recent-work-updates/
If you are either a keen photographer or just want to create some memorable shots of Tokyo, one of our photowalks, tours or walking workshops could be right up your street. If you are visiting ...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/09/25/photography-walks-tours-in-japan/
ここ数年、三菱ふそうのためにいろいろなものを撮影してきた。今年は、コロナの影響で仕事が全く入ってこなかったが、彼らが最初に戻ってき...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/09/09/shooting-mitsubishi-fusos-heritage-truck-collection-jp/
I travelled the short distance from Tokyo to Yokohama, back in January of 2020, to film my third episode of NHK World’s ‘Journeys on Japan’ programme. Yokohama is around half an hour from m...
Having more time at home recently has meant an opportunity to revisit older assignments, re-edit some photos and get around to editing many more for the first time. Looking back to my 2018 assign...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/07/14/photographing-myanmar/
Back in 2013, I spent almost two months on the road shooting a commissioned job for Haneda Airport. It took me to eight countries, three continents and around the world one and half times. Fashio...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/07/14/fashion-photography-in-dubai-thailand-indonesia-malaysia/
Shot on my first bullet-train trip in well over a year, showing the sunrise from the first Kyoto-bound train of the day from Tokyo. Shot using Filmic Pro on the iPhone 12 Pro. 4K, 60fps Super Pan...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/07/14/first-train-to-kyoto/
I’ve been shooting various things for Fuso for a few years now. This year, they were the first client to come back after the initial impact of Covid. Since June, I’ve done five shoots for the...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/07/14/shooting-mitsubishi-fusos-heritage-truck-collection/
In the latest of my trips for NHK World’s ‘Journeys on Japan’ programme, I visited the distant island of Haterumajima. Here’s a little of the story…. The end of January can be cold in T...
Professional photography advice from an expert Getting feedback and finding quality, informed creative input for your photography can be tough. Photographer and film-maker, Miguel Concepcion, tel...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/07/13/online-experiental-lessons-consultations-available-now/
In August of 2019, I travelled to Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido to film my second show for NHK World’s ‘Journeys in Japan’ series. This remote northern area was a magnificent...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/07/12/travel-photography-visiting-rausu-hokkaido-with-nhk-world/
Visiting factories all over Japan, shooting staff, technology and facilities, it continues to be a lot of fun working on this project. For over a year now, I’ve been working with two agencies i...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/07/09/photography-for-canon-electronics-website-re-brand/
Take one great model, an interesting part of town, one camera, two lenses and give yourself 30minutes. A whole lot of magic can happen! I first met Kao when she came to model for me at a Pro Foto...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/05/01/the-30minute-photoshoot-kao-in-ebisu/
An afternoon in Yokohama, shooting a series of promotional fashion shots for a Faroe Islands knitwear brand. I’ve know Sissal and her brand ‘Shisa’ for a few years now. We always try to do ...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/04/30/fashion-photography-in-yokohama/
Now the movie triptych I worked on two parts of has premiered, I can post some of the shots I took working as the publicity and behind-the-scenes photographer. This article covers the second movi...
I’ve been mentoring and coaching a buddy down in Miyazaki for some years now. Last April, I was down there shooting some fashion pics and helping with some direction for my friend. A couple of ...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/03/16/fashion-shoot-mentoring-in-miyazaki/
故郷を感じながら写す旅 × Hasselblad X1D-50c X-Pan Format 室蘭を訪れました。北海道へは幾度も旅をしましたが、室蘭の地は初めてでした。 仕事とは�...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/03/16/muroran-hasselbladx1d/
After shooting in Myanmar, in 2018, on a movie directed by Daishi Matsunaga, I was asked by him to shoot stills on another short film he was directing. This time the journey took me to Mexico. Da...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/03/15/shooting-stills-on-a-movie-in-mexico-in-2019/
I’ve traveled to Hokkaido many times but my trip there in July of 2019, with NHK World’s ‘Journeys in Japan’ programme, was my first time in Muroran. I spent a wonderful week there filmin...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/03/09/photographing-muroran-hokkaido-for-nhk-world/
In the summer of 2018, I got commissioned to shoot for Japanese pop legends Mr. Children. It turned out to be an amazing experience. From the mid-1980s, I’ve been shooting bands on stage, in th...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/03/09/shooting-album-artwork-posters-for-mr-chilrden/
I’ve done about five or six shoots for The Official Ferrari Magazine and for this most recent one, I headed down south to meet Ferrari Japan’s best customer. You’d think nothing could be be...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/03/09/shooting-a-ferrari-owner-in-miyazaki/
An essential part of the media and promotions pack for any actor is a portfolio of decent portraits. Back in summer of 2018, I was approached by Tokyo-based actor, Kohei Sonoda to produce a set o...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2022/03/09/portraits-for-actor-kohei-sonoda/
Read here about where, when and how I shot the twelve images for this year’s 4K desktop wallpaper calendar. And find a link to our online shop, to go grab your copy. The New Year almost upon us...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2021/12/19/my-2022-4k-desktop-mac-pc-calendar-now-available/
日本のコロナの状況が安定してきたので、最近はスタジオに戻ってポートレートのセッションをしています。自分自身の新しいポートレートを手...
For three years, I’ve had the pleasure of being chief photographer at Advertising Week’s Asia event in Tokyo. A busy four days, but always great fun. Since being in Japan, I’ve shot a lot o...
I recently spent a week shooting Tokyo from various elevated vantage points with the Hasselblad H4D-40 and the HTS1.5 tilt-shift adaptor. Here are few of the results. Update since this post was f...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2018/05/07/tokyo-tilt-shift-tokyo-toytown/
It’s been maybe six or seven years since I’ve been up the Mori Tower, to the 52nd floor viewing area at Tokyo City View. Just before New Year, I took myself, the Hasselblad and the Nikon up t...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2018/02/07/landscape-architecture-trip-mori-tower-tokyo-city-view/
Towards the end of September, 2017, I spent a day shooting fashion across two locations in Tokyo for my friend Alexandria’s new creative agency startup that she’d partnered for launch with th...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2018/01/06/creative-collaboration-agency-startup-london-fashion-brand/
A couple of hours in a part of Tokyo that feels totally like the countryside, gave us a lovely set of fresh, nature-filled fashion photos. I was first introduced to Kiko by a friend of mine who�...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2018/01/06/fashion-photographer-tokyo-kiko-todoroki/
Alfie Goodrich first picked up a camera at five years-old. He had his first work published in 1991, aged 22. Since 2007, he has been living and working in Japan as a freelance photographer and ph...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2018/01/02/inspiring-photography-backed-years-experience/
An hour or two floating around Asakusa and the streets to the north of the temple district gave us a chance to enjoy the last, magical light of the day. I was introduced to Ao a few weeks ago, by...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2017/10/09/fashion-photography-location-tokyo-ao-around-asakusa/
Shooting fashion on location in Tokyo is one of my favourite things. This shoot ended up with some great shots, two broken (one destroyed) flashes and with me being battered and bruised after a t...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2017/08/20/fashion-photography-tokyo-kat-ikebukuro/
In April of 2017 the second edition of the Housing Japan magazine under my design tenure came out. It proved more popular than the first edition, Vol.10, which I’d worked on. Here’s a little ...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2017/07/24/designing-producing-print-magazine-housing-japan-vol-11/
Back in February, I spent a few days in Kyoto to shoot an assignment for a Canadian magazine. Here’s some of my out-takes from the shoot. Kyoto is always nice to visit. It can get hellishly bus...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2017/07/23/travel-photographer-kyoto/
Two days of lessons, then a fashion shoot. Karen Sissal talks about coming to Tokyo from The Faroe Islands, to up her photography game and do the first shoot for her knitwear brand in Tokyo w...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2017/06/04/fashion-shooting-faroe-islands-shisa-brand-tokyo/
Sometimes you meet someone you click with. Sometimes you meet someone who thinks the same way you do. It doesn’t happen often but it when it does, it’s magic. Reverie contacted me a couple of...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2017/04/16/fashion-photography-tokyo-shooting-reverie/
I’ve been really busy of late so it was nice to get out of the city for a few days recently, including an overnight stay in Nikko. 15cms of snow overnight was a nice surprise, too. This year ...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2017/04/16/recent-portraits-kids-shot-hasselblad-h4d-40/
An opportunity to shoot with the super-friendly outgoing Canadian ambassador to Japan in his residence. I’ve shot for a few publications owned by the same publishing stable as The Canadian but...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2016/10/04/photographing-the-outgoing-canadian-ambassador-to-japan/
A day out in Tokyo shooting some of Vacheron’s latest watches on location for D’Marge magazine. I’d first come across D’Marge magazine via Flipboard, as it was part of a newsfeed on ‘me...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2016/09/27/shooting-in-tokyo-for-dmarge-magazine-vacheron-watches/
Over the last couple or three years, I’ve done a few of what I call ‘cup ramen shoots’. The idea is basically to shoot a fashion set in about the time it would take to unwrap, add boiling w...
https://www.alfiegoodrich.com/2016/09/26/cup-ramen-shooting-a-cinematic-norie-in-shibuya/