Here are some photos I took while walking at night in Ginza and Shibuya. Tokyo at night is cool. Lots of crazy neon signs. I think Ginza is the better of the two places. The crowds in Shibuya are interesting to see, but it can feel overwhelming.
I put about 65% effort into these night photos. I’m totally fine with that, but now I’m curious about putting in 90%+ effort next time, at least for a few nights. Figuring out how to get onto the roof of a building or something like that. From editing the photos so far, I’m noticing that the still images don’t capture the movement of the place very well. All the big neon signs are actually animated, and in really interesting ways.
I think a fun project would be to make selectively animated GIFs from photos like these—basically, photos where only the signs are moving while everything else, like people in the foreground, stays still. That could be really cool. Maybe it’s already been done, I don’t know.











