Just came back from my trip to europe a week ago. I finish editing the pictures and will be uploading them all this week. Enjoy!

Took this a while ago, god I miss Tokyo…

I know, I should have written something about not updating this blog anymore a while ago, heck I’m probably writing this for no reason since almost all my traffic now is from google. But I felt that even if it’s been so long, it was still worth telling you guys what I’ve been up to and what are my plan for the future. Shortly after 3/11 I went back to Montreal and manage to get my old job back at Ubisoft. Since then it’s been really nice to work again with old coworkers and to meet new faces. I was lucky enough to join the Farcry3 production team as a 3d artist. I’m really excited about this game and it should kick some asses when it comes out.

But what about photography?

Well I’ve been busy of course, but it is far from being a real excuse. I think the city where I almost grew up in doesn’t really attract me photography wise , but the good news is that I will go on a trip to Paris and London in March, and I will definitely take a bunch of snaps there, then I will probably post them  on tokyoluv. In the mean time, I still have a few photos I never published yet in my library, and I will probably post them. But don’t expect this web site to kick in full activity like it used to. Maybe I will go back to Japan one day, and then who knows… maybe it will be just like in the good ol’days!

Uamou is a cute character with horns designed by Ayako Takagi, and he’s always with his friend Boo the ghost. Recently Ayako opened her own shop in Akihabra, under the train line in the 2k540 facility. I decided to go see for my self what the place looks like, and it awesome! Lots of different Uamou figures and there is also a Uamou caffee in the same space.

Please go check out Uamou website for lots of cool art and sweet vinyl toys.

Ayako Takagi can often be found working at her shop and is very friendly! Don’t be shy to talk to her ^_^

I took this photo from the observatory floor in the Mori tower. I think it my best photo of Tokyo tower.

So obviously right now, all the big news are about the earthquake aftermath, the tsunami victims and the current state of the nuclear power plants. I wish I could give you more information, but I’m not a news reporter, and this is just a puny photoblog after all. But I didn’t want to stop posting until everything settle completely, since it might takes many weeks, even months. So I’m uploading this photo of a sunset over Tokyo, and tell you at the same time, that from my point of view everything is pretty much back to normal in the big city. We are very lucky that no serious damage occurred in the area, and life is almost back as it was for most of Tokyo residents. Of course I am hoping that the people in the affected area will have the chance to go back to their normal life as soon as possible, even though we all know this will be a hard and long challenge.

Theses are the photos I took right after the earthquake. There was no electricity in my area and no traffic light was working.

It was so weird to see no lights in all the store. I should have stock on onigiri at that time. I didn’t know they would be a one hour line later.

This is my favorite Ramen place, they was still some people eating when I took the photos. I would have toughs all the bowl would have been spilled on the ground…

Trains are still close right now as I write this! Some people spend the whole day in the station hoping they would start again eventually.

All the students of the university gather outside. Some were in the swimming pool apparently, must have been so cold!

In the evening all the combini had an one hour + line!

It so weird to see all the street with no light, I went out a little bit later and it was pitch black!

Electricity is finally back! First thing I did was open my TV and MacBook. I’m glad that my building was build to survive such a big earthquake! Now I only need to clean up my apartment and find a restaurant that open!

Click and hold to pan around and use your mouse wheel to zoom in and out. If you like this photo please check my other HD photos under the tag seadragon

I went for the first time at the top of Mori tower this week-end. I don’t know why I waited so long to go there, it probably one of the most famous attraction that every tourist do in their first few days in Tokyo, but for me, it took me more than a year to go up there! I will have more photo coming up soon.