Stijn Hoekstra is a cinematographer. A few days ago, he used the perspective of filming to record the life of the Japanese city of Tokyo.
Unlike the bustling Tokyo with its red lights and neon flashes, Sting's lens of Japan is like a quiet town frozen by time, full of various humanities and peace. Pictured here are office workers and women in kimonos on subways in Japan.
Sting admits that unlike other photographers who may specialize in exploring Tokyo's bustling city, he prefers empty streets, preferably with only one passerby. Pictured here is a young Japanese man riding a bicycle.
So he tends to avoid tourist attractions, and before shooting, he will also search the Internet for some interesting spots to shoot. Pictured here is a sleeping taxi driver.
Sting often gets up very early, just to capture the Japanese crowd in the street scene when the sun rises, when the light, architecture, and people are the most beautiful and harmonious. These views are enough to train a photographer's lens capture ability. The picture shows the workers doing the cleaning.
"Some people like to shop and go to the beach, and I like to be early on, strolling around the corner." Sting said. The picture shows a pedestrian walking on a street corner in Japan.
Stine studied cinematography at the University of Artemis, and has been working as a camera assistant in cinematography since graduation. The picture shows the "commissary" in a corner of the Japanese subway and the old man who keeps the stall.
Once, Sting filmed the images behind the scenes of the film, gave them to the film's staff as a gift, and then fell in love with still photography. Pictured is a crowd on the streets of Japan.
Therefore, he used all his free time to use his identity as an artist to strictly demand himself and go to professional street photography. The picture shows a delivery man delivering food on a bicycle trolley.
"I've worked on a lot of commercial photography projects for companies, but only street photography is something I really want to do and I'm willing to do." Sting said this when he talked about work. The picture shows workers working on the streets of Japan.
Compared to cinematography, street photography faces greater challenges. Film can tell a story with many shots, but the cinematography is only one frame. The picture shows an office worker walking at a zebra crossing.
And this challenge also brings more creativity to his work, telling a story through a painting, which is a great asset. The picture shows an old man crossing the street holding hands.
"As a cinematographer, my previous work experience has really influenced my street photography. I always try to wait for the perfect composition, the light, to capture the most wonderful pictures. "The picture shows a smoking man driving a car.
"So, it means I have to wait, and when I'm lucky, I can get the picture I want in a few minutes, and if I'm unlucky, I can wait for half an hour or more than an hour, and I can't take a perfect picture." The picture shows office workers walking on the road.
Usually shooting street photography, Sting's favorite use is the Fujifilm X100, not only because it has a wide angle, but also because it can provide good picture quality.
And Sting's favorites are 28mm and 35mm lenses, and he can capture more.
Today, he continues to use the shooting method of "film photography" to record the humanistic scenery of more countries and cities. Pictured here is Stine's new project in 2017.
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