Just thought I should write down some photographic terms in Japanese for myself and the valued readership.

On Sunday, I am going to the club meeting of my local camera club. I have never been in a camera club before, but the thought of being in a Japanese camera club somehow intrigues me. It is not a very big group, around 10 people, and, as you can imagine, the average age is well above 50. But they seem a jolly bunch, meet once a month and do some outings together (the ones you imagine, Japanese snappers with big gadget cameras all over the place, as depicted here). So I should arm myself with some useful words, to be able to critique some images and explain myself.

Addendum (Sep 6): I have been to the camera club meeting, and it was interesting. However I somehow don’t like the “sensei” having the ultimate authority over what is a good photo and what isn’t, and running around with those cropping bars and selecting a 10th of the original shot. Anyway, my word list helped and I have added some more words, and keep doing so from now on. And I have memorised this Japanese expression, in case I get ever too bothered about what I consider unjustified criticism:

(n) (col) Several men, several minds, everyone has his own ideas and tastes, everyone has his own interests and ideas, different strokes for different folks
十人十色 [じゅうにんといろ]
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