Amami Superman Photography

I know that in recent years, sushi bars and restaurant have become more and more popular in the Unite States. I haven't been back for some time and I really don't know how popular they are. Here in Japan, they have a type of sushi restaurant called, "kaiten-zushi".

To me, kaiten-zushi is real Japanese fast-food. A basic translation is, "revolving sushi". They put the sushi on small saucer size plates and the plates are put onto a revolving conveyor belt. The conveyor belt moves the sushi around the room and customers choose what they want to eat and take it straight off the conveyor belt. If there's a particular kind of sushi you want, that you can't find on the conveyor belt, you can make an order and they will bring it to you.



Last month we went out for sushi and I decided to take a few shots of the different kinds of sushi they had. The first photo of this post is my daughter's favorite, salmon eggs. They take a regular piece of sushi rice and wrap with a seaweed and top it with salmon eggs. It's like coo coo for cocoa puffs with my daughter.

The above photo is a sushi roll filled with natto. For most foreigners, natto is a ghastly food. Basically, natto is fermented soy beens. Most Japanese people like it, but some do not. It's one of those foods that you like or don't. I myself try to stay away from it at any cost.










Again, my main focus with these photos was to practice depth of field. I feel I'm getting a better grasp with how to do it. What I like most about these photos is not just the depth of field, but where the focus point is. The objects in the front are out of focus as are the objects behind my subject. I don't think I've taken very many photos like this before.