The Photographers | Imperial Palace Tokyo Japan | Behind The Scene
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Photographers at The Imperial Palace | Tokyo Japan
Just wanted to share with you guys some random shots that I took inside The Imperial Palace Tokyo, before we were release to get into our position for the welcoming ceremony for The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Malaysian King) Official Visit to Japan recently. Before we enter the Imperial Palace compound, we were scanned throughly, including our camera, where they (the security) tell us to take a few blank shot wit our camera to prove to them that they are really a genuine camera and not a weapon, each time when we have an assignment here, inside the palace, we have to go through the same process even though they have recognise our face from previous visit.
Some of the photographers carry a luggage back which hold 300mm and 400mm lens and a lot of Japanese photographers there carry a small step ladders with them. Before we were allowed to get into our position, the officer from the palace check our names and our position and then we were given a colour code ribbons to stick to our black suits. Once we know our position and have the ribbons which comes in different colour for different position, we can’t change it, I mean we cannot change our position, we have to stay at a designated position from the beginning of the ceremony until it ends.
The lower bottom photograph taken from my position which is number 5, green ribbon, and that was taken with 24mm-70mm lens and was shot at 24mm, you can see how far and wide this place are and not surprisingly some of them, especially the Japanese photographers who have an experience working here carry 300mm and 400mm lens with them, they knew beforehand what to expect. I just carry 24-200mm f/2.8 lens and 70-200mm f/2.8 plus 1.7x Teleconverter.
The whole event took just 35 minutes but we are here for more than two hours before the event start, but I did enjoy taking pictures here, inside the palace, everything is well organised and definitely an experience to remember.
