Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!postnews.google.com!m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "Cindy" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan,sci.lang.japan Subject: Re: Seeking help from a keen photographer in Japan Date: 1 Oct 2006 13:21:48 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 42 Message-ID: <1159734108.288000.164370@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com> References: <1159655446.347188.59890@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.0.35.178 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1159734114 26598 127.0.0.1 (1 Oct 2006 20:21:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 20:21:54 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.0.35.178; posting-account=kHkxZAwAAABSzDSaHdQLQmq6EWqW6O_i Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:164442 jwb@csse.monash.edu.au wrote: > Cindy dixit: > > >jwb@csse.monash.edu.au wrote: > >> One of my nephews is exploring a business venture importing Japanese > >> musical instruments (mainly guitars) into Australia. He wants some > >> help getting detailed photographs. In his words: > >> > >> "I am looking for someone in Japan who has a little knowledge of musical > >> instruments (enough to navigate my basic instructions re model numbers etc), > >> and is nifty with a digital SLR camera, to go to one or more stores and take > >> some photos for me. As my Japanese is non-existent, some English would be > >> helpful. I would pay well for someone to do this for me, so I thought maybe > >> a student may be interested. Essentially, there are about 50 instruments, > >> and each one would need a dozen photos, i.e. front, back, neck, headstock, > >> etc. Ishibashi have no problem with someone making arrangements to do this. > >> Unfortunately my contact there works on their webstore and not in any of the > >> store locations." > > >Tell your nephew to quit using his uncle and get his ass in Japan > >himself and do the work by himself. > > Importing donkeys into a Japan is a bit difficult, and not likely to > be much of a help. That's true, absolutely. > As he said, "I would pay well" and a smart business person is the one > who knows when to pay. > > In his email to me he also added: > > >> "I am trying to avoid hauling myself over there with a > >> Nikon and a phrase book. Although I would love to go, it would be a bit of a > >> chore considering my other work commitment here, and I would most likely get > >> more than a little lost!" > > Fair enough comment. Any suggestions from non-Texans? You don't think I am a Texan, do you?