Mark Hemmings Photography

06/16/2026

WIN A JAPAN RUNNING RETREAT! One day remaining to enter our Japan running and Mount Fuji climbing adventure. I am very happy to be leading this sold out trip, and we saved a spot in celebration of the Global Running Day. Enter now, and I hope you win :)

Win a spot on the Tokyo to Mt. Fuji Running Retreat with Aire Libre.

06/08/2026

Read this PetaPixel article by Tokyo photographer Jeff Austin

I've been shooting Tokyo for twenty years with vintage Nikkor glass. The same city. Largely the same lenses.

06/05/2026

Win a trip to Japan with me! We are giving away a place on our Mount Fuji and central Japan running retreat. This will be my third time leading an Aire Libre running retreat in the beautiful and mysterious country of Japan 🇯🇵

06/05/2026

Win a trip to Japan with me and Aire Libre, the international running retreat company. Climb Mt Fuji and run the best of central Japan. I’m really excited about leading this third Japan Running Retreat, and I’m sure you will enjoy it too.

06/01/2026

If you are near Dorchester New Brunswick this coming weekend I’ll be teaching a photography workshop and also taking part in their trail run/walk. It will be a lot of fun!

📸 Photography Workshop with Mark Hemmings 📸

We are excited to announce that Mark Hemmings will be hosting a Photography Workshop with us on June 6th from 2:00–4:00 PM at the Dorchester Veteran's Community Center! Mark will be teaching photography techniques that you can easily use with your cell phone camera as well.

Then, put your new skills into practice by joining our Trails Committee on June 7th at 10:00 AM for a trail walk/run and enter our Photo Contest! 🌿🏃📷

To register, please send your registration fee by e-transfer to:
[email protected]. Please include your name and email address in the message section of the e-transfer.

05/22/2026

Street photographers and Japan fans, check this amazing resource our from my brother-in-law Jeff Austin from Tokyo Forgeries :

Explore the best street photography spots in Tokyo through deep-dive geographic studies. A masterclass in light, urban rhythm, and location scouting across every Tokyo ward.

05/04/2026

Happy Star Wars Day!

May the 4th be with you! My daughters were with me in Spain last month, and being in Seville’s Plaza de Espana we thought it would be fun to replicate a Planet Naboo scene from Star Wars.

04/24/2026

My "Fastest Known Time on the Fundy Footpath" short film is uploaded for the public now that the film festival season is done, and I hope you enjoy this director's cut version that includes Ireland, Japan, Mexico and Italy FKT's. Thanks everyone who helped make this film possible!

Fastest Known Time on the Fundy Footpath: A trail running film of endurance, ageing and friendship

04/23/2026

Climb Mount Fuji and run Japan with us! We have 1 spot remaining for the to Running Retreat in July, and an overflow running and climbing retreat afterward in August. Also our Kyoto and the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Route running retreat in November is sold out, but we have a waitlist for those who are interested. Check out www.airelibre.earth and .earth for details, or a direct link from my own website www.markhemmings.com. is a really popular destination for adventurers, and I’m really excited to share this beautiful country with you!

04/18/2026

Our Japan Running Retreat with a Mount Fuji climb is coming up soon! Check this post for more details: