A few studio images for the portfolio of fitness model Riley Marx. We’ll do a second session outdoors when rainy season has finished. Always great to work with such a dedicated athlete. If you’d like to have a go at using studio lighting, the next Intro to Studio Lighting Workshop is June 14 & 15, 2014. Click on the workshops tab for more details, then send me a message to book a place.
Touzan Shrine is a unique Shinto shrine. It is dedicated to Ri Sanpei the Korean immigrant who established the manufacture of porcelain in Japan. The shrine’s torii gates are made of porcelain as are a pair of komainu (The Japanese equivalent of Okinawan shisa). A monument stands to Ri Sanpei on the hill behind the shrine. At Tousosai, a festival held on May 4th, Touzan Shrine gives thanks to Ri Sanpei. The ceremony is attended by local potters, representatives from Korea, and sometimes artists from other countries. The priests offered prayers and the miko performed a sacred dance. I was given permission to take a photos by the priests of the shrine who were so kind and friendly. I love Japanese festivals, even those which are comparatively unknown. I love the costumes, the ancient traditions passed down from generation to generation, the smiles, and the general awesomeness.
I often get requests asking if I will allow a person or a company to use my images for free. In return they will give me picture credit and possibly a link back to my website. I got one such request a couple of months ago via Flickr. For educational purposes I’m going to share the experience. I imagine the content in this blog post will be painfully familiar to other photographers, but more importantly it may be enlightening to others. I received a Flickr mail in March: We are working with the martial arts magazine to promote Taekwon-Do and Martial arts to partitioners around the world. By searching in flickr, I found some of your beautiful martial arts pictures in your profile. I would like to ask for your permission to use the pictures related martial arts as here:www.flickr.com/photos/13377977@N04/sets/72157629295646900/If you allow to use your pictures in our website, we will publish it for our martial arts articles under following two websites:1. itfline.org | Taekwon-Do Federation website2. moosin.net | Martial arts online website.We will keep your credit of you in each article …
Idea leuconoe – The Paper Kite, Rice Paper, or Large Tree Nymph butterfly, is the largest butterfly in Japan. Photographed on Aka Island, Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan Pentax 645D with 90mm macro lens (image stabilized) at f4.
All I wanted was a quick pic of my friends Rob and Shawn playing on an old Atari 2600 “Video Computer System”. Unfortunately Bear decided that it all looked too much fun and decided to crash the photo shoot. Old school gamers. Old school diva.
A few images from the Arita Porcelain Fair. It is held each year from April 25th to May 5th. Arita, normally a small quiet town, receives around one million visitors all looking for a ceramic masterpiece at a bargain price.
Going Dutch? Huis Ten Bosch is a theme park in Sasebo, near Nagasaki. An interesting place to wander around, it is very much like a large elaborate movie set. There are windmills, stores selling cheese, Dutch ceramics, and even a teddy bear museum. However, like a movie set, it tends to look best if you squint, and of course “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain”.
June 14 & 15 , 2014 – Studio Lighting Intro Workshop with Chris Willson June 28 & 29 , 2014 – Photography Fundamentals Workshop with Chris Willson July 12 & 13 , 2014 – Off Camera Flash Workshop with Pete Leong & Chris Willson October 4 & 5 , 2014 – Photography Fundamentals Workshop with Chris Willson October 10 & 11, 2014 – Light Painting with Trevor Williams and Chris Willson October 12, 2014 – Advanced Light Painting with Trevor Williams and Chris Willson For more details click on the Photography Workshops Tab. To book a place on any of the workshops please email chris(at)travel67.com I will send you a Paypal request for the class fee. Payment secures your place on the course.
I have a feature on scuba diving, and the cover photo, in the May 2014 edition of Dragonair’s Silkroad magazine. Along with the cover, most of the photos used with the feature are also mine, but unfortunately I didn’t have any decent Hammerhead shark images. A big thanks to all my diver buddies who helped providing quotes or posing for pics! Underwater images shot with the Pentax K5 or K5IIs in an Ikelite underwater housing.
Do you find simply running from A to B no longer a challenge? Do you envy children as they splash in the mud, swing on ropes, and play with fire? Do you want to show the world just how fast, strong and awesome you are? Are you ready to rampage? Coming in November 2014, is Ryukyu Rampage. It will be open to everyone on Okinawa, so whether you’re an Okinawan firefighter, a U.S. marine, or an occasional jogger, all are welcome. The Ryukyu Rampage Website and the Ryukyu Rampage Facebook Page are now online. James (the organizer) asked if I could take a few action shots for publicity purposes, so we headed down to the beach with a few friends from Torii Gym. A huge thanks to everyone who helped out, it was great to see you all in action!
TRAVEL 67 : Chris Willson Photography 