Author: travel67

Coming Workshops

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Had a great weekend with Katie, Robin, Keith and Bernice on the Photography Fundamentals Workshop. Sunday was a bit wet and windy, but all in all a lovely couple of days with really nice people. Coming Workshops Photography Fundamentals Workshop Move beyond the auto modes by understanding your equipment, controlling exposure & depth of field, and composing images. December 15 & 16 2012 10AM to 6PM Class Size: Max 4 Instructor: Chris Willson Price: US$250 Off Camera Flash Workshop Move your flash away from your camera to create more natural images or to give your photographs a drop of magical light. January 19 & 20 2013 1PM to 6PM Class Size: Max 12 Instructors Chris Willson & Pete Leong Price US$150

In the Studio – Diana

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Last month I did a shoot with Diana, a lovely lady who runs some of the outdoor recreation facilities on Okinawa. For her birthday she wanted a photo session that would show both sides of her personality.  After taking a few classic beauty portraits, she slipped into something less comfortable and we took things up another gear. A big thank you to Diana for hiring me to shoot such a fun concept and to Summer Johnson for makeup.

Visiting Meiji Shrine – A photographic guide

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Here’s a quick visual guide to visiting a Japanese shrine, shot at Meiji Shrine with model Marino. Enter the shrine through the large wooden torii gate. There may be torii gates at each of the entrances at it marks the division between the outside world and a sacred space (Some shrines have a tunnel of torii gates such as Fushimi Inari Taisha  in Kyoto). At the purification trough (chōzuya or temizuya) visitors traditionally wash their hands and mouth before entering the inner part of the shrine. At the main hall (shaden) visitors say their prayers. Traditionally you throw a coin into the offering box, ring the bell, bow twice, clap twice, bow, pray, clap twice and bow. You can buy an omikuji (fortune paper) to learn your future. Some shrines even have these in English. It will tell you if you’re going to be lucky or unlucky in the coming months. Usually there are trees or ropes to which you can tie your omikuji, but at Meiji Shrine I think you’re just meant to take it home with you. Write …

Philippe Starck – In Tokyo and in the Kitchen

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French designer Philippe Starck, the vision behind creations including the Tokyo Asahi Beer building and its golden radish poo flame. He has also designed some iconic household objects including his modern take on the lemon squeezer and the corkscrew. Designers will look at these objects and note “an interesting interplay of form and function”. Photographers will look at the images and think, “I bet all those polished surfaces were a nightmare to shoot”. Both groups would be dead on.