Naha Airport, Okinawa at Dawn
Planes with propellers. Awesome.
Unless, of course, you’re a big German mechanic fighting with an archeologist.
Naha Airport at Dawn
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The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts
The first of two images from an Alice in Wonderland themed shoot for a client. The concept, costume design, and makeup was by Candi Girls Jovanna Flor, Michelle Rives, and Siobhan Bermudez.
In this shot Michelle was more than a little upset that someone had stolen her tarts.
The Evolution of the Tech Guru – Stage 1
Tech Guru Stage 1
The first of a series of computer geek / tech guru images I shot with my friend Keith last month.
Unlike some of my other portraits, Keith really does this for a living. He’s also so nice that having spent all day reconfiguring and updating servers, he’s willing to stop by my home to fix / undo the latest technology based mess I’ve gotten myself into. Long live the nerd.
Tech Guru Stage 1
Yuukou Tomimoto – Ryukyu Kobudo
Yuukou Tomimoto – Ryukyu Kobudo
Yuukou Tomimoto, a Ryukyu kobudou master who studies a rare type of bo (staff) fighting that was passed down from the royal court of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Yuukou Tomimoto – Ryukyu Kobudo
Yuukou Tomimoto – Ryukyu Kobudou
Yuukou Tomimoto – Ryukyu Kobudou
Pentax K5 IIs Exhibition
Pentax K5IIs exhibition
Starting February 13 in Tokyo, Pentax is having an exhibition of images shot with the new K5IIs camera. 15 photographers are involved and I was lucky enough to be asked to be one of them. Pentax selected a couple of my recent studio images, one of Alexis, and one of Sachi. I’ve spent a month working with both the 645D and the K5IIs side by side so I have similar images from both cameras.
Alexis ( K5IIs exhibition image )
Sachi ( K5IIs exhibition image )
From February 13th to 25th the exhibition will be at Ring Cube in Ginza, Tokyo. This is the Ricoh / Pentax Gallery that overlooks one of Tokyo’s most famous intersections.
Ring Cube Gallery overlooking Ginza 4-chome, Tokyo
From March 6th to 11th the exhibition will be shown at the Pentax Forum in West Shinjuku.
Thanks to Pentax for selecting the images, to Alexis and Sachi for modeling, and Felicia Lee and Summer Johnson for hair and makeup.
Henry goes to Prom
Henry & Melissa. High School Prom
Henry asked Melissa to be his date for prom. It was all going so well until he got peckish and ate the Prom Queen’s corsage.
Henry & Melissa. High School Prom
Corporal Bermudez United States Marine Corps.
Corporal Bermudez United States Marine Corps.
It would have been much better timing if I’d posted these images a couple of days ago. The US government had just announced changes to military regulations that would allow women to serve in frontline combat positions. (It has been pointed out that many have already been doing this for years.) These portraits are of Corporal Bermudez of the United States Marine Corps.
It should be noted that while there have been numerous photographs of fictional fishermen, lumberjacks and brawlers, Corporal Bermudez is a very real Marine.
Corporal Bermudez United States Marine Corps.
Corporal Bermudez United States Marine Corps.
The Hiphopopotamus
The Hiphopopotamus
Meet Henry the Hiphopopotamus. He’s not a large water-dwelling mammal, but he is a little bit gangster.
Inspired by a couple of kiwis…
Karate Masters Portrait Project – Prints
Tokumura shows off the new pictures for his dojo.
Dropped off a couple of photos for Tokumura-sensei today. It’s always great to see the karate masters beaming when they see their prints. Tokumura happily told me that he’ll get them framed and they’ll go up on the wall beside the portraits of his own mentors.
In the Studio – Nina
In the studio – Nina
Nina’s from Miyako Island, but now works all over the world as a model. She’d just spent several months shooting in India, and was back home for a few days in Okinawa, before flying out to more jobs in Australia. Luckily, she had a free evening so she came over to the studio to get some new shots for her portfolio. With minutes rather than hours to work with, we only had time for one makeup look, and two outfits. Slightly different post-processing added some variety to the images. Have fun in Australia Nina!
In the studio – Nina
In the studio – Nina
In the studio – Nina
TRAVEL 67 : Chris Willson Photography 