Photographer: Alfie Japanorama
Had a wonderful time modeling for a photography class in Hidecho, Yokohama, Japan
Alfie teaches photography around Tokyo doing photo walks and similar shoots like the one we did on Saturday
Definitely one of the best photographers I have ever worked with and he also taught me a lot about photography and gave me feedback on poses
It was a bit surreal going back to the city I was born in, especially since I was adopted by a White-American Navy family
Modeling provided me with a way to reconnect with my lost culture while having very little knowledge of Japanese culture and an extremely limited amount of Japanese vocabulary
Feedback about the shoot so far:
“That’s an awesome pose… loving the punchy reds of her lipstick… and the setting/bokeh are outstanding!”
“Yep, Eric… she really knows what she is doing. With a little direction at first, she’s off and rolling and in the flow. Great thing about Akari is she switches on the moment a camera is pointing at her and she has an instinctive feeling for when, exactly, the camera IS pointing at her. Thanks man.”“wow amazing…”
“Great shot !! The colors really pop ! Great pose too.”
“She looks so amazing”
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Tokyo panorama: shot + stitched on iPhone 3GS of the view from a client’s office I was working in the other week, in Kamiyacho.
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Mount Fuji just before dawn.
Shot this one the first week after we’d moved back to Japan; November 2007. Lovely memory.
Yamanashi, Japan
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One more view of Fuji that’s gone
Shot from the roof of our flat a year or so ago. A new 14-floor building about 500metres from our place has now killed this view.
Nikon D300 | Nikkor 300mm f/4
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My first view of Mount Fuji
Shot this more than ten years ago. The view has gone now; big building in between this vantage point and Shinjuku.
Nikon F3 | Nikkor 85mm f/2 AiS
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Every picture tells a story
This view straight down from my hotel room in Hokkaido, December 2007, had me guessing for a while. :-)
Nikon D300 | Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8
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Tokyo in the rain | wallpaper for your iPhone, iPad, Mac + PC
If you end up using it, perhaps you could send me a shot of it on your desktop / at your workstation. Thanks.
http://japanorama.co.uk/2010/09/09/free-wallpaper-tokyo-rain-pt-1/
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Tsukiji fishmarket wallpaper for your iPhone, iPad, Mac + PC
If you end up using it, perhaps you could send me a shot of it on your desktop / at your workstation. Thanks.
http://japanorama.co.uk/2010/09/21/free-wallpaper-tsukiji-fishmarket/
