Shooting it: Asuka in the Temple

Here is another shot of Asuka at the same location as the previous atricle I have uploaded here! It is the small and nice temple in Amagasaki, called Joonji (長遠寺) a location which we often use for the shootings with her! I have already…

Shooting it: Asuka in the Temple

Here is another photoshoot of the model I've been shooting most by now Asuka! I can't even count how many times we've been shooting together! So this time we took some photos I guess nobody usually takes in a Japanese Temple, hehe, I guess not…

Shooting it: In The Blue (Using gels)

This article will be focusing on using strobes to create shadows and leading lines. After I uploaded the photograph, I had more than 10 people asking me is it photoshoped, and how did I lit it. Well, it's not photoshoped ;) In this location…

Shooting it: RULU in a rainy night

This article will have 2 different setups included. This photoshoot was taken in Osaka, in a winter rainy night, where the first shot I will talk about is taken outside in the rain, and the second is taken in a warehouse close to Osaka station,…

Shooting it: Pole Dancer – Megumi Yuzuki

Couple of months ago I had this assignment to take some profile photos of a pole dancer, this was the first time for me to shoot someone doing this type of dance, and we did some very interesting stuff together. Her name is Megumi Yuzuki, and…

Shooting it: Colorful Spiral

This time I'm having one hard strobist shot to talk about! It is taken at a nice location near Osaka, where I've been shooting a few times, and I guess you will remember it if you see this shot: CLICK, that made many people start asking me…

Shooting it: DIY – Heart-shaped bokeh

In this article I will talk about how I usually create shaped bokeh when I'm shooting with wide open apperture! On that day with the model we were planning to do an overnight shooting in Osaka after midnight, so I asked her to prepare some interesting…

Shooting it: Rainbow Stripes

My next journal entry will be about one project we are doing with my friends, who are making some really interesting make-up artwork, and I'm honored to have the chance to take the photos of their work! I will insert their profiles in the end…

Shooting it: Under One Umbrella

Here is a shoot from last Christmas I did in Kobe. The location was around the harbor area in the city, and I clearly had that concept with the umbrella and the silhouettes of a couple lit from behind. I had the idea, but actually I didn't think…

Shooting it: Fairy of the Golden Tunnel

Recently I have been reviewing my old shots, and writing some description of how I shoot them, and last week I started doing a kinda small ebook type document with them. Now I'm uploading one of my favorite last year shots of my friend and…
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Shooting it: In a Cage

Here is a photoshoot of my friend and model that I shoot pretty often, Misa. We were a pretty big team of people, having some fun time in the studio. In this shoot everyone is doing what they are best at doing, designer, make-up, hair and photographer!…

Shooting it: Shining Stars

Here is the lighting information of another self-portrait I did some time ago! That was a cold spring rainy night in Kobe, and I had just been back home from school, wet and pissed at myself why I went out without the umbrella! But after I…

Shooting it: Surfing at the beach!

Do you like surfing guys? I love it, basically that's what I'm doing every day, so I wanted to take a self portrait of me doing it ;) Damn, of course not that type of surfing haha, I can't even swim! I really love surfing in the internet, so…

Shooting it: You’ll Always Stay Here

This photoshoot was not planned at all, we just thought we might meet up and shoot something with my friend, and as she was staying that day in Hilton Osaka, and the weather outside was quite horrible we just decided to shoot in, then this idea…

Shooting it: Rock Me!

This is a photograph of a friend of mine and a classmate in school, Mo! He is really cool bro, and we've been thinking to shoot him with his bike, and we've been thinking of that for almost an year I guess... so finally here it is! We shoot…

Shooting it: Drinking in the Night

Intro Doing strobist things in the night can be really interesting, but what if you don't have a model to shoot? Well, it's easy, why don't you just go out and shoot yourself!  Sometimes I really love playing around and shooting one of the…

Shooting it: Golden Autumn

I am uploading some lighting information for another of my past favorite shots of my friend Doris. We have been shooting at Hozukyo, Kyoto. On that day we were a big group of people with my friend Diao taking pictures there. We actually went…

Shooting it: Time for Fun!

Many people have been asking me about this photo, so now I'm uploading the strobist setup shot and some behind the scenes info for it! It's been my most viewed photo on my flickr account, with already more than 23,000 views. That's a shoot of…

Shooting it: A Downwards Spiral

Here is a shot of my friend Misa, we have been thinking to make some shots with Bubbles for long time, and here they are. The location is in Osaka, Tenma and these stairs are accessible to everyone. It is so difficult to find such locations…

Shooting it: Night Lights

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