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I will visit Japan for my “other” job this summer and since I had some time today I decided to revisit my oversized folders of photos from my last visit in 2009. It was my first time to Japan since serving an LDS mission there from 2000 to 2002 and it was my first time outside the Kansai area. I got to see Tokyo, Hiroshima, and my favorite, Sho’s hometown of Shizuoka.
It can be hard to look at my photography from even a year ago as I have worked very hard to improve both technically and aesthetic, but when I brushed the dust off and bothered running them thru a little proper processing, some of these surprised me.
Here is a small alley of Oden shops (a hot dish traditionally only really eaten in the winter…).
This is walking thru the massive and massively confusing Tokyo Station.
And this is a $180 square watermelon. The one in the ‘cage’ is also about $180 and the sticker says it is a “Godzilla Egg”… Not sure I’d want to eat an egg of his.
This is one of my favorites. This is Sho showing me around a local shrine in her home town. My wife is beautiful, has great legs, and looks great in Japan. Wouldn’t you agree? I really must take her there more often.
A couple days before I got to see (and photograph) my family, I spent a couple days in Moab, Utah. A couple of my most favorite locations on earth are in Moab and it feeds my soul to get to stand there once a year.
What makes it meaningful, though, is that I get to stand there with my closest friends.
We got to visit family and take some pictures. We tried to give each family a slightly different feel. It is stronger with some than with others, I think.
We went to Utah, visitied family, and I spent a weekend the my best of friends in Moab. It was quite and adventure. I have a pile of photos that I am still working on, but I thought I would share this one first. It is a different kind of photo from the rest and thought it deserved its own post.
This is the kind of photo that gets me all excited. This is the kind of photo I could spend hours taking to try to get it just right.
My sister asked me to do a simple portrait with her and her husband in some period clothes she made as a reference for a painting she wants to do… yes she made those clothes. If you look closely, you’ll even see the clothes pin I just realized I didn’t take out in post… maybe I’ll repost this when that is done. Anyway, I still like it.
