Brahminy Kite (Portraits Vol. 45)

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Merry Christmas!

Suddenly, Everyone's a Smoker

the vice in Tokyo

Stars and Sons (Family Portrait Vol. 16)

An outtake from a family portrait session for those ever-impending holiday cards...

The Sky Opened Up

I love the light this time of year.

Halo-ed.

Love in the Shadows/This Dance

ballet shadow puppetry

Les Enfants D'anarchie (Family Portraits Vol. 15)

Autumn Almanac

Cute kid being made sure not to tumble into the pond

Step Into The Light (Snapshot Vol. 36)

Quick stroll through the neighborhood looking for a suitable fishing hole.

I Live For That Look (Portraits Vol. 44)

Baby Happy...

Making the Nature Scene (Portraits Vol. 43)

If you disabuse yourself of the mosquitoes, surrounding one's self with nature is wholly terrific.

Kids on Holiday

Hide n' go seek.

marauders from different mothers (and fathers for that matter).

Distance Comes in Droves

Straphangers and a hoofer in Yokohama

The Moon is the Number 18 (what a fitting song title...)

Cooking cousins during typhoon number 18(!) on the last day of September, 2012.

International Colouring Contest (Portraits Vol. 42)

Georgia on her way out of Hamamatsu, September 2012.

Another Routine Day Breaks

Mt. Fuji playing peak-a-boo with a cloud. I can't believe it's been a whole month since anything was posted here. Try not to let that happen again

Sweet Smog Children (Portaits Vol. 41)

Brother and sister in their backyard somewheres in Hamamatsu, summer '12.

Making the Nature Scene (Snapshots Vol. 35)

typical camping cottages with a moat for protection

typical fishing technique: hand-caught by a 5 year old

typical sparkler-jumpstarted pyromania

Atypical next-door neighbor to camp cottages: Buddhist temple with a view

I don't purport to be the first foreigner to set foot in Japan or blaze new paths here, but still was taken aback to see some English wish hung on this board

In the Hidden Places (Snapshots Vol. 34)

Get Lonely

Promenade

some worn-in and worked-in toe shoes

Western Homes (Snapshot Vol. 33)

Two things: Man, I would love a hot dog after talking Nathan's Famous for 2 days straight; and boy oh boy would I love not to be sweating right now.

Authentic Celestial Music

Dirty Three have a new album out and that gives me an excuse to put their picture up. I can hope a hope that they'll meander their way to Japan sometime soon

In From The Sea (Snapshots Vol. 32)

Sky Histoire (Snapshots Vol. 33)

Three beautiful sights to see in Hamamatsu, Yamanashi, and Brooklyn.

From A Hole In The Ground (Snapshots Vol. 32)

Lifted Bells (Portraits Vol. 40)

The Flat Curving

Silver Bracelet

Silver Broach

Black Broach

Some images from a shoot I did for Yumi Shirao Jewelry.

Art Harts

artichoke hearts fresh of the tree from my father-in-law's farm in Hamamatsu.

When Day Chokes The Night (Snapshots Vol. 31)

mesmerized by the cherry blossoms

incorrigible ballerina

Didn't We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are (Snapshots Vol. 30)

Princess of Hosoe's underlings

on-lookers