This post finally winds up the story started in “Anatomy of a Photoshoot by Someone Who Has No Clue About Them” and then continued in parts two and three, of a photoshoot Paul Barr and I did with a mutual friend, Yuko, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社) in Kyoto.

Winding our day down, we came across a sleepy cat happy to sit with a stone fox (Inari shrines are known for their foxes).

The cat was not in the mood to pose, or even open its eyes (though it was clearly awake)...

The cat would have none of it. The best I got was this:

Anyway, back to the task at hand, photographing Yuko...

You can tell this one is a bit forced. We were getting tired and running out of ideas, but it had been a wonderful experience.

We came upon an interesting bit of architecture that I felt really held potential...

As much potential as it had, we weren't tapping it, so made a note to come back another day.

We exited the shrine grounds at a side gate, and on the way back to the main entrance through the adjacent residential area, we came upon a big sign in the street. I asked Paul and Yuko to pose:

I'm sad to think what must have prompted the need for such a sign, but since it was there, we had fun with it. After informing Paul of its meaning, he posed for one more...

Back near the entrance to the shrine, I noticed a lady sitting alone in the middle of a colorful scene...

And Paul and Yuko chatting with their own nice backdrop...

At the very end I tried to pose both Yuko and Paul in a group shot...

Paul couldn't get the “mirrored pose” concept, and apparently I couldn't describe it well enough. We were pathetic:

But it was a fund end to a fun day. Hope to do it again some time.