Fumie took this shot of three-year-old Anthony at the Krystal Suites hotel pool (Penang Island, Malaysia). I'm sure he was just looking down at a bug or something, but in the photo he looks like something out of an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog, or a Calvin Klein Jeans billboard. I love the shot.

As I've said before, Spring and Fall are Kyoto's glorious seasons, and this spring seems to be no exception.

These times bring out photographers like flys to honey, and in that regard I am obviously no exception. Yesterday on the way to the gym, Katsunori Shimada and I stopped by the outside grounds of a small temple in the Yamashina ward of Kyoto (the Zuishin-in Temple) to see their plum blossoms.

Plum blossoms bloom a bit earlier than the cherry blossoms. Cherry blossoms are brilliantly fluffy and white, while plum blossoms are more pink (sometimes a [...]

I seem to be way behind on my photo processing, and today it got worse when an FFF (friend of a friend of Fumie) got married at the Heian Shrine, which is conveniently quite near where I live.

A traditional Japanese wedding is attended by only the very closest of family; it's the reception that's the big celebration attended by throngs of guests, so it's for that the FF (friend-of-Fumie) came to Kyoto.

We could, however, visit the public grounds of the shrine and witness the newly-married couple leaving the area by rickshaw for the reception venue [...]

It seems it's been months without a sunny day, so when we finally had one last week, Anthony and I took a walk to a nearby playground, and on the way I gave the wide end of my new 18-200mm zoom a go. I was on my back on the ground for this shot. Anthony didn't know what was going on, but after a bit of reflection, he got on his back and joined me.