Maya | Mori Garden at Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

Before returning to Los Angeles, I was commissioned to take senior portraits of Maya in Mori Garden at Roppongi Hills. June in Tokyo is well-known to be rainy season, but we got a rain-free day, finally, the week she was preparing to leave for a road-trip through Europe with her ​​friends, before starting college in London.

私がロスに帰国する前、マーヤさんの思い出にと、彼女が高校から卒業した後、「シーニヤー•ポートレット」を六本木ヒルズの毛利庭園で撮影しました。珍しく、梅雨の合間に晴れの日があって撮影できました。

Cherry Blossoms, Tokyo | お花見、東京

The day before yesterday, I headed to Chidorigafuchi 千鳥ヶ淵, a park beside a moat that surrounds the Imperial Palace, a short walk from Hanzōmon Station. My friend Izumi had suggested I go for hanami, or cherry blossom viewing, which is taking place all week in Tokyo and other cities. Canopied by pale pink Yoshino cherry blossoms, I was able to catch them in full bloom during my first spring in Japan. 

一昨日、半蔵門駅から歩いてすぐ行ける千鳥ヶ淵へお花見に行きました。千鳥ヶ淵は皇居を囲んでいる堀のとなりにある公園です。私の友達のいずみからお花見にいい場所だと聞きました。ソメイヨシノの下を歩いて、日本の満開の桜を初めて見る事ができました。

Kazu and Tomo

Brothers, Kazu, 7, and Tomo, 4, came out to warm and sunny San Gabriel Valley, to visit their father, an asteroid research professor, from Kanagawa, Japan. I shot portraits as these two played together with their parents and their friends' dog, Berkley, in Sandy's front yard with scarecrows, and in her vegetable garden in the backyard among the kale and greens.