Went for a walk along some freshly planted rice paddies today with mom nearby where my parents live in Chiba.

Definitely springtime.



Some bulldings reflecting in the rice paddies.



An older man was taking a walk along the paddies too.

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Just 3 random photos from Japan that I took while walking around yesterday. Just snapshots really. But sometimes that's what you're in the mood for.

Hello Mr. Photographer. You won't get my face that easily :)



Just another shot from a station.



Some cool architecture in Harajuku.

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Yup. More from Henry and Lily's photo shoot. Now that it's the weekend I hope to have some photos from Tokyo. But in the meantime, these photos are much cuter :)

Henry with mom and dad :)





Henry looking content :)



Lily in her Disney Princess house :)





Just having fun being cute!

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More photos from San Gimignano. Some amazing medieval architecture.



In San Gimignano, there were these statues in the shape of men all over the city including one on top of a very tall tower. No idea what it means....



Just a wall in San Gimignano. :)

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I know I know. I'm in Japan right now. But with meetings starting in the morning and the day not ending until dinner late at night, I have had no time to do some shooting that I am proud of. Maybe we'll remedy this this weekend...we'll see.

In the meantime, here's 3 photos in monochrome from Venice.

I know this one is overcooked but...I kinda like it. :) I'm just playing with Silver Efex Pro 2.



Ooooh. Long exposure fuzzy water :)



Lots of pigeons in Venice and most have no fear of humans at all.

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Long day. Rainy Tokyo. Tired. Jet lagged. Sooo for today we're doing some more of Lily but in black and white :)









Lily and her little brother Lincoln :)

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It was travel day today...didn't shoot anything. Too tired to go out and shoot. Sooooooooo I'm falling back on more photos from Italy. Hmmm...this is pretty damn convenient. :)

Anyway, here are 6 photos from Bologna to make up for Sunday and Monday's photos.

The churches had some amazing architecture.



Vaguely creepy stonework everywhere you look too.



I was kind of in a photographic slump in Bologna. But Mike noticed the reflections off of the windows in the courtyard of a building we were shooting in so I decided to give it a try. Is it my best? No. But I like it.



A cyclist just chilling out.



Looking fashionable as he zooms by in a scooter.



They make scooters look cool. Maybe not for eveyrone but...yeah...I like them. It's not like I don't see scooters all over the place in Japan and, in Taiwan there are just TONS of them. But the Italians just make it look cool :)

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I usually only post at most 3 photos for a photo a day but, since I'm leaving for Japan and I wanted to share these photos...well...you get 8.

Today was a busy photo shoot day. The last shoot of the day was with Lily who you may recognize from the shoots I've done with her the last few years. It's been fun watching her grow up :)

So here's 8 select and initial edits from today's shoot!

















:)

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More from the photo shoot.

Hello Henry :)



"The Calm Before the Burp" :D



Hello mommy!



Dinner time.

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We are going to take a break from Italy with some baby photos :)

I got to do baby Henry's first photo shoot at 5 weeks. He is a very cute very sweet baby!

"Hello mom!"



"Hello dad!"



"Hello WORLD!!" :)



"So...you're going to feed me now right?" :)

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