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The Group Shot
This week’s photo assignment was to take candid group shots. Our teacher suggested each of us invite a few friends over for a party and take photographs. Well let me…
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Katsuko Nakamoto
Back in December, I had a photo assignment to take pictures of the same subject using a wide angle, regular, and telephoto lens. I chose to take photos of the…
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Nikon Lenses
About a week ago I purchased a new little gizmo for my camera called a 2X extender. When you attach it to a lens it gives you twice as much…
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Sushi for Dinner Tonight
I went to the Tokyo Fish Market today with my friend Mary. We had loads of fun with all the fish, all of the fishermen and buying a little sushi…
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Swarming Bees
I was walking through the Aoyama Cemetery this morning looking for good bugs, when I saw in the distance a whole bunch of something swarming around a tree trunk. As…
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I’ve Gone Buggy!
I remember when I was a little girl how much I loved bugs. I loved picking up rocks in my mother’s garden just to see what kind of creatures were…
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Portrait Class: Yumiko and Ken
Last night I begged Ken and Yumiko to pose for me for my portrait class. My homework is due tomorrow and I am still too shy to ask anybody to…
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Mother’s Day and Bee with a Drop of Water
It’s Mother’s Day and Yumiko and I just got back from seeing a formal dress rehearsal of the Matsuyama Ballet Company’s production of Cinderella. It was so unbelievably good. …
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Portrait in the Rain
It rained all day today. The weatherman says there is a typhoon brewing out in the Pacific Ocean. Although we could have taken the train, Yumiko and I braved the…
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Boy’s Day at Sylvia and Norio San’s House
We took the train yesterday to the far western part of Tokyo to have lunch and spend a wonderful rainy day with Ken’s friends Norio and Sylvia Mihira. Ken went…