Loop’s Wink
Quality: http://smu.gs/17yetIO 
東京の芝浦にて

Been way to long since I’ve gone shooting with +Takahiro Yamamoto and +Mark Esguerra!

Piercing One
Quality: http://smu.gs/10WVPBO 
神奈川県、城ヶ島にて

Thanks to +Agustin Rafael Reyes  for telling me about this place! Lovely coast lush with volcanic geology not all that far from Tokyo (within 2 hours).

Escape
Quality: http://smu.gs/10Ub1zE

Remnant
Quality: http://smu.gs/10HD4SB 

Kasegawa Dam, Saga, Japan
佐賀県の嘉瀬川ダムにて

Need to thank Teruki Yamaguchi for the tip on this spot; without his local advice this dam would have never made the list of places to see, much less been given appropriate effort. Please check out his amazing work.

Mud
Quality: http://smu.gs/16WeKoD 
Hamanoura Rice Terrace, Genkai Town, Saga, Japan
玄海町の浜野浦棚田にて

Startling to consider that the meal I ate and the keyboard I type this from both emerged from mud in some manner. Earth, effort, know-how.

One at Cape Hado
Quality: http://smu.gs/16PNZCd 

Cape Hado in Saga, Japan
佐賀県の波戸岬にて

Although Saga is mostly western-facing, the northern tip at Cape Hado provides a wonderful angle to catch the rising sun.

With +Jeff Austin +adithya anand +Agustin Rafael Reyes 

One Tsubaki
Quality: http://smu.gs/ZZ8js0 

Though fragile and short lived, tsubaki remained vibrant enough to frame the lovely Azusa Ono in Shinjuku Gyoen. 

Astray
Bamboo path in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Quality: http://smu.gs/15bSAxL 

During my recent trip to Kyoto I decided to chance it and attempt this shot past the break of dawn, in an hour in which the hordes could rise. However, the eager hordes were too distracted by the pretty sakura to remember this magic path.

I cannot upload the full size of this file (43MB). If you would like to see that scale: http://smu.gs/ZX3gbL 

Quality: http://smu.gs/ZMn0P5

In Bloom
Quality: http://smu.gs/ZKdM62 

Had the chance to shoot the lovely Azusa Ono in Shinjuk Gyoen right as the sakura season reached ripe.

Tech:
D800e in Aperture @f/4 ISO 100
Nikkor 85mm 1.4

Processed in LR for base with most work done in PS. Video series on the creation of this piece (or one very similar) coming soon!

Muse
Quality: http://smu.gs/14MqR6Y 

I too, sometimes take the long way.

Curious on how I process: http://www.youtube.com/wcmaxi 

Evelope
Quality: http://smu.gs/YSIfyu 

From a fund raising charity photowalk I joined at Ueno Zoo during the recently holiday. Please visit them at http://itsnotjustmud.com/

I will finish the walk images shortly and upload them en masse.

For a shot like this the tech doesn’t matter, in fact, the f/9 setting betrays the results and I’m actually shocked it worked as it did. Much to learn. In most photowalks there’s too much going on to manage detailed camera settings, capturing split-second moments grows paramount so I shoot in shutter priority and focus on the visual composition ahead of depth of field. 

When I do photowalks, the process is typically LR-only (as this is).

Ambition, Motivation, Jealousy
Quality: http://smu.gs/14paSLY 

This is a reprocess. I was never happy with the original toning, learned a little, went back (more than once), and I’m happier now. G+ doesn’t allow me to replace the photo (seems only Flickr does).

Workshop - +Alfie Goodrich 

Models - +Shinyong Lee , Azusa Ono, Natsuki Doll

Reflect
Quality: http://smu.gs/YNIdYO 

Still the slow pour through the bounty of amazing shots the ladies provided down in Miyazaki. Workshop by +Alfie Goodrich  

Modeling via the lovely Azusa Ono

Tech:
D800e in Apeture Mode @ f/4 to capture shoulder to shoulder, yet smooth out the surroundings. Cropped and processed in LR with additional color grading in PS.