A Tea Ceremony in Japan - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

The recent events led me to think of a beautiful tea ceremony that we participated in Japan.  Like everywhere we've traveled to, we've had nothing but nice scenery, friendly people and cool cultures - well, for the most part. :-)

Now that we are in fall season, I remembered the warm setting sun in the tea room and had to process one image to share.

This was made in Takamatsu while visiting the Ritsurin Park.  We couldn't be happier when we stumbled upon the ancient Kikugetsu-Tei, and were even happier after spending hours perusing the nice architecture, landscape and interacting with the nice people there.  Can you believe they even had someone translate the whole ceremony for us?  That's the beauty of traveling by ourselves and being inquisitive all the time. :-)

Isn't this lady beautiful being bathed in the warm rays?  And look at her elegant gestures.  Tell me you like it as much as I do! :-)

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Catch Me if You Can (1 of ...) - Los Angeles Fine Art Photographer

Oh, I am lucky to know the importance of keeping the passion going for something that I love doing.  I have been very careful in not letting photography turn into another blah, if you know what I mean.

So what gets me out of bed is not my clients' money.  It's the fun that I feel from the bottom of my gut, and that's the pre-requisite for anything I do photography-related, client or not.

This is one of the situations where I have an assignment and I incorporated enough fun elements for me to be motivated enough to do it.  Do you feel the fun?

Have a nice weekend, everyone!

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Another Puppy Got Hitched in an Oil Painting - Los Angeles Pet Photographer

One of my clients said to me lately that my photography does not look like photographs.  She meant it in a positive way, I'm sure. :-)

Well, I don't look at myself as a photographer, but an artist that expresses herself in whatever medium makes sense for any project.  So, you may have seen a few digital oil painting of my photographic images lately.  That doesn't mean that I'm trying a new "gimmick".  It simply shows that I'm flexing my "expressive muscles".

So, here's another "interpretation" of a photographic image of a puppy.  If you are able to find the original image online, I am sure you'd agree that they give you completely different "feels" and that (meaning feels and moods), ladies and gentlemen, is what I aim for in all my creations.

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