As I mentioned in a previous blog post, looking at the world through the filter of Lensbaby Spark makes me to see and think about light sources – and their reflections – differently. When I point the lens randomly (without focusing on specific people or objects), most of the times, the only things that look…
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[Throwback Thursday] Enchanted // Deliriae
Previously: Published in the December 2014 issue of OPPA Magazine. Honored to be included in “Enchanted: Fairy Tales, Folktales and Fables Artistically Explored” (Out of Step Books) along with numerous artist I admire. Image Maker: Miu Vermillion Producer: Miss Aniela Stylist: Leonid Gurevich Make Up Artist: Aya Kudo Hair Stylist: Lorenzo Diaz using Shuly Wigs…
[Idiosyncratic Monday 001]
Things to jolt brain synapses awake on a Monday morning ☆ Once a week, I juxtapose a number of unrelated items together and photograph them. The resulting photos are often surreal, and – sometimes – turn out to be the starting points of my future projects. P.S. Junk shop items often make the most interesting…
[Fashion Editorial] Dreamerie
Fashion Editorial For Dreamingless Magazine 23.6 Photographer + Retoucher: Miu Vermillion Stylist: Masahiro Hiramatsu Make up artist: Makoto Nakai @ Wilhelmina Japan Hair Stylist: Akira Yamada @ Wilhelmina Japan Model: Kathy (Kseniya Belskaya) @ Wilhelmina Japan | Photogenics LA | Nagorny Models Original Images Top and headpiece: HELMAPH & RODITUS Dress: BILITIS DIX-SEPT ANS Shoes:…
[Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17] Divka
Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17 Divka March 15, 2016 Do you notice the unusual vignetting and bokeh? Everything was created on camera. Here is a little story behind it: It was one of those rare times when I didn’t secure a spot on the front of the photographers’ pit, and the two photographers in front…
[Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17] Johan Ku Gold Label
Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17 Johan Ku Gold Label March 18, 2016 Canon 5DS DSLR Camera Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens B+W 77mm Clear UV Haze with Single Coating SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB CompactFlash Memory Card UDMA 7 Speed Up To 160MB/s Peak Design Slide Peaks Edition Lassen Padded Camera…
[Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17] Yoshio Kubo
Alternate and additional views of Yoshio Kubo’s AW 2016/17 collection
A Fashion Editorial for Chloe Magazine – Spring 2016
Behind this playful editorial, there were unprecedented problems we overcame by thinking on our feet and spending extra time on pre + post production. I photographed 4 different editorials during Tokyo Fashion Week SS 2016 in October 2015 . . . Some things did not happen according to plan, and some things became unavailable at…
[Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17] Hanae Mori Manuscrit: Part 1
Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17 Hanae Mori Manuscrit: Part 1 March 15, 2016 [ Go to Part 2] [ Go to Part 2] Canon 5DS DSLR Camera Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens B+W 77mm Clear UV Haze with Single Coating SanDisk Extreme PRO 128GB CompactFlash Memory Card UDMA 7 Speed…
[Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17] Anne Sofie Madsen: Part 1
Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17 Anne Sofie Madsen: Part 1 March 16, 2016 Continue to Part 2
[Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17] Anne Sofie Madsen: Part 2
Tokyo Fashion Week AW 2016-17 Anne Sofie Madsen: Part 2 March 16, 2016 Return to Part 1
[Experimental Photography] Tokyo Fashion Week F/W 2016-17: Keiichirosense
Distorted sneak peeks of several images I captured during Tokyo Fashion Week FW 2016-17 for Lucy’s Magazine I will share some of my favorite (and unaltered) images after the magazine has shared them on social media Keiichirosense March 14, 2016 Save
[Personal Project] Mane 001
This image is a part of an ongoing series about some of the things I’m obsessed about, and some of the things I came to like . . . There are several layers of meanings behind this series. But, for now, I will keep them obscure. P.S. Lots of thanks to Nami Hasegawa for braiding…
Splash! : A Fashion Editorial for Aether Magazine Issue 9 (February 2016)
One light source, one light modifier, one zoom lens, one camera. (Profoto B1, Elinchrom Rotalux 59 Deep Inverse Octa (with speed ring adapter), Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens, and Canon 5D Mark iii) This is one of the four editorials I photographed at Studio Foglia during Tokyo Fashion Week SS 2016. (The splashes…
dpi Magazine – Vol. 5 (February 2016)
Lots of thanks to dpi magazine for including some of the images I created when I was testing several custom Photoshop brushes I made using Adobe Capture App Larger Views of the Images
Night Walk
“Things [tend] look different in the darkness of night, and pops of artificial lighting [tend to] lend a sense of mystery – and perhaps eeriness – on how our surroundings look like once the sun goes down. At night, artificial light sources – and everything they illuminate – become the focal points of our gazes….
Mindset, Growth, and Freedom
No one can live in a perpetual state of happiness. Happiness is a volatile emotional state, and it flies away the moment routines and obligations creeps into our lives. For that reason, my guiding principle in life is (and has always been): Be in a constant pursuit of fulfillment. As human beings, we produce carbon…
Miu Vermillion Studio 