ms. hirokawa_02

March 8th, 2007 - first "photoshoot" involving a model.

Infinite gratitude to Yuki for giving me this opportunity.

Technical:
Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm C T*, Fuji Astia 100F


Background/Concept:
Alex Watanabe wrote
at 11:59pm on March 5th, 2007
wed evening i have plans, saturday too - other than that i'm free. you have some clothes in mind? As for location - i think yokohama might be nicer - yamashita koen/minatomirai/sakuragic
ho, what are your thoughts?
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YUki H wrote
at 11:02pm on March 5th, 2007
i totally adore the first one!! yuki being alex. lets do that!! you came up with something totally interesting/different. yay!! i am startin my intern this month. but i don think i have to go to my office this week. waitin for an email from my boss. we should prob do this before i start my job. what are your plans this week?? the weather this week seems pretty ok considering what you told me~~
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Alex Watanabe wrote
at 11:57pm on March 4th, 2007
I've got 2 kinda fun ideas so far:
1. Shots of Yuki as Alex - bear with me a sec - I don't mean dressing you up as me, or you pretending to be a boy(or a boy who dresses up as a girl!). Instead, the idea here is that this kind of photography the model + photographer are a collaborative team, and it'd be fun to have the personality you express, and i try to capture, be mine. IE: instead of being hotty yuki, you wear some kinda cardigan/sweater/glasses and we go around taking photos of you being moody and reading books haha.
2. "Myspace" photos - you taking photos of yourself in a bathroom mirror type situation, and i take photos of you doing that.
Of course I also wanna take normal shots that capture on film the glamour of Yuki - these are just two attempts at trying to think up some non-standard pretty girl calendar type shot.
Day doesn't matter, but if we're outside the best days are cloudy days, sunny days the light is very harsh and causes unflattering shadows on the model's face.
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YUki H wrote
at 4:47pm on March 3rd, 2007
yeah chooo tanoshimi! if you wanna do during weekdays, then maybe before 14th but if you don mind shootin during weekends i am free anytime. except next SAT~~ you get to decide!
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Alex Watanabe wrote
at 11:01pm on March 2nd, 2007
yeah; i don't wanna do a 'pretty girl smiling at the camera'-calendar type shoot; have to think of something, i normally don't really shoot people, but i'd like to get into it so this should be fun. i'm going to thailand from the 14th, you wanna do this before or after i get back?
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YUki H wrote
at 11:40pm on March 1st, 2007
ummmmmm, walking around tokyo yokohama ones maybe? but something real interesting!! something different?? what you say??
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Alex Watanabe wrote
at 2:12pm on February 28th, 2007
great; we'll have to work something out, dunno what you wanna do exactly(wannabe-fashion style shoot, walking around tokyo/yokohama - like that photo of you stepping in the puddle, depressed grunge rocker committing suicide in her room, etc).
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YUki H wrote
at 1:06am on February 28th, 2007
its the other way round alex, loser model and super photograher. i really wanna try the loser model part tho!! if you shoot loser model can turn out to be a super gorgeous model, i'm sure
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Alex Watanabe wrote
at 11:41pm on February 27th, 2007
well yuki looks amazing in all the photos she's in, so i guess the universe has balanced itself out? if you ever wanna play supermodel and loser photographer let me know.
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YUki H wrote
at 5:02pm on February 27th, 2007
you take amazing photos alex. choo yabai. zenbu its beautiful!!
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