Lighting a portrait, like many things in life, is often best when it is kept wonderfully simple!
Read MoreAlthough Kyoto’s Jidai Matsuri (Festival of the Ages) is an outdoor event, it is possible to control the light in your photographs of the participants by carefully choosing your position along the parade’s route.
Read MoreHashiba Hideyoshi began his military career as a foot soldier to Oda Nobunaga, so he appears in the Procession of Oda Nobunaga in Kyoto’s Jidai Matsuri. He later changed his name to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was the “great unifier” of Japan.
Read MoreYabusame (mounted archery) was used to train archers for warfare during the Kamakura period (1192 - 1333) in Japan. The goal of a Yabusame archer was to hit the bullseye 3 times in a row — while on horseback!
Read MoreThe armor of a warrior from Japan’s Enryaku Period (782-806) as seen from the back. Since no actual suits of armor from this period exist, the armor is based on evidence found in tomb excavations.
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