The beauty of natural lights

My style of photography is utilizing natural lighting as much as possible.

For Shichi Go San photo sessions, I love to take pictures both outside in my garden setting and also inside of my Japanese Tatami room. We’re lucky to be here in Los Angeles, we rarely have rain during Shichi Go San season – fall. I personally think kids and kimonos look so much better in natural lighting with the natural background rather than a typical studio setting with artificial lighting and a fake background.

Please meet the sisters who were celebrating 7 years old and 3 years old. A request I received from the oldest was wanting to be posed with a Japanese sword! Work it, girl!

The cool beauty has a little sister who was so shy and was feeling a little bit nervous at the beginning. Thanks to her family cheering her on, she did an amazing job posing for me. . . these are my favorites. Remember . . . she is just 3 years old!! Beautiful hair with baby cheeks.

Time to take some sisters photos . . .

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It was late in the afternoon, and the Japanese room had this sunlight which was defused into a golden light. The girls looked so stunning in this lighting.

Thank Mrs. Mikko from Kimono no Kobeya for the kimono and Hair and makeup.

till next time,