improve your image

Today's job market is competitive, and you need the edge to be ahead of the crowd. So you might have a great resume, or job experience... but do you have a great image of yourself that will communicate to others in a positive way?

When I do portraits for people, I don't just bang them out like a commodity. Everyone gets nervous before the camera (including myself), so I take the time to make sure that everyone feels good and relaxed, so that I can bring out the best in them.

It's a small but wise investment to hire me to take your pictures, because at the end of the day you will have great images where you may look confident, relaxed, successful, and friendly which are the characteristics most people would like to associate with. Think about it.

shokunin (craftsman)

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the small town of Takefu in the Fuki Prefecture. Takefu is the home for Japan's finest producers of sharp cooking knives. Following the traditions of the sharp samurai swords, Japanese cooking knives are so sharp that it would leave a clean cut where the tissue of the food is not damaged. Apparently meat and vegetables taste better when the tissues aren't damaged.

Upon entering the factory where the blacksmiths worked, I was taken by the scenery that unfolded before my eyes. I felt as if I travelled back in time by 50 or 60 years. Or was this China? The window light was a photographer's dream, just beautiful. You don't find places like this anymore, as the younger generation all move to the big cities to find cleaner jobs that pay better. The elderly gentleman in the third picture is 78 years old, and has been working in this factory alone, making just one style of cooking knives for 60 years