Faces and Places: Kyoto, Japan Part II

One of my most favorite places so far in Japan, Kyoto never disappoints one searching for their vision of "true Japan," whatever that may be:

Faces and Places: Tokyo, Japan

The colorful hustle and bustle of Japan's most exciting destination and the world's largest city.  Tokyo is a poetic contradiction of old and new, traditional and modern, Old World Japan and international cosmopolitan.

Faces and Places: Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, located on Japan's main island of Honshu, is culturally and visually stunning.  This is the place to chase down and relish in quintessential Japan:

Faces and Places: Sapporo, Japan

A few scenes from the capital of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido:

Now Featuring Travel Photography

I've previously dedicated this blog to showcasing my weddings and engagements, but as I am now temporarily living in Japan, where portraiture (ESPECIALLY weddings) is still quite formal and traditional, I've decided to now use it as a space for my travel photography as well.

    

   

You can visit my travel photography collections of Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States on my Flickr site.  In the meantime, I will be working on some showcase travel photography posts, and I'm quite excited to have a new photo project to be working on!

Don't forget also to join us on our adventures in Japan at our blog: Thiessen Twosome Does Japan

JAPAN!

Crystal Bock Photography has moved to Japan for a two-year adventure!  As wedding and engagement trends are different here, I'm not sure how frequent my posts will be, however, I will still continue photographing, living, loving, and traveling!

You can check out my Japan adventures here and, as always, travel photos will be posted over on my flickr site!

Wedding: Tina and Luis

Last week, I was flown out to Oregon to photograph the wedding of Tina and Luis.  I acutally met Tina about five years ago while studying abroad down in Mexico.  With strong Latin roots on both sides, Tina and Luis put on a very traditional, but very colorful and fun affair with dancing galore!  My favorite detail of this wedding was the cake topper:  a skeleton Dia de Los Muertos bride and groom!

Felecidades, Tina y Luis!