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!

   

Offbeat Bride!

Today one of my weddings was featured on one of my most favorite blogs, Offbeat Bride:

Check it out here!

Wedding: Leta & Andy

Today was the wedding of one of the most fun and loving couples I've had the opportunity to meet, Andy and Leta.  This pair didn't mind hamming it up for the camera, and didn't even bat an eye at my requests for romping around in a field of clover!  Their easy-going attitudes and incredible romance made for a very enjoyable shooting experience!

By the way, it was quite windy outside (sorry, Leta)!