Jessica & Mark's Wedding

I started this blog again....

I just released Jessica & Mark's wedding photos.
Congratulations!!

Recycling life

I came to Mooroolbark last weekend, which is one of outer suburbs in Melbourne.

As soon as I arrived here, I made a contract of my new house with the real estate.

Now I am living in my new house.

I have lived here for 6 days already, but my furniture still hasn't been arrived yet. I only had my sleeping bag, suitcase, slide films and my PC.

And... I had a big problem.

I didn't have a pan....

So I couldn't cook..., but I really wanted to cook. I didn't want to eat a sandwich every night, so it made me so mud.!! Electricity and gas were already connected, but I didin't have a pan.

Everybody thinks I should've buy a new one, but I needed my wife's permission to do that. This was most difficult for me to persuade her, and it was almost impossible. To keep peaceful with my family, I shouldn't have buy it.

Then, I thought, thought, thought...

Finally I got a good idea.

I bought a meat pie. After eating it, there was an aluminum plate left.

Then, it should have been my pan!!

Now I enjoy cooking every night. I had a very delicious canned stew and mash potato tonight

And I got more my kitchen equipments!!

A bin of salsa sauce >>> A coffee cup !!

A cup of an instant noodle >>> A salad bowl !!

It is ultimate recycling!!

I Launched our Melbourne Studio

Someone has already noticed.

I opened our Melbourne studio, and will cover Melbourne, Tasmania and Gold Coast. I appreciate that my business partners because they have given me free rooms as my studios/accommodations. Also Jetstar!! Their cheap airfare enables me to run my business like this.

Thanks for that!!

Probably you want to know the reason why I decided to open in Melbourne. Do you remember one of my main photos is a landscape? So I prefer a place which has a season.

I really want to take beautiful nature photos at all times, and I like autumn and winter scenes. In autumn, all plants and animals become more beautiful and change dramatically because they know winter will come soon and have to prepare for it. I love scenes like this, so I decided to move to Melbourne. Gold coast was good, but it was also too hot for me.

Yes... I have decided to move to Melbourne with my family at the end of this month. But please don't worry. I also will visit at Tasmania and Gold Coast regularly. Fortunately my Tasmanian and Gold Coast customers still give me jobs, so I still come to there.

I live in Mooroolbark, which is one of the outer suburb in Melbourne, near Yarra Valley. I am looking forward to seeing beautiful wineries in autumn.

Now I came to my new house a few days ago to process to rent it. I am staying at it now...

But... I forgot to organize electricity!! It is like camping in the house... I need a fire to make a soup, but I can't...

Oh I need a light...... A battery of this computer will run out soon...

I will come back to Gold Coast as soon as I receive my furniture. Then I will join with my family and start to travel 2000km by my car.

Can't wait for it!!

Real Tasmania

There are a lot of famous places to visit in Tasmania.

Some of them are pretty well organized to welcome all visitors. But they are too organized sometime. I believe they can see only a part of Tas, and there are more beautiful and spectacular places in the remote are in there.

If you want to see real Tasmania, I strongly recommend you should walk.

You have to get into nature deeply, then you can find, hear and feel Tasmania itself.

I still remember when I visited at the Overland Truck.

I have never seen such a great place before. I could feel how wide plateaus are. I could see how beautiful mountains are. And I could feel how mysterious rain forests are.

It was real Tasmania...

You can't see them through a window of a car.

Snow Crystal Mountains - Ben Lomond National Park

Rain Forest at the Overland Truck

Kangaroos in the Sunset - Narawntapu National Park

Echidona - Maria Island

Lonely Wombat - Narawntapu National Park

Wedding Photos at Robina Woods Golf Course, Gold Coast

Sorry, everyone.

I haven't updated here for ages because we have been extremely busy.

These are wedding photos I took at the Robina Woods Golf Course, Gold Coast this August.

We took photos on the course!! I'd never done before.

Very good location for wedding photos!!

There was a little cute chapel, and we had a ceremony in it.

Lighting of the inside of the chapel was photogenic.

The dramatic sunset at the course.

Total 4000 photos were sold at istockphoto.com

Finally we sold total 4000 images at istockphoto.com. Here is our 4000th photo we did.

This image were taken in the early morning in Tasmania. I visited at the Mt. Field National Park, but I had to leave in the early morning. On the way, the sun rose, and the fog glowed under the sun light. It was so beautiful.

This is our web page at istock.

http://www.istockphoto.com/keiichihiki

I miss Tasmanian forests sooooo much...

Sorry, everyone. I couldn't update for ages because I have been too busy, busy, busy .... busy...

Now I have too many wedding jobs and have to sit in front of my computer all day to edit photos.

I can't go to national parks, and miss fresh air, minus ion and bird sounds in forests.... I am planning my next visit to Tasmania in my head all day....

These photos were taken during last visit of beautiful Tasmanian forests.

By the way, maybe someone noticed already. I changed my business name and something. I will mention about it next time.

Engagement Shooting at the Low Head, Tasmania

When I came to Tasmania for the wedding job, one of my other customers asked me for their engagement photos. They booked me for their wedding which is in this November.

I chose some beaches at the Low Head for their location this time because I knew we could get excellent lighting. We could expect beautiful sunset, so it should be so nice.

This photo shooting was also a good opportunity to get to know each other before their wedding. When we started shooting, I could see they were a bit nervous. However, after 30 minutes, they became relaxed and already were a nice experienced model. Finally their face turned to be so natural in front of my camera.

So now I am very looking forward to taking their wedding!!