TOKYO

After Kyoto I headed up to Tokyo (via the Bullet Train!!!!) to visit my good friend Kristen.  Tokyo is a massive city (duh) and a bit more spread out then I thought it would be.  Tokyo definitely lived up to all its hype and stories I have heard.  Except for the fact it REALLY burnt a hole in my wallet, I really enjoyed it!  The weather could have been a bit nicer, but thats what you get when you travel during the low season. The famous Shibuya crossing.

Shibuya neighborhood.

Takadanobaba at night.

Takadanobaba #2

Takadanobaba #3

Takadanobaba #4

Workers at Takadanobaba Station.

Smoker and Lights.

What do you wanna buy from a vending machine?

MASSIVE!!!

Police at the Imperial Palace.

Bike Police!

I'm all for bike culture but when cities regulate bike parking and fine people.... i dunno, makes me like the lawless streets of philly and NYC.

There is a lot of bad English in Japan, but this is boarder line offensive.

I kept walking on the right and getting in people's way. So tough to break that habit.

Gotta love Neon and bright lights if your gonna love Tokyo.

NAGOYA, JAPAN.... AGAIN

After we finished up the shoot in the states, Tony and I headed to Nagoya, Japan for a final week of shooting. Here are a few snapshots. This is my second time in Japan but i feel the first trip didn't even count since it was so short! I'm making the most of it this time and I am taking off own my own little trip once we are done! Nagoya, Castle.

Nagoya fruit stand.

fresh wasabi = awesomeness.... no serious, you havent had wasabi till you have had fresh wasabi.

#1 - Dave, the most entertaining sound guys / AC ever. #2 - I wish i ate octopus so I could have gone to this place. They had a rotating octopus character type thing outside... only in Japan.

"PLAY MONEY" USA PRODUCTION

I spent the last two weeks working with Anthony Gilmore shooting what is hopefully the last big portion of the feature doc Play Money. We shot in Portland, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, LA and Chicago. It was a nice little tour of the US but now we're off to Japan for the final week of shooting! Here are a few photos from the last two weeks! We started the shoot off by filming on Mt. Hood. One of our subjects is a amateur photographer and he took us on a quest to find good photos!

Somewhere in the woods of Washington State.

As we got higher up in the mountains we got into some serious snow, it got a little scary.

We ate a lot of Mexican food on the trip and this taco truck was by far the best!

Anthony after a fulfilling meal!

We drove from Portland to Santa Cruz... long but beautiful drive.

One of the many surprises along the way!

Shooting with my portable dolly. Capitola, CA.

Capitola at sunset. I shot this from a cafe while drinking some espresso, man sometimes I wonder why I live on the east coast!

Venice Beach, CA. Believe it or not, this was my first time in LA. No thanks!

I didn't take many photos in LA, but I had to take this one.

After a week and a half on the west coast, shooting in Chicago in February was painful! Shooting on the 7d in front of the Chicago Board of Trade.

LIFE AS DAD PRODUCTION PT. 2

I was originally hoping to shoot more stills during the production, but after my 24 hour delay in Detroit (read below!) the schedule got pretty tight. Here are a few stills that I was able to shoot.