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{ Becca & Keiji – Round Two! }

Back in December I shot an engagement session for my good friends Becca & Keiji. A couple months later Becca contacted me saying they wanted to do another shoot. Another shoot? Was the first not good enough? Were we missing shots?? As I wracked my mind for answers, she explained that they wanted this one to be a Japanese style shoot, complete with kimonos & montsukis!! How genius is that? Continuing with the Japanese theme, they decided to do the shoot in the Cal Poly Pomona Japanese garden, a garden that has special significance since (1) Keiji teaches landscape architecture at Cal Poly and (2) the garden was designed by his father (who has designed lots of other beautiful gardens all over Southern Cali). I loved the story behind the kimono Becca was wearing – it belonged to Keiji’s mother and was worn by her at her own wedding. And seriously, Becca was such a trooper in it – I’ve been stuffed into a kimono my fair share of times and let me tell you, as pretty as it is, it’s equally as painful. “Suffocating” and “rib-squishing” are also adjectives I like to use  :)

Certain parts of the garden looked just like it was fall!



We headed back to Keiji’s house after the shoot but the fun didn’t end there! Apparently an equally awesome garden surrounds the sides and back of his home. So of course we had to run around and grab some shots in there too…


 



A big thank you to Becca and Keiji for coming up with this fun idea and including me in it! And a ginormo thanks to Scott and his camera for tagging along this time too. Hopefully I can post some of his shots up here soon as well!

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9 Responses to “{ Becca & Keiji – Round Two! }”

  1. mylifeistaken Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at

    beautiful work! looks like you found a hidden gem i never noticed about cal poly. haha

  2. Anonymous Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at

    As a half-Japanese dude I’m totally loving those traditional garments. And I love Japanese gardens!

    By the way, I saw you on OSP and then it hit me that I saw you at Master Your Craft (I think we were sitting in the same row or you were in the row behind me or something).

    Anyway, nice to sort of meet you!

  3. dimsom Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at

    oh wow…these are some awesome shots!!! I love the colors and angles =) great job

  4. hypercarrots Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at

    i like the one where she looks from the bridge.

  5. jasminemariephotography Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at

    These are so cute!

  6. adriennephoto Says:
    March 31st, 2008 at

    @mylifeistaken – 

    thanks steven! you should definitely check the garden out! it’s not TOO big but there are lots of cool little corners and angles to shoot.

    @Wayne Toshikazu – 

    i think i remember you from Master Your Craft and have been seeing you around OSP too! thanks for visiting my site and breaking the ice :)

    @dimsom – 

    thanks! there were lots of fun colors in both gardens to play around with!

    @hypercarrots – 

    thanks kyle! let’s go shooting together sometime.

    @jasminemariephotography – 

    thanks :) sorry to hear you won’t be “bringing xanga back” but will continue to visit your blogspot!!

  7. audreyphotodesign Says:
    April 1st, 2008 at

    Thanks Adrienne for your comment on my blog. Btw, I love your engagement photos. I also envy you guys from California. It’s still very dreary here in Chicago. Looking at your pics makes me want to move someplace warm.

  8. henrwhy Says:
    April 3rd, 2008 at

    This is an awesome set!

  9. ImprezaGirl Says:
    April 3rd, 2008 at

    Lovely pictures~! Cute Japanese style shoot =)

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