Yesterday was one of those rare Sundays where I didn't go to Tokyo. It was a calm, sunny (but chilly) afternoon in quiet Chibadera. 
Lisa and I did some shooting while we walked back to my apartment. The sun was quickly setting as we walked, but lighting was so beautiful and warm. 
Thank you Lisa for being a lovely model. Such a natural look!
(above) photo credit to Lisa
It's interesting how the same street can look different when you actually take the time to look around. It was nice to slow down and take in what I had always thought of as familiar surrounding.
Once you get used to living somewhere, it's so easy to not look or think twice about the buildings, the streets, the people, or just the feel of the city sometimes. Somehow, photography seems to push that boundary and make you look at normal things differently.
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” ― Dorothea Lange
Photo credit to Lisa for the pictures of me
Back at the apartment
Working with artificial lighting
Cool interior decor at Honkytonk restaurant
Thank you Lisa for showing me I can shoot anywhere I am. Even if a place doesn't seem very special, you never know what you'll see when you slow down and change how you look at things.
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”
― Marc Riboud