http://www.hegre-art.com/models/cocomi
http://www.hegre-art.com/models/mayuko
The first location was set in a rustic river side restaurant, just my kind of diner with fat wooden tables and upside down pillowed paint buckets as stools. First one out was Mayuko, and she just blew me away when she did the 6 o’clock position in her school uniform, a flexi girl that should get many fetishists’ blood boiling.
From there we moved to a gay night club in the red light district. First I got all claustrophobic in there as there was hardly any space to set up our lamps and too many shiny surfaces...but at the end it turned out to probably be the best session of the trip, and when you see the photos of Cocomi taken there you will understand why! What a doll, what measurements, what a waist, and when I put her amazing proportions and bambi eyes together with Mayuko's athleticism, sparks were flying...
At one moment, while the camera was spitting fire, I felt that powerful "photo-fit" that occasionally happens, like the session envelopes you and bring you to a new high and you feel merged with the camera and the subject. It’s quite intense I can tell you, and you do not wanna be near me then,
as I will crush everything in my way and the models are hypnotized and do anything I ask them :)
Afterwards, totally drained (trips to the Shangri-La puts you in a sedated state afterwards), while the crew was rigging down, I sat flat on the sidewalk, sipping beer with a satisfied grin on my face and being hit on by the gays passing by.
Days like these makes it all worth it.
Tomorrow we are visiting a hotspring.... and Mayuko is coming along for what hopefully be another great day.
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These were great models and an awesome shoot!
I figured it wasn't you. You generally have a more intelligent and easy-going approach, but there will always be morons and drunks out there looking to have their little snickers behind the screen.
Keep up very good works,
Best regards..
As a non-tourist to Japan for the past several years, I agree with the basic premise of your post but certainly not the presumptuous tone. While I would not question your business credentials, it's questionable for you to do the same onto others.
Anyone one who has tried to do business in Japan with other than large multi-nationals has gotten the same impression about it being run by organized crime. You may disregard comments from those who have only been there as tourists but want to seem like they know something. (Canadians & Angelinos) First time in any country is difficult. First time in Japan make others seem simple.
To whomever posted RE: Woof! as "The Guy": please grow some brain cells and think of your own nickname. I have been using that moniker for years. Perhaps your problem is more testes than brain cells. (Though clearly not much of either).
You've come to the conclusion that "[m]ost of Japan is run by organized crime" after only two trips? That's the problem: you've only been to Japan twice and therefore you're not really in any position of authority to make such a claim.
When doing any type of business in Japan, however, it is quite important to know the business culture and customs beforehand as well as have local representation. Petter, it would have been much much easier for you and your crew had there been a Hegre-Art Japan office already established. Although i fully realise this wasn't possible for this trip, it underscores how vital it is to establish a trusted presence in Japan for all business dealings in that country. You have to prove yourself first and then they'll trust you.
Anyways, as a professional, you've seemed to work your way past the initial tension. I look forward to seeing more of your work from Japan :)
best regards H
Unless you are speaking of the girl in pink in the last pic you desperately need a testosterone injection or a transplant to replace your ovaries with testes.
P.S. loose Konata
As they might say there: ganbatte Hegre.
Can't wait to see the rest of the travel journal for your visit to Tokyo. I spent many years there - fascinating and frustrating at the same time....