One of the challenges in finding off-the-beaten-path gardens in Japan is that many of these places are only open a few days per year, usually in April and November. H...

Japanese gardens are my specialty, though publishers often want more photos with people in them, which is challenging since most gardens, apart from "strolling gardens...

Finding Reiun-in hidden in the depths of Tofukuji, Kyoto is the main challenge. Once I got inside, I was the only other visitor - the mass tourism mob was at the main...

A lot of planning went into visiting and photographing Saihoji. Weeks in advance, you must send a return post card to Saihoji, requesting a visit. Once you receive y...

Though many people imagine that the giant mound within Ginkakuji Garden is meant to suggest Mt Fuji, it is in fact called the "Moon Viewing Platform". A favorite of m...

For the past few years I have been commissioned by a publisher of calendars for their "Gardens of the Spirit" series. Amber-Lotus, who publishes these calendars, want...

I happened on Manshu-in while visiting the much more famous Shisendo and Shugakuin Imperial Villa gardens in that far flung area of Kyoto. Of the three, I vastly pref...

discovered something new from an old shooting

Video Game UI Mockup
2015
Adobe Illustrator CS5
Alterland is a video game concept that I created after designing a few characters. For this project, I created a num...