Comments on: Faces of Tokyo Series: Coming of Age Day at Meiji Jingu

By: Kimonos Up Close at Meiji Jingu - Nihon Sun

Kimonos Up Close at Meiji Jingu - Nihon Sun — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:01:38 +0000

[…] Nihon Sun Photo Gallery was a beautiful shot of Mt. Fuji and you can see more great images from Seiji no Hi by Jason Collin on his website […]

By: Chris (i-cjw.com)

Chris (i-cjw.com) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:33:58 +0000

I’d second (third? forth?) the comments about that top photo. Unique and evocative, I love it.

By: Jason Collin

Jason Collin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:32:12 +0000

Yeah, having the ojisans pose the girls definitely helped a lot, otherwise all shots would have had busy backgrounds. I do like to take candid shots, and managed to get a few, but getting posed shots was also a nice change too since it’s extremely rare to find girls in kimonos just posing out on the street.

I thought why didn’t the girls ask the ojisans for copies of the photos or something? Especially since they were being posed, etc. Maybe they did and I just didn’t see it or realize it.

I was just taking a break leaning against a pole at the shrine and became aware a Japanese girl was photographing me. A few minutes later I saw her again and gave her my business card and asked her to send me a copy of the photos. She was surprised I had noticed her photographing me. Told her it was obvious, especially to another street photographer! No copies sent yet though.

By: Dale

Dale — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:00:36 +0000

Hey Mr Paparazzi!
I was there before it got too crowded and could take some unobstructed shots of the girls freely walking around the shrine – mostly candid photos, though perhaps generally the posing ones give the best “classical” scene overall.

You missed the huge gathering in front of the Shibuya Town Hall, where they have their offical “city” ceremony.

One thing about taking such photos, if you do get some real gems, it’s a shame that you can’t share them with the model you took them of (ie. no contact). I’d at least like to give that back (especially when photos they will have of themselves will be less-than-ideal cell-phone, compact cam pics)