Festina Lente!!

There are a lot of unique figures, mysterious items and unknown goods in somewhere our Aoyama atelier, as well as be fascinated photo albums.
You can find for something favorite that fit you , and we would take photo and give you handmade print taken with your treasure for you .
He is still.
He have stilled for two years at our atelier.
I sometimes yearn for him.

The Carl Zeiss Stiftung was established by Ernst Karl Abbe in 1889.
I was too young to purchasing them, when I found that brand. I was only 12 years old.

As that time. only particular camera was able to attach the Carl Zeiss lenses. That was the CONTAX.
As well as, those lenses were pretty expensive, the Contax cameras were also expensive.

Therefor, ordinary user would purchase Pentax, Minolta, Olympus, Canon or Nikon.
They were enough to take many good photos.
Particularly, Nikon had been gradually growing up to world level.

It seems I was born with lowbrows by nature.
I could scarcely forget that advertisement copy.
It said  "Photo is dependent on lenses".

Now, I'm a enthusiastic Zeiss user since 1997

It was silent rain from last night.
I was wondering many couples would be worry about today's weather.
But, we had not rain in the afternoon. And, I thought happy to look over the restaurant's garden while I'd been waiting for couples.
And I could see that there were a lot of activity of tiny lives.

Bees were merrily looking for sweet nectar to suck.

Ants seemed busy to carry something important for them.

Almost just the wedding ceremony's time, the sky was gradually getting fine.
And, I'd started to take photos of couple,

During a noon recess,  I'd been cycling around a Soka atelier.
I could avoid from the rain, however the weather was almost cloudy all day !

I'm wondering it will be rainny, tomorrow. But, you don't have to worry.
Although sometimes we might be in worse weather, each in its own day on life is special.

On the way at that time, I've found a lot of colorful flowers.
They are hydrangeas which are well known as a rainy season's flower.

I'm anxious about if you are getting  bore.
But, I would like to say again that I didn't realize Japan has been covering with something wonderful always!! 

I heard that hydrangea's colour depends on soil when I was in kindergarten.
If soil acidity, their colour would be blue.  And if alkaline soil, they show us red.
And more, if the soil is natural, predictably purple.

But, surprisingly that theory was wrong !!
I could know it just now from the wiki.

Any way, Blue flowers bring me something fresh!

"How's everything going Takemi ?"
Today's shooting was started by that friendly phrase.
They are called "fHoll" by us. and their music is well-known in fascinating  Italian canzone .

Today, we really had basked in full of the sunshine.
Today's couple had to be put off their wedding ceremony, because Japan suffered from the huge earthquake on 11th March.

Any way. Congratulations for your overcoming !!

The chapel had been waiting for this two months for them , silently.

Also, these greens beautifully grew up while they were waiting for the couple.

At length ! The wedding ceremony will start, soon.

Carl Zeiss C-Sonnar 50mm F1.5

Today;
I went to Stella Porale in Koshigaya Lake town.
That Italian restaurant is covered with many types of plants, and they always show to us colorful flowers and fresh trees in each season.
Recently,  I have begun to interest in watching plants.

Plants never speak to me, but they seem to talk to me something calm, occasionally.
If I were poet, I'd write to express this impression.

But, I'm happy. I can see climactic moment of couples every week, instead.

As we anticipated, the rain from last night silently have been lasting. As we anticipated, it silently have been raining from last night.
A wedding is the most special day for each couple. So, mostly couples hope their wedding day will be sunny!

We photographer are also helped by fine day, only for camera and lenses. It's insignificant thing, if they compare for many years to come for their lives to it. We ; supporter always should be calm and warm for couples. The best hospitality for them will be unforgettable memory as long as they live.

There were a lot of blue birds in party room, and I could see fresh green tree beyond them.
It reminded me of L'Oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck.
It said. "Happy is beside myself." At times, we apt to overlook it. 

We should be slowly. And wouldn't you like to make happiness rather than look for it on your life?

Japan is going to be rainy season, soon. But, if you have to think something, nothing is better than drinking a cup of coffee at window side in the rainy day. I think so.

f1.5 1/30 ISO200 / C-Sonnar 50mm F1.5