Bamboo Forest in Winter

I have bamboo forest. It is beautiful. I love it. I like to take its photos because it shows different faces every season. I took photos of the bamboo forest the other day. I will show you several of them.

"Morning in the Bamboo Forest"
This is my favorite one. I am sure you can feel fresh and clear air in the bamboo forest.


"Bamboo Forest in the Sun"
I usually hate to take the sun in the picture I take, but at this time I failed to get rid of it. I don't think you will mind, won't you?


Test Work : "Bamboo Forest in Winter"
This is one of the "Digital Photo Art" I named. I trimmed four sides of the photo and intensified the vividness of the color plus blue to express winter. How do you like it?


"Bare Trees 1"
It is not so bright inside the bamboo forest. So when you look out of it, you can see much brighter scene out there. Of course, deciduous trees already have no leaves in winter. However they have beautifull shapes.


"Bare Trees 2"
I cannot tell you what these bare trees are. But they interested me greatly -- their color and shape.

Shinto Shrine

Japanese people go and worship at a shrine or temple to celebrate a New Year. We have several temples and shrines in this town. This Shinto Shrine is in the woods of Japanese cedar. It was evening when I visited here to take photos.


Shrine Roof


Stone Guardian Dog


The Facade of the Shrine

This is my "Brush Art".

"Dance Mai"


This is one of my brush works and the one I first designed as a new art. I call it "Brush Art". I believe that I am a pioneer of this new field.
"Mai" is a chinese chracter. It means "dance". I tried to express their dancing in brush. Brush handwriting in Japan has a long and proud tradition and history. I tried to interject this feeling of tradition into my brush work for you to comprehend its true meaning. I trust I have succeeded to convey my feelings to you.


"Gone with the Wind"


"Kenzo"


"Let it be"


"Woman"

A festival of building a bonfire of bamboo with bangs

Dondoya Fire


We have several festivals of the year in the village. Among them "Dondoya--building a bonfire of bamboo with bangs" is the biggest event. We had "Dondoya" Jan.11. In the morning about 10 men gathered in front of my bamboo forest to cut down bamboo and to carry them to an empty lot. It was planted to start at 1:00 pm, but the weather report said that there was 40 percent chance of rain in Aso. This aria is located at the south side of Mt. Aso, an active volcano, that is 711 yards above sea level. So We decided to start earlier and set fire to the bamboo at 11:00 am. The bonfire burned up with bangs. I stand by the fire. My daughter took the photo.


Dondoya Barbecue and Gappo-Sake


After the bonfire of bamboo burns down we always barbecue and warm sake(Japanese rice wine) in the bamboo cut short. Oh, this is outstanding! You should come and try it. The bamboo sap makes sake taste much better. People call the sake "Gappo-sake". Because of the sound of sake in the long bamboo. This was the first time for me to have tried "Gappo-sake". And barbecued chicken was delicious! Of course, Ladies and children enjoyed it very much.

I deleted the article by mistake.

We had a heavy snow not only here in Sugeo but also most of Japan on Ja.13th. I posted an article about that with five photos the other day, but I deleted the whole article by mistake when I tried to change one of the photos. So today I am going to post the photos again. Please enjoy them.


Our House Covered with Snow


Snowy Chinese Hackberry


Snowy Branches of Chestnut


Chestnut in the Snow


Chestnuts in the Snow

This is 'Digital Photo Art'.

Chestnuts in the Snow


Glowing Forest


Japan Cedar in the Snow


Tower Gate of Japan Cedar in the Setting Sun


The Sun above the Tree


White Lady


These photos are worked extremely or boldly regardless of its amount. It is up to you if you like it. This is new art. I will be glad if you can enjoy it.

Have you ever heard 'Digital Photo Art' ?

As you know, I am trying to be a profesional photographer. Of course I like really clear digital photographs. However I also want to pocess photos much more to work on.
Some photographers might say those are not photos. In that case I will call it 'Digital Photo Art'. But you don't know what it is, do you? Ok. Now I will show you some photos above as example.

After the snow

It snowed heavily here in Sugeo the day before yesterday. I love snow. So I took many pictures in the snow and yesterday, too. I will show you some of them. It was really a clear day after the snow yesterday. Everything in Sugeo was shining. There is a small Buddhist temple in the neighborhood. I heard that a chief priest came there once in a while and usually lived in Kumamoto City.

I love this temple. I took a lot of pictures since I came here last April and I especially like it very much at this season. The snowy temple under the blue sky looks beautiful and makes me truly happy. Now let's take a look at them. I hope you will surely enjoy these photos.


Temple Gate


Snow Scene(Test Work)


Blue Sky after the Snow


The Sun after the Snow


Buds of Snow


Temple Gate of the Next Morning after the Snow 1


Temple Gate of the Next Morning after the Snow 2


Temple Gate of the Next Morning after the Snow 3


Wood Carving of Guardian Dog

I am wondering.

Bamboo Forest and Snowy Branches of the Chestnut

Tree of What This Tree Is

I contributed my first article with two pictures on Jan. 9 and tried to see those pictures many times but I could not. I wonder why. Anyway I will contribute the same pictures again. I hope I will be able to find them this time!
I succeeded!

I am aiming at a professsional photogragher.

Hi this is Terry.



I live in Japan. I lived in Tokyo over 40 years and moved to Sugeo, Yamato Town of Kumamoto Prefecture, southern part of Japan last April. I am 'Brush Art Designer'. You may not be familiar with the title 'Brush Art Designer'. I design the letteres of the alphabet with a Japanese brush and create brush font. They are already put on sale on the Internet through an American font compay.



I love to take pictures and took a lot of photos here in Sugeo. I am not a professional photographer but I am aiming at it. This is a secret between you and me! So I would like to show you two pictures out of my favorate works. They are up above. One of them is titled 'Tree of What This Tree is' and another 'Bamboo Forest & Snow Branches of the Chestnut Tree'. And I really would like to know your opinion about them if you like.



I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.



Best regards,



Terry