Fun Headshots!

Eagranie is so talented. She is a technical & business writer who has one of the best gigs ever....EVER! She gets to talk about ... delicious FOOD !!

Eagranie is the creator and the voice of The Well Tempered Chocolatier ( http://www.thewelltemperedchocolatier.com ) a blog which won the best food blog by "Best of 604" this past December. She is also a writer for Foodists (http://www.foodists.ca )

Looking at her sites makes me hungry and it'll make you hungry so check it out! Anyway, back in January we caught up and took some fun headshots that she can use for her upcoming projects. The weather that day cooperated with us and Eagranie rocked the photo session!

Let me know if you out there needs some headshots done ;)

Randomness: Fireworks Saved!

I'm watching late night news and just heard that the fireworks in Vancouver has been saved! Yay! So what will it be called now? Remember when it was called Benson & Hedges Symphony of Fire?? Then it went to HSBC Celebration of something....lights?

How I love the fireworks...during the year I lived in Japan I went to 6 fireworks because Japanese people are crazy about watching fireworks. That and their cherry blossoms:) Their fireworks would go on for up to 3 hours straight though which got a little too intense for me.

Here's a one minute little photostory/ slideshow that I did to the soundtrack from the Lion King. The photos are from the 2007 fireworks in Vancouver at English Bay. Enjoy!

March in Vancouver means...

SNOW!!!!

I think all of us Vancouverites and Lower Mainlandrites weren't expecting a healthy dose of snow in March! Just last week I was contemplating whether to switch my winter coat for my spring coat but it's been confirmed that we all need our winter coats for at least until April!

Spring is coming (albeit slowly) and spring in Vancouver is just about the prettiest thing. We are so blessed to have the mountains, the water and CHERRY BLOSSOMS!

My parents are huge cherry blossom fans and last year their goal was to go and take photos of every type of cherry blossoms in Vancouver. This must be a Japanese thing as "Hanami" parties or "cherry blossom viewing" parties are a part of the Japanese culture as Hallowe'en is to the North American culture. Plus, it's just another excuse for Japanese people to party and get drunk I think.

So this year, I put my parents on a mission to track when and where the cherry blossoms bloom to scout out the best places to take family & engagement portraitures.

If you're interested in having a family or engagement portraiture session with the cherry blossoms in the backdrop drop me a line at mikaphotography@gmail.com!

Monday Blues?

Super happy baby Keelan has the power to cure your Monday blues!

(This is just a sneak peek from my photo session with adorable 3 and a half month old Keelan. I couldn't wait to post this photo up - thanks to parents Tetsu & Kara. I had a blast!)

A busy February!

I sat down with my calendar and realized that I'll be working 25 out of the 28 days in February! This of course includes my day job and working on photography shoots.

I feel busy but then I think about the other professions that work like mad. Like an accountant during tax season...those are some crazy hours, or an elementary school teacher during report card time...I have lots of respect for them. Also, MOTHERS! They're basically working 24/7 for their employer, "the baby" without any weekends or time off. I also wonder how working mothers do this...40 hrs at the regular job and then go home to their second employer, their child or children. Now that's amazing!

So my February photo sessions and events include:

-Baby & Family photo sessions
-Graduation event for an international college
-Photo shoot for a trendy store in Kerrisdale for their upcoming website launch

Hopefully I'll have some time in between to blog and put some photos up, especially those wedding photos! Have a good week everyone and a Happy Valentine's too!

Wedding Highlights Photo Story - Mary & Cuong

Here's a photo story from Mary & Cuong's wedding...more photos to follow. Enjoy!

Congrats again you guys!



Mary & Cuong - Wedding Day Highlights Photo Story in HD! from mika inokoshi photography on Vimeo.

Baby Love Collection - 19 Adorable Babies in 3 Minutes!

Happy February! I can't believe we're already into the second month of 2009! Time is sure passing by at super speeds!

I've had time to sit down and make a photo story of all the photos of babies, ages 3 weeks to 12 months old that I have taken in the last year. There were 19 of them, all so adorably cute and precious.

Have a look - I've made the photostory with the music of Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's famous medley "Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World".

Enjoy, and thanks to all the parents who had me do portrait sessions of their little one :)



Baby Love Collection in HD - 19 Babies! mika inokoshi photography from mika inokoshi photography on Vimeo.