Category Archives: Portraits

Norfolk Animal Care Center Portraits- Norfolk VA

So after several months, I’m finally settled in in the area and photographically speaking, that was far longer than I expected. Either way, early spring is here and Im back shooting, just at a slower pace than before. For years, Ive had the idea of project involving animals that are in a shelter.  I wanted...

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Hamilton Family- Last shoot in Japan, next up Virginia!

Unfortunately, this might be the last session posted in awhile. The last of my stuff gets sent to Virginia this week, and along with it my main computer I use for processing and working images. Before that though, I wanted to post a few images from a quick session I shot with the Hamilton family...

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Jen and Weizen- A girl and her dog

Its so big secret that I shoot mostly famlies. Thats just the demographc for the area. So when Jen emailed me while I was in the states asking for portraits of her and her dog Weizen, I jumped at the chance and started planning right away. I knew what I wanted to do, but knew...

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Nicandro Family Portrait- Misawa Japan

Hello all- Im back after taking a month off in the states to buy a house for my upcoming move. I came back to a busy weekend of shooting, starting with the Nicandro Family. I was very lucky that #1 theyre all very photogenic  and #2, they were very patient with me and let me...

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Hughes Family Portrait Session, Misawa Japan

Im finally catching up with all my blog postings. Its been a busy week for me with photography… 5 sessions in a week for me is a lot! Here are a few  images from Ben and Brandy Hughes family session taken yesterday. Ive been shooting a lot at this onsen, so I wanted to do...

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Smith Family Session, Misawa Japan

Its been  a week of  repeat shoots.. seems everyone Ive shot lately has been someone Ive shot before, or someone in thier family. This is always a good thing because in these shoots, I can get a little more risky in what I want to do and in those moments I tend to get more...

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Ortiz Family Session

I had the great honor of shooting the Ortiz family this weekend and i was pretty stoked to do it. I planned on taking only portable gear with me, gear which I plan to fly with when I head back to the states. I knew this would be a real challenge considering I wanted to...

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Aria and Eric Fields, Lake O something, Misawa Japan

So I had it all planned out. When I was asked to shoot the Fields family again for baby Aria’s first birthday, marking almost a year since I last shot them (see post here http://www.jamesbibowblog.com/?p=222), I was pretty excited. Besides the fact that as a whole they’re ridiculously photogenic, but there are SOOOO many different...

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Scott and Grisell Portrait, random places in Misawa, Japan

Late last year I photographed pets for the base kennel. It was an all day thing, and I think I shot something like 200 animals total.  pretty hard to be creative in that environment, but it was a good time none the less (alot of that is due to my friend Evan running interference as...

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Burke Family Portrait, Komaki Onsen- Misawa Japan

Talk about having some good weather lately! Considering that I conttantly complain about the overabundance of rain that we have in the warmer months here, Ive been quiet as of late… so far this season  Ive not had a rained out session yet! (and by “season” I mean any time w/o snow! After I had...

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