A collection of Colorful Street Art Photographs taken in Nagano City Japan by Jim Atwood Photography at http://www.jimatwood.net.  Graffiti is very popular in Nagano City and in other cities around Japan.  About 17 years ago when I first arrived in Japan I actually saw very little evidence of Graffiti.  However, times have changed and there are certainly more artists about tagging and creating all sorts of interesting artwork on the city streets and walls.  Some is not that great, but most if pretty cool.  This video slideshow collection shows some of my best work with regards to capturing the essence of Street Graffiti in Nagano City, Japan.  Enjoy!

Nagano by Day is a collection of photographs by popular Nagano Japan Pro Photographer Jim Atwood at http://www.jimatwoodphotography.com. The photos depict a day on the streets in Nagano City on June 27th, 2009 with a Nikon Camera and Lens.  There are a wide variety of photographs in this collection ranging from people, nature, temples, and objects found around the streets of Nagano City, Japan.  Various lenses were used of which most were Prime.  It was a lot of fun taking these pictures, and I hope you enjoy the video.  Be sure to visit my YouTube Channel for more videos at http://www.youtube.com/jimatwood.

Colorless Japan features photography focusing mainly on black and white tones. Photos are either in Black and White or are very limited in colors. Images were taken by Jim Atwood Photography at http://www.jimatwood.net.

The traditional white japanese wedding kimono is called shiro-maku. Shiro meaning white and maku meaning pure. The wedding kimono actually consists of two different kimono. The white wedding kimono is worn for the wedding ceremony and an elaborate rich patterned silk brocade kimono called uchikake is worn over the white kimono at the wedding reception.

Nagano by Day is a collection of photographs by popular Nagano Japan Pro Photographer Jim Atwood at http://www.jimatwoodphotography.com. The photos depict a day on the streets in Nagano City on June 27th, 2009 with a Nikon Camera and Lens.

Sunflowers are starting to bloom here in Japan. There are many around where I live and I think they are quite fabulous to see. They can get pretty big and the yellow is very beautiful. This is just a short clip taken with the Creative Vado HD to give you an idea of how they can be seen in Japan. This particular shot was taken near Nagano city in a residential area. Although these are pretty big, you can actually find sunflowers much bigger than this around the countryside. There are also a lot of bees around them too so you have to be careful. Video by Jim Atwood Photography at http://www.jimatwood.net