Ask Miwaza!? 09

Monday, March 26th, 2012 | Ask Miwaza, photography | Comments

“What if Miwaza Have to pick her wedding photographer?”

Interested in my wedding videography? Here are some videos I made in the past.

Ask Miwaza!? 08 – Samples

Saturday, March 24th, 2012 | Ask Miwaza, photography | Comments

SAMPLES ARE FINALLY HERE!! Let’s get down to business. Like I said in Ask Miwaza!? Episode 8, I’m going to post some sample of what I mean when I say “good layout”. Remember, this is just a basic rules, so it’s totally up to you to “break the rules”. KNOW THE RULES AND BREAK THEM PROPERLY!! Here is a book that might be helpful “Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop” by Timothy Samara. I read it like 5 years ago so I have to check it again myself… haha.

1. 4 Aspects of Photography Composition (http://t.co/sBn5bAyH)
2. Basic Dos and Don’ts in Photo Book Layout (http://t.co/T9leHYhP)
3. Ask Miwaza!? 08 – Samples (http://bit.ly/GJZv35)

I used “Blurb – BookSmart” to make these example layouts.

What helps to build the story in a photo book? “BEHIND THE SCENE” type of photo.

Don’t tell the “whole story” in the first page. Just give a little glimpse.

Give the readers the impression of “hopeful future”. You know what I’m saying right?

KEEP EVERYTHING IN MIND! Mutuality, horizontal alignment, distance / zooming, vertical alignment…

Photo spread layout? If you use it right. It can be VERY EFFECTIVE.

Collage

OK!! HERE IS YOUR FAVORITE. haha. BAAAD EXAMPLE TIME!

WARNING: The example layouts are the “bad example”.

1. Color: Do you remember that I mentioned about matching “color” and the “color temperature”? This is just TERRIBLE! Haha.

2. This is…. JUST NOT RIGHT. I call this a… STORY STOPPER.

3. again… this is…. JUST NOT RIGHT.

The King of Grace, May His Works Be Praised

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 | music compositions | Comments

Hi friends! I wrote a new song :) So here is little story behind this song.

Last January, when I visited Poland, one of my friends took me to a kindergarten with her where she works. She asked me to sing some Japanese songs for the kids. But since I didn’t know any “kids songs” in Japanese, I decided to write a short simple song. Something I could sing a long with a guitar.

I wrote a lyric based on Psalm 145 and The Lord’s Prayer. And as some of you know, I have two sisters (and three brothers) “Mikuni” and “Megumi”, their names mean “The Kingdom of God” and “Grace”, so yes the word “grace” came out in the lyric and also my name “The works of God”. But since I didn’t really think about “having all three of us’ names” in the song when I was writing this lyric, I forgot to mention “Mikuni (The Kingdom of God)” in the lyric.

When I came back from Poland, my sister Mikuni told me that she was very sad that I didn’t include her name in the song. And so I decided to re-write the song, re-wrote the lyric from scratch, and I wrote a new tune base on the last one I wrote.

So here is the song. I hope y’all like it! :)