Kimono Portrait Session

As part of our trip to Japan for my brother-in-law's wedding, we all got to wear traditional Kimono. By complete chance, the light and framing of the entrance to the Kimono shop in Kamakura was perfect for portraits.

Kamakura, Japan April 5, 2024

Man laughing with one arm raised, wearing a blue-and-white geometric-striped kimono under a teal haori, leaning against a dark wooden pillar in a studio

My brother-in-law Andrew.

Man grinning in a pale cream kimono with gold-and-maroon obi beneath a navy-and-cream wide-striped haori, standing beside a dark wooden beam

Mark Bond, a good friend of my brother-in-law.

Woman in a navy kimono with vivid red and turquoise floral motifs holding a barefoot toddler in a pink cherry-blossom-print kimono, both smiling

My wife Alex and my daughter Elsie. Elsie loved wearing the Kimono and just loved Japan in general!

Older woman with blonde-grey hair in a vermilion-red kimono with floral vine stripes and cream obi, hands clasped, gentle smile, pearl earrings

My wife's aunt Sue who also traveled out to Japan for the wedding.

Woman with red-framed glasses and dark hair pinned up, smiling warmly in a blue-and-sage-green floral kimono with white textured obi

This the bride to be Naho, now my sister-in-law.

Two men spreading their haori sleeves wide — one in plum-purple over olive-green, the other in forest-green over navy — standing between dark wooden pillars

Two more of the wedding guests styling very fetching Kimono.

Couple standing side by side — he in a cream kimono with navy-striped haori, she in a green-and-blue floral kimono with white obi and red-framed glasses

The bride and groom to be the day before their wedding.