Ah, the pure joy expressed in Kimiko Nishimoto’s self-portraits!!

William posted about this Kumamoto City native a few weeks ago:

https://www.facebook.com/Kumamotoi/posts/1667932429946849

I’m prompted to post this update because I saw a report on national television about the opening of her exhibit in Tokyo. I love the name of the exhibit, too: “Asobo ka ne” (遊ぼかね; I think I’ll have some fun):

http://www.epson.jp/osirase/2017/171002.htm

I’m especially fond of the photo that accompanies this article, in which she seems to be on the verge of passing a speeding car – to the astonishment of its driver.

I learned a bit about how to came to be a photographer. It seems that her husband (now deceased) gave her a camera and she took a photography class at Yubijuku (遊美塾) in Kumamoto:

http://www.yubijuku.net

Conveniently, the school is run by Kazutami Nishimoto, her son.

Obviously, she’s doing a lot more than just pointing and shooting to make her photos. It seems that she has become extremely adept at crafting her photos using Lightroom and Photoshop (Adobe software) on her Mac. Adobe has made a Japanese web that describes how she works:

https://helpx.adobe.com/jp/photoshop/how-to/nengajo_newyear_greeting_birds_layer.html

If you’d like to check out her official Facebook page (of course, she’s on Facebook!), you can find it at:

https://www.facebook.com/kimiko.nishimoto.official/

Enjoy!

– Kirk

P.S. I’ll try to let you all know if I hear about an exhibit that will be held in Kumamoto.

https://petapixel.com/2017/11/15/89-year-old-shoots-playful-self-portraits/