This is us, one cold and drizzly evening in Tokyo - Van, Aiza & me (off cam of course) - for the first time since our first shoot in El Nido before the pandemic.
I thought we would just hang in Ginza, but then I was put on the spot when they asked: "So… show us *your* Tokyo? :)” Would have brought them to Tomigaya or Daikanyama, but since we were shooting at night, off we went to nearby Akihabara, conveniently just four stations away via Kanda: compact, convenient and still quintessentially Tokyo. Or Neo Tokyo rather.
I actually tried meeting Van & Aiza when they revisited the Philippines a few weeks prior but our schedules just didn’t jive: they were in Palawan; I was shooting in Boracay. Fast forward to Tokyo - where we would serendipitously meet again. And to think this all started with Van doing a sketch of me on a… *ahem* van ride from Puerto Princesa to El Nido in 2018. Kampai to you two.
50 cinematic night couple photos from Van & Aiza's holiday in Tokyo. Destination engagement photography x @redsheepphotocinema. Shot on location: Ginza and Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan, March 2024, Leica SL2 + Leica Q3.