Japan Photo Guide

I cannot believe that I left Japan almost a year ago! This past year has gone by so quickly and so much has happened. A few of the highlights:

• I got married and went to the French Polynesian for my honeymoon
• started my own photography business
• become addicted to Twitter
• fell into koiwai milk coffee depression
• started preparing to giving photography tours of Japan
• caught up with friends and family
• tried ton katsu in just about every Japanese restaurant in my area and was disappointed every time.
• as much as I miss teaching, traveling, living in Japan, I never want to live there again
• as much as I never want to live in Japan again, I want to visit as much as I can afford (strange huh?)

Those are the main highlights that I can think of. I still have a lot of images from Japan to post on this site, but recently all my time and energy has gone to my wife, family and my photography business. Hopefully I will update again… within a year!

Another year, another contest! Thank you to everyone who participated! I wish I could give something to everyone…. maybe next year! Last year I was only giving away one prize of $50 but this year there are three winners. Grand Prize is $209 by way of PalPay. 2nd Prize will get two 8×10″ photos of your choice from my gallery and 3rd Prize will get one 5×7″ photo of your choice from my gallery. And the winners are… See more photos and read the rest of this entry »

To start off 2009, and promote my new blog, Evan Pike Photography, Japan Photo Guide is having a contest to give away $2009, $209 in cash (via PayPal) and other prizes! Like last years contest, there are many and simple ways to enter. Here’s the deal:

Prizes:
There will be 3 prizes. Grand Prize is $209 by way of PalPay. 2nd Prize will get two 8×10″ photos of your choice from my gallery and 3rd Prize will get one 5×7″ photo of your choice from my gallery.

Rules/Requirements:
The contest will last until Saturday, March 28th 2009, 11:59pm EST (I will check the time of the comments), unless I do not have at least 200 entries and if that happens I will extend the contest until I get 250 entries (don’t think this will be a problem though). Most importantly….

You have to leave a comment so I know how you entered. No comment = no entries, no exceptions. Also, if you win the Grand Prize, you must have/sign up for a PalPay account (it’s free). PayPal is the only way I can pay the winner.

There is no maximum for number of entries and the winner will be selected using Random.org If you entered my last contest by adding links, you are still eligible for this one for adding the same links, as long as the links are still there AND you leave a comment on this post to let me know.

How to enter:
Get one entry for doing each/any of the following:

• Add the following link to your blogroll: Photography of Evan Pike
• Add the following link to your blogroll: Japan Daily Photo
• Subscribe by email to my feed using the following link: Subscribe to Japan Photo Guide by Email (make sure pop up blocker is off or it may not work)
• Digg, Stumble or use any other social sharing service to share a post from Japan Photo Guide. Up to two entries maximum for this one.

Get three entries for doing each/any of the following:
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Even though I currently am living in the states, I do travel back to Japan to photograph weddings. I’d love to hear from you if you are planning on having your wedding in Japan or a destination wedding from Japan. Please contact me so we can plan your special day!

Marie from Japan Q&A! Congratulations to her and thanks to everyone who participated. As this was my first attempt at a contest, I am fairly pleased with how it went and I am looking forward to the next one. Again thanks to everyone and congrats to Marie!

After having an open-ended-no-prize photo contest for a long time now, I have been inspired by Neil Duckett (thanks Neil!) and decided to have my own real contest. The prize will be $50 by way of PalPay. There are many ways you can enter and it is very easy to do. There is no maximum for number of entries and the winner will be selected using Random.org. The contest will last until Monday March 17th, unless I do not have at least 100 entries and if that happens I will extend the contest a little more. Most importantly….

You have to leave a comment so I know how you entered. No comment = no entries, no exceptions. Also, if you win, you must have/sign up for a PalPay account (it’s free).

Get one entry for doing each/any of the following:

• Add the following link to your blogroll: Photography of Evan Pike
• Add the following link to your blogroll: Japan Daily Photo
• Add the following link to your blogroll: Blogs On Japan
• Subscribe by email to my feed using the following link: Subscribe to Photographer’s Guide to Japan by Email (make sure pop up blocker is off if it doesn’t work)

Get two entries for doing each/any of the following:
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Once again Jide has updated his Freshy 2 theme for wordpress and once again it is looking ever so sweet and once again I am using it for Japan Photo Guide.  I am very happy with the new update and hope you are as well.  If you notice any bugs or want to leave feedback, please let me know.

Recently I have been neglecting this blog (sorry about that) but the reason for that is that I have been working on my new photo blog, Japan Daily Photo, where as you can probably guess, I will be sharing photos from Japan, daily (imagine that). A photo blog is like a regular blog but more photos and a lot less text, which is fitting for a photographer. I am not abandoning this site, and now that I have got the other up, I will be updating more here, but basically I wanted the freedom to share photos that I like without having to talk about why you should or should visit there. Anyway, let me know what you think.