Shichi-Go-San ( “Shichi” means Seven, “Go” means five, and “San” means three – 753) is a Japanese traditional rite of passage.
Seven-year-old girls, five-year-old boys, and three-year-old girls (and boys) dress up in glamorous kimonos and celebrate their growing of age.
We would go to our favorite photographer to capture this precious moment…
Ahh this Shichi-Go-San celebration is so much more deeper than that!
I am giving myself homework to explain this 753 rite of passage in a future post 😉 (fyi – Wikipedia page has an article about Shichi-Go-San as well).
My Shichi-Go-San session starts with casual family portrait with natural light.
NYで七五三撮影です。まずはファミリー撮影から。
普段着でナチュラルライトスタジオ（といっても自宅リビングの窓際なだけ。爆）で撮影です。
フローリングの床にブランケットを敷いて、クッションを並べて、はい！仮想ベッドのできあがり〜。
Free sprited and full of joy. I love this little lady’s energy. 悪戯好きのティンカーベルのような女の子。
We have been friends over 10 years. They were an ambitious pianist and violinist from Juilliard and I was a starving bartender/photography student. We have encouraged each other, gone through tough times yet we all managed to survive and aspire 😉 Taking photos of their daughter really means a lot to me.
パパとママとは１０年来の親友。出会った頃彼らは、希望あふれるジュリアードのピアニストとバイオリニスト、私は極貧バーテンダー／写真学科の学生でした。お互い喧嘩したり励まし合ったり、いろいろあったなぁ。こうやって二人の愛娘の記念写真を撮らせてもらえるなんて、ほんまに感慨深いです。うるうる。
Dress change and photograph in the studio. It was kind a chaotic to make three year old stay still. Little princess insisted not to wear Tabi (japanese socks for kimono), so I ended up painting them in Photoshop. Lol.
着物に着替えてスタジオにて七五三撮影。元気みなぎる三歳児をじっとさせるのは至難の業です、、、。どうしても裸足で草履を履く！とお姫様がおっしゃるので、後でフォトショップで足袋を塗りました。汗。七五三おめでとうございます！
