Aika Cardin Photography

Happy 2nd Birthday, S! ~ Tokyo Children & Family Photographer

Post author:Aika Cardin
Post published:May 7, 2013
Post category:2 year old session ２歳記念写真 TOKYO Tokyo Children Photographer Tokyo Family Photographer 東京子供写真フォトグラファー東京家族写真フォトグラファー

Happy 2nd Birthday, S! 2 years old is such a fun age to photograph because they are just full of surprises and won't stop running ... I photographed S and his family at their vacation house in Karuizawa. Karuizawa is an upmarket mountain resort at the foot of the active volcano Mount Asama in Nagano Prefecture. It takes little more than an hour to reach Karuizawa from central Tokyo by Shinkansen ( Bullet train). They offer many wonderful restaurants, shops and many outdoor activities. We started at balcony first then backyard for more fun adventure! Boys love playing with stickers and leaves and I had so much fun chasing after S and capturing all sweet and precious moments! I LOVE S's outfit, too! Isn't it so cute? Mom put S's outfit together for this 2 years old milestone photo session ♥ Thank you for letting me photograph your beautiful family and enjoy the pictures, mom and dad! Peek-a-boo! Bubble, bubble...! My favorite! So precious.

Emiri 3 months old – Tokyo Baby Portraits Photographer

Post author:Aika Cardin
Post published:May 6, 2013
Post category:3 months old session milestone session Newborn Newborn portraits at house TOKYO Tokyo 3months old baby portraits Tokyo Baby Photographer Tokyo Family Photographer Tokyo Newborn Photographer 東京３ヶ月赤ちゃん写真東京家族写真フォトグラファー東京赤ちゃん写真東京赤ちゃん写真フォトグラファー

Emiri, she is one of the cutest baby I've ever photographed! I know Emiri's mom for more than 6 years now. We became friends when we both lived in New York City and we had so much fun together, traveling, shopping, dining, concerts, etc, everything NYC offers, we did it together. What a great memories! Time flies by and now I have almost 4years old son and she just welcomed her first baby girl, last December. I was so excited to photograph Emiri's 3 months old portraits. First we headed to Koishikawa Kourakuen in Tokyo for cherry blossom. At age 3 months old, there are lots of break during the session, feeding, changing, and sometime baby falling asleep... ;-) Those are all cute and precious moments and I'm here to capture all of them ;-) We were able to create sweet portraits with cherry blossoms and more at home. I'll be photographing Emiri throughout this year and can't wait for a next session. Next one is when she is sitting up on her own! I love the Spring in Tokyo! One of my favorite! This one is displayed in her living room! Love this one! So sweet.... Mom requested to photograph while she is feeding. This is such a special moments and I wish I have pictures like this with my son!!!

Post author:Aika Cardin
Post published:April 28, 2013
Post category:Personal Tokyo Children Photographer Tokyo Family Photographer

Since we moved to Tokyo last Christmas, ( Yes, we flew on Christmas day...), we finally visited my parent's house! Since Leo is the first and only grand child right now, he was treated like a "super star" ! I usually don't bring my big camera when I travel but this time, I did since I really wanted to capture some precious images of Leo and his great grandparents who is turning 88 and 85 this year. Below is one of my favorite image, Leo is taking pictures of his great grandparents ♥ Leo always watch me taking pictures so I guess it's natural ... In a few years, I would love to hire Leo as an assistant and can't wait for a day to work together! We will be in Japan till end of this year and till then, I'm going to visit my parents house as much as I can, so that Leo can spend lots of time with his Japanese family! Leo loves train so 4 hours train ride from Tokyo to Kanazawa ( my parents house) doesn't seem to bother him!

WELCOME