May 7th - 12:00

Title: May 7th - 12:00 Medium: Super-8 film Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Resolution: 2880 x 2160 File Type: H.264 Codec / MP4. Comments: A pen pal from discord named James came by our apartment. The door was left open and he let himself in as we were waking up from major jet lag. Ethan served up some green tea and we began traveling around the outskirts of Tokyo. I ran out of film so we started looking for medium format rolls to make more photographs. We found film at a cute camera shop nearby James' suburb. Then we all boarded the train and departed to opposite directions of the city. James planned to meet us again with his wife and daughter, Maya, for the video shoot. We met at a botanical venue. There were a handful of bride and grooms with their families planning on getting married. James surprised us with a tea ceremony before heading into the flower garden to walk around the landscaping. I noticed Maya had a pink toy camera around her neck right as we were passing a pink floral bush. I directed Maya to walk towards me and gestured to use her toy camera to take a photo of me. This was a precious moment for the whole family as we were teaching James daughter the power of photography!