May 17th, 2011, New Blog Launched!

Ayano Hisa Photography just launched a new blog! To cerebrate this, I created a slide show with some of my best photographs that was shot in the past year. New posts will be coming soon!!

November 20th, 2011, Lisa and Will’s Engagement

I did an engagement photo session with this nice young couple, Lisa and Will, at Highline Park, NYC. Lisa is a lighting creator for museums and Will is a doctor. We met at Highline park in the afternoon and shot the photos as we walk. Highline has various nice spots for photos, some colored trees, NYC street views, nice benches, etc. We moved to the Hudson River area to take some shots at the waterside. They were easy-going nice couple and we enjoyed the photo shoot. Congratulations, Lisa and Will!!

November 12th, 2011, Sara and Matt’s Wedding

Sara and Matt is finally married! I did their engagement photos in the last May. Since she told me she is getting married, I’ve been looking forward to photographing their wedding! The ceremony was in a beautiful St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Long Island. They used orange and yellow flowers to decorate the church and they looked great with Sara and Matt. The reception was at Smithtown Landing which was about 8 minutes from the church. The location was nice, the food was delicious and we had a lot of fun there. Congratulations, Sara and Matt!!

November 6th, 2011, Jodi and Jared’s Engagement

Jodi contacted me at the beginning of August for an engagement photo shoot. Everytime we scheduled a photo shoot, the weather forecast was “rain”. After 5 or 6 times of re-scheduling, we finally did a photo shoot! It’s already November… And the day we picked for a Central Park engagement was the big NYC marathon day… Inside the park, although there were so many runners and their family and friends all over, the autumn leaves were beautiful. We had some difficulty walking on the street because a lot of streets were blocked, but overall it was a good photo shoot. Congratulations, Jodi and Jared!!

October 29th, 2011, Penny and Anthony’s Wedding

Snowy October Wedding! Penny and Anthony got married at Renaissance Hotel on E.57th Street, NYC. It is a nice hotel with a nice restaurant, Opia. Their ceremony was multi-cultural and had some Jewish and Filipino styles. It was beautiful intimate ceremony. The reception dinner was by the restaurant, Opia. The groom and bride was kissing all the time and seemed so happy. When I was editing the images, there were photos of them kissing one after another! Congratulations, Penny and Anthony!

October 28th, 2011, Yoshiko and Mitsuru’s Wedding Photo Session

Yoshiko and Mitsuru came from Japan to NYC for their honeymoon. They were my second Japanese-Japanese couple! They also both happened to be the same age as I am (not gonna mention how old). They had some difficulties as soon as they got to NYC… They ordered the bouquet when they were in Japan and also reserved a time for a pick up. They got to the florist and the florist started making the bouquet when they got there… So they ended up waiting for 90 minutes at the florist (and the price was outrageous). OK, honestly this kind of things happen daily in NYC, but New Yorkers, please at least do not disappoint tourists who come all the way from around the world to NYC!! And you can’t blame anybody for this, but we had a limo, and the traffic was terrible…. Oh well… Anyway, we started the photo shoot at Grand Central and moved to 5th avenue, and finished in the Central Park. Despite the not-so-good experiences in NYC, they were so sweet couple and I am sure they had good time here (and also the heavy snow on the next day)! Congratulations, Yoshiko and Mitsuru!!