I am always excited to try new things, and thanks to Rie, I was able to do my first street yoga photoshoot, and I got to do it with an amazing person!
Rie is a yoga instructor from Japan, but that is not all. She is also a Polynesian dance instructor and performer. Rie loves San Francisco, but she hadn’t visited in 17 years. To capture her return to San Francisco she asked me to photograph her doing yoga in the city!
Unfortunately, we didn’t have very good conditions for the photoshoot. It was drizzling, freezing, and the ground was wet. However, Rie was full of energy, positivity and passion and didn’t let the weather dampen her spirits. She channeled her excitement for yoga and San Francisco, smiled, took off her shoes and showed me some beautiful yoga poses! (Rie and I agreed that safety is first and so we made sure not to do anything that could be dangerous with the slippery ground.)
Rie was amazing until the end and paid me in an interesting way: she covered the money with adorable origami. Photographing Rie doing yoga in the streets of San Francisco was so special and fun!
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