Jim Atwood in Japan

The new issue of Ranzuki Japan has been released for September 2009. I actually really like both the cover and contents of this issue. The Photography and information is fantastic. I’d say this is probably one of the best issues of the year. Inside you can find a gal present which consists of a small waterproof plastic pouch and what looks like T-back underwear. I haven’t opened it and I can’t tell from the picture, but previous gifts have been the same. The Ranzuki issue also seems to focus on Summer fashion of course, but also the brand CoCo LuLu which also sponsors the free summer gift. I think most gals will find this issue chalked full of great photos, tips, and colorful fashion ideas. Attached is the cover, table of contents, and the free gift page. Enjoy!

A beautiful yellow Sunflower against the backdrop of a power line in Nagano city, Japan. Sunflowers are awesome and they are everywhere in Nagano, Japan. Video was taken with the Creative Vado HD. Video by JIm Atwood Photography at http://jimatwood.net.
This past week I’ve been researching mobile solutions for my new http://jimatwood.mobi domain. I found two popular solutions of which one worked very well for me. The first idea was to go with mobify.com. I tried out their website development tools and either I’m just not getting it or I’m too much of a programmer to wrap my head around it. I just found mobify too time consuming to get my site working in basic mobile fashion. I then took a week off and then later after some additional research stumbled upon the dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack which was recently released. Today I installed Wordpress 2.8.2 on jimatwood.mobi and then installed the dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack 1.1.1 plugin. After about 30 minutes of painless installation, I had a complete working mobile site up and running rather quickly.
A little while ago I did a photoshooot of some gals for a Hair Salon in the Nagano City area. This is something I often do for promo and advertising work around Japan. This video depicts some of the shots taken that day and the nice expressions dis
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