I was having dinner with
moriyama_umi and
ryuhayashi last month, and they asked me to do a photoshoot for their fantastic San Francisco-based American J-rock band
Akai Sky. We decided on 2 looks and locations... this is the first. The styling in the second set is all them, but for the first I have to thank them for humoring my desire to see them all jump, with instruments, in pastel skinny jeans and striped tops. I got to refer to them by the color of their jeans too, deciding that they should all be frozen treats. Apologies to Durian, who I kept calling Lemon the whole day. My bad!
1. From left to right, that's Umi (bass, orange sherbet), Jinra (drums, durian sorbet), Ryuusei (voice, ichigo), Hayashi (guitar, mint chocochip)
2. Sherbet!
3. Somehow I forgot to save a non-marked version of this and the 2nd jumping shot, whoops.
4. This is for a homework assignment, but Umi is so awesome, I had to include it in this post.
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7. Check out Ryuusei's split-colored hair :D
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9. Go orange sherbet!
10. Ok, fine, you can ALL jump...
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Onto the artsy fartsy shots...
12. Hayashi SUPER JUMP
13. Ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me!
14. Rainbow sherbet...
15. Jinrainbow sherbet...
16. AKAI sky!
Pt. 2 to come in the next day or 2. Expect less ice cream and more punk!