When I was contacted to do a quick shoot for Ben, I had no idea what it was going to be like. I am but a photographer who works better under some sort of limitation – I don’t enjoy big studio lights and fancy rigs. The more you limit me, the more I’d try to work around it. Because of this, I always turn to the streets. The fun thing about the streets is also the most challenging thing – you have to make use of your environment to make it work.

To be honest, this was my first shoot in a very long time. In fact, this was probably my first photoshoot in Tokyo after being here for over a year. The night proved some difficulties as there was a lack of lighting, which explains the noise. Shooting on RAW took care of it for just a little bit, but I was able to achieve the desired look that I was going for in the end.