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I’m happy to announce that the art gallery is UP!

Click here, or cut & paste or type in aviva-photography.com/photocart

Click on “Access Gallery“.

Enter the code: aviva09

You’ll ALL get 10% off of your purchase of $100 or more if you order in the first month! (by May 6th) Facebook fans – keep an eye out for an update – you will get an additional 5% off your order with a special coupon code. Payment is via PayPal on the site, and the pieces can be shipped here to your APO/FPO or to a stateside address. If you live out in town and do not have an APO or FPO, I’ll be happy to have it shipped to me and I can meet you with your order.

Please know that additional sizes and photos are available – if you have something in particular in mind, please email me – I want you to have whichever piece you’ve been thinking of! I’ll also be adding photos from Kyoto and Thailand that I’ve taken recently, but I think you’ll get a pretty good idea of the offerings. Thank you all again for your incredible feedback and loving support. And because I just canNOT post without a photo or two today….

These are a couple of photos I took in Thailand. This was taken at the floating market. The woman on the left was selling produce to the couple on the right. It was so hot; it reminded me of Okinawa where the people are so acclimated that they wear long sleeves when it’s below 80 degrees!

Admittedly I’m a bit of a photographic sniper at times. This young monk was texting on his phone inside a temple in Chiang Mai. He heard my shutter click, turned and smiled sheepishly, and jetted off to another area, but the moment was captured. This makes me giggle; the ancient and modern unite!

Have a fantastic week, everyone! Peeks of this weekend’s shoots to come, I’ve been busy, and a little injured (I threw my back out this weekend) – and it’s spring break, so I might be a little bit scarce, but I’ll do my best to satisfy the clients’ cravings for peeks!

Kyoto was amazing. There are truly NO WORDS to describe how beautiful that place is. My friend and I were blessed with fantastic weather, amazing tour guides, and incredible food. I am already planning my next trip! YES, I took way too many photos. YES, I will be sharing some photos with you here. But no – not yet. I have many client shoots to finish editing because we had some nasty rain in Okinawa before I left, so things were delayed. There are some things to tend to around here first!

On another note – WHERE has the year gone? It’s November. And it’s time to start thinking about 2009. First order of business is a calendar in my house. I am proud to say I contributed to and helped assemble the Okinawa Hai 2009 Calendar! About 16 photographers in Okinawa contributed to make this amazing calendar a success. Each month displays four gorgeous photos of this island we at least temporarily call home. Please do visit the link, and then pre-order your calendar. The amazing folks at Oki Hai! will ship it to you in the states or to your FPO/APO. The American AND Japanese holidays are marked in the calendar too!

So be off with you – go order a calendar so it gets to you in time to say HAI! to 2009.

Have a great day – I have LOTS of stuff to share with you very soon, everyone.

It’s sold – currently winging its way to Australia.