◉Winter Night Park - 美瑛町道の駅：冬の夜
ここは道の駅で、北海道美瑛町の観光地で有名な「青い池」のすぐそばに位置します。ここには高さが10mを超える大きな木々が多数あります。
それこそクリスマスのある12月に、ここの木々を、観光客が訪れたくなる様に、オシャレにイルミネーションし、さらにクリスマス・バザールも開催して、世界で誰も見た事がない様な美しい雪のクリスマスを演出したいです。そして年末大晦日に、花火大会を青い池で行う！
それがこの町に住んでる僕の希望ですが…なかなか実現出来ませんね。行政を動かすのは難しいです(笑)。
★ このモノクロ写真に色をつけることを想像してみましょう。僕はそうやっていつも考えて作品を作り、イベントプロデュースもします。
世界に売り出す「一枚の写真」を創作出来る様に、イベントもプロデュースします。その写真は世界中の多くの人達が、そこに来て見たくなる様な「絵」でないといけません！それが写真の力であり、自己満足の写真ではいけない。僕はそう思って行動してます。
(#^.^#)
★追伸
花火大会で言うなら、
もし私達が殆ど無音に近い花火を上げれるなら、普通の花火に飽きてる方、うるさい音が嫌いな方にも来て頂けそうです。音では無く光を楽しみながら自然との一体感を感じる事が出来て、きっと多くの人を魅了出来ます。
あるいは私達は静かな花火に合った音楽を流して、これまで開催されたきた花火大会とは、全く違う雰囲気を作る事も可能でしょう。
新しいアイディアと発想で、美瑛町の冬を観光名所にしたいです。う〜ん、考えるだけで、楽しくなりますね〜。
(#^.^#)
This park is located right next to “blue pond”, a famous sightseeing spot in Biei-cho, Hokkaido. There are many large trees here, over 10 meters high. We would like to illuminate the trees here in a fashionable way so that tourists will want to visit, and we would also like to hold a Christmas Bazaar to create a beautiful Christmas that no one in the world has ever seen. And on New Year's Eve at the end of the year, we would like to hold a fireworks display at the Blue Pond!
That's what we hope to do as residents of this town... It's not easy to make it happen. It's difficult to influence the government (laughs).
★ Imagine adding color to this black-and-white photo. I always create my works and produce events with this in mind. I also produce events so that I can create a "picture" to sell to the world. The photograph must be a "picture" that many people around the world will want to come and see! That is the power of photography, not self-satisfaction. That's what I believe and that's what I do.
P.S.
If we can make a fireworks display that is almost silent...
If we can make our fireworks display almost silent, people who are tired of ordinary fireworks and those who do not like loud noises will be able to come. We can attract many people to enjoy the light instead of the sound and feel a sense of oneness with nature.
Or we can play music that fits the atmosphere of the quiet fireworks and create a completely different atmosphere from the fireworks displays that have been held in the past.
We would like to make winter in Biei-cho a tourist attraction with new ideas and inspiration. Hmmm...just thinking about it makes me happy!
*************************
Kent Shiraishi is a Photo Producer and SAMURAI Photographer.
When it comes to art and design, the hottest thing out of chilly Hokkaido is photographer Kent Shiraishi. Mac enthusiasts working on the Apple operating system probably already have one of his simple yet arresting photographs – “Blue Pond and First Snow” – as wallpaper on their laptop screens. The Blue Pond, which Shiraishi has captured in every season, is fed from a volcanic hot spring, so its hyper-natural turquoise color can be partially explained by the presence of minerals.
Apple WWDC 2012 - MacBook Pro with Retina Display Introduction
(Blue Pond in Biei,Hokkaido)
Kent Shiraishi's "Blue Pond & First Snow" is chosen by Apple as one of its desktop backgrounds,now.
The Blue Pond in Hokkaido Changes Colors Depending on the Weather
Professional & SAMURAI Photographer Kent Shiraishi
Kent Shiraishi Photography Workshop & Hotel
Kent.Shiraishi
Kent Shiraishi Photography
★Photo Site 500px
Kent Shiraishi