Yowayowa II

After singing her praises back in March, I still can’t get over Natsumi Hayashi‘s self-portraits and continue to be in awe of her most recent levitations. Without any aid of a rigging system or photoshop, she is able to capture the most effortless and perfect mid-air poses with just a 10-second timer and a tripod. Wouldn’t you just love to see her in action? WTF amazing.


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  1. these are incredible – wow!!

    8.22.11
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  2. amazing!

    8.22.11
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  3. MaUREEN wrote:

    Those shots are incredible!!!

    8.22.11
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  4. Em wrote:

    These shots are amazing, I’d love to try to do something like this some time!

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    8.22.11
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  5. Hannah wrote:

    Wait wait wait…I always thought these were photoshopped! Seriously, they aren’t?! That is incredible! I would love to see her do this. She must fall all over the place. I bet it look hilarious, but these photos…amazing!

    8.22.11
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    • Erica wrote:

      @Hannah, I was thinking the same thing – she must definitely fall all the time! No pain, no gain! 😉

      8.22.11
  6. fashionmix wrote:

    crazy photos !!!!!! love it <3

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  7. daria wrote:

    indeed she’s amazing! not only does she capture the perfect moment of the jump, but she also seems so effortless doing it!

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  8. Tina wrote:

    I love her cute little red sneakers in the pics. She’s adorable!

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  9. Love how it is cool and zen at the same time. Love that she’s doing it continuously.

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  10. It’s not often that truly original ideas come around. This is pretty amazing!

    8.22.11
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  11. Rosa wrote:

    waoooo Im like with my mouth open!! its great!!

    xx
    Rosa

    My Stylish Little Secret
    http://www.mystylishlittlesecret.com

    8.22.11
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  12. Bridget wrote:

    Wow! These are incredible! I can’t believe this isn’t edited at all. Amazing

    8.22.11
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  13. Shu wrote:

    Love this photos:) http://shu84.blogspot.com

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  14. irem wrote:

    I love it!

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  15. Monika wrote:

    Amazing pics!!!! I love her work!!!

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  16. Plami wrote:

    These are amazing!

    XoXo
    Plami

    http://fashion-thrill.blogspot.com/

    8.22.11
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  17. Ambyr wrote:

    Those subway shots are amazing. I did jumping poses and it took me like 20 shots to get 1 good one. This is awesome.

    xoxo
    http://www.thewrittenrunway.com

    8.22.11
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  18. Alyssa wrote:

    Where did you find these? Amazing shots! I love the one of her jumping on the subway.

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    8.22.11
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  19. Grace wrote:
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  20. So jealous of her skills! I’ve tried jump shots before and I always look weird, but she looks totally natural and effortless

    8.22.11
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  21. Katie wrote:

    Wow! These are absolutely amazing! I just can’t jump that high ha

    8.22.11
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  22. Hongi wrote:

    Omgosh, those shots are a-ma-zing!!! <3

    xo Hongi

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  23. zee wrote:

    those are so cool!!!

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  24. Kaila wrote:

    WOW!

    Very cool photography!

    xo
    http://cestclassique.blogspot.com/

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  25. azede wrote:

    some of these are crazy good! damn, the train ones are crazy

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  26. Jessica wrote:
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  27. Jiyoonie wrote:

    these are so freaking cool! thanks for sharing.

    8.22.11
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  28. Amazing photography!

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    8.22.11
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  29. These are amazing! How does she do it?

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  30. No photoshop? These are awesome!

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  31. I didn’t know this youg lady…the images are amazing! I want to try a ‘jumping picture’ as well, but not sure I want to do it in the tube…well, at least not the first time…

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  32. Annie H wrote:

    Her work is beautiful. Does she sell her work? Where?

    8.23.11
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  33. lina wrote:

    wow! Beautiful!

    8.23.11
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  34. Michelle wrote:

    WOW! Going to check out her blog now.

    x
    Michelle
    http://www.michellesstylefile.blogspot.com

    8.23.11
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  35. Nomadic D wrote:

    I love her stuff, it’s always blown me away. I think she actually can fly, and is just pretending with that whole timer/jumping thing.

    http://nomadic-d.blogspot.com/

    8.23.11
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  36. Angelita wrote:

    awesome shots!!!♥
    xxxo

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    8.23.11
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  37. chanel wrote:

    totally, insanely, amazingly, ridiculous!

    http://bywayofney.blogspot.com/

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  38. Carmen wrote:

    so genius, and the train shots are crazy. How did she get those shots without having her gear swiped or getting caught in the door??!! 🙂

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  39. JellieBean wrote:

    They are amazing! Shes so gracefull it looks like shes literally floating

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  40. This is truly insane!!!

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  41. ascensión wrote:

    ♥‿♥

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  42. Just a tripod and a timer? wtf. I am impressed.

    8.24.11
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  43. Isabella wrote:

    These are so cute! I love the first one, and the girl jumping into the train! Super super cute!!!

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  44. I absolutely love her photos! I have her blog in my reader and check it obsessively for updates. Besides being awesome pictures, she is a cutie pie with great style.

    My kids and I tried to take levitation photos (the kids are all under 7). It was so fun! I highly recommend it to parents/siblings/babysitters/aunties, etc.

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  45. Giselle wrote:

    Stunning!!!! I would really love to see her and the camera in motion. Ah-mazing.

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  46. Melody wrote:

    Those are insane! I can’t believe she didn’t photoshop some of those!

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  47. Cydny wrote:

    Now thats some serious air time!

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  48. alex wrote:

    Wow, no photoshop?! These are amazing!

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  49. Lauren wrote:

    I don’t understand how these aren’t photoshoped. Her hair isn’t flying up like it would be if she were jumping…

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  50. Liza Mae wrote:

    This is just an incredible concept. <3 it!

    8.31.11
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  51. Ethan wrote:

    Wow!!! How the heck does she do that?

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