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  <description><![CDATA[Spruce Cove Path is a natural light photography studio in Kamakura. Portrait, family, film, and newborn sessions. Prints made in-house. Book from ¥18,000.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[How Natural Light Changes a Portrait Session]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[When people ask what makes a portrait feel different from a snapshot, the answer is almost always light. Not the camera, not the lens, not the editing. The light. Specifically, where it comes from, how soft it is, and what time of day it arrives. At Spruce Cove Path we have worked in natural light only since 2017, and these are the things we have learned.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-05-12</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Film or Digital: What to Choose for Your Portrait]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[We shoot on both film and digital at Spruce Cove Path, and the question we hear most often from new clients is: which should I choose? The honest answer is that it depends on what you want the images to feel like, and what you plan to do with them. Here is how we think about it.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-03-28</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to Prepare for a Portrait Session at Spruce Cove Path]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Most people arrive at a portrait session a little nervous. That is completely normal and it usually passes within the first ten minutes. But there are a few practical things you can think about beforehand that make the session go more smoothly, and we have written them down here.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-01-15</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to Store and Display Fine Art Photographic Prints]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Every print we make leaves the studio in a glassine sleeve inside a rigid board mailer. That protects it on the way to you. What happens after that is up to you, and it matters more than most people realize. Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm is a durable paper, but it is not indestructible.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2025-11-20</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Best Outdoor Portrait Locations in Kamakura]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Kamakura is a small city with a surprising number of distinct outdoor environments within walking distance of each other. We have photographed in most of them over the past nine years, and we have strong opinions about which locations work for which kinds of sessions. Here is what we have learned.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2025-09-08</pubDate>
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