Natsumi Hayashi's Levitation

"We are all surrounded by social stress as we are bound by the forces of earth's gravity...So, I hope that people feel something like an instant release from their stressful days by seeing my levitation photos." - Natsumi Hayashi said.

Really appreciate that there are different types of people in the world;
especially there are people with crazy ideas.
I admire their creativity and courage, and the commitment.

"Natsumi Hayashi is a sweet-looking Japanese girl who, one day, decided to take self-portraits..of herself levitating. She can be spotted in and around Tokyo, equipped with her SLR and her self-timer. When she feels the moment strike, she presses the shutter button down and then, quite literally, "jumps" into place." (information from a blogger, here)

The blogger expressed that the thing she love most is that the shots do not feel forced at all, they look naturally happen.

*This capture with red umbrella kind of freak me out though.









And what I am really interested, beside the naturally levitation feeling, is the observation of the people surrounding.
*Take notice to the passerby.

She shared a little interesting story regarding to that too, when asked:
"One day, when I was jumping at a famous sightseeing spot in western Tokyo, workers at a souvenir shop were frightened by how I was jumping. They were whispering things like 'Is the girl mentally ill' and 'Do we need to call the police?'
"So I stopped jumping and apologized to them by saying, 'I am taking jumping photos for my wedding party's slide show.' Their faces turned bright red, and they said things like 'Oh dear!' and 'Congratulations!' and even 'Keep jumping!'

By the way, I saw this current levitation photo of her in title of 3D.

I am wondering if that is what we were discussing about when we were flipping through the magazine, the 3D camera?

Anyway, check out more of her levitation in her blog, here.
You could even add her in Facebook! I have added! :)
I really admire her creativity and persistence in doing it.
We all know that it is not easy to jump and look relax in shooting!