Hey, I'm Pat Kay. I’m an award-winning freelance travel photographer and multi-disciplinary artist based in Tokyo, Japan. As a Sony Digital Imaging Ambassador with a passion for travel and adventure, I specialise in exploring the contrast between nature and urban life, through landscape, cityscape, aerial, lifestyle, and street photography.

Hey, I'm Pat Kay. I’m an award-winning freelance travel photographer and multi-disciplinary artist based in Tokyo, Japan. As a Sony Digital Imaging Ambassador with a passion for travel and adventure, I specialise in exploring the contrast between nature and urban life, through landscape, cityscape, aerial, lifestyle, and street photography.

Pat Kay's photography portfolio documenting visual stories from all over the world.

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Unfortunately I can’t expect everyone to buy all my eBooks, so all 3 of my eBooks (Photography Guide to Japan/Tokyo/Kyoto) are all designed to be individual experiences that stand on their own depending on where you’re travelling.. This means that yes, there are duplicate entries across books, and it must be this way, because I stand by my word of …

Camera gear. Sony A7R IV. My main camera for images. Sony A7S III. Video and general purpose camera. Sony A7C. Walk around and light-carry camera. Sony RX100 VII

A lone figure walks in a snowfield. Biei, Japan / 2020 — Right in the middle of Hokkaido lies Biei, famous for its farmland. During the summer, it's awash with lush greens.

Pat Kay on 10/04/2020. My newest book! A 302-page eBook detailing tips and techniques on capturing Japan’s top 50 photography locations. I wrote a new book! If you have any interest in taking photos in Japan, you might want to check it out. This one is a special one to me. I love Japan and I really wanted to showcase why I think it’s the ...

Japan’s top 50 photography locations, sorted by region. Each entry is complete with descriptions, fun facts, hidden gotcha’s, tripod usage, best time of day and year to visit, which season is the best, how to shoot it, example images, how to get there, and more. Many local gems you would only find out about if you speak Japanese or know a local in that area.

The "next new big thing" from me: my Lightroom Editing Masterclass While most of my year is spent working through life and business at a somewhat comfortable rate, it seems that every year, almost in a rhythm, I find myself inevitably bunkering down for weeks or months at a time, working on the “next new big thing” that’s going to pu...