I have to admit that I got sidetracked a bit with my Instagram posting. Basically what happened was that I started focusing on travel photography during my China trip last year, and lost focus of my original intention of posting photos on Instagram. But when I look at my Instagram profile, it says “My Life in Snapshots”. So I am starting to post just regular snaps from my daily life. One thing I do every day is to take at least one photo, and share it on my Flickr stream (I’ve been part of a Project 365 group for a couple of years now), but I think I’ll start posting some of those to my Instagram as well.
With SmugMug’s recent purchase of Flickr, there’s been a lot of renewed interest in former users to come back and try it again. Which is funny to me since there are plenty of us who have been actively using it non-stop. This tweet by Om Malik, in particular, got me thinking about it a bit.
I never fully understood why people were so harsh on Flickr. I mean, sure, they never made the jump to mobile like other companies did and innovation has been slow, but their web service has been consistently good. To my knowledge, Flickr has never gone backward or screwed their users… it’s just continued to exist, and those who were happy with it stayed with it.
I’m pleased that more people are coming back, for the sole reason that this surge in popularity will ensure that Flickr exists into the distant future. I don’t really care about returning photographers being excited about a “new” photo community. The photographers who stayed active on Flickr are most likely already satisfied with the groups they’ve been a part of since years of community have been building organically.
Like anyone, I’d welcome some shiny new features or slicker design, but honestly, I’m just happy that Flickr is a simple, straightforward, and hassle-free way to share and discuss photos. As it always has been.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/100 sec, ISO250 “Blue Hour” Cedar Park, 2019
I went outside to bring the garbage can back to the house when I saw that the sky was looking pretty awesome. I grabbed my camera and took a few snaps to stitch together in Photoshop. I think it turned out pretty good! It’s amazing how good the stitching technology is these days. I remember having to manually align layers in Photoshop and do quite a bit of blending manually. Now it’s almost entirely automated. Very cool!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/120 sec, ISO200 “Last Light” Cedar Park, 2019
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO1250 “Colorful Sky” Cedar Park, 2019
The temperature is dropping as a cold front arrives here in central Texas, but we were treated with an incredible sunset. Here’s a peek through the trees in our backyard. The sky was amazing!
Photo info: SONY NEX-6, 16mm, f/7.1, 1/100 sec, ISO100 “Sunset” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: SONY NEX-6, 16mm, f/4.5, 1/80 sec, ISO100 “Sunset Traffic” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: SONY NEX-6, 16mm, f/4.5, 1/80 sec, ISO100 “Cloudy Morning” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: SONY NEX-6, 16mm, f/9, 1/160 sec, ISO100 “Delicate Clouds” Cedar Park, 2019
One thing I’d like to do is to take more black and white photographs. I particularly enjoy editing black and white in Lightroom, so that’s an extra bonus. So here are a few that I took this evening in my home office.
I hope you had a nice Friday!
またね～
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/60 sec, ISO5000 “Black Ink” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/60 sec, ISO640 “Kitty Cat” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO5000 “Hello” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO500 “Watch” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2, 1/60 sec, ISO1000 “Mechanical Pencil” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/40 sec, ISO6400 “Succulent” Cedar Park, 2019
Today was yet another traditional family activity: trimming the olive trees at my parents’ house. 😆 Usually, my brothers and I will climb the ladders and trim the trees, and the kids will clean up the ground and pack the branches and leaves into the garbage bins. This year, Koa wanted to help out on the ladder so he spent some time trimming the front yard tree which is a little smaller than the backyard tree. That’s classic Koa – wanting to give new things a try!
“Tree Work” Torrance, 2018
For lunch, my mom made submarine sandwiches, which she always makes for us when we visit. It’s one of those meals that is a can’t miss but is a challenge to fit into the meal schedule, which often gets crowded! Mariko says I need to study how my mom prepares her subs, since when I make them at home they don’t taste the same. 😄 So I took lots of photos this time! Of course after 40 years of subs, I know how to make them just like she does, so we’ve come to the conclusion that it’s just the fact that grandma Fuji made them that makes them taste better.
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Another tradition is dining at CoCo curry house, and testing our tolerance for spiciness. This time, just Koa and I tested our limits, with Koa ordering a level-7 curry while I had a level-9 curry. I’ve had level-10 the past couple times, so I figured I would try something new. 😄 It wasn’t too spicy, actually, but the rest of the family’s milder-level curry was reportedly spicier than normal. Regardless of spiciness level, the curry was delicious and it was a fun dinner.
