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Mother’s Day

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”Cloudy" Tokyo, 1998
”Cloudy” Tokyo, 1998

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today is Mother’s Day! Unfortunately, Mariko had to work this morning, so she didn’t get to hear the kids wish her a happy Mother’s Day good morning since they slept in late. But when she returned home this afternoon, we celebrated with mimosas and her gift, which was a Fitbit Blaze. She’s been very active lately, so she wanted to track her steps and heart rate. I think the Fitbit Blaze is a good watch for this!

This evening we celebrated at Alamo Drafthouse movie theater and watched Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2. What a fun movie! Highly recommended. Funny to see Tango and Cash together again, although they never shared any scenes.

Today’s photo is of another old film scan of a photo I took in 1998 in Japan. I applied a lot of noise reduction to this on in Lightroom and it looks a little painterly. I kind of like it. 😊

またね～

Day Trip Photos

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"Tsunami Hazard" Atami, 1998
“Tsunami Hazard” Atami, 1998

こんばんは。

A couple more photos from way back in 1998. I took a day trip to Atami and walked around the area, taking photos. Actually, I’m not sure exactly where this was, but I am pretty sure I walked around there one day on my own.

"City Stream" Atami, 1998
“City Stream” Atami, 1998

I loved taking these small solo trips. So fun to just explore and wander around the area. A leisurely day for sure. ☺️

またね～

Photo break

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"Colorful Tokyo" Tokyo, 1997
“Colorful Tokyo” Tokyo, 1997

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today I decided to take a break from taking photos, but I did get a bit of inspiration this evening and scanned some of my old slides.

These photos were taken with either my Minolta X-100 or my Minolta α507si on Fujifilm Velvia or Sensia (I edited the scans in Lightroom). When I lived in Japan, I loved roaming the city snapping photos. I can only imagine how many photos I would have taken if good digital cameras existed back then!

Shooting film was really great though. I enjoyed it a lot. Loading the film, taking the time to make more deliberate photos, and the anticipation when the film is at the lab was all part of the fun. I doubt I will go back to film, but I’m glad I had the experience.

"Black and White" Tokyo, 2017
“Black and White” Tokyo, 2017

I hope you had a nice Thursday.

おやすみ

Summer Dreaming

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"Summer Dream" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/8 sec, ISO200
 “Summer Dream” Cedar Park, 2017

こんばんは。

Today was grey and stormy. Although it is nice to have some rain, I am already wishing it were summer! And I wish I were on a tropical island somewhere… But still, stormy sunrises here in Texas can be nice too:

"Morning Clouds" Austin, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/340 sec, ISO200
 “Morning Clouds” Austin, 2017

I hope you had a nice day!