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Vin’s Last Call 🎙⚾️

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"Vin" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO640
 “Vin” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！Hi, how’s it going?

Well, the weekend is almost over, and so is the career of the legendary Vin Scully. If you aren’t familiar with Vin, here’s a nice story from NPR:


Today was his final game broadcasting for the Dodgers. ⚾️ I posted the other day about him, so I don’t have a whole lot more to add but maybe just a few of the memories I had of growing up a Dodgers fan:

  • Enjoying a Carnation chocolate malt and using those little wooden spoons to try to carve a piece of that frozen treat
  • Grilled Dodger Dogs with spicy brown mustard and raw onions
  • Sitting in the bleachers under the hot sun, watching Dusty Baker and Lee Lacy in the outfield
  • Top-deck seats were $4, Reserved seats were $6
  • Taking the Stadium Way exit from the Harbor Freeway
  • The stadium organ, played by Helen Dell, and later Nancy Bea Hefley as we found our seats

I’ll end this post with some of the music of old Dodger Stadium, and the final sentence of his last broadcast:

“I have said enough for a lifetime, and for the last time, I wish you all a very pleasant good afternoon.” 🎙⚾️🎹🎵

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Music

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"Colorful" Austin, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO1000
 “Colorful” Austin, 2016

Hello!

Do you know what today’s photo is of? Today Bay and I stopped by the musical instrument store to “pick” up some supplies. In our house, we’ve got a lot of musical instruments – 2 electric guitars, 2 bass guitars, 2 acoustic guitars, a baby grand piano,and electric piano, a flute, 3 ukuleles, and a xylophone. It’s nice to have a lot of music in the home! 🎵

Well, if you haven’t guessed it by now, the photo above is of some guitar picks. So colorful aren’t they.

Hope you had a great day!

おやすみなさい！

– バロン Barron Fujimoto

Television

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"X-T10" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.2, 1/125 sec, ISO5000
 “X-T10” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going today?

For some reason, Koa has been watching HGTV lately. I suspect it’s because some friends of his are into or something. But anyways, it got me thinking about my own television habits and the types of shows I prefer.

My favorite programs are travel shows and documentaries, so PBS is my favorite American channel. And even when I watch TV Japan, I gravitate towards the travel shows, which can be so beautiful. They don’t have to feature exotic places, but can be just strolling around a new part of town. I find the Japanese travel shows are more laid-back and quiet, while the American shows are kicked up a notch, with loud music, quick zooming cut-scenes, and a need to keep things exciting. I like both approaches, but it’s really cool when a show can just stay on a scene for 15 seconds, with just the natural sound of the environment.

My favorite TV shows:

In general, I have little interest in American television (except for baseball games) and prefer TV Japan, doramas, reading blogs, or watching YouTube videos for my entertainment. Of course binge-watching Portlandia is an exception! Love that show. 😆

Today’s photo is of my wife’s Fujifilm X-T10 camera. She primarily uses a 35mm f/2 lens on it, which is a great combo! I think the camera looks classic as well, although I personally prefer all-black versions. I’m glad she like her camera!

Hope you had a great day.

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Black and White

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"Mouthful of Sushi" Carrollton, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5, 1/100 sec, ISO1250
 “Mouthful of Sushi” Carrollton, 2016

こんばんは！Hi, how’s it going?

So, today’s photo is one I took a couple Sundays ago when we went to Kula Sushi 🍣 in Carrollton (a suburb of Dallas). I was going through my RSS feed and came across an excellent post about black and white conversion in Lightroom and I thought I’d give it a try.

Usually I will rely on my crutch, Nik Silver FX, but I edited the above photo entirely in Lightroom mainly using the color sliders in the B&W adjustment panel. Many people think that black and white conversion is just selecting “desaturate” or “grayscale” in Photoshop, but there is so much more than that (if you want to delve into it). I’m no expert, but it’s fun to see what the different color sliders will do in a black and white image, and I enjoy learning.

Another thing about the photo is that for the past year I have been making a photo every day, and posting that photo. But today I decided I would just post this older photo. Honestly, the four photos I took today were of my phone, a couple slices of pizza, and a receipt. Not the most interesting (to me) nor the nicest to look at.

But I’m fine with posting an older photo. It’s not the end of the world, is it? Anyways, I really like the image above, and wanted to share it. 😄

I hope you had a nice Monday!

おやすみなさい！

– バロン Barron Fujimoto

Thanks Vin

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"Thanks Vin" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/30 sec, ISO800
 “Thanks Vin” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！Hello, how’s it going?

The highlight of today was watching the Dodgers clinch the NL West title in Vin Scully’s last game at Dodger Stadium, with a walk-off homerun in extra innings. It was pretty amazing, and yet another storybook ending.

Like most people who grew up in Los Angeles, Vin Scully was a constant fixture in the summertime, his voice broadcast over the airwaves whenever the Dodgers played. I remember listening to him call games along with Jerry Doggett and Ross Porter, and then Don Drysdale. You could always count on Vin.

It’s hard to believe that he won’t be calling games next year. It is sad, but this graphic sums it up nicely:

dr-seuss

It’s funny that my kids love the Dodgers as much as I do, being that they were born here in Texas. Here’s a photo of us celebrating the Dodger win today:

"Dodger Fans" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/13 sec, ISO800
 “Dodger Fans” Cedar Park, 2016

I know next year will be strange since we won’t hear Vin any more, and the Dodgers won’t seem the same because of that. But I’m happy that he enriched our lives over all these years.

Thanks, Vin!