Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/100 sec, ISO640 Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！ How’s it going?
Today was a busy, but productive day at work. When I got home, however, some new boxes of Instax film were waiting for me! I’m not sure how many photos I have printed out on my Instax printer since I got it at Christmas of last year, but it must be about 50 so far. Anyways, I was down to my last pack of 10 so I ordered three boxes. The price on Instax film has come down a lot in the past few years. I think it was close to a dollar a print not too long ago, but these days, you can find them for about 63 cents a print.
I just love the color that the film is capable of. Below is a photo of how I keep my family pics at work. We don’t have much shelf space in our new open-style office, so I just put some Instax prints in my Pantone book. Maybe I will get a nice flip frame for some more prints, but for now, I think this will do just fine. 😄
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO4000 Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！ Hello, how are you doing?
Today’s photo is of my favorite shoes (well, the type of shoe) – Converse Chuck Taylor Hi-tops. I’ve pretty much always had a pair or two since high school, my favorite colors being, black, red, and white. I’ve also owned several lo-top Chucks as well.
What I love about them is that they are super comfortable, although when you first get them, they are kind of weird feeling. Every time I get a new pair, I wonder how anyone could have played basketball in these things. I mean, the soles are so flat and the high tops are not strong enough for any kind of ankle support… I think they are just high so that the shoes wouldn’t come off if someone stepped on them during a game. But, after you wear them for a few weeks, they feel so good!
Anyways, the past few days I have been experimenting with taking more photos, but not spending as much time composing the image, or wondering if the image is interesting enough to post. These photos are simply for fun, and mainly to keep for myself, although I might share them too! For these snapshots, I switch my camera to shoot the smallest dimension, in square format. I also have a custom setting in my camera that uses Velvia film simulation with +2 to both highlights and shadows. I wish the custom setting would automatically change the size and aspect ratio, but that’s not too big a deal since I can do it easily with the Q menu. The photos are only about 2 megabytes in size. It’s wonderfully liberating to just snap a few photos of everyday things and not worry about making a nice image, nor taking up huge amounts of space on my hard drive. It’s just fun!
Here are a couple of these types of photos. Nothing amazing, but nice memories and slices of life. In the first one, I just liked the way the evening sun was coming in through the kitchen window. The second one is… well, it’s fun to take pictures of pets, isn’t it?
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/100 sec, ISO1250 Cedar Park, 2016Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO6400 Cedar Park, 2016
Well, I hope you have a great evening, and a nice Thursday!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2, 1/100 sec, ISO1600 Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！ How’s it going?
Today’s weather improved a lot! It was sunny, warm, and a wonderful day to be outside! Even though I was working, our new office has plenty of windows so I can enjoy the sunshine, even from indoors. It’s very nice. ☀️
Our office is a bit closer to home, but besides the proximity, I also have the opportunity to take a different route for the commute – one that does not involve the freeway or toll-road. It’s only a minute or two longer, but I can save a lot of money by taking this route. So these past two days I’ve taken this new route, and I think it’s much better. I’m pretty happy about that!
Today’s photo is of the pens that I bought for writing notes on my Instax prints. I love the rainbow of colors, so I took this out-of-focus photo using my X100T. I was actually focusing on a reflection in the pen case, so even though the pens were only about 10 inches from the camera, the focus point was about 3 feet away. Anyways, I liked the blurry photo and enhanced it a bit in Lightroom, bumping up the clarity and contrast, reducing noise, and increasing the whites.
I hope you had a great Tuesday! Tomorrow is Star Wars day. Woohoo!
Today’s weather was strange… it got down into the chilly 60s in the day, but then this evening, dropped into the 50s. Crazy! It was too bad, but there was enough rain for Koa’s baseball game was canceled. ☔
It was a big day at work because the entire Austin team was together in the new office building. As you can imagine, everyone who moved in today was busy unpacking boxes, getting their computers set up, and just getting oriented. It was a lot of fun, but we also had a lot of work to do. It’s a pretty great space, with open views, plenty of coffee machines (yay! ☕), and a nearby lunch café. And as a bonus, it’s a shorter commute for me! 🚙 I am very happy with the office, and I’m glad I got to contribute by coordinating the artwork for the new space. It helped that we had and awesome visual/interior artist! 🎨
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, ISO1000 “Yuzu” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！ How’s it going?
Today was a super-relaxing day. Although in the morning I tried (unsuccessfully) to fix our refrigerator water line, the rest of the day was very nice. Even the DIY part was fun!
So, what did I do today? Well, I finished reading “Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City” which is the first in a series of fun YA books. I have the second book and I’ve already started reading it. Most of the day was spent with music playing on the stereo, reading, and playing with the dog and cats. It was a great day!
The cats are pretty funny. As I mentioned before, they are sisters and play a lot together. But they do have distinct personalities. For instance, the calico has taken a motherly role, while the black and white cat is the naughty one. She likes to climb on top of the aquarium and knock off the toys we have up there. But they are also a lot alike, and they are both active at the same time, and they also get tired at the same time and fall asleep together. It’s really cute!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/140 sec, ISO400 “Anko” Cedar Park, 2016
I hope you had a nice weekend! Take care and goodnight. おやすみなさい！
– B
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