Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, ISO1000 “Baseball Kitty” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！ Hello, how’s it going? I’m exhausted because of a long day, plus I threw the baseball with Koa this afternoon under the Texas sun… and that took a lot out of me! So, a very short post this evening.
Tonight’s photo is of Anko-chan, taking her afternoon nap. I placed the baseball there and she didn’t even notice it. ⚾️ In the photo below, you can see a wide shot of our livingroom, and if you look closely, you can see her on the top of the sofa. Her sister is sleeping on the other sofa, and Koa is on the beanbag watching the Cubs game. It was a very nice afternoon… exactly the kind of weekend I enjoy. 😄
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, ISO640 “Watching the Cubs” Cedar Park, 2016
Tonight we celebrated Mothers Day with an early dinner. The photo below is of Mariko’s top-shelf margarita. I had a sip, and it was excellent!! 🍸
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.2, 1/100 sec, ISO320 Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！ How’s it going?
We made it thru another week! It’s so nice to be able to relax after work and enjoy the free time, watch the fish in the aquarium, play with the kitties, and hang out with the kids. Mariko went with some friends to the baseball game because Yu Darvish is playing with the minor league team tonight. It seems that all the Japanese people who live in Austin are at the game!
Mariko asked if I wanted to go, but since I just went to the baseball game a couple weeks ago with Koa, and I am not a fan of Darvish, I passed on it this evening. Also, the kids didn’t feel like going. I am a little surprised that Koa didn’t want to go!
Anyways, it was a relaxing evening. Tonight’s photo is of the lovely late-day sunlight coming in through the kitchen window. It’s a great hour for photos, even just everyday scenes… my favorite kind.
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!
おやすみなさい！
– B
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