Interesting survey about when people like to change into their yukata (robe) when visiting an onsen. I like to change into the yukata before we go to the bath, so that I don’t have to carry a set of dirty clothes back to the room. That’s the second most popular from the survey… Now thinking about onsen makes me really want to visit! ♨️
Photo info: Motorola Moto G (4), 3.64mm, f/2, 1/15 sec, ISO3200 “Camera Love” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは！How’s it going? Are you staying warm this winter? The temperatures will drop below freezing here tonight, but we’ll be warm and cozy in our beds!
Today’s photo is of my camera, the Fujifilm X100T which I have blogged about before. I’m still loving it – definitely my favorite camera I’ve ever owned. It’s not the fastest, doesn’t have the highest resolution or specs, but it has a certain charm in its body design and the image quality that the jpeg processing produces. That combination is why so many people love their X100 cameras, and Fujifilm cameras in general.
This camera has changed the way I think about making photos. Having multiple lenses that cover the ultra-wide to the super-telephoto range isn’t that important to me anymore. Simplicity has become much more valued to me now. The single focal length simplifies so much. Decision-making is easier. In fact, a lot of decisions have been eliminated… and I love it! It’s truly liberating.
Of course, I value the knowledge and experience I’ve gained from owning and using many different cameras and lenses, and it still comes into play with the photographic duties I sometimes take on at work, but for my personal photography, the X100T is all I need.
I guess this simplification is part of a trend in my life… getting rid of things I don’t need or use. Do I need all the apps on my phone? No, I only need a few. Having less keeps my phone light and fast.
Do I need to keep all the books I have already read? No. I donate or sell them, and free up physical space and clear the clutter. Seeing books that I’ll probably never read again just gives me a feeling of incompleteness. Get rid of them and close that chapter for good. (I made a pun!) Closure feels nice.
There are so many opportunities to simplify!
Focusing on just a few quality items seems to be a path that makes sense to me now. It gets me excited to think about jettisoning the things I don’t need anymore.
I was “traveling the world” in search of some cool radio stations on radio.garden, when I happened upon the little island in the photo above. Isn’t it incredible? It reminds me of somewhere a castaway might land upon. A “Life of Pi moment”.
