One of my favorite songs by The Smiths, ” The Boy With the Thorn in His Side”. I had the good fortune to see them perform live back in 1985 at the Hollywood Palladium. I think that is the venue that I have been to the most in my life. Besides The Smiths, I saw Ministry, Madness, Simple Minds, Untouchables, The B-52s, and so many others… 懐かしい！
Cats make me sleepy
“Funny Markings” Cedar Park, 2016
Cats make me sleepy…
Hope you had a great day!
おやすみなさい！
– B 
A scene
“Alice & Cheshire Cat” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！ Hello, how’s it going?
So, today’s photo is a little scene I created from stuff that is on my desk in the home office. It looks like a scene out of Alice and Wonderland, doesn’t it? But you probably recognize the cat as the catbus from “My Neighbor Totoro”. This particular catbus is a little fridge magnet, but I have it attached to an old Suntory beer can, which I have had for 25 year or so.
I took a few different pics of this scene, some in black and white, but I thought the color version looked better. I used the Fujifilm “Classic Chrome” film simulation, with no extra in-camera adjustments, but in Lightroom I applied the same presets as my previous photos, and I kept the original crop. I love the Classic Chrome colors… they look so cool! The Fujifilm film simulations are so beautiful… Velvia is awesome, Provia is good all-around, and of course the black and white simulations are so versatile. I think the simulations are my favorite feature of the Fujifilm cameras.
You know, it’s fun to set up little scenes like this photo although I rarely do it. I guess because I don’t have too many toys and also probably because I lack that type of creativity. Or maybe I am just lazy! At any rate, I hope you enjoy the photo. 😄
おやすみなさい！
– B
Homework time
“The Hermit of Homework” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！ Hello! How’s it going?
There’s not a whole lot going on today, so I’ll just talk a little about the photo above. It’s of my son Koa working on his Japanese homework, while wearing a blanket over his head. He actually reminds me of a Jedi, or maybe Yoda. I took this photo using Fujifilm’s black and white + yellow filter film simulation, +2 shadows, -1/3 exposure, and dropped the exposure even more in Lightroom, added a strong vignette, adjusted curves a bit, added some grain, and cropped 4×5. I liked the look of this one, so I saved the settings to a pre-set, which I applied to the photo below. I think it came out nicely!
“Kitty!” Cedar Park, 2016
I might have found a nice black and white look that I’ll see if I can replicate in the future.
I hope you had a nice day, and I’ll see you tomorrow!
おやすみなさい！
– B
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (DeAf Remix)
Oh yes! Taylor Swift remix! I like this version.
