daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
We went to the first marching band competition of the season this evening to watch Koa’s high school perform. It was awesome! All the bands were really great, with a ton of variety. It was so cool to see all the hard work pay off in amazing performances. Way to go everyone! (But especially my son, Koa 😄)
I went on a bicycle ride on my lunchbreak, and took Mariko’s Olympus E-PL9. It’s a fun little camera!
As usual, I also had my GoPro to record the ride. Please give it a watch if you have time. In it, I describe a little more about the location of the photos. 😀
Photo info: OLYMPUS E-PL9, 9mm, f/4, 1/60 sec, ISO3200I was greeted by a soft glow in the home office this morning. What a wonderful start to the day!
By the way, I took the photo with Mariko’s old Olympus E-PL9 camera and its 9-18 mm (18-36 mm equivalent) lens. Fun to use!
I also have started cropping to a 4:3 aspect ratio more. I noticed that the Ozu movies that I am fond of have that aspect ration and I really like it.
I saw these wispy clouds high up in the air when I went out for my run. They look so cool, don’t they?
It’s the first day of autumn and the daytime temperatures in central Texas have dropped into the 80s. It’s already feeling like Halloween season!
“Chuto Hanpa” (中途 半端) is a Japanese phrase which means “doing something halfway”, in other words, starting something but not finishing it or leaving it incomplete.
In my house, I’m able to take the photo above often as it seems that no one besides me is willing to put the toilet paper roll on the holder. And I always think, “Chuto Hanpa” and chuckle to myself before putting the roll in the holder.
Besides that task, I’m also the “lights-turner-offer” and “cabinet-door-closer”. I used to get annoyed and complain but now I find it funny and satisfying to do this little bit of tidying up. (can turning off lights be considered tidying up?)
またね～
