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What a busy day!

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"She's Asleep" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/160 sec, ISO800
 “She’s Asleep” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！ Hello! How’s it going?

I had a super-busy day starting early… 6:30am I was working! Why? Well, I knew I was going to be in and out of the office because the kids’ school schedules are shifted due to the end of the school year and I have to be a chauffeur for Bay while Mariko is working at X-Games. So I thought I would get some work out of the way early. Plus I had three meetings today, one I took from home, and two were in the office. Besides the meetings, we have a few large projects with deadlines that can’t be missed. However, there was one task that sprung up unexpectedly at the end of the day, and that added about 4 hours to my workday. So I ended up putting in over 11 hours! I think that may be a new record for me. 😱

But, it’s stuff that really needed to be done, and I’ll probably take a half-day off at some point (if my workload ever allows it). 😛

Like I mentioned, Mariko is working this week down at the Circuit of the Americas for the X-Games. She’s helping out with translation duties for two Japanese 🇯🇵 skateboarders who are competing. It looks like a lot of fun (Mariko sends me photos of the venue) and I wish I could check it out too! Here’s one of the photos from a practice session. Looks so awesome!

"Practice Session" Austin, 2016
“Practice Session” Austin, 2016

Today’s photo is of our cat, Anko. She’s sleeping, believe it or not! Cat’s are so weird… I don’t think it’s a good photo (I hate the carpet!) but I just had to capture her twisted body.

Oh, this month, I am trying to take only black & white photos. But I already failed on the first day, when I took those cloud photos. 😅 Oh well. No biggie! More about my month-long black & white project later… as you can imagine, I am wiped out. 😴

I hope you had a nice Thursday!

おやすみなさい！

– バロン Barron Fujimoto

Low energy

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"Ominous Sky" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
 “Ominous Sky” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！ Good evening, I’m running on empty at the moment… no energy! So I’ll just leave you with a couple photos of the skies this evening. Stormy days, but interesting clouds when it’s not raining.

"Dramatic Dusk" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
 “Dramatic Dusk” Cedar Park, 2016

The first photo is a smooth, clean, “digital look”; the second photo has a more analogue, grainy, “film look” to it. Both were started from Fujifilm X100T JPGs using the Velvia film simulation, and then edited a bit in Lightroom.

おやすみなさい！ See you tomorrow!

– B Barron Fujimoto

Hot and humid

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"Moody Clouds" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/2500 sec, ISO800
 “Moody Clouds” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！ Hello, how are you?

Today was a hot and humid Sunday, and we stayed in most of the day. However, Mariko and I did a little yardwork – planting some goya seedlings that we received from our friends. It was crazy because there were so many mosquitoes buzzing around… I was covered up in long pants, a jacket and hat, and I still got bit a few times. Ack!

Most of the rest of the day was spent lazily doing housework and then we watched some baseball, drank margaritas, ate homemade enchiladas, and watched even more baseball. Our Dodgers were locked in a 5-5 tie into the 17th inning, until they finally won. What a marathon game! ⚾️

It was a nice weekend for us, and the kids are happy because they have tomorrow off from school as well. Too bad I have to work…

Today’s photo is of the clouds this afternoon. ☁️ I took it when I went to the Mexican market to buy some limes and Central American-style sour cream for our enchiladas. Once again I used the black & white + yellow filter, with +2 shadows. In Lightroom, I bumped up the contrast even more, especially on the left side of the histogram, and applied a strong vignette. I forgot to add any grain, however… woops! 😛

I hope you had a good day!

おやすみなさい！ – B Barron Fujimoto

Ballgame

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"Cloud like England" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/1000 sec, ISO200
 “Cloud like England” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！ Hello, did you have a nice Friday the 13th?

Mine was good, with a lot of work finished, but what was fun was watching Koa play baseball in the evening. He hit a rocket to center field, but it was caught. Still, that was his best-hit ball ever and he was fired up!

Anyways, the weekend is here and it should be a busy one, with another baseball game, Japanese school, and a piano recital. Should be fun!

おやすみなさい！

– バロン Barron Fujimoto

Half-over

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"Afternoon Clouds" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/15000 sec, ISO200
 “Afternoon Clouds” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！Hi, how’s it going?

The week is half-over! Has it been going ok? My week has been good, especially at work. I feel energized in the new office and I have started a couple new projects, and continued a couple old ones that had fallen by the wayside. It’s kind of exhausting, though. It takes a lot of concentration and that can be fatiguing. Every night this week I feel so tired… but it’s a good kind of tired. Like how you feel good after exercising because you know the effort is important and healthy. 💪

I haven’t taken many cloud photos lately, but this afternoon when I arrived home, the sun was peeking through and it looked really cool. So I couldn’t resist! ☁️ 📷 I bumped up the clarity a bit using a graduated filter in Lightroom… I think it came out pretty good!

Below is a photo of tonight’s dinner – Hawaiian-style char-siu chicken. It was so yummy! We got to use our new grill for the first time, too. I’m happy to report that it works nicely and is so easy to use. A successful inaugural effort. 😊

"Char-siu Chicken" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.2, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
 “Char-siu Chicken” Cedar Park, 2016

Just two more days in the work week, and then it’s the weekend. Let’s have a good Thursday!

おやすみなさい！😴

– B Barron Fujimoto