I like the photos of Gabriele Lopez a lot.
Tag: photography
Photography-related posts. I talk about inspiration, settings, gear, other photographers, etc.
80s?
“LOMO FishEye 2” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！ Hello! How are you today?
Can you believe the temperature was in the 80s today here in Austin? It’s only the beginning of March and it’s getting so warm. I wonder if this summer is going to be hotter than usual. I guess I wouldn’t be surprised since record temperatures keep getting set. 🌞
Today is Hinamatsuri, otherwise known as girls’ day in Japan. 🎎 In our family, we have two sons so there isn’t too much of a celebration. 😟 But maybe we’ll have a granddaughter some day and then we can have a proper hinamatsuri!
Today’s photo is of a fun little film camera that my family gave to me as a gift a few years ago. 📷 It’s a LOMO FishEye 2, and as you can probably tell from the name, the lens is a fisheye, with a super-wide frame of view. I don’t think it is true 180 degrees, but it’s still pretty extreme. I’ve had this camera in the cabinet and it still has the first roll of film that I loaded into it when I received the camera. No, I don’t use it very often! But there are only 9 more shots left on the roll so maybe I will finish it this year. We’ll see.
Well, it’s almost Friday, and then the weekend. Looking forward to it for sure! Take care.
おやすみなさい！
-バロン 
Mid-week
Leander, 2016
こんばんは！Hello again!
Today’s photo is one that I took while watching Koa’s baseball team practice as the sky lost its light. I took the photo in color and converted it to black in white using Lightroom and tweaked a bit using the Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Black, and White sliders. I’m quite pleased how it turned out!
I usually use Nik Silver EFX to do any black and white adjustments, but decided to try a new technique I learned after watching a video on Youtube. It’s a quick and easy way to adjust black and white images, loosely based on Ansel Adams’ workflow.
Well, that’s all from me for today. Let’s have a great Thursday!
おやすみなさい！
-B
Jimmy on the Run
Jimmy on the Run from Wytse Koetse on Vimeo.
Excellent short film about the Amsterdam photographer.
Podcasts
USA. Texas. Cedar Park. 2016.
こんばんは！How’s it going? It’s just about Friday… this week has gone by so quickly. Maybe the fastest for me in a long time, maybe ever. I am so busy at work that the days just fly by!
I haven’t talked about the podcasts that I enjoy listening to these days lately, so I figured I would mention a couple. Of course, I listen to a lot of photography podcasts but my favorite ones are Street Focus with Valerie Jardin and the Photofocus podcasts with Scott Bourne and Marco Larousse.
What I enjoy about these is that they are not really centered on gear or technology. Instead, they focus on the art and inspiration pertaining to photography. I think that at this point in my photography hobby, I am less into gear and specs and more interested in photographic expression. I’m not saying that I am an expert… on the contrary, I have so much to learn about the essence of photography and what it means to have a certain style. I don’t really have one… and as a non-professional, I don’t feel the need to have one. At this time, I just want to document our lives. I try to think what could be interesting to my great grandchildren who might wonder how his or her ancestors lived.
And from a lot of my photos and posts, I bet they would know that Mariko is an amazing cook and baker. Today’s photo is of some donuts that Mariko made at home. I haven’t tried one yet, but they look amazing, don’t they?
Well, I am pretty exhausted… I have been fasting during the daytime and having one meal in the evening. So, I feel great physically and mentally, but get worn out quickly. But it feels good actually… hard to explain but I like it. Makes me feel alive I guess.
Bed time now though. おやすみなさい！
-バロン
