Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/60 sec, ISO1600 “Prints” USA. Texas. Cedar Park. 2016.
こんばんは！Hi everyone.
It’s Sunday night and I am sad the weekend is almost over. My kids have a holiday tomorrow so they can relax one more day. Lucky them!
Today I printed a few photos using our inkjet printer. I’ve been having a lot of fun with my Instax printer and have neglected the regular inkjet, but the inkjet makes some really lovely prints. The color, sharpness and vibrance is much better than the Instax prints, but the instant film has a lot more charm. I like them both! We have an inexpensive Canon PIXMA MG7120 which is really convenient, but the Canon ink is expensive. I recently bought some Skia Ink Cartridges which were rated pretty good, and the prints I made today (in the photo above) came out great! I have asked Mariko to look for some nice frames for the 4×6 size so we can display them. You know, it’s convenient to view the digital photos online, but a real print or instax/polaroid that you can hold in your hand is a much richer experience IMHO.
Well, that’s it for now. I need to get some good rest tonight because it is going to be a busy work week!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/125 sec, ISO1000 “Blue Shutter Release” USA. Texas. Cedar Park. 2016.
こんばんは！How are you doing? I’m well, although I have developed a cold sore on my lip. It’s been several years since I’ve had one, so it was a surprise this morning!
Today’s photo is of a nice shiny blue “Blue Metal Soft Release” that I purchased for my X100T. I have a convex black soft shutter release, but I thought this blue one might look nice on my black camera and since it was only about $5 I figured I would give it a try. The quality and the color of the button is nice, but it is a little too small for the X100T… and also I think the black button I have on it now looks better. So I put the blue button on my wife’s X-T10, and I think it looks great! It also matches the size of the X-T10’s release mechanism almost perfectly! Happily, my wife also likes it and so I have put a little Loctite on it to secure the button onto the threads.
By the way, in an earlier post, I explained that I was going to start using a “Personal Documentary” category to designate my posts with the daily photos. But it turns out that I am also posting daily (or nightly) and including the photo, so I am not sure the separate category is needed. Therefore, I have removed the “Personal Documentary” category. I have been including my daily posts in the “Slice of Life” category in case you are keeping score.
Lastly, I wanted to mention that this has been a tough week in which both David Bowie and Alan Rickman have died. I’ve been a Bowie fan since high school (I remember listening to Changesonebowie in my room with a bunch of friends one night), and I saw him in 1983 during his Serious Moonlight tour. What an amazing show. And I’ve admired Alan Rickman’s acting, specifically his portrayal of Severus Snape. He really stole the show in the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2, didn’t he?
On that note, I will end this post. I hope you have a great Friday!
Just a quick note – one thing I love about the Fujifilm X100T is that the viewfinder is on the left side of the camera. Because I use my right eye to compose photos, this means my nose doesn’t hit the LCD screen of the camera. On my DSLR, with the viewfinder in the center of the camera, my nose would leave grease-marks on the LCD all the time. Just another reason I like the rangefinder-style design of the X100 series!
Hi everyone! How are you this evening, morning, or afternoon? I’m doing well, although my back hurts a little bit. Luckily it is not serious, and not one of those inner muscles. So I think a good night’s rest will set things back in order. 😊
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5, 1/125 sec, ISO3200 “Kasumi Arimura Instax” USA. Texas. Cedar Park. 2016.
I’ve been going a little crazy printing out from the Instax SP-1 lately. I’ve gone through my Flickr photos a bit and selected a bunch to print out – I have 22 photos in the queue! It’s so fun to fill up the album. I don’t have one specific subject to print out… I print all kinds. From family photos, pet photos, landscapes, black & white, you name it! I also print out photos of my favorite celebrities such as the one above of Kasumi Arimura. I watched the movie “Flying Colors” and enjoyed it quite a bit, and also thought she was great in “Amachan”. So, why not make an Instax print? The photo is now a bookmark for one of the many books I am currently reading (and never seem to finish).
My Instax album can hold 108 photos and I think I have printed about 50 so far, giving away 10 or so. It’s funny that this little printer and the photos it produces has been so fun. I am still trying to figure out exactly what the appeal is and how it fits in with my photography hobby. Maybe I shouldn’t think about it too hard and just enjoy the experience?
Hi! I hope you had a nice start to the new year! We had a very relaxing one, just eating osechi (Japanese new years food) and watching movies.
Lately I have been reading about photography projects, and the one that caught my attention is something like a “personal documentary”. I guess it is sort of like a recording of my own daily life… just normal things that we take for granted, but if we give them attention, they can become important things. Or another way to look at it is that in 50 years, these things might be of interest. I don’t know if this is true, but I really enjoy viewing these types of photos.
So, I think 2016 will be the start of mine. I am not sure if I will take a photo every day, but I’ll try. I’ve done 365 photo projects in the past so I am confident I can keep it going! I’ve started a new category in the blog named “Personal Documentary” if you’d like to sort by these photos.
This first photo is about as everyday as I can get… it’s the pen holder on my desk at home. I’ve actually had this beer can for over 20 years. I think I cut the top off of it when I was at university and have used it to hold pens ever since.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/90 sec, ISO6400 “On the Desk” USA. Texas. Cedar Park. 2016.
This project seems like a New Year’s Resolution, doesn’t it? Well, I rarely make resolutions, so I don’t think I can call it that but it is something I’d like to make a habit.
I hope you all have a wonderful year and give it your all!
-B
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