I just feel so hip.



It's an Apple, the one with the personal assistant that doesn't understand much of what I say:

Me, at brunch with family: "What kind of gas was used in the Hindenburg?"

Phone: "I have found twelve gas stations near you."

Bah. Anyway, it has a camera with as many megapixels as my Nikon D70, and the smallest lens. It just amazes me it can take a picture at all through that tiny hole. Incredible.

The camera is not fun to use, and there seems to be quite a lag between pushing the button and taking the picture. (I haven't read the manual, by the way, so perhaps I'm just using it wrong.) I tried downloading the Mattebox camera app which is supposed to turn the interface into something like a Konica Hexar's. It's more fun to use then the Apple camera app, but still not quite right somehow. I'm enjoying getting to know the phone, but I think phone-tography might not be for me.

Here is a phone pic of an old girl some of you will recognize:



We've been paying regular visits to the assisted living community for dogs and people. Anne and Trina have both taken to it. Trina has a huge dog run and loves it, although her arthritis and other age related problems have slowed her noticeably in the past few months. She is a very stiff and tired dog and needs to lay down a lot during our walks, which she never used to do. The kids, not accepting of the aging process, have taken to massaging her to get her going again. They settled on a combination of shiatsu, deep tissue, and drumming on her head.






The dog seems delighted when the boys arrive so I'm guessing she doesn't mind the tough love.

I have some pics from an earlier visit still stuck in the 35mm camera undeveloped. I'm having a hard time getting out to shoot recently but I hope that's behind me soon as I really miss it.



Hope you're all well,

Jeff

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and seriously use the iphone as a p&s instead of a, well, a p&s.

i find that a p&s just gets in the way as well when shooting.

the lesser stuff that i have on my person, the better.

those pics are great, btw!

the boys and their friend... Nice snaps. I have also not been out with the camera in some time. Nine more days of the language class and then hopefully I will have some time.

I captured a few images on Sunday at a Farmers Market in front of the UN University here in Tokyo. Was helping a friend to over see some weekend construction and enjoyed the crowd at the market... lot's of healthy stuff and some pizza and beer .

It was just nice to be away from the books for a couple of hours.

Hope you get out and about in the near future.

Casey