{"id":1416,"date":"2010-01-03T00:31:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T15:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-01-03\/1416"},"modified":"2010-01-03T00:31:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T15:31:42","slug":"four-generations-for-new-years-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2010-01-03\/1416","title":{"rendered":"Four Generations for New Year’s Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 26 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/9, ISO 1100 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nFour Generations<\/span>\n95-year-old Misao with her son (and his wife), granddaughter, and great grandson\n<\/div>\n\n

I discovered a great way to get a fun<\/span> group portrait this morning:\ncarefully set up camera on tripod, turn on a self<\/span> timer set to take a\npicture<\/span> every second, make final delicate focus adjustments, announce\nyou're ready to run and join the picture, than loudly bump the whole setup\nas you clumsily move away. Feign look of shocked “oops”. Everyone laughs.\nInterval timer takes picture. Hope the bump didn't ruin the shot.<\/p>\n\n

I did that for this shot this morning, except for the whole “on purpose”\nand “feign” thing. I like the<\/span> result.<\/p>\n\n

Anthony's mom's dad's 95-year-old mom made a visit<\/span> for the New Year. She arrived<\/span> last night in time for a traditional<\/span> osechi<\/i><\/a> New Year's\ndinner.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 55 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nAnthony Receives Otoshidama<\/a><\/span>\na traditional New Year's gift to kids\n(five bucks... he was in heaven)\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 66 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nSimple Decoration<\/span>\ncover of one of the food boxes\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1250 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nLots To Chose From<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nDig In!<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 560 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nVariety<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 4000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nMmmmm....<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 640 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nTrying Some Still-Steaming Bread<\/span>\nbaked by yours truly\n( in a bread<\/span> machine... makes me feel so “bakey” )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 50 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 2200 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nWith a Studied<\/span> Eye<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

We broke out a gift of private-label sake<\/i> we'd received from a\nprofessional<\/span>-chef friend. He deals<\/span> only in the very finest things...\nprevious gifts have included both the priceless (matsutake mushrooms<\/a>) and\nthe pricey (melons<\/a>).\nFumie's grandmother ran a liquor<\/span> shop in Osaka for 50+ years, so this\ncaught her eye.<\/p>\n\n

She's 95 years old and physically frail, but can still navigate the\nstairs in her two-story house. Mentally, she seems pretty darn sharp. Here's an example...<\/p>\n\n

Fumie's dad grew up thinking his birthday was Oct 30th, until when he\nwas a teenager<\/span> filing some kind of paperwork with city hall, he found out\nthat his birthday was recorded as Oct 31st. Returning home to report this\nto his folks, she said at the time “oh, I probably<\/span> just forgot the date”.\nDoh! Anyway, fast forward 45 or so years to last night, and Fumie's dad was\nsort of ribbing her about the Oct 31st mistake, which she deflected with a\ndry<\/span> “that year didn't have that date”. I guess<\/span> you had to be there, but the\ndelivery was hilarious.. sort of a dismissive<\/span> but loving “child, you don't\nknow what you're talking about” deadpan that caused everyone else to erupt\nin laughter while she returned to her food.<\/p>\n\n

It may have been mis-recorded by the government, but it's equally likely\nthat she indeed just didn't remember back then. Japan immediately after the\nwar was not a place<\/span> of ease or plenty. “Maternity leave” started when labor\nstarted, and indeed, Fumie's grandmother was working the fields when labor started\non or around Oct 30th. Maternity leave ended not long after labor ended, so\nI'm sure she had to defer work on the baby scrapbook to concentrate on\nlittle things like feeding the family. It was a<\/span> time of pain, suffering,\nand sacrifice — that's part of all motherhood — during an era of\npain, suffering, and sacrifice. I live in<\/span> a time<\/span> of easy and plenty, but I\ncan't<\/span> remember what year it is without checking the computer, so I don't<\/span>\nbegrudge her a day<\/span> or two back then.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 52 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 6400 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nMore Otoshidama!<\/span>\nfrom Fumie's folks, along with a big<\/span> coin-shaped disk of chocolate\n<\/div>\n\n

From the “and now something completely different” department, we pulled\nout a gag<\/span> gift from Mommy...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 35 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 800 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nMilk Glasses<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 4000 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nCold, But Fun<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 58 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 900 —\nfull exif<\/a><\/span>\nHere's Looking at You, Kid<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

She's Anthony's last surviving great grandparent, though he did get to\nmeet Fumie's mom's mom before she passed, as can be seen in this other “Four\nGenerations” shot<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I discovered a great way to get a fun group portrait this morning: carefully set up camera on tripod, turn on a self timer set to take a picture every second, make final delicate focus adjustments, announce you're ready to run and join the picture, than loudly bump the whole setup as you clumsily move away. Feign look of shocked \"oops\". Everyone laughs. Interval timer takes picture. Hope the bump didn't ruin the shot.<\/p>

I did that for this shot this morning, except for the whole \"on purpose\" and \"feign\" thing. I like the result.<\/p>

Anthony's mom's dad's 95-year-old mom [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}