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Word of the Week
02 Feb 2013 4 Comments
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To reveal what is being planned or to share important information freely. Similar to ”open the books” or an “open door policy,” opening the kimono means revealing the inner workings of a project or company to an outside party. Also referred to as “open (up) one’s kimono.”
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smkelly8
Feb 03, 2013 @ 05:38:05
All of these photographs are excellent. The picture quality; the color, the focus, and the subject are just perfect like the room itself. When I was there, color film was so new that most of us were afraid to use it thinking it would fade over time. So we used Tri-X black and white film. Our whole world, today, would be a lot different if all those black and white pictures were in color, such as this. And then there is the camera. Our best cameras back then were German: Voitlander and Rolliflex. 35mm cameras were thought to be not very dependable after discovering most of the bodies were made from metal beer cans. The writing and the color were not always so well painted, black, and the color showed through. So we stuck with what we had and worked with it. But I wish we had the cheapest iphone camera to work with back then. I just posted a photo of maiko or geisha in training on my word press blog that you commented on.
Feb 03, 2013 @ 09:25:24
It’s amazing how technology’s changed. I’ve still kept my film cameras though I don’t know why. I also recall and regret putting off buying a digital camera. I was a very late adopter. I wish I had jumped into that water sooner as the pictures I have from living in Japan (1998-2003) are all prints. To upload them I have to scan them.
I also still appreciate prints and should get organized and order some of my best ones. I did lose a lot of photos of Indonesia when my hard drive died and Google deleted my Picasa account (of course, they refused to refund me the money I’d paid. Ugh.)