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When filming an important scene for Chinen, the director told Chinen “your senpai is looking. Show your good acting!”, telling Chinen that Ohno is there to look over his filming. However, when the director gave his ok to Chinen’s acting, the director turned and saw Ohno looking sideways, saying nonchalantly “there’s a weird praying mantis.”
The director “i couldn’t tell Chinen, but maybe Chinen saw it? (laughs)”
pic fr weibo
This is so Ohno.
News from Shinobi no Kuni - 4/25/17
Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi choreographed his own Avoid the Long Spears Dance like movements for his character Shinobi Mumon. During the fight scenes between protagonists the Shimoyama Brothers, Mumon had to fight with the enemy spears being thrust at him. According to Director Nakamura, Ohno created his own moves in 30 minutes. So who wants to guess who or which Chinese martial art stars influenced these moves? Jacky Chan? Bruce Lee? Yuen Woo Ping (of Matrix fame)
Credit to OMSK for pics
Since this is a long one (and the last one *sobs*) the translation will be up later.
Did I squeal? Yes I did! Love SekaMuzu! Still am hopping for second season or at least a special!(*♡*)
Translation of “Are You Happy” jweb mail (part 2)
So @jiimama has been the fabulously powerful force of nature to be so kind to this silly alien’s request. Thanks to her, here is that elusive second half of Japanese jweb post that English jweb and email did not provide (I just helped with some editing).
Without further ado, click here for the original japanese jweb text and please give thanks (and rainbows~) to beloved Mii for the following effort.
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Playing with Perceiving: 5 Ways to Add Depth to Your Photos
Written by: Elysia Santos
Ever think that your photos look boring? Or that it’s not striking enough? Then perhaps this guide will help you in your next photo shoot!
Disclaimer: I am not a professional photographer. Just an amateur photographer who is trying to relate what I learned in class to my favorite hobby.
In this guide, I’ll be talking about how to add depth to your photos with the power of psychology! …Or, well, in other words, some of the concepts of depth perception—particularly pictorial cues which are information from 2D pictures that provide information about depth (Goldstein, 2010).
Adding depth to your photos make it look more dramatic, no matter how simple the object or scene you are taking photos of. So, by using pictorial cues to your advantage, it might just give your photograph more impact.
The first four cues I’ll be talking about is included in the list of pictorial cues by Goldstein (2010). The last cue isn’t included in the list, however, according to Mather’s (1996) research, it is also an important cue for depth perception (I’ll expand on that later).
1. Hide and Seek - Occlusion
At times, we might think that objects that are blocking the scenery will ruin the picture. But on the contrary, you can use this to your advantage and use those objects to purposely block or “occlude” the main subject of your photo. Of course, you shouldn’t block the entire photo, but blocking parts of it (e.g. the sides) would give more information on how far the subject really is.
In this case, I used the trees to obstruct the view of Mt. Fuji. And even though Mt. Fuji is partially blocked, it clearly still remains as the main subject of the photo.
2. Spread Out! - Relative Size
We know, by fact, that all these bells are of the same size. But because some of the bells are placed nearer to us and some are placed farther, it gives off a more dynamic feeling.
Imagine having all the bells lined up in the same place. Sure, it would make a nice and interesting photo in its own way (hey, I love being minimalist, too!), but placing the bells in different distances add depth to it.
3. A “Never-ending Journey” - Perspective Convergence
One of my favorite ways to make places in photos look bigger than they actually are is to highlight the convergence of the location. And believe it or not, convergence isn’t really that hard to find–in fact, it’s everywhere!
Notice the invisible “lines” that make it seem like the canal is getting smaller towards the middle of the picture. It gives off “a road that goes on forever” feeling and is a great way to show that there is more to see than what’s in the photo.
This cue is really important in showing depth and is used by many artists, architects, interior designers, etc.
4. Get Close ;D - Texture Gradient
In photos like this, it always seems like the objects that are “nearer” to us seem to have more space in between, and things “farther” seem to be closely packed together.
Find a good angle to show a large quantity (of flowers, people, animals, etc) even if there isn’t that much in reality!
5. Focus, focus, focus! - Blur
An experiment done by Mather (1996) showed that blur provides information about depth as well as other cues. In his experiment, he removed other pictorial cues in simple random-dot images and was able to find that blur also acts as a pictorial cue. The difference between boundaries (of the sharp regions and blurred regions) is used by our visual system to determine depth.
In the past where cameras didn’t exist and the only way to capture an image was through art, it was probably more difficult to create this effect. But in this day and age where cameras and computers have become very high-tech, we can manipulate the blur easily using lenses and other photo editing programs. Many people use the blur to create dramatic effects not only in photographs, but also in movies.
Blurring an image does not only add depth perception to the image (everything behind the focused object looks far, right?), it seems to enhance the details of the subject of focus.
So, how about trying these tricks to make your photos more dramatic? ;)
The photos used were all taken by me at various places in Japan (2015-2016).
References:
Goldstein, E. (2010). Sensation and Perception (8th ed.). Wadsworth: Cengage Learning.
Mather, G. (1996). Image Blur as a Pictorial Depth Cue. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: 263 169-172. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1996.0027.
and this is our experienced (school’s club) badminton player, Rīdā!!!
and he was kicked out for missing practice too many times……and he hasn’t really played in 18 years.
I think Ohno plays recreational badminton when he can. Like how he played with the Kaibutsu-kun staff and cast behind the scenes
[trans] RO69 - Japonism DVD review
There was a review of the Japonism DVD making the rounds on Twitter that I really enjoyed and decided to translate. The review came from a Japanese website with a predominant interest in rock music and I enjoyed the fact that it focused a lot more on the production side of things.
Enjoy, and feel free to share your own thoughts on the concert!
There is no denying that Arashi are super idols who shine on the enormous stage in a packed Tokyo Dome before 55,000 people, yet at the same time they are also super craftsmen who aided in the creation of that enormous stage.
[trans] Nino - MORE - 08/2016
I really liked this latest issue of Nino’s It column and decided to translate it. Sometimes Nino can be very frank about his thoughts, especially towards things you would normally expect him to be blase and vague about. In this one, he talked about the hypothetical situation of somebody leaving Arashi. KAT-TUN was also mentioned.
Enjoy, and feel free to share your thoughts!
If I were to quit, that would be like biting the hand that feeds me.
Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Ohmiya (*//艸//) ️💙💛
I need an explanation about Ohno’s crotch in the first gif.
it might be his mobile in a loose, deep pocket
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Was anyone else waiting for someone to bring up 大宮SK in the latest Arashi ni Shiyagare? I mean, we had the original ユージ (Yuuji) and タカ (Taka) as guests:
There has to be some connection to this ユージ (Yuuji) and タカ (Taka):
Yes, Ohmiya SK is the spoof of those 2 detectives. XDDDDD
[trans] ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2015 Japonism - Q&As
So little time, so much to do! Taking advantage of the fact that I don’t have work this weekend to do some translating. First up are all of the member Q&As from the latest tour pamphlet. They each took turns answering the same questions (some with atypical answers), so I hope you enjoy!
Will try to get started on the group crosstalk tomorrow.
Aiba: Everything that passes through our filter turns out Arashi-like, I think.
Jun: What I wanted to do was come up with a new form of participation for our audience despite being confined to their seats.
Nino: I mean, we don’t even really know if those historical figures actually exist, you know?
Ohno: Everyone has a different expression on their face, but it all comes together.
Sho: We were being completely serious with it you know, us middle-aged adults (laugh).
Thanks for translating!
Out of curiosity...?
It’s been some months since I last translated anything because I’ve just been too busy for it, but I’m curious to know if things have changed during that time. It’s hard to gauge reader interest in general so I tend to rely on comment numbers, and I don’t think I ever had this few before so it got me wondering:
Do people still like to read full translations? Or are chosen snippets of the funniest or most relevant parts preferable? Or are translations not that interesting in general anymore? Or is it something else entirely?
I hope nobody feels like I’m being accusatory because of the lack of comments. I’m just genuinely intrigued by this sudden, sharp decline in reader participation because it’s such a stark contrast compared to the last time I posted anything, and I never use Tumblr otherwise so I have no clue about any new fandom shifts over here.
EDIT: I have no clue how to turn this into one of those ask things that allow people to comment; if anyone has any idea, please let me know!
[trans] ARASHI LIVE TOUR 2015 Japonism - Q&As
So little time, so much to do! Taking advantage of the fact that I don’t have work this weekend to do some translating. First up are all of the member Q&As from the latest tour pamphlet. They each took turns answering the same questions (some with atypical answers), so I hope you enjoy!
Will try to get started on the group crosstalk tomorrow.
Aiba: Everything that passes through our filter turns out Arashi-like, I think.
Jun: What I wanted to do was come up with a new form of participation for our audience despite being confined to their seats.
Nino: I mean, we don’t even really know if those historical figures actually exist, you know?
Ohno: Everyone has a different expression on their face, but it all comes together.
Sho: We were being completely serious with it you know, us middle-aged adults (laugh).
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