Announcing: Rural landscape photography project
I discuss my desire to photograph rural landscapes, the photographs that lead me to commit to the project and announce the five-year project kick-off.
Fujifilm GFX-100s Review: Part II
Continuing from the previous part of the series Fujifilm GFX-100s Review, I discuss the use of the camera for Landscape photography and then conclude with my thoughts.
Fujifilm GFX-100s Review: Part I
The Fujifilm GFX-100s is a steller medium format camera aimed at amateurs, hobbyists, and professional photographers. For now, it seems that Fujifilm single-handedly dominates the medium format landscape.
This article discusses my opinion on the camera and experience of photographing streets and outdoor portrait photography.
Family vacation trips for the photographers — my recent trip to Banff
Photographing when you are on vacation with your family is challenging. However, with the right planning, you can achieve both. In this blog, I discuss my preparation for photographing popular spots during the vacation with my family in Banff - Alberta.
Gear Review: Fujinon GF 45-100mm f/4
The Fuji GF 45-100 F/4 medium format lens should serve as an all-around lens that you can take with you for a walk for portraits or landscape shots. With an excellent build quality and all-around performance, Fujifilm has produced another zoom lens for its GFX system that closely matches the excellent GF 32-64mm in quality.
Pursuit of a vision
I’ve discovered that the quality of persistence is essential when in pursuit of a creative vision — especially in photography, an art form that involves countless variables beyond your control, like weather and lighting. Even so, it’s not impossible to envision a specific photographic scene and then actually capture it. What follows is the story of my two-year endeavour to take a photo of Edmonton’s skyline that was “just right.”
Smartphone photography
Despite the drawbacks of mobile phone photography, we must acknowledge its impact in society and the field of photography. Perhaps mobile photography is here to complement dedicated camera photography rather than to eliminate it, and it would be better to embrace the change than to oppose it.
Developing a Photographic Vision
If you’re a landscape photographer, having a few locations close to home will help you to practice crafting and realizing a creative vision. Landscape photography requires a photographer to combine skills, and the right gear with relentlessness and persistence. This place should be relatively close to home and this is an article about my journey to produce a very good image over 2 years time from a place close to my home where I kept returning.
Fujifilm GFX-50S Review: Part II
For many photographers, medium format is a territory they wish to tread, due to its overall romanticisation in the camera industry. Medium format cameras were not financially viable for most photographers, until Fuji released the GFX 50S and its sibling GFX 50R. Even if the 50S appears to be expensive from the APS-C and full frame price point, it is one of the cheapest medium format cameras you can buy right now.
Fujifilm GFX 50S Review: Part 1
The GFX 50S is definitely a leap in digital mirrorless medium format system and it is overall a very capable camera. Fuji has skipped the full frame, and has accomplished that feat at a near-full frame price. With acceptable aesthetics, very good ergonomics, and an awesome shooting experience, Fujifilm has delivered a portable digital medium format camera that rivals its competitors.
Part I: Camera Formats
Praised for their resolution and high dynamic range, medium format images are arguably more lifelike than those taken by cameras with smaller sensors. In this blog, I’ll explain what medium format is and outline some of its advantages and disadvantages.