When I started photography, fast glass was something almost unobtainable. Voigtlander released a Leica M mount $1000 F1.1 “Nokton”, and that was about as entry-level as it got. For 0.95 the only affordable option was the Canon TV “Dream” lens, which was priced in the multiple of thousands. I made the decision early on that […]
This is my first lens review for Fuji X Passion and as such there are a few things I want to touch on before I talk about the lens itself. When it comes to lenses, there are two camps. On the one side, we have those who chase reproduction, producing ultra sharp images that chase […]
I have been inspired to write this article (or at least approach the subject in this form) recently by a number of recent interactions I have had with “aspiring” photographers online, as well as the video Is Photography Dead? by Tony & Chelsea Northrup on YouTube. Tony brings to the forefront a point that is […]
But what exactly does that mean? Before I can begin to talk about my experiences as a documentarian in earnest, we really need to understand where on the photography family tree it sits. Often mistaken for journalistic photography or overshadowed by its trendy urban cousin, street photography, documentary photography rarely has reason to share the […]