The X-Pro2 remains a fantastic camera for street photography. With its stealthy, elegant design, the interchangeable lens feature and the one-of-a-kind hybrid viewfinder, conceived in that useful rangefinder approach, so you can have the other eye available to see the action as it progresses towards your frame, the X-Pro2 remains one of Fujifilm’s flagships and […]
Working as a wedding photographer can be one of the most challenging tasks ever. It requires talent, knowledge, patience, and physical endurance, social and business skills, not to mention the right gear for such a demanding responsibility. Switching from a DSLR system to a mirrorless one, Fujifilm in this case, could also bring even more […]
Over the last year, I’ve been working on a portraiture project, I loosely call Cinematic Moments. Coming from a filmmaking background; I’ve always explored storytelling, and over the past few years, as I’ve explored photography as a creative medium, storytelling has definitely creeped it’s way in. A few years ago, when I was first starting […]
Digital or Film? Fuji Acros on a X-Pro2 compared to Fuji Acros 100 film on a Hasselblad 6×6… Which will be the winner? A few weeks ago I did a non scientific comparison between black and white digital and film, using my beloved Fuji XPro-2 and a Pentax 67 with Ilford FP4. The article got […]
The Helios 44-4 58mm f/2 is a vintage Soviet-era lens with a cult following for it’s unique ‘swirly’ bokeh. For $30, it clocks in as one of the best portrait lenses for a mirrorless body you can find. If you have reservations about a manual focus portrait lens, you’re not alone. I’ve fallen in love […]
Hi, my name is John FitzGerald. Like a lot of kids I was given a Kodak Box Brownie when I was young. I used it from time to time but not obsessively. Much later in life I started to use a camera a bit more frequently but it was not until I was much older […]
No I’m not serious. Well maybe just a little. I was brought up on Analogue. I fell in love with photography decades ago when I was 14 and my father took me to Hamlyn’s toy store in London and bought me my first darkroom kit. I was eager to develop my first photograph in the […]
Living in San Francisco for so long has brought a unique set of opportunities and constraints. Growing up, I had little interest in really knowing the city, despite its rich cultural heritage and photogenic neighborhoods. It wasn’t until I started college and majored in Urban Planning that I developed more awareness and interest in my […]