Photography
2024
Springwater walk
"sooc"
The just jpegs experiment continues. Last night Al and I went up into the Alphabet District for dinner, reserving a seat for some live jazz....
brunch walk
sushi and karaoke
The GR IIIX
I've got a trip to San Francisco coming up, and I'm taking a few days in the city after the business part is over. I...
Let go and let camera
Tonight Al and I decided to take a long walk to the corner store. I grabbed the Ricoh GRIIIX on a whim. The first thing...
A little goes a long way
I had some X100V raws from a trip to SF earlier in the year, so I loaded them into X Raw Studio and that gave...
Misadventures in Velvia
Al and I went to see Blood Simple at the Hollywood Theater last night. That was pretty awesome. Even better to have an emcee before...
Rise of the Rangeoids
I read a rumor site that says Canon is doing a fixed-lens Canonet QL revival to compete with Fuji’s X100, and that maybe Leica's next...
Rainy day time with X Raw Studio
I don't think I'd like it as my primary workflow tool, but I do love X Raw Studio for modeling in-camera effects on a Fujifilm...
The VSCO camera
I've always kind of wondered about where exists in Fujifilm's mind the line between the looks you can get from the film simulations + the...
Straight-out-of-camera ephemerality
Not too long ago Luke posted a link to this thing about how "the raw vs. jpeg debate needs to end." I don't think it's...
SmallRig X-T5 Grip (and the Nikon Zf, kind of)
I got the SmallRig grip for my X-T5. I didn't realize they'd toss in a little red shutter button, but they did and it's a...
Ben (2016)
The XF35/1.4
The Fujifilm XF35/1.4 was the first lens I bought for my X-T2 in 2016. I love it. I think most Fuji people do. In Portland,...