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Morning Sun | Tokyo

Traveling to Tokyo from California is always great for the first few days because it’s very easy to wake up for the sunrise. I don’t typically wake up until 10am since my lifestyle of working as an editor for an ad agency has made me completely nocturnal. So when you factor in the time difference…
Fujifilm 35mm f2.0 – Review & Sample Photos

The Fujifilm 35mm f2 R WR lens is one of those lenses that you can just fall in love with almost immediately. It’s small, fairly inexpensive and produces some really nice image quality. But more than that, it’s got character. Although the Fujinon 35mm f2 is by no means perfect, the lens is priced in…
A Quick Stay In Yufuin Japan | X-Pro2 / X-T2

We took the train from Fukuoka to Yufuin Japan. The ride is a few hours through Japan’s countryside, carved out by rivers and rice fields hidden between volcanic peaks, the landscape here is amazing and is one of Kyushu’s must see spots. It’s also a great place to relax, or to just shoot some travel…
The Beauty Of Simplicity | Fujifilm X-Pro 2

You can spend hundreds, or even thousands on landscape photography tutorials, or . . . you can just shoot with Fujifilm. Here is all I did to get these results.
Fujifilm 27mm f2.8 – Review & Sample Photos

The Fujinon 27mm f2.8 pancake lens is one of Fujifilm’s smallest and lightest lenses and is a perfect fit for the photographer looking for something compact and low profile for street shooting or travel. The 27mm produces an field of view with the 35mm equivalent of 41mm. From overall image quality to the mechanical build, this…
Fujifilm X-T2 Review – Just About Perfect

The Specs . . . 4k video, a 24 megapixel sensor, two-way tilt screen, dual UHS-II memory card slots, boost performance of 14fps with a battery grip. Did Fujifilm just make the best APS-C camera on the market?
Fujifilm X-T2 Smokes The Competition With Memory Card Speeds

I just finished doing the memory card speed tests with the Fujifilm X-T2, and I had to double-check my results. The camera is smoking fast. It’s even faster than the X-Pro 2 and faster than any CF card I’ve tested. With the UHS-II Lexar 2000x, I can get write speeds up to 156 MB/s with an average of 153.79…
Shooting HDR With The X-Pro 2

When shooting Bodie, a ghost town high in the Sierras of California, I had my ten-month-old baby with me, and I needed to get some shots quickly without thinking about it. It was also 94 degrees outside and somehow raining on and off. I felt that bracketing shots was a good approach to getting an interesting take on this crazy California…
Twin Lakes Mammoth – X-Pro2

On my second night up in Mammoth, there wasn’t much going on with the weather. Clear blue skies were everywhere except in this one direction, looking out towards the Twin Lakes. Everywhere else, there were boring blue skies, so this was my shot for the night. In front of me were the twin lakes with…
Mono Lake Pinnacles – X-Pro2

I drove to Mono Lake and Mammoth to test out some Fujifilm lenses. Despite the rain earlier that day, I was fortunate to see an amazing sunset at Mono Lake. I planned to shoot at Mono Lake for two nights, but the sunset and weather were so good the first night that I didn’t need…