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Fujifilm XF 56mm f1.2 R Lens Review & Sample Photos

The Fujifilm XF 56mm f1.2 R lens is an absolutely phenomenal that is extremely fast with beautiful bokeh and a 7-blade rounded aperture at f1.2. The lens is optically near perfect and is very well-built with an all metal barrel. It does have somewhat of a high element count as a tradeoff to great corner…
A Perfect Day In Southern Japan

We finally had a break in the weather. It’s been stormy and windy because of the typhoon, but yesterday it cleared up for a perfect day. I’m not exactly sure where these rice terraces are on a map, but they were amazing. They extend down into the bay, and to the right, out of frame,…
Shooting Japan From Inside A Car

This trip to Japan has had me in the car a lot. Driving, driving, driving. Especially in Hokkaido, where I had the flu. That was not fun. Two days with a fever and some bronchitis sprinkled on top. I’ve also learned a new meaning of pain. Descending from 36,000 feet in an airplane with congested sinuses. Anyway, something…
Exploring Japan’s Countryside

You don’t get to see much of the countryside in Japan, but it is my favorite place to visit. It’s a lot slower paced, restaurants are even more ma and pa, and everyone is usually so friendly. Photography with the Fuji X100T and XT1 These photos were shot in the mountains of Kumamoto, Japan. I…
Ishibashi Bridge And HDR With The X-T1

I’ve been excited to return to Southern Japan to shoot with that Funinon 10-24mm f4 lens. The time of day and weather haven’t been great, but HDR photography fixes everything. It blows my mind sometimes the software and technology available to us today. Some of the scenes I’ve been shooting have been so bright with…
Exploring Dazaifu Japan

Street photography is that mysterious style of photography that can mean so much while showing so little. I can only look at the masters, wondering what magic they possess. I have to be honest. It’s hard. Before really getting into it a year ago, I thought it was just going around, taking pictures of people…
A Day Of Travel

Airports and flying are my least favorite parts of going to Japan. It’s not that I don’t like airports or flying. It’s when your flight gets delayed, causing you to miss your next flight, which forces you to have to take a shuttle to a completely different airport an hour away, only to ride on…
Lost In The Woods – A7r

As I’ve been getting ready to leave for Japan next week, I was sifting through some of my old photos from last year that I’ve never published and found this shot. My wife and I found this cool little bamboo forest growing naturally near Magaribuchi Dam Park in nowhere. It was very peaceful and undisturbed,…
Iridient vs Lightroom – Fuji Film Simulators

To expand on the comparison between RAW and JPEG with the Fuji film simulators, I put together a test that also compares how the Fuji Film Simulators in Lightroom differ from those of the Iridient Developer.
How HDR Works In The New Lightroom

With the release of the new Lightroom CC 2015 or Lightroom 6, we can merge our HDRs by photo without leaving the software. The technique used is slightly different than any other program I’ve used. Here’s how it works First, you select all the photos you’d like to merge. Right-click, select Photo Merge, then HDR. Then,…