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Elephant Seals – X100T

While driving home from San Francisco a few weeks ago, my wife and I stopped by that spot where the elephant seals hang out just outside of Big Sur. These things were everywhere, spread out miles in each direction. That’s good since they were very endangered at one point, which I understand. These are probably…
Iridient Developer vs Lightroom – A Detailed Comparison

You may have heard of this Iridient Developer RAW converter if you’re a Fuji shooter. If you haven’t, it’s something worth checking out. I’ve been using Iridient for the last few months with my Fuji X100T and have been so blown away by the difference it makes when converting my Fuji RAW files that I decided to make a…
Griffith Observatory And The X100T

One of the popular places you’ll end up going to if you ever come to Los Angeles is Griffith Observatory. I still like going here even though it’s crowded with tourists. It didn’t use to be this way, or at least not as bad. But now, that thing is happening, and if something is free,…
Walt Disney Concert Hall With The A7r

I brought along the A7r to shoot around Downtown Los Angeles. I haven’t really shot down here since my 5Dmkii days and wanted to start getting some updated shots with my newer gear. I also didn’t have a lens really wide enough on my Fuji to pull this off.
This Is What Happens When You Give A Four-Year-Old The X100T

As a fun little experiment, I handed the Fuji X100T to my four-year-old niece to get her perspective on the world. Interestingly, I didn’t have to explain anything to her; she just picked it up and knew exactly what to do, having no experience with a camera like this. What’s even more interesting is that…
Fuji X-T1 Sunset At Redondo Beach

I recently added the Fuji X-T1 to my addition of cameras to cherish and love. I’m a camera whore, I know, but I really wanted to get into Fuji lenses to see what they’re like. And a ton of sales are going on with lenses and bodies, so I leaped with the plan to sell it when…
RNI Film Presets At The Beach

I recently picked up the RNI All Films V3.0 Lightroom presets by Really Nice Images and wanted to try them out on some beach photos I took in Huntington last weekend. I’ll post more photos with these throughout the next few weeks, but my first impressions are pretty good. Usually, I think most presets are not great…
First Photo Processed With Iridient 3 And It Is Sharp!

This is my first photo to be processed with Iridient Developer 3. I finally bit the bullet and bought it after playing with the beta for the last few months. There are many different things this software does that I’m still getting used to, and I want to have it figured out before going into…
Santa Monica Nights – Behind The Shot

Some sunsets or scenes are so amazing that they don’t need much post-processing. I’ve spent days on some shots, and minutes on others. This shot was quick and easy to process, and I’ll show you the tools I used. I have different techniques for processing my images, depending on the quality of the shot and…
Exploring San Francisco

Walking around San Francisco for a day is probably one of the best ways to test a camera. I was considering getting an Olympus E-M5 II for this trip but decided I hadn’t done enough with the Fuji X100T yet to start exploring other cameras. Exploring San Francisco – X100T It was one of those…