Hoodman Steel 1500x Memory Card Review
Delkin Advantage Memory Card Review
The Sony 50mm f1.8 – Wow!
There has been something I think all Sony shooters have been waiting a long time for and it's not more megapixels.
Landscape Portfolio
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 be able to get some shots quick 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 takes on this crazy California ghost town. I was so confident in the X-Pro 2 to be able to do this that I even left my A7rII in my car, hidden of course.
With the new +-2EV bracketing, HDR on the X-Pro 2 is a lot of fun and much much easier.
So how do you shoot HDR on the X-Pro 2?
Twin Lakes Mammoth – X-Pro2
X-Pro 2 / 23mm f1.4 - ISO 200, f8, (1/27s, 0.6s, 1/7s)
On my second night up in Mammoth there wasn't much going on with the weather. It was clear blue skies everywhere except in this one direction looking out towards the Twin Lakes. Literally everywhere else was boring blue skies so this was my shot for the night.
In front of me here were the twin lakes with mosquitos buzzing thick in the air (I somehow did not get one bite), behind me was another lake, Lake Mammie. I got a few shots there later, but didn't stay long because there was a black bear hanging out about thirty feet away from me and it was making me uncomfortable.
Mono Lake Pinnacles – X-Pro2
X-Pro 2 / 16mm f1.4 - ISO 200, f8, 1/7s
I drove up to Mono Lake and Mammoth to test out some Fujifilm lenses and was fortunate enough to have an amazing sunset at Mono Lake despite the rains earlier that day.
I was actually planning to shoot at Mono Lake for two nights, but the sunset and weather was so good the first night, that I didn't really need any more shots. It was probably the best situation in terms of weather and location I've ever been in.
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The Schindler House – X-Pro 2
Pretty much since I got the X-Pro 2 I've either been working or stuck inside with the flue. Finally I'm about 90% healed and was able to go out again. This time to the Schindler House in West Hollywood.
It's a small old house / architectural marvel from 1922, kind of reminds me of old houses in Japan, except it's been somehow converted into an art installation. In other words, there is a teddy bear sitting on the floor that you're suppose to interact with and of course a tennis shoe sitting on a podium.