As I prepare to post my review, I thought I would share a couple photos. I love how my original TCL-x100 Teleconverter looks on my new x100F. I had originally purchased it with my black x100S, but I think I actually like this look better. I’ve now owned every x100 and the love affair just keeps growing with this camera.
This past July my daughter and I decided on a whim to take a trip to Tokyo for a few days. She was out of school for the summer and it was perfect for some quality father daughter time. It’s been two years since our last trip. Scary how fast time goes by. On my last trip to Tokyo I had just bought the x100T and was testing it out.
Hey everyone. Hope your all doing well today. I took this photo last year while testing my x100T that I had just upgraded to. The photo is part of a blog post I did on shop keepers in Naha. Click here to view that story. I love how he's surrounded with so much merchandise and yet everything looks in place.
I just started using the iPhone app STELLER available for free on the app store. Photos and video combined with awesome layouts make story telling on your iPhone so much more interesting. Follow me @shootlighter. See below for information and then go grab the app.
I just pre-ordered the new GRAAVA Smart Action Camera that edits your video for you afterwards. Check it out below.
The kind folks over at Narrative Clip have featured a few of my photos I got from my Narrative Clip. Follow the link below to check it out.
Why do we take photographs? For most of us it's simply to record memories. Special occasions, travel, the amazing lunch we had yesterday with our friends, milestones in our lives. As a photographer for more than 30 years, I've spent my share of time behind the camera. My only regrets are the photos that I've missed.
One of the many photography lessons we learn as we age, is the importance of simply documenting your surroundings. Documenting everything enables us to better appreciate the immense changes in our world that are subtle, and seemingly unimportant as we live them, yet can be profound when viewed ten, twenty, or more years later. In the 80's and 90's, during my first stay in Japan, I took many casual environment photos that later seemed unimportant to me. Sadly, I threw most of them out. Now however, I appreciate the value of even the most mundane. What once was trivial and uninteresting, is now fascinating. Your life is a journey, document it.
ShootLighter is all about lighter, mobile friendly photography. Lugging around less gear can enables a mindset change to a "less is more" approach to shooting. More time focused on what's around you and less time wrestling with large or excessive gear. Recently I discovered a product called Narrative Clip from a company out of Sweden. Narrative Clip is a wearable camera about the size of a U.S. silver dollar that captures an image automatically every 30 secs as long as you're wearing it. As a street photographer I immediately saw the potential not only for street, but for wear-it-and-forget-it travel documentation as well. I ordered one right away and just received it yesterday. I'll post a review after I've tested it for a week or two. This should be interesting.
Until today I had never heard of Aristide Economopolis, who recently won the World Photography Arts and Culture award, but after looking at the images on his website I am definitely an official fan. Aristide has an incredible talent for capturing documentary style images that captivate you and make you want to see more. Do yourself a favor and click on the screenshot of his website below and check out the amazing images showcased there. I think you will agree he's awesome. Read more about Aristide's World Photograph Award in Fujirumors.com article below. Congratulations on the award Aristide.
Apple has acquired an Israeli camera technology company LinX for approximately $20 million, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. Check out the PetaPixel post below for more details.
