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Comparing Old and New Schools

Posted by Jason on Jun 15, 2026 in Blog, Cities Project, Travel Photography

After almost 10 years I’ve decided to post again on an occasinal basis. This will be a lot of random stuff….lots has happened in 10 years, but I thought it would be fun to share…

Traveling Photographer Solutions

Posted by Jason on Jun 28, 2017 in Blog, Gear Review, Travel Photography

Traveling Storage In the digital Stone Age I used to carry a laptop with me on trips to edit and store images I'd taken during the days shooting, loading compact flash cards onto…

Small Billingham Bags

Posted by Jason on May 11, 2016 in Gear Review

A long time ago, I bought an Fuji X100s as a travel camera. I was searching for the "perfect" bag and after doing much research, I bought a Billingham Hadley Small. The shop I was…

Hacking a Billingham Hadley Pro

Posted by Jason on Jan 24, 2016 in Blog, Travel Photography

Since I switched to Fuji from Nikon I've been looking for the perfect camera bag to carry the system on my travels when I take the main set of gear, my X-Pro1 and assorted lenses…

LH-XF16 - Fuji's $100 lens hood!

Posted by Jason on Dec 17, 2015 in Blog, Gear Review

Fuji LH-XF16 When the Fuji 16mm f1.4 was announced, they also announced an accessory lens hood to go with it. This seemed a little strange, as the 16mm comes with a perfectly good…

Classic Chrome on X100s

Posted by Jason on Aug 22, 2015 in Blog, People, Travel Photography

Would you like to try Classic Chrome film simulation? Do you have an X100s? Fuji has limited the film simulation to newer cameras, hoping to have you "upgrade" for better…

Fuji Astro Fest!

Posted by Jason on Aug 16, 2015 in Blog, Gear Review

I've been bitten by the Astrophotography bug. My last post was about my very first attempt at Astrophotography when I had a chance to go out to West Texas. Now I've had a chance…

Fuji X Lens Astrophotography

Posted by Jason on Jul 27, 2015 in Blog, Gear Review

I've been wanting to try my hand at Astrophotography for ages. One small barrier is that I live in Houston, Texas and light pollution in Southeast Texas is, errr, prolific. A look…

Fuji XF90mm f2 + MCEX tubes, still good?

Posted by Jason on Jul 12, 2015 in Blog, Gear Review

I've seen a lot of previews and reviews of the XF90mm f2, raving about it's sharpness and bokeh and weather sealing and autofocus, most people using an XT1 with it. I wanted to…

Spring in Paris with the X100s

Posted by Jason on Jul 9, 2015 in Blog, Travel Photography

This May, I had the good fortune to spend a week in Paris. I was working the day job, but I did get a chance to do some ordinary tourist things. I've only been to Paris a few time…