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Oman - on the Coast

Posted by Jason on Mar 1, 2015 in Blog, Travel Photography

With a chance to go back to the Middle East, and specifically Oman, I was looking forward to an opportunity to stretch my legs. A friend kindly offered to take me along the coast,…

Paris - La Defence

Posted by Jason on Feb 22, 2015 in Blog, Travel Photography

Short trip to Paris resulted in frostbite! I spent a few days in Paris recently and it was cold! Occasional snow showers, and I tried to shoot the back of Notre Dame, but the cold…

Jumping Ship - From DSLR to Fuji X

Posted by Jason on Oct 12, 2014 in Blog, Cities Project, Gear Review, Opinion, People, Travel Photography

I finally did it! I sold my Nikon D800E! I no longer have a Nikon camera. After over 20 years of shooting Nikons, I've finally switched out. A huge decision, but one that wasn't…

A Bridge Too Far - Shooting From Sydney Harbour Bridge

Posted by Jason on Sep 1, 2014 in Blog, Cities Project, Travel Photography

A trip to Sydney is a travelling photographers treat. You have the iconic opera house, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Central Business District, lots of neocolonial buildings, a…

Working The House - Fuji WCL-x100

Posted by Jason on Jun 23, 2014 in Blog, Travel Photography

I had a spare hour on this trip to Perth and I knew I wanted to attempt to get a shot of one of the local icons. If you go to one of my favourite travel research sites, 500px.com…

A Tale of Two Tele's - Fuji Teleconverters

Posted by Jason on Jun 18, 2014 in Blog, Cities Project, Gear Review, People, Travel Photography

A few months back I picked up the WCL-X100 for my Fuji x100s. This is the wide angle teleconverter that takes the built in lens from 35mm to 28mm equivalent focal length.…

Minimalist Travel Kit

Posted by Jason on Jun 14, 2014 in Blog, Travel Photography

Sitting on a plane, heading to Beijing for my day job, I've had an opportunity to think about my kit and what I'm hoping to accomplish in the (very) limited spare time available.…

PocketWizard FlexTTL & miniTT1 on a Fuji X100s

Posted by Jason on Jun 4, 2014 in Blog, Gear Review, Uncategorized

Following on from my last post about Cactus v6 triggers, I has some comments about using my existing PW setup as power controlling triggers instead of basic radio triggers. My…

Cactus V6 With Fuji X100s

Posted by Jason on May 20, 2014 in Blog, Gear Review

I've been playing with options for triggering off camera flashes recently, trying to find an optimal solution that works with my x100s. I'm a big fan of off camera flash, having…

X100s Musings, a camera for old men?

Posted by Jason on Mar 30, 2014 in Blog

Getting older. Inevitable consequence of life, like taxes. I've read a lot of reviews by people waning nostalgic about the X100s and how they feel like it enables "proper"…