benfreidlin
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My photographic focus is as a tool for artistic expression and therefore for the creation of original photographic works. I have very little interest in photographing things or people for the purpose of showing them in photo realistic terms, and prefer to see things and people as sources for interesting behavior of light and absence thereof (at least while holding the camera, not in interpersonal terms of course).
What I react to in an image is the pattern and play of light. I see photography similar to how I see moving film. An escape from reality and an opportunity to see reality from a unique perspective, a way to suggest another kind of reality, or potential for other ways of seeing things.
Mundane things can become fascinating arrays of patterns of light and shadow, and create strong emotional reactions in our minds. That to me is a compelling pursuit and photography is the tool I find useful to that end.
I have not picked up a proper camera in earnest in nearly 30 years, the last one being a Pentax K-1000. A month ago I picked up the X-T20 on a lark. It spoke out to me. For all the reasons that many have already stated about Fuji cameras.
Since then I've largely found my initial reentry into photographic art in the subjects of museum objects as a backdrop or source of light and shadow, and night time environmental and architectural street photography, often in the course of my travels, wherever I can work it in.
In all of these subjects there is typically very low lighting. I've found a fairly steady hand for low shutter speeds, but there's no denying a tripod would give me better results, though they're forbidden in most museums and impractical for street photography of this kind.
Enter the X-H1. I have greatly appreciated IBIS during my first evening with this camera. Attached you'll find some of the results.
I apologize to the pixel peepers here. While I do value superior image quality, I am not drawn to the processing stage beyond a few moments to dial in a few more notches of sharpness and occasionally alterations to color and adding an analog look, though not always.
Therefore these are all JPEG, and for the time being I've placed maybe a 5% of energy focus on post processing vs. the 95% remaining intto scouting and composition.
I also don't claim to have made up for the thirty year absence in using this tool, nor can I account for tastes in art or even mean to suggest any great value in the outcome of my efforts.
With those caveats in place, enjoy some of the output from my first evening with the X-H1.
What I react to in an image is the pattern and play of light. I see photography similar to how I see moving film. An escape from reality and an opportunity to see reality from a unique perspective, a way to suggest another kind of reality, or potential for other ways of seeing things.
Mundane things can become fascinating arrays of patterns of light and shadow, and create strong emotional reactions in our minds. That to me is a compelling pursuit and photography is the tool I find useful to that end.
I have not picked up a proper camera in earnest in nearly 30 years, the last one being a Pentax K-1000. A month ago I picked up the X-T20 on a lark. It spoke out to me. For all the reasons that many have already stated about Fuji cameras.
Since then I've largely found my initial reentry into photographic art in the subjects of museum objects as a backdrop or source of light and shadow, and night time environmental and architectural street photography, often in the course of my travels, wherever I can work it in.
In all of these subjects there is typically very low lighting. I've found a fairly steady hand for low shutter speeds, but there's no denying a tripod would give me better results, though they're forbidden in most museums and impractical for street photography of this kind.
Enter the X-H1. I have greatly appreciated IBIS during my first evening with this camera. Attached you'll find some of the results.
I apologize to the pixel peepers here. While I do value superior image quality, I am not drawn to the processing stage beyond a few moments to dial in a few more notches of sharpness and occasionally alterations to color and adding an analog look, though not always.
Therefore these are all JPEG, and for the time being I've placed maybe a 5% of energy focus on post processing vs. the 95% remaining intto scouting and composition.
I also don't claim to have made up for the thirty year absence in using this tool, nor can I account for tastes in art or even mean to suggest any great value in the outcome of my efforts.
With those caveats in place, enjoy some of the output from my first evening with the X-H1.
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