I really enjoy these Fujifilm related Facebook groups so I decided to create one strictly for X-T1 owners. We can share tips, recipes, photo samples, etc. if you’re a X-T1 owner or are thinking about picking one up, join us on FB! If you’re not on Facebook and would still like to participate in the... Continue Reading →
One of my favorite film simulations built into the Fujifilm cameras is Classic Chrome. Classic Chrome is a simulation Fuji created for photographers who wanted more muted colors. SKYLIGHT uses Classic Chrome as the base and opens it up a little. I've decreased contrast, pulled back saturation a little more, and reduced sharpening. I created... Continue Reading →
Even though I’ve been using Fujifilm cameras for a couple of years now I’ve just recently started playing around with custom film simulation settings or “recipes” as they’re often called. Since I shoot a lot of black and white film and since a decent amount of my digital shots are converted to black and white... Continue Reading →
One of the huge benefits of using a crop sensor system is the selection of small affordable lenses. Over the past few months I’ve seen a few reviews on lenses from Pergear on YouTube. I heard a lot of good things in those reviews so I bought a couple of Pergear lenses to try out... Continue Reading →
Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Silver Edition with Fujifilm XF 35mm f.20 Is the X-T1 in still good in 2020? If you browse YouTube enough you’ll find a ton of videos based on that kind of question. Since I recently picked up an X-T1 on the used market I decided to make my own version of that... Continue Reading →
My photo essay on the original memorial at the Las Vegas sign. Photo by Craig Bergonzoni October 1, 2019 - I originally posted this blog on Medium nearly 2 years ago. Not long after the tragedy on October 1, 2017 an impromptu memorial began to build around the Welcome To Las Vegas sign. I was... Continue Reading →
UPDATE: I also made a YouTube video about this subject. Watch it here - http://bit.ly/3CamerasDTLV Last week I ventured out on another photo shoot of Downtown Las Vegas. The downtown area is one of my favorite places for cityscape and street photography style photos. Besides testing a couple new film cameras I went out looking... Continue Reading →
Canon FD 100mm f4 Macro A quick update about my latest vintage lens acquisition. I just got a Canon FD 100mm f4 Macro lens. Believe it or not this is my first dedicated macro lens. I will definitely use this on my Canon FD film cameras but I am most excited to use this on... Continue Reading →
A local art gallery, City Lights Art Gallery, held their first inaugural juried photo contest in June. One of the pieces I entered was recognized with an award. I'm super honored to have my work recognized among all of the other awesome work submitted. I am even more excited to continue to help and support... Continue Reading →
The original Route 91 memorial for the tragedy was set up around the Vegas sign using the crosses as the starting point. Knowing that it was only going to up for a few weeks I visited it a few times to take photos. Below is a link to a short photo essay I did on... Continue Reading →
