RTFM as the old cliche goes. For those not up on their acronyms, RTFM means “Read The Flipping Manual.” The F in the phrase can, of course, be substituted for something a little more vulgar but you get a general idea. Cliches, of course, are often based in fact, and the fact is that very […]
Tag: Fujifilm
Fujifilm is a Japanese multinational company established in 1934, that manufactures products for photography, optics, medical imaging, biotechnology, pharmacy, etc. They started as a company that manufactures photographic films and still continue to do that.
In the 1940s, Fujifilm entered the market of optical glasses and lenses. In the 1980s, they developed digital technologies for photography, medical and printing fields. They are well known for their rangefinder cameras and film cameras.
Fujifilm is well know in the photography industry for their high end cameras including the medium format cameras and they have a huge range of affordable cameras from the compact ones for street photography, to bigger lenses and cameras for landscape, portraits and night photography. They also have a few cameras under the instax series that are popular among photographers who like to have small printed images in hand instantly.
Composing with color is something that many photographers have been abandoning, and is one of the most interesting ways to create a compelling photograph. I must admit that it is still hard for me to create good color photographs, and not because I don’t like color, but because it’s hard for me. Every time I […]
If film is dead or dying, then it would follow that film photographers, at some point, should have been considered an endangered species. Yet, they managed by some twist of fate to survive the global transition to digital photography. What follows is a brief examination of 3 reasons why, despite ongoing technological progress, analogue photography just keeps hanging on.
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the term “photo walk”? I know a lot of people envision a pack of photographers, most of whom are strangers to one another, roaming around a given territory darting suspicious glances at each other while scoping out the best shots for themselves. Ok, that’s not how all photo walks go, but the whole group thing isn’t for everyone.
Some of the best photography related YouTube channels, however, are small channels with fewer than 20k subscribers – some fewer than 10k. Here is a list of 5 of them that I enjoy very much, and believe are amongst the best.
Black-and-white photography shouldn’t be used only for aesthetic reasons, but for utilitarian purposes. By keeping ourselves from the distractions that color creates in our mind we can obtain – as photographers and spectators – images with clearer and more efficient messages. The early options for transforming light into images were all monochromatic. Black and white […]
