Who knew, to make a girl happy, just TAKE AWAY her mirror??
Thank you Jeremy! You've introduced me to the world of mirrorless cameras, opening up a whole new science to photography!
On a recent trip to Cockatoo Island in Sydney, Jeremy (my partner and fellow photographer) and I sampled the delights of wine and cheese tasting on a beautiful sunny spring afternoon. Surrounded by water views, including the Harbour Bridge in the far distance, we were spoilt for the day! We wandered around the island that previously served as an convict goal and ship yard full of activity during WWII. Jeremy was armed with his Fuji X-T20 which I had played with a few times before but was a faithful Canon girl, the Island was to change this ( maybe the wine tasting played a small part??)
Before we begin the tasting session, we had a few moments to wander around the island, marvelling at the huge machinery that has been left behind, providing snippets of the story that Cockatoo Island has to tell. I hadn't brought my own camera as it was a bit heavy and I didn't fancy it, but as soon as we got there, I was immediately hungry to take photos so I relented and borrowed the Fuji. Previously when I had picked it up, my internal dialogue freaked out and I went running back to my Canon but today ........ it was love!!
This camera took wicked photos! I loved seeing the images and the ease of control I had over the camera, not that my Canon (750D) is hard but the X-T20 is just a pleasure! its so smooth and user friendly, it's like the camera WANTS you to love taking photos!
We discussed the camera in detail through the cheese and wine tasting and soon it became apparent that the only obvious idea was to make the impulse purchase and join the Fuji Family! Before i could even start screaming with excitement, Jeremy was already on the phone asking a shop if they'd stay open a few extra minutes as it was nearly 5pm and we were still on the island, this guy knows the power of a females shopping fire hahaa.
We spent the rest of the evening out and about taking photos of the sunset
Our inner geeks were on full flight, we came home when there was not more light and eagerly plugged into our computers to look at our photos form our matching ( yup) X-T20s!
The next hole we got lost in was YouTube, black and white street photography. You see, my one most favourite feature ( that ive discovered so far) is that for a crazed black and white fan like myself, the fabulous Fuji camera will take photos in black and white until your hearts content. When you view them on your camera, you will observe a beautiful roll of black and white images you've taken, however........... when you load them into your computer, they appear in colour! Yup, the genius little camera will take the photo in colour and retain this information so you have the best of both worlds, no photography data is lost if you wish to go BnW for an afternoon or a whole photoshoot! I LOVE THIS!!! ( I've just shot my first Fuji wedding and i shot it in BnW also, a risky gamble, i did have my partner fully rocking the canon while I got to have my Fuji fix so i was "safe" ) I'll post about this shortly.
Meanwhile, back to our photography outings, we decided our next genre to play with and find our own voice in, would be black and white street photography, sooooooo exciting!!!!!
Next stop, Blue Mountains ..........