Every time I get a new camera, there's always a learning curve that comes along with figuring out how to adjust all the settings. The goal is to become so familiar with the ergonomics of the body and placement of knobs/dials that using the camera becomes second nature to you. I love this time period because it always makes me want to go out and shoot, since that's the only way to familiarize yourself and learn to shoot as quickly as possible on a new camera body.
Not being a huge fan of Venice Beach, I forced myself to go play with my Fuji X100F here because I knew there were potential shots I've yet to take. The clouds were out, and I was excited to shoot with one focal length and a light camera body for the day.
One of my goals was to get more people shots in this busy area. I've been watching a lot of videos on street photography, and the X100F is perfect for trying to take these shots. I love that the camera gets very little attention because it doesn't look professional.
The best thing about any place - dogs. 😍
I probably spent the longest amount of time at the skate park area. I never really tried to shoot this before, and even though the X100F is not the camera for photographers looking to take action shots, I think I still managed to get a few images I liked. This place reminded me of a paper I wrote for a writing class in college about skateboarding culture.
While I love looking at other people's street photography photos, it is not something I feel comes naturally to me. First, I find it tough to get in people's faces or approach them for photos. I'd much rather prefer to take photos of people who aren't looking at the camera and are unaware of my presence. While I think street photography is an amazing style for documenting, I feel it's so much more important to respect the wishes of people who may not necessarily want to be photographed.
What shocked me the most about the X100F was the versatility of the 35mm equivalent focal length. I also wanted something better than my Canon G7x Mark II, but still pocketable and lightweight. The X100F ticked all these boxes and it's such a cute little camera on top of that.
I still can't believe I'm eating this stuff. Sometimes the craving for a bagel with cream cheese and lox hits me, and I forget that anything remotely raw-looking makes me wanna puke. 😑
It's not the amazing sunset I was chasing, but there were some nice colors to the sky that day. This is also the day that I found out the X100F makes a loud beeping sound when you use a self-timer. I still need to figure out how to turn that off! Another small complaint I have is that when doing any type of long exposure, the X100F takes quite a while to process the image.
Again, this was not the composition I had in mind when I thought of shooting this iconic sign, but it's not bad for a quick snap on my gorillapod. This definitely made me more open to the idea of going back to shoot in Venice Beach, as I'm sure there are more compositions to be made in this little intersection.
Thanks for coming along, and happy shooting! 😀
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