A Guy & His Photographs

Fujifilm Reloaded

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Some Color Renditions

The nice thing about shooting RAF files with the Fuji, is that you can process them in-camera after shooting the photo.  Furthermore, you are able to change the film simulation.

For some time, i have been using the Velvia/Vivid film simulation because i like somewhat “contrasty” photos.

However, what i have noticed in low light, is that Velvia/Vivid seems to paint the darker colors, darker.  So,…

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Wall Of Shame

As mentioned in a previous post, here is the wall of shame.  This space will be reserved for those people who think it’s “okay” to steal photographs from my website.

If you want to dispute anything i put here (i don’t see many people being able to), you are free to use the “Contact Me” form at the bottom of the post.

First case:

The first case has to do with the following photo i took of the…

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Do Not Steal My Photos!

Wall Of Shame

Short and to the point, DO NOT STEAL MY PHOTOS!

Once again, i have found one of my photos being used on a website without my permission or any credit to me, the photographer.

The website in question is down in the USA and i have already contacted the web designer so that he can explain himself.  If he does not respond in a timely manner, i will go directly to his client (who are lawyers by the…

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Selling My First Photograph

Selling My First Photograph

In the last couple of years, i have had a few people stop by my blog to ask me if they could use one of my photos and i have been more then happy to say yes.  The important part here is, that they actually asked to use the photo.  I have no issues with that.

At times, i have taken the opportunity to search for my photos online.  You can simply do this by right clicking on a photo and selecting,…

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Odds And Ends

Here are a few leftover photographs from 2014 that i did not post.

A rest stop on the way down to Plattsburgh.

    Inside of the old Montreal Forum just before Christmas.

    Transparent, colored building blocks on top of a illuminated table.

    Road leading into the rest stop on our way down to Plattsburgh.

    Apparently, squirrels recycle as well.

      The border.

  Thanks for looking.

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FUJINON XF 16-55MM F/2.8 R WR: Part II

FUJINON XF 16-55MM F/2.8 R WR: Part II

In my last post about Fuji’s new lens, i did not have all the specs on hand.  Though, since it has been announced this past week, i can now post the specs so that you can have a peak “under the hood” so to speak.

Here is the lens configuration:

As you can see, there is plenty of optical yumminess in this lens, with Aspherical & ED glass.

There are 17 elements in 12 groups within the 16-55, three…

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Frozen

Frozen http://wp.me/s3yZdl-frozen

After a good snowfall, Mother Nature decided to give us freezing rain.  Fun.

So far, we have been lucky and have not lost power as some 17,000 other homes have.  Though, it is no where near as bad as it was back in 1998.

After i noticed that the trees were covered in ice, i decided to take a few photos.

For these photos, i used my 50-230mm and an umbrella.  Since it was still raining while i…

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First Actuation's Of 2015

First Actuation’s Of 2015

We always go to church on the first or second day of the new year and this year was no different.

Today, Mother Nature decided that she would give us a taste of winter, finally.  It was around -9 degrees Celsius; but with the wind, it felt more like -17.  Despite the cold, the sun was out, which made for a beautiful day.

Standing on the upper deck of St. Josephs to take this panorama was very…

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Happy 2015!

Happy 2015 to everyone!  I hope everyone had a safe and happy new year’s celebration.  May joy, prosperity and health be with you this year.

We always have a nice spread on new years eve and here it is:

Don’t worry, we did not eat it all.  There is plenty left over for the days and weeks to come.

I used my X-Pro1 and the 35mm for the two photos here.  I shot the first one at f/2.8 and the one…

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Fujinon XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R WR

Fujinon XF 16-55mm f/2.8 R WR

Fuji is set to announce a new zoom lens, the XF 16-55 f/2.8.  According to sources, it should be announced next week on January 6th.

However, some people may be wondering why on earth Fuji would announce such a lens seeing that they already have the 18-55mm in the line-up.

Fair enough question.

For one, the new 16-55 will be weather sealed to compliment the X-T1, which is also weather sealed.  I…

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Tamiya Jordan 191, Part III

Tamiya Jordan 191, Part III

Over the Christmas break, i have been able to make some good progress on the Jordan.  Though, the decals have been giving me fits.

For a certain part of the car, i have had to resort to painting on the color rather then using the decal.  When i applied the decal, it became hard to re-position and it cracked.  That was that.

It became to far gone to salvage, so i took the whole decal off and…

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My Blog In 2014: A Review

My Blog In 2014: A Review

I received an email from WordPress this morning containing an annual review of my blog.

The review contains some pretty cool statistics, such as how many people visited your blog over the year, where they came from, what they viewed the most, what blog posts were the most popular, etc.

It’s a very good email to go over so that you can take in all the numbers.  From reviewing the stats, you can…

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Christmas Textures

Had a lazy Sunday today.  My mind really is in holiday mode with just a few days more left at the office.

With all the “to do’s” to be done around the house, i have kept myself quite busy and have not really been able to take the time to go out and take photos.  Therefore, i have been thinking of other ways to satisfy my shutter finger.

Tonight, i thought it would be fun to take some close-up…

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Coming Together

It has been a while since i posted the first progress report on my Jordan 191.  Since then, i have been able to take a few hours out of the day during the weekend to work on it a bit.

I have been somewhat slowed down by cutting out the decals.  I like to trim off the excess decal “film” around the edges of the decals so that it looks more like part of the paint job.

There really is no rush to…

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Firmware Update For X-Pro1 (3.40)

Firmware Update For X-Pro1 (3.40)

It’s Kaizen day today.  Fuji just launched new firmware updates for the X-E1/E2, X-Pro1 and X-T1 cameras.  Though, they have not been equally generous with all the cameras.

Since i own an X-Pro1, i will focus on that camera.

As opposed to the other cameras (except for the X-E1) which were given a bunch of little goodies in the new updates, the X-Pro1 only received one new function in it’s update.…

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Fuji Film Simulations

If nothing else, Fuji is famous for manufacturing 35mm film.  I would imagine that most people know Fuji for this.  During the heyday of 35mm film, Fuji was well known among photographers and was one of the biggest manufacturers of film.

In the last 4 years, Fuji has been well on their way in taking a large piece of the pie in the mirrorless camera market.  Not only have they come out with unique…

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Tamiya Jordan 191, 1/24th Scale

Tamiya Jordan 191, 1/24th Scale

I have had the Tamiya Jordan 191 sitting up on a shelf in it’s box for the past three years, gathering dust.  For various reasons, i finally got to opening the box and started to build it a few weekends ago.

I was somewhat apprehensive in starting this kit because i had not done a build in quite some time.    Though, after cutting off a few pieces from the sprue and doing some painting, i was…

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