FUJIFILM SAVED ME

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FUJIFILM SAVED ME

This blog is about my journey with Fujifilm cameras and the personal work I'm using them for. Punish me if the post below is a long time ago. other stuff to see... johnwildgoose.com behance gallery instagram Vimeo linkedin

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some trees, some dead, some not, some nearly.

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Avonmouth, Near Bristol. UK

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Nothing like a dead tree to get the heart racing.

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Den Haag Centraal. 

I had two half days in the Netherlands so I could shoot a portrait for a client, with just enough down time to do some personal work. But instead of my usual 'little carry everywhere', I thought I'd complicate matters and take a medium format camera and a huge lump of glass with me.

I started shooting in Bristol Airport, then flew to Schiphol and got a train to Den Haag. After the shoot the next morning I slowly inched my way home. Just about the right amount of time to get my teeth into the place.

I was lucky with the light; razor sharp spring sunshine, as edgy as it was cold. I've not had much of this in England lately so it was great to work with high contrasty light, playing with angular pools of sunshine and cavernous areas of shadow.

You can see the full set of images I've cut it down to at my behance gallery, here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/167799595/Bristol-to-Den-Haag-and-Back

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Upon venturing out for compostable bags for our spent foodstuff caddy.

Ok, I could have expedited this task in a very few minutes, but the allure of a decent sized, midweek quiet shopping mall was just too much of a pull. So off I wandered, dodging cars, waiting for gaps in the traffic, not caring one jot what people must have thought of me.

Several shots from the set appealed, but this one the most, partly for compositional reasons, partly for narrative ones: the ubiquitous deserted shopping cart.

I've photographed so many of these around the world. I could argue that they symbolise the short lived satisfaction of consumer behaviour, but again, this would be post rationalisation, so I won't. Oh, hang on...

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for @adhdgrapher One of the first shots on the 110mm f2, wide open, minimum focus distance.

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National Portrait Gallery, London.

Walking between my hotel and today's location the early angular sunlight made think hard about foregoing caffeine and shooting just a little bit more.

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Henleaze Library

Saw this on my way to a local coffee shop. I liked very much the formality of the architecture, as well as it's appeal on a nostalgic level (so many buildings of this ilk from my childhood), but I was drawn initially to the fence in front of the abyss like aperture (centre frame), and then the wonky posts in the foreground... and so many other aspects of this that were both apparent at the time I decided to take the shot, and then became evident during the edit, crop and adjustments, as is often the case. Never under estimate post rationalisation.

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Trees of the Downs.

The rain is back, the light... flat. but something unusual hoves into view.

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Andy, Scaffolder, London. I walked past this guy yesterday morning after getting my pre shoot coffee. I don't normally have the courage to stop and ask someone for a portrait, but he just looked very cool in all his kit, and had a great face, so I threw caution to the wind and asked. He was more than happy and thankfully we didn't get any flack from the other construction workers standing around. Note to self: be braver.

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Trees of the Downs

We finally got some sunshine, long shadows and contrast, albeit it short lived. It was just what I was hoping for after my post about how fed up I was with the flat light we've seemingly had for months.

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Last of the snow

Durdham Downs, Bristol

All this will be green and lush and bathed in sunshine in a few weeks I'm sure. So there's something rather melancholic about the rotting corpses of snowmen as they slowly melt into the muddy grass.

I'll not stretch to 'nostalgic', because there's little to miss in this grim weather, but the light is soft, and the drizzle helps with background separation. I know you have to find something positive don't you, but I admit I am running out of enthusiasm for this season.

Fujifilm X-E4 23mm f2

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Snowman torso Durdham Downs, Bristol 09/03/23

How quickly the romance of a fresh (and very unusual) fall of pristine, crisp snow literally melts away and leaves grey slush.

But amidst all the decay is there something interesting? I'm not much of a glass half full sort of person (too many bruises), but with my photography I've always tried to create something pleasing from what is essentially disorganised, grubby and seemingly worthy of nothing more than neglect.

For me alone perhaps, it might be an infliction to all of you, I like the act of making something I've noticed worth looking at, especially when it has so little going for it. Perhap's it's the Brit in me, we always love an underdog.

Fujifilm X-Pro3 33mm f2

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Marlow, Buckinghamshire. 

Neat hedge meets nature. I am getting a little tired of our flat grey light. The winter months are so long and while I frequently extol the abundandent virtues of beautiful diffused nothern European light, and why it is so good for photography, I am beginning to crave some contrast, and some shadows, and to be honest, a little more of a climate suited to long hours outside. But there's snow forecast next week. It's March... come on!

Fujifilm X-H2, 33mm f1.4

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Westbury This took a little patience. 

I saw someone walk under this tree and street light and wanted the shot, but it's not a busy place so the dog and I had to wait a while for someone else to come along. When they did they were obviously interested in what I was doing taking pictures at nearly ten at night ('weirdo'). 

Thankfully her legs are in a good place.

The tree has sensed spring and is budding furiously which gives it some interesting texture. It seems not all that long ago I was here shooting the russet and tan leaves of autumn. 

Fujifilm XH-2, 56mm f1.2, IBIS.

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Van life. This is just what I look for (when I am not fixated by trees). How the most mundane objects, in the most humdrum locations, can look rather nice if the light is good and it can be framed well. 

From today's dog walk: I know this will only mean anything to a few people (I know I'm marginalised) but still, it's a constant source of amazement to me what can be gleaned from even the most repetitive tasks if I just keep looking intently at what's around me. It might seem boring (sorry to those who think so), but it's actually fascinating to me. As Gary Wingrand said "I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed."