Morning Commute

In the past week we've been getting these sporadic moments of rain and humid sun in the mornings and afternoons (vice versa on other days) and it's been interesting for photos for sure. And speaking of photos I've been liking the idea of just shooting since I've acquired this X Half. Sort of takes me back to becoming a beginner again and making things feel like I'm discovering new ways of going about old habits. I'm finding that taking pictures with these limitations are what make the process a bit more interesting and help make photography become a bit more of a challenge than having accessability to everything that other units have these days. Now I do carry a X100T and that camera is honestly one of the best cameras I have, but I've come to realize that is not one of my favorites. I struggled using that camera a bit, but over time I think I understood what it was good for the moment I started putting it through it's paces.

On the X100T I realize that I wanted to get the RAW form of the sensor and not put any filters on top of the images. I wanted to learn the camera and deal with the colors it offered with no simulations. I kinda realized that method was good enough up until I started getting tired of the colors that it was offering. Plus my workflow was straight up ass. I just couldn't do it anymore. It lead me to shooting film more and more and just shelving whatever I shot for a good amount of years. Now, I will say that the ergonomics and the size are what keeps me from selling this camera. It's a camera that's familiar and is limiting since it's a fixed lens unit. I only use one lens, but that's something that I'm able to take on and use around the subjects that I'm photographing. I hate thinking about specific focal lengths and let the limitations help me become more creative.

Back to the X Half I'm having a lot of enjoyment using the filter simulations and allowing simulated grain to make the images have this specified look I wish I could implement on my X100T. Honestly it's probably one of the best cameras I have and it's truly gotten me excited to go to places and just shoot stuff. This coming week I'll be heading to New York with my wife to celebrate our anniversary through a K-Pop show and hangs around the city. This will give me a chance to just shoot shoot shoot as much as I can and I hope I can come home with something. Hell, maybe I'll be able to collect a good amount of work and print them out and actually make a project again. Who knows! All in all I'm having fun and that's all it matters.


- Art Photo