VISUAL STORIES
Sara-la-Kali – The path of the soul
Saint Sara the black, heart studded with starsshe spreads her cloak over her throbbing breasts.The rough-mouthed dawn makes the path thornyunder the concrete bridge, where a death of flameshungry for…
Ibiza
Visiting places like these comes with a certain set of expectations, clichés, imposed assumptions, things you expect to see, feel, experience. And it’s all true when visiting Ibiza. But then…
Slow Salento
Let’s try to explain Salento, and to try, we need to take into consideration its nature as a peninsula – tending towards a cultural island – of a territory that…
On the Tracks of the Krampus
“Like trying to hear snowflakesNo one can hear my callConsuming all the voicesDampened by the snowYou’d better not cheat and you’d better not cryAnd you’d better not lie, I’m telling…
The «cliché» of Brittany
A Winter road trip in Brittany… I imagine that sentence shouldn’t be a dream for many people. The grey sky, the wind, the rain, the cold, the fog. This region…
Fujifilm X100V and X-E4 photo adventure in Nebraska
The Fujifilm X100V just may be my favorite camera of all time. It’s small, compact and can go almost everywhere with me. The X-E4 is almost as small, but can…
When the mountain calls, I won’t pick up
It’s midnight in the mountains. A storm is raging around us. Lightning and thunder are shaking the earth. Small stones are crumbling from the ceiling of our cave. I can…
Frozen Beauty – Taking a break from reality
When I was a child, I never really took much notice of the beauty of nature, and hiking was everything but a pleasure. However, my passion for being outdoors and…
The show must go on
The show must go onInside my heart is breakingMy make-up may be flakingBut my smile still stays on. In this phrase from Queen’s song, there is all the soul of…
Circus Madagascar during Covid-19
I live in Ascoli Piceno, a small town in central Italy. Here, too, the pandemic crisis’s effects were felt in all work sectors, blocking many activities, including mine. As a…
A Chilly October Day – A Walk With the Fuji 16mm F1.4
Recently I’ve taken stock of the lenses that have been collecting dust. Surprisingly, I noticed that I hadn’t shot with the Fuji XF16mm F1.4 lens in a long, long time.…
Tango is waiting for you
Talking about Tango, the first thing that comes to mind is something they said to me when I was in my twenties, a phrase that stuck with me ‘EL TANGO…
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Rediscovering my passion for photography
In the mid ‘70s, my dad walked into a department store and, a few minutes later, walked out with a shiny new Argus TTL 35mm SLR camera. It wasn’t an…
Slowing down is fun
Hello all. My name is Mustafa Bastaki and I’m a street and freelance photographer based in and from Bahrain, also an Engineer-to-be and a Fujifilm X-Photographer and Official Brand Ambassador.…
Aviation photography with Fuji X-T2
On the one hand, my career as an architect has led me to focus on travel and architecture photography. Although on the other hand, my great passion was always aviation…
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Fuji X-E3 vs X-E1 – Why would you want the newest one?
Currently, I happen to have both these cameras at home so I thought this is a good opportunity to do a small comparison – between the first and the current…
From Voigtländer Vito B to the Fuji X-Pro2
It has now been a matter of a few months since I made the decision to go down the Fuji X system road and I thought it would be interesting…
Fuji X-E1 – Worth considering in 2020?
My introduction to the Fuji ecosystem was through the Fuji X10. A fellow camera geek recommended it to me as I was looking for a compact camera that I could…
PREMIUM
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INDEX Module 0: Getting started Module 1 – Finding Stories: Starting Your Own Project Module 2 – Planning: All you need to do before you start shooting Module 3 –…
Premium/ Fujifilm Deliverance
As many of us already know and feel, making photography with Fujifilm is a powerful, pleasant and liberating experience. I will try to explain the best I can what is…
Premium/ Tripod Rollei “Compact Traveler No 1 Carbon” Review (+video)
When a man puts something in his head, it’s hard to turn back. If he’s a photographer, even worse, not resting until he gets that accessory he has been dreaming…