How To Take Unique Photos in Boring* Places | Thypoch Ksana 21mm f3.5
Why do boring places make the best photos? A Google image search keeps showing the same 3 landmarks in my hometown so here’s the challenge: 1 hour to capture 3 “unique” frames of my hometown with a prime lens I’m not used to?
Why Everyone* Struggles with 28mm (at first)
Out of all my 28mm photos? Half I like, half I don’t. Truth is I don’t know why? It might be the gear, I’ve tried 6 28mm lenses, both manual focus and auto. Some of these were taken overseas others back at home. Here’s what I do know - it’s not easy using 28mm. Here’s 5 techniques to make it more manageable.
Nikon ZR + 28mm: 10,000 Travel Photos Later.
The Nikon ZR’s screen, shape, and speed kept me going. 10,000 travel photos later I think 28 mm matches this camera perfectly? So much so on last my Japan trip I brought 2 - but how did the same focal length produce such different photos? 28mm is unpredictable, just like the ZR. Rather than waiting to feel inspired? They force you to try something new.
10 Years of Flagship Cameras Led To…This?
Why’s the OM3 so expensive? Not the looks, or build quality, it’s how they squeezed 10 years of flagship tech into a tiny body. After all the cameras I’ve tried, I’m tired of hype, is this actually “game-changing”? For me, surprisingly yes, after a whirlwind tour of Tokyo, 5 districts in 24 hours - it did change my photography? I took it on a workshop with my Street Photography sensei - it inspired me to try 1 new camera setting.
Street Photography Changed How I See Mt Fuji?
Clean and minimal is how I’ve always pictured Mt Fuji, so why don’t my photos ever look postcard-worthy? I could blame the crowds or bad weather, maybe landscapes just isn’t for me. Using every lesson I learnt from a decade of street photography, last month I finally went back to chase that peak. This time I tried to copy 5 Fuji postcards using prime lenses only.
The Smartest Way to Adapt Vintage Lenses?
I thought the Nikon ZF was the best for vintage glass, then came the ZR.? Its unique form factor breathes new life into old lenses, you do need the right adapter though to get green boxes, IBIS, autofocus? The 6 best adapters are all very expensive, and to help you pick I’ve torture-tested them in bad lighting and terrible weather. There’s one last adapter I’m trying to track down, but my time in Tokyo’s running out.
I Obsessed Over The Best Travel Lens Combos?
Before leaving for Japan tomorrow, I went through 5000 photos? My 8 favorite frames from my last trip home to Taiwan were taken on 4 different lens combos. A series of primes, two at a time lets me cover both spaces and faces. Can the pair of primes that worked best for me, work for you?
Nikon ZR: The Full Frame GR?
For the past month I’ve been trying to make the ZR my GR. 28 and 40mil lenses like the GRIII, IIIX, plus a promist filter like the HDF - I even went to a GR gallery to check. Despite its overspec’ed internals, the ZR - like the GR - forces you to keep it simple, it even has “snap focus” - sort of?
Photography Downgrades I Don’t Regret.
Why have all my favorite photos this year come from downgrades? Not just vintage lenses, (there are two I like most), but deliberate downgrades to make photography more fun? I have made 4 unexpected upgrades that each cost less than 50 bucks, but for me this year? The downgrade has been enough.
