Bored by your Photos? Try 40mm | Ricoh GRIIIX
Do all of your photos look the same? Similar subjects, same angle, wide open, every time? Orange and teal, black and white, the same edit and presets, time and again? If this supposed to be fun, then why do I feel so bored?
Turns out boredom is nothing more than a clue of what’s yet to come, and having an EDC camera like the Ricoh GRIIIX can help unlock that boredom.
Lonely in a Crowd? | Sony 85mm f1.8
Want your travel photos to stand out? You should try 85mm. A focal length flattering for people, architecture, landscapes, that can melt the background away if you want to. While everyone else is shooting wide? Your 85 will pick out faraway details and capture locations through a completely different perspective.
Granted it’s not the easiest lens to start with.
Alone in the frame, isolated from surroundings, your subject and your work will have nowhere to hide.
I’m not a Minimalist | Sony 50mm f1.4 vs f1.2 GM
I don’t need this.
You don’t need this.
I’m a failed minimalist, especially when it comes to photography and GAS.
In the last post I went on the record to say Sony’s 50mm f1.4 G Master is my favourite lens of all time. Ever since I got it, its big brother - the 50mm f1.2 G Master - has been collecting dust on the shelf.
Is there room for two fast 50mm lenses? Why did I get both to begin with? Which one do I keep?
The Lens that made me an Impostor | Sony 50mm f1.4 GM
This search took me a decade, but last year I finally found it. My favourite lens of all time. A technical masterpiece - everything I could have wanted in a lens.
The problem? This lens is so good it made me feel like an impostor.
Creative Anxiety? | Sony 35mm f1.4 GM
Sony’s flagship 35mm f1.4 GMaster. The sharpest detail coupled with the creamiest bokeh, quick and silent autofocus. Every button, switch, and ring you could want right on the lens, weather sealed gaskets to protect it against rain, dirt, and dust. All of this in a small compact form factor, especially for a bright f1.4 aperture which will take you from day to night without missing a beat. It’s supposed to be a perfect lens, but you want to know a secret?
I absolutely hated it when it first came out.
I took 13,231 Photos to Beat Burnout | Sony A7CR
Photography isn’t my job, but it’s my tool of choice for mental well-being. I took the newly announced Sony A7CR on a trip to Japan to document my much needed break.
The One Percent Rule
17 April 2023
We may be impatient waiting for the arrival for our more accomplished and capable future selves, but the Japanese have an answer for this.
Our Reason for Being
11 April 2023
What can the Japanese people - one of the hardest working cultures and societies across the industrialised globe - teach us about dedication and balance?