Photos from Australia

[JerseyT]

Michael recently returned from a fabulous trip to Australia, with (literally) a boat load of medium format photographers with equipment to play with. But all of the posted photos are from his Fuji X-Pro 1. What gives?

[PeterAit]

Sheesh, who cares?

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Michael recently returned from a fabulous trip to Australia, with (literally) a boat load of medium format photographers with equipment to play with. But all of the posted photos are from his Fuji X-Pro 1. What gives?

That medium format is dead?

[michael]

Medium format is alive and well, thank you.

I brought my Alpa and IQ180 back on this trip. I also had access to a Phase camera and every lens that they make. It just happens that of the 3500 frames shot the ones that I've published so far are done with the X-Pro 1.

That camera leant itself to helicopter shooting better than the Alpa, and also to confined spaces such as when shooting rock art.

Michael

[ErikKaffehr]

Hi,

I guess that means that the X-Pro 1 is good enough.

Best regards
Erik

Michael recently returned from a fabulous trip to Australia, with (literally) a boat load of medium format photographers with equipment to play with. But all of the posted photos are from his Fuji X-Pro 1. What gives?

[Isaac]

It just happens that of the 3500 frames shot...

How do you find time to work through 3500 frames :-)

Do you already have a fairly fixed idea of which sequences you want to work, or do you expect to stumble across images that have something unexpected to them?

[michael]

Since I'm not on an editorial deadline, and it is simply for my own pleasure (and maybe a future book or exhibit), I just take my time.

Many shots are part of sequences (maybe a third of the total), so it's often just a matter of finding the shot with the best expression, exposure, sharpness etc, out of a series. Other than that I sit back with a coffee or glass of wine and work though them, organizing labeling, and ranking and when something jumps off the screen, working on it and making a print.

This is as much fun as the shooting sometimes.

Michael

[stamper]

I understand :-)

But Slobodan didn't.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

But Slobodan didn't.

You know, Stamper, I was actually quite shocked!

Shocked that Isaac finally understood something without further questioning!

[stamper]

Plenty time for more questions.....now that you have riled him?

[petermfiore]

This is as much fun as the shooting sometimes.

Michael