X-Photographer

<p class="">Lucky me got a welcome break from the everyday grind over a long weekend recently when friends of ours invited us to their new home on a game farm near Bela Bela. As the icing on the cake, I was asked by Fujifilm to give the X-S10 a whirl, which, thanks to its size and versatility, is the perfect camera for a trip of this nature.</p>

<p class="">I was lucky enough to get some hands-on time with the new Fujifilm X-S10 to try out in different spaces and testing the JPEG files. If you’re new to Fujifilm cameras, the X-S10 comes across as one of the more user-friendly mirrorless options around, complete with a handgrip that helps with useability.</p>

<p class="">Ever since I migrated from being a film photographer to a digital photographer, I have always been a 'just shoot Jpeg' guy. My reasoning behind this has been really simple: You find a camera that will be able to tell your story the way you see it.</p>

<p class="">I am a freelance photographer and I love available light. In some instances, commercial work dictates using artificial light but my first love is to make use of natural light. So, when I had the opportunity to play with the incredible Fujifilm X-T4, on loan to me from Fujifilm SA, I decided to shoot what I like: People – more specifically, my wife.</p>

<p class="">I regularly sit in front of my browser with YouTube running in the background and a second browser open, searching and looking for fantastically made landscape and cityscape images created by the many talented photographers around the globe.</p>

<p class=""><strong><em>Coco Van Oppens has built a name for herself working internationally as an on-set photographer, also called a unit stills photographer. She tells us more about this unique genre, the importance of wearing an invisibility cloak while on set, and her favourite gear to take along</em></strong></p>

<p class=""><em>Landscape photographer Jon Kerrin is no stranger to the Fujifilm blog (check out his </em><a href="https://www.myfujifilm.co.za/news/2019/10/24/an-introduction-to-astrophotography-using-fujifilm-x-series-cameras-by-jon-kerrin"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><em>Introduction to Astrophotography</em></span></a><em> and review of the </em><a href="https://www.myfujifilm.co.za/news/2020/4/1/fujinon-16-80mm-f4-ois-wr-the-perfect-travel-lens-a-landscape-photographers-perspective"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><em>Fujinon 16-80mm</em></span></a><em>). This time, we place him under the spotlight, as he takes us through his favourite spots to photograph and how he protects his gear and his favourite image.</em></p>

<p class="">Andile Bhala is making a name for himself as a photographer telling authentic stories of life in Soweto. Fujifilm South Africa chatted to him about the social value of photography, building on the legacy of others, and finding his stories on the streets.</p>

<p class=""><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>PART 1 - The casual introduction</strong></span></p><ol data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">The casual introduction (body to hold)</p></li><li><p class="">The second date (some less obvious aspects that reveal themselves)</p></li><li><p class="">Getting in step (spending quality time together)</p></li><li><p class="">When things get real (building trust)</p></li><li><p class="">A constant companion (a match made in Japan)</p></li></ol>

<p class="">In March, I was hiking and tracking musk ox in Dovrefjell National Park, Norway. By my side I was lucky to have the new flagship Fujifilm X-T4 and the XF Fujinon 200mm f/2 (possibly Fujifilm's best lens), ready for adventure.</p>