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<p class="">This is a long term project, documenting the youth of Imizamo Yethu, a rough township in Cape Town battling poverty and drugs, as they emerge into adulthood in a tough environment , supported through the sport of boxing.</p>

<p class="">It was a Sunday morning in 2013 and I was miserable. I had realised that I hadn’t taken any photographs for myself in quite some time – a practice I had cherished all through life – and I got upset.</p>

<p class="">Despite having world-class camera gear, I noticed by the time my eldest boy was three, I hardly had any of my own family photographs. The only images I took of our family was taken with a cell phone!</p>

<p class="">Let me start off by saying that since I became more serious about photography, my love for photography has become an all-consuming flame. This is not to say that the flame burnt strong all the time.</p>

<p class="">I remember precisely when I fell in love with my first Fujifilm camera. I was in the Philippines for an underwater photography assignment. As a qualified scuba diving instructor, focusing on the underwater world had seemed the natural choice when I first became serious about my photography.</p>

<p class="">Today is a very special day - it is Valentine’s Day on a Friday.</p><p class="">The previous time this happened was on 14 February 2014. And for me, that date is very special.</p>

<p class="">When we heard the rumours of the much anticipated Fujifilm X-Pro 3 it was no surprise that social media exploded with the regular scoffing, coughing and huffing.</p><p class="">“What were you thinking Fujifilm” “You have just lost a lifelong customer and fan” “Oh look, they are trying to look cool” …………. the list is almost endless.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">What can I say, for a photographer whose forte is weddings, I just love challenges. Many moons ago as a photography student, my time was spent on only commercial photography. Give me food, cars, trucks - anything but people.</p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>He tested the X-T3 and X-H1, what will street photographer </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/waynehipe/"><strong>Wayne Robertson</strong></a><strong> think of the baby brother - the Fujifilm X-T100? </strong></p>

<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Professional photographer </strong><a href="https://darephoto.co.za/"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong>Malcolm Dare</strong></span></a><strong> recently pushed the Fujifilm GFX 100 large format camera to the max to get a shot of a vintage Porsche. He tells us what went into making this image.</strong></p>