Three images shot within two minutes of one another. Bing, bang, boom. Rain, night, artifacts. A lone camera and lens. Light and composition. This is actually the kind of photography I find myself doing more than anything else, which is why I love the Fuji XT2. I can create work like this, nothing incredible mind you, process, print and move on. I like the look of these images and I don’t feel like the camera holds me back. I use it like a slightly larger-than-normal point-and-shoot.
Being in a scene like this it becomes immediately apparent you are in a “moment” of sorts. It might be a moment that only looks good to you, but it’s a moment nonetheless. Dissect, move, dissect, move and it’s gone.
8 Comments on “Creative: Anatomy of Mood”
I especially like the first photograph, Daniel. My photography has changed dramatically since I began using a Fuji X-100t rather than digital Leica – and has changed in a good way. I love the Fuji jpegs: shoot, use, move on. Raw files as backup, but I’m more-than happy with Classic Chrome for colour work.
Charlene would love your reflection photographs!
Mike,
All reflections are good reflections.
Love the mood. Alone and wandering the streets but why by rain? Haha! Great read and images!
Thanks Wim,
The rain was the best and something I rarely see.
Haha! Come to Hamburg and you are more than welcome to take some with you! 😉
Wim,
DEAL.
Very interesting. I just realize that my shiny new Nikon Z somehow stops me from taking pictures like these or those I takel with my beloved Ricoh GR. All the time I thought about specs and size but never actually about the emotional setting a camera puts you in.
Hendrik,
It’s the interface with which you see the world. It does make a difference. Look at Apple. Their machines are junk compared to many others, at least some are junk, and overpriced, but people want something beautiful to sit in front of.