I meant to get work done today.
I sat in front of my computer brain dead, stressed, and overworked from Black Friday retail sales. I was easily distracted by our restless children running circles around the apartment.
My stupor was interrupted by a sliver of light that escaped the grey cloud coverage and pierced through my blinds. A flash, a thought. The four of us should take this pent up energy into something constructive.
I recently sold my Sony 70-200mm 2.8 and used the funds for the purchase of the Fujifilm 50-140 2.8. We’ll play some socially distanced frisbee in the yard, throw some rocks into the pond, and I can test this thing out.
I’m acutely aware I’ve been trading out a faster autofocus for a slower one. I have a bad penchant for mentioning it each time I try a new lens or compare one. The tradeoff is worth the sweet film simulations you get. The renderings are beautiful. I still get hyped about specs and sharpness, but my personal work cares more about emotion and color conveying the story.
I’ve had Kevin Mullins’ Kodak film simulation just sitting in my custom presets unused. The same Mullins that is Fujifilm’s X-Photographer. He has a fantastic video of his updated film simulations. I wasn’t disappointed by the results. All of these are straight out of camera.
This Kodak simulation took a gloomy day and turned it nostalgic, almost full blown artistic. I love the grain added into the image. Be aware there is a buffer on each photo because the clarity setting is on.
Our youngest here thinks she was making a “stupid face” and claims “I’ll never take a photo again.” The images will age well. I hope the kids can look back on these in the future and get the same nostalgia I get when looking at Kodaks of my childhood. At least the other daughter is properly impressed by herself and my photography. I’ll take any compliment.
My instagram will have a few of the jpegs slightly contrasted and added vignette. Gives it the pop necessary for the format. To find daily updates, check it out here!
For the Kodak look and other beautiful film simulations, check out Kevin Mullins’ Youtube video here!
