Travel

London Street Photography

I had the chance to shoot on the streets of London last week with the Fuji X70 and X-Pro2 with the 35mm f2. Thursday was a long and painful day, walking from 7am to 5pm with only a couple of 20 minute breaks for coffee. I paid the price with a sore hip and legs the following day, but it didn't stop me from going back to on the Friday. I've been putting up so much colour street stuff for a while, so I thought I would convert all of these to Black & White.

I paid a visit to Classic Camera (near The British Museum) while I was in London and bought a new street photography bag in the form of an ONA Bowery in the beautifully scuffle Dark Truffle Leather. I'll probably do a review on it soon as it's a great bag for street shooters.

Picasso's Wall

This is the wall at the exit of the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. I tucked under the staircase opposite (not quite out of site) and shot these with the X-Pro2 and the 35mm f2. All pictures are straight out of camera using the Classic Chrome film simulation (settings at the bottom of the post). It's a good exercise to find a spot and wait for subjects to walk through your shot. The optical viewfinder of the X-Pro2 (or X100T) is great for this as you can see when someone is about to walk into your frame. All the light was coming in from above, so the effect is quite dramatic.

 

FUJI X-PRO2 CLASSIC CHROME SETTINGS

Noise Reduction: -3

Colour: +3

Dynamic Range: 100%

Highlights: -1

Shadows: 2

Sharpness: +2