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A tour of our facilities; including our shooting bay, and the equipment we have in our arsenal. Owner and Photographer Adam Kuzik tells us a bit about the Studio
So, today was the first day at the Magnum workshop and all-in-all it was a pretty interesting day. Constantine Manos presented his approach to street photography. He has a really relaxed manor and was quite friendly. I had to leave the lecture a bit early to head over to Sistema Toronto to photograph the kids in the program. When I got there there was obviously a lot going on. As it turned out they were trying to put together a promo video for an upcoming award show where they will be honored. I started the session by just observing to see if I could find any patterns or exceptional subjects. With so much going on I wasn’t disappointed with the choices.
Today was also my first full shoot with the Fujifilm X Pro 1. I’m pleased with how easy this camera is to carry around. Its small and light. The kids at Sistema weren’t intimidated by it and I was able to freely move about the room with little thought or notice — exactly what I wanted. I had the opportunity to try out the continuous capture (6 frames per second). It works really well, but in the on camera playback Fujifilm has grouped continuous capture frames all together in a picture-in-picture type of thing and it reviews like a movie. I will have to check with the manual about that. Also, because I don’t know what I’m going to be using the files for I chose to shoot RAW, and again, I’m totally disappointed with Silkypix. Rendering is just awful!
Tonight we’re going out for some more street style photography. So, we’re definitely keeping busy and pushing creative ideas as far as we have time for.
Space shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), is seen off in the distance behind the Statue of Liberty, Friday, April 27, 2012, in New York. Enterprise was the first shuttle orbiter built for NASA performing test flights in the atmosphere and was incapable of spaceflight. Originally housed at the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Enterprise will be demated from the SCA and placed on a barge that will eventually be moved by tugboat up the Hudson River to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in June. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
The Right Rig For the Job
With only a week before I head to the Magnum Workshop at the Scotiabank CONTACT Festival I wanted to post some thoughts on using the right rig for the job. On a day-to-day basis I use my (now discontinued) Nikon D3s the most (and its got about another year left in it). My Nikon D3x is for my studio work (again, for about another year) and then there’s my recently purchased Fujifilm X-Pro 1.
The X-Pro 1 wasn’t a cheap purchase, but an important one. And after about a week of working with this camera I absolutely LOVE IT! But, while already owning two of arguably the best 35mm DSLRs on the market, why would I drop a couple of grand on a mirrorless? Well, sometimes carrying around a full body, full frame camera makes absolutely no sense. And the Magnum Workshop is the perfect example of this.
When it comes down to it, the Magnum Workshop is a street photography and photojournalism workshop. I anticipate walking through the streets of Toronto, talking to people and taking their picture while going about their lives. No need for a bazooka here! The X-Pro 1 is a small, unassuming package with great performance. I want the best photo opportunities possible and my Nikons, to the general public, are intimidating. In addition, I’m going to be walking around Toronto for an entire week (maybe I should get a GPS app’ to see how many km’s I do…). The Nikon is heavy. I personally think its a ‘good heavy,’ but heavy nonetheless. It would definitely require a BlackRapid strap, but honestly, my shoulder would still get sore after seven days straight (and R Straps seem to becoming a fashion statement for hip photog’s). No thanks. Of course, the same thing goes for the lenses. With my X-Pro 1 I’m using my little Crumpler Bag that kind of looks like a “murse.” I’ll be packed light and able to go most places.
Now, in no way am I hating on my Nikons. I LOVE my Nikon babies! I haven’t decided which one is coming with me, but one surely will. Hell, I’m even thinking about bringing my Quadra Rangers… But, as a professional photographer there is a right place and right time for your gear and showing up prepared, with the right tools is essential.
Recent shoot with Taleeta of AW Models International.
First Shots from my New Fujifilm X-Pro1
Just playing with my new Fujifilm X-Pro1. Files look great! But conversion was a pain! No Adobe support yet (known problem) and the Fuji’s “Silkypix” converter SUCKS (so I’m gonna call it ‘sillypix’)!!! I ended up using sillypix to convert to 16 bit TIF’s then import into LR3 to further process. Take a look at the images and let me know what you think!
