NYC PHOTOGRAPHY & FUJIFILM X10 REVIEW

Just before leaving for New York City on a get away with my wife, my 10+ year old Fujifilm X Pro 1 finally kicked the bucket. So…I pulled another digital relic from the shelf, my Fujifilm X10. I wanted something light, un assuming, and fun. How’d this old, compact camera perform? Read on to find out!

IS THIS WINTER?

Long bike rides in MN in February. You betcha! Also tried out a new to me, used camera set up and a $59 fixed lens that I am completely smitten with. Check it out here!

A Warm December Day

I am going to interrupt my 2023 recap posts. Why? Well….It was 60 degrees in December in MN. What does that mean? Riding. That’s what that means.

Gravel Worlds 2023 – Behind the Lens

Today, I am sharing words and a handful of my favorite images from Gravel Worlds 2023. What a great event!

The Mid South Gravel – 2022 Edition

Today I am sharing some words and images from the 2022 Mid South gravel bike race & ride. It’s been a few years since I’ve ridden this event. I wish I could entirely blame covid for that but I can’t! I went to Mid South on a mission to ride 1st and take pictures 2nd. I needed this ride and event. I can also tell you from my personal experience that I think a lot of other folks needed it too.

A Day to Create

I have had a lot on my mind. Surprisingly I am feeling similar to when I was working. My brain doesn’t turn off. I am hyper focused. I am churning over solutions and learning. I ignore some of the basic, human signals of thirst, hunger, etc. When I get this way, I am not the […]

Views from Vietnam, Cambodia and Taiwan

Greetings folks. Just got back from a big, long work trip Vietnam, Cambodia and Taiwan. It was a long few weeks on the road. But an amazing one. I use these trips as a springboard for creativity and use photography to keep me aware, awake and inspired. I often walk and explore where ever I […]

Fragments – My 1st Month with the Fuji X Pro 2

I am closing this month a very happy man. I’ve had an incredible month. My family is great. I’ve traveled to Oklahoma for the Landrun 100 and to Colorado for my family spring break and on Friday, I leave for Kansas City for a soccer tournament followed by Duluth, MN the following weekend for the […]

The handcrafted JB Camera Designs Grip for Fuji X Pro 2

Last week I was in Stillwater, Oklahoma to ride the Landrun 100 gravel road race & ride, pics can be found here. While there I got to see one of my closest friends’ businesses, JB Camera Designs. JB Camera Designs makes hand crafted wood camera grips and accessories that are aimed to improve ergonomics and […]

My first outing with a production Fuji X Pro 2

The wait is over. The Fuji X Pro 2 is here and in my hands! While I am bummed it didn’t arrive before the event, Frostbike, that I shot last week with a rented Olympus Pen F, it is here now. I am so thankful for my friends at National Camera Exchange. They had one […]

Frostbike 2016 with the Olympus Pen F

I am finally home after several straight days of work. We hosted our annual Frostbike event. This year marks my 20th year of attending as an employee of QBP and my 23rd or 24th if you factor in I attended as a customer prior to my employment. Each year I look forward to it. Each […]

Fuji X70 – 1st shots with a production camera

I gambled late December and sold both my Fuji X100t and XT1 so I could have cash in hand when the next Fuji X Pro 2 and X70 were released. I loved both cameras but the thought of selling my loved X100t for a smaller unproven camera was a bit of a risk. Last night […]

5 years with Fuji X Cameras

Some of you that have landed here at the Imaginegnat blog and are photographers know there has been a lot of discussion the last few years about “Switching to Mirrorless” or “Why I sold my Canikon DSLR to switch to Sony, Fuji or Olympus”. I went through that battle a few years ago and 99% […]

OC/OL/OY Update

I’ve been suspiciously quiet since my last post about one camera, one lens for one year post, or OC/OL/OY for short. The honest answer is that I have been very, very busy and this challenge has me all messed up. That said, I am excited by it and it really is helping me de-clutter my […]

OC/OL/OY….OB?

I took that photo in 2009 with a Panaonic GF1 with 20mm f1.7 lens. This set up still almost meets the criteria I outline later in this post. There is a challenge floating around the internet in the photographic art community right now. The challenge is one camera, one lens, for one year (OC/OL/OY) For […]