I recently came across a fascinating article “Why Street Photography Matters in 2017” by Temoor Iqbal. I agree with many points raised in his piece. With everyone having access to a camera and the street “the result is an absolute mire of dreadful, samey images—endless medium-distance shots of people walking, endless portraits of buskers, and [...]
What a great few weeks it has been! First, we had the opportunity to shoot with the pre-production Fujifilm X100F camera. As many of you know, since we got our hands on the original X100, the X100 series have been our cameras of choice. Not only are they portable, quiet and light but most importantly [...]
Over the last few years we have enjoyed working on this blog and we cherish and value your readership and continuous patronage. However, we are aware that this form of presentation and interaction has its limits. And these are not the only obvious limitations in regard to content production, the publishing schedule or even interaction [...]
We started 2016 with an “Un-resolution,” challenging ourselves to go beyond “static and sterile,” to “move toward the edge of the cliff” and to “destroy our present complacency of seeing.” Looking back at this remarkable and tumultuous year, it was a year when we questioned everything about our “seeing.” Being well aware that the popularity [...]
When I leave home for an event or for street shooting I often take my Fuji X-Pro2 and one lens. It’s usually the XF 35mm F1.4 (50mm in FF). However, this time I decided to grab a lens that goes into my bag only when we hit the road – that is, the XF 50-140m [...]
All the images were shot with the Fujifilm X-Pro2 and the XF 35mm F1.4 lens. 2016 © Kasia & Olaf Sztaba Photography. All rights reserved.
We joined this year’s April Fools craze with the piece “Enough of this mirrorless nonsense.” Thank you for laughing with us and not taking this babble of ours too seriously. Today I would like to touch on a personal note. We photographers have a tendency to work hard on our professional assignments or projects. However, [...]
Kasia and I had an opportunity to attend Heritage Day in Port Moody. Below please find a few images from this event. If you would like to find more info please go to http://portmoodymuseum.org All images taken with the Fuji X-Pro2, the XF 35mm F1.4 and XF 56mm F1.2, Classic Chrome (CC) film simulation. 2016 [...]
All taken with the X100S and the Fuji X-Pro1 paired with the XF 35mm F1.4. 2016 © Kasia & Olaf Sztaba Photography. All rights reserved.
In my presentations, I often talk about the process of creating a photograph. No, I am not talking about pressing the shutter button. That part is easy and immaterial. The starting point of creating a photograph is always a connection. There must be some type of emotional, intellectual, visual or even physical connection to [...]
