Tag: wildlife

Photographers, We’re Storytellers – 10 Days in Japan [Part One]

by Fujifilm EMEA August 30, 2017 Comments2

By Chris Weston

When I first became interested in wildlife photography, I harboured a deep fascination with Japan. I used to study the work of some of the great Japanese nature photographers – Michio Hoshino, Mitsuaki Iwago, Nobuyuki Kobayashi – and found, in their images, a hidden depth, an elusive something that I could only describe as “soul”. I also noticed many of my early photographic heroes, photographers such as Art Wolfe and Jim Brandenburg, as well as my favourite artist, Monet, had been inspired by immersion in Japanese culture. Read More

Filed under Be Inspired photographs Wildlife X-Photographer

Light and Land: A Tour of Scotland’s West Coast

by Fujifilm EMEA July 27, 2017 Comments8

By Ben Osborne

My Fujifilm adventure began six months ago when I borrowed a FUJIFILM X-T2 and a couple of lenses for an expedition to Antarctica. This was an introduction to an unfamiliar camera system that I had never used before but which I immediately had to use under some of the most challenging conditions on earth. It was a baptism by fire but it was also love at first sight. Read More

Filed under Be Inspired Landscape / Cityscape / Seascape photographs Wildlife

Wildlife Photography: Creating a Sense of Place

by Fujifilm EMEA June 27, 2017 Comments2

By Chris Weston

Wildlife photography isn’t just about frantic action shots and animal portraits. An important area of the genre is capturing a sense of place – images that show the subject in the landscape.

Photographing animals in their environment is a critical area of my work because such images serve to further the cause of environmental conservation, which is a driving force behind my work. The primary cause of decreasing wildlife populations is habitat loss, so revealing the beauty of the land in which animals make their homes is, for me, an important aspect of my storytelling. Read More

Filed under Be Inspired photographs Tutorials Wildlife X-Photographer

Springtime at 50 megapixels

by Guest Blogger May 18, 2017 Comments2
GFX 120mm F10 1/280 ISO400

By Ben Cherry

I first moved to the X Series four years ago because I was carrying too much equipment on trips and I wanted to switch to a smaller, lighter alternative. Now with X-T2s and the superb range of lenses available it is often difficult to decide what to take on assignments or trips, making sure it all fits in one backpack. But my kit is still smaller item for item than what it used to be before, its just a question of knowing exactly what you’ll need for each job (not always easy, particularly with nature photography). Read More

Filed under Be Inspired Landscape / Cityscape / Seascape photographs Wildlife X-Photographer