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Fujifilm released a new 16-55mm f/2.8. It is big, it is fast, it is expensive, and I have a question: who is this for? Not me, that is who. I shoot street. My lenses are small primes. The 23mm lives on my X100VI. My bag is light and my camera is discreet, which is kind…

The street photography rule book says primes only. Fixed 35mm, fixed 50mm, feet zoom, blah blah blah. I have followed that rule for years. So naturally I decided to break it and take a zoom out for a day. Here is the thing nobody admits: a zoom is incredibly practical. You see a moment happening…

There are two kinds of street photographers. The runners, who walk for miles hunting moments, and the campers, who find one good spot, sit down, and wait for the world to come to them. I am a runner by nature. I get bored standing still. My feet are happiest moving and my best shots usually…

I keep hearing that some camera is too old to use. Too few megapixels. Too slow. Obsolete. Meanwhile I am over here shooting a 10 megapixel Nikon D80 and loving every frame. Here is the truth the camera industry does not want you to repeat: every camera made in the last fifteen years is still…

Every few months, some camera gets crowned the poor man’s X100VI. Some cheaper body that supposedly gives you the same vibe for half the money. So I got my hands on one and asked the real question: does it actually scratch the same itch? The X100VI is not just a spec sheet. It is the…

I bought the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro. I use Samsung phones. On paper this should have been a perfect match. In practice, it was a purchase warning. I am not going to list every issue in the blog post, because the video walks through the whole mess. Let us just say that when earbuds…

This might be the coolest thing that has ever happened on this channel. I bought an old camera, started digging into its history, and discovered it belonged to a US Army general from World War II. That was not the end of the story. I kept digging. I found the family. I reached out. And…

I went camera thrifting. Normal day, normal thrift stores, hunting for old film cameras like I always do. Except this time the trip turned into a continuation of the wildest story this channel has ever told. If you watched the video about the WWII general’s camera, you know. If you did not, go watch that…

The internet will hand you a compliment with one hand and a knife with the other. I have been making videos for a while now, and I have read my share of comments from people who would never say a word to my face. Here is what I have learned. The hate is not about…

I used to live and work in Boston. WZOU, 1992 to 93. So going back with a camera felt like visiting an old friend who has had some work done. Same bones, different face. Boston is a street photographer’s town. The neighborhoods change block by block, the people are characters, and the light off the…