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I'm going to call a little BS on something. "ISO is not an acronym," people say. Stop. If you're old enough to have shot cameras with ASA on them, American Standards Association, then you know where ISO came from. The International Organization for Standardization. If ASA was an acronym, ISO is an acronym. I still…

I got called a street photography cheater. Let me explain the charge. I see more photographs of people with their heads buried in their cell phones than I see naturally found candid shots. And the argument goes, shooting people while their head is buried in a phone, completely unconscious of you, that's fish in a…

Castine, Maine. Down east Maine. Absolutely flat light. Can't see any light anywhere. So when there's no light, you shoot color. And let's pick a film simulation. Pick a film sim. I picked… lady picked. She said Classic Chrome. There it is. Classic Chrome. Let's go shoot some color in the flattest light Maine could…

What can you do on a misty, rainy night in Bar Harbor, Maine, with the Fujifilm X-H2 and the 56mm f/1.2? Let's find out. Rain at night is a street photographer's gift. Wet streets double every light in town. Watch what this lens does with it. More from Marc Snaps Are You Avoiding Eye Contact…

One subject. All the color Fujifilm film simulations. A gray, flat day in Maine. Same frame, every simulation, back to back, so you can watch the personality of each one change the photograph without the photograph changing at all. This is the fastest film education Fujifilm offers. Pick your favorite. More from Marc Snaps Fujifilm…

Confession time: I bought a Leica partly for the red dot. Not gonna lie. There, I said it. And before anybody gets sanctimonious about it, let me ask about you people covering your logos with black gaffer’s tape. Who exactly do you think you are fooling? A thief sees the camera the same way whether…

There is one thing I will tell you about the X100VI. I am not going to mess around with it. And here's why. What am I going to tell Fujifilm about film simulations? They've been doing film since before I've been alive. And by the way, if you're pronouncing Velvia as vel-vee-a and Provia as…

I got it. You don't. You're still on the waiting list. Oh, wait a minute. You're not even on the waiting list anymore. Please tell me you know I'm kidding. I am messing with you. Although I am sorry you haven't gotten yours yet. I know you've been waiting. Getting taken off the waiting list…

Make photography for yourself. That's what photography is now. The industry of photography is dead. Having people see your work anywhere but here on YouTube is dead. Instagram? Not for photographers. Maybe for videographers, but try to get traction as a photographer on Instagram. This is the last bastion. The final place to find photography…