How wide is too wide?

April 15, 2025 in journal

My experiments with the ultra wide angle Laowa 10-18mm (Amazon link).

Wide and fast

March 02, 2021 in journal

I've been shooting with a wide and fast lens more and more lately. I had the chance to try another 2 fast -and even wider!- lenses. In this video, I share my...

I love my 35mm f/1.4 lens. At that focal length, it's relatively wide while offering a very wide aperture. The images I create with it remind me a bit of the medium format look.

I like it so much, that I wanted to try other fast, but even wider, lenses. And that's what I did!

See through the fog: how to find contrast in foggy conditions

February 20, 2020 in journal

Fog can be deceptive. As it happens with other weather phenomenons, the way our eyes and mind perceive a foggy landscape is different from what the camera will capture.

One of the reasons is that contrast can be tricky to find in fog. As we know, contrast is really important in black and white photography, so we need to know how to create it in foggy conditions.

Best 5 accessories for RX100 cameras

February 16, 2020 in journal

You know how much I love my small RX100 cameras. I always carry one with me no matter what I'm doing, and that has led me to making some images I would've never made otherwise, including the current image of the month, "Golden Gate".

I love that these cameras are complete systems out of the box: no lenses to buy! There are some accessories, though, that I think are very useful and make these little devices even better image making machines. These are the 5+1 accessories for the RX100 series I have and use.