Revisiting old hobby from a new lens
I have taken it for granted that I am staying in Scotland. Only when someone else exclaims, ‘You’re staying in Scotland!’ do I realise that I am indeed staying in one of most picturesque places in the world.
This made me revisit an old hobby - photography. And I have been thinking about it a lot. I was so stuck with clicking using my iPhone that I completely overlooked all the exciting things happening with camera tech - mirrorless and otherwise. I also started experimenting with film cameras and was mesmerised by their output. However, given film photography’s high demand and the general tediousness of giving the film for development, waiting for the scans added a lot of friction to the process. Having said that, I still enjoy clicking with film and will continue to do so. After all, I enjoy photography. But I am also quite lazy. I was looking for something that could give me the colours of a film, without actually using film, or even any post software like Adobe Lightroom.
That’s when I stumbled upon Fujifilm cameras. Fujifilm cameras give great vivid and vibrant colours. And they have film simulations, which give a JPEG output similar to that of a 35mm film roll. I don’t need to use any software to process the images after clicking. I can get amazing JPEGs straight out of the camera. They have an amazing, thriving community of Fujifilm loyalists that have been creating ‘Recipes’ that simulate output of films that are not natively available on the camera.
I like the fact that I am able to have high-quality creative control right on the camera and I don’t require any other software to edit the photographs to my liking. Plus, the entire ecosystem around their phone app and Instax printers hits the sweet spot between casual and enthusiast photographers. Here are some shots I recently took from my camera.
Good Reads and Collections
Sage advice for calmer, more fulfilling life — I keep coming back to this article whenever I am overwhelmed with my phone.
Present and Correct — Pretty cool stationary marketplace.
Stripe Apps UI kit — Stripe built a UI kit community file on Figma to help apps build their UI to look more native within Stripe’s dashboard.
How to say no — Learn to say no from the world’s most influential people, in mostly good but strange ways.
LoFiATC — We love LoFi music. We also love airports. This website plays LoFi music with live ATC radio in the background.
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