Street rides with the Fuji X-100T
Some time ago as part of an assignment, our instructor told us to document one day in our lives and bring seven best pictures for evaluation. Being my daily routine mostly about visiting and meeting with customers, it was more than obvious that the result of my work would be made mostly of pictures of the streets. Truth is I kind of liked the concept. Apparently, a famed venezuelan photographer Ricardo Jimenez published an amazing work titled "Caracas desde el carro”, so I thought I could bring my camera daily and take a series of shots during the day and see what happened.
What camera would I bring along? Of course, the compact Fujifilm X-100T. It is light, although already showing its age in terms of the speed of the autofocus, and so easy to handle with one hand, that I could just shoot fast, barely even looking that the LCD screen of the camera. So everyday for many weeks I placed the camera by the passenger seat, and just be aware of anything that would catch my attention, quickly grab the camera and shoot, fast, easy, and leave it back again on the seat.
Well, now living in quarantine for the last three weeks, looking out at the empty streets in my home country of Panama, I am reminded of many of the pictures I took back in those days, just a few weeks ago, and realized how much the city changed. I miss the streets, walking them, talking to people, and taking photos. I suppose this blog could act as an escape from today's realities, a way to sharpen a vision of photography, to work on my weaknesses, and at the end grow some of that visual muscle to bring out better pictures next time.
Enjoy.
