Social media has been buzzing with speculations leading up to today. Now, that the Fujiflm X Summit has aired, we can pack our crystal balls away. All has been revealed and yes, it is real: there’s a new film simulation…
Social media has been buzzing with speculations leading up to today. Now, that the Fujiflm X Summit has aired, we can pack our crystal balls away. All has been revealed and yes, it is real: there’s a new film simulation…
Word is out, social media is abuzz – you may have heard it too: apparently Fujifilm is launching a new film simulation “Reala” at the upcoming Summit on Tuesday, 12 September, and as you can imagine – this is very…
In last week’s episode of SOOC we brought the theme of black and white photography to a close by celebrating. this timeless genre with a phenomenal amount of outstanding viewers’ submissions. We were blown away by the number and the…
What you are about to read is not intended to be a technically exhaustive explanation about how images are created in low light and why noise and grain occur in photographs. This is a topic that can and has been…
It’s World Photography Day today, the day when the world celebrates what marked the beginnings of photography, its history, the arts and different types of creative processes that make photography the amazing artform that it is. Louis Daguerre and Joseph…
In case you missed it – we are focussing on black and white photography over at SOOC throughout the month of August and have chosen four recipes which offer a lot of exciting qualities for any black and white photography…
Travel season is in full swing in many parts of the world which is why Ritchie Roesch from Fuji X Weekly and I discussed travel photography as our theme of the month in the last episode of SOOC. Missed the…
We are halfway through the year already… time to plan some down time, right? Maybe a trip with family or friends – and a camera (or two, or three)? Fantastic idea! I don’t know about you, but the moment I…
In the latest episode of SOOC we talked about the rise of AI in photography and using ChatGPT to create film simulation recipes. It was an interesting chat in which Ritchie Roesch and I looked at the possibilities that ChatGPT…
I had just arrived back in South Africa, hadn’t even emptied my suitcases yet, when I got a call from Fujifilm South Africa that they had a brand-new X-S20 they wanted me to test. Since I had only just returned…
It’s been quite sometime since Ritchie Roesch and I went live in our last episode of SOOC. As you might have noticed we had to reschedule Episode 4 – the Q&A session to our Theme Storytelling – a few times.…
I almost feel weird to be here… like I should walk around with a feather duster and clear the cyber dust first – it’s been so long… ok, let me run some updates, i’ll be right back… Alrighty – in…
Sometimes life just doesn’t play along nicely with our hopes and plans. Most of us have probably experienced this. And that’s where I’m at right now. I’m really sorry and sad having to announce this at such short notice, but…
So, what’s your story? Not sure? Okay, l’ll go first then: After weeks of planning and the excitement of my upcoming trip, I have finally arrived in Germany. And like I do every year when I’m here, I grab the…
It’s been with much anticipation (reads: late nights and little sleep) that we’ve been working towards the first “Theme Show” of Season 3 of SOOC Live. And then, Thursday arrived and past by in a flash and here I am…
In tonight’s episode of SOOC we are hitting the streets and we want you to join us! After kicking off Season 3 last month and introducing our new show format for this year’s episodes, it is finally time for our…
