Hiii,
In the spirit of my new found purpose, I've started taking baby steps towards creating more and complaining less. My niece turned 6 recently and I was given a pink balloon. Halfway through an episode of LHHH I decided to chase the last bit of sunlight for some self portraits.
Usually when I do self portraits, I use my canon 600D with a 50mm 1.8 but I opted for my fuji xt20 with a 16-50mm f3.5 lens. I've been trying to get used to my fujifilm and at first it was challenging for me because change is hard. I went as far as panicking for wasting money on it. After much breathing and playing around with it, I started getting used to it and enjoying the camera. I love that it is light compared to my canon and it has power for such a small camera. One advantage I can say my canon has over the fuji is the movable LCD screen. It allows me view myself live and frame my shots better whereas the fuji LCD screen can only be slightly tilted to face up. It was very challenging for me cause I was pretty much blind and guessing the frame.
Another problem I had was having to rely on the in built timer of the fuji. It's not so bad cause I used to that a lot before I got a trigger. I haven't tried it yet but I think my canon trigger isn't compatible with the fuji. It was definitely time consuming constantly checking after every shot to make sure the framing was right. The first few tries was very off putting but after a while I got used to it and started getting into the shoot.
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| This image I love so much but its a clear example of how I struggled to get the frame right. My body is chopped off in all the wrong places and it would have looked a lot better with more arms and a little neck. |
Another problem I had was having to rely on the in built timer of the fuji. It's not so bad cause I used to that a lot before I got a trigger. I haven't tried it yet but I think my canon trigger isn't compatible with the fuji. It was definitely time consuming constantly checking after every shot to make sure the framing was right. The first few tries was very off putting but after a while I got used to it and started getting into the shoot.
With these set of images, I wanted to have the clear blue sky and a pop of pink. My main prop was the balloon. I shot for about 20 minutes give or take. I used my 16-50mm and had the camera setting at 1/125 with aperture f20.
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| I look so big but I love it. |
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I forgot to add that you'll need a tripod or something stable to mount your camera on. Even though this was a spontaneous shoot, always always plan so you know exactly what you want to do. Chances are you'll encounter some challenges but trust me, challenges are good.
Your thoughts are welcome.
Thank you!
Aisha.
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