by Belinda | Jun 3, 2020 | Art, Autumn photoshoot, Awards, Christchurch, Creative Photography, Creativity, Double Exposures, Fujifilm, Fujifilm X-T2, Landscapes, NZIPP, Sea, Sunset shoot, Travel, XF18-135mm
How to take landscapes on the Fuji film X-T2. Landscape photography is one of the most popular photography styles in the world. Mainly due to the power of the landscape on the human mind. It can be beautiful and ever changing with the weather. In this blog I will...
by Belinda | Apr 23, 2020 | Art, Awards, Christchurch, Creative Photography, Creativity, Fine Art Portraiture, Fujifilm X-T2, Iris Awards, NZIPP, Photography props, Photography Tutorials, Portraits, XF35mm F1.4
An idea for Iris – a Climate Change Shoot Every year I enter the Iris awards and I had an idea for a shoot for several months for the in-camera portrait section of the 2020 awards. The theme was climate change. Next I had to think how to set up my climate...
by Belinda | Sep 15, 2019 | Art, Awards, Christchurch, Creative Photography, Creativity, Double Exposures, Fine Art Child Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Iris Awards, Nature Photography, NZIPP, Portraits, Travel, XF18-135mm, XF35mm F1.4, XF56mm F1.2
Be Creative and Follow Your Passion Being creative and following your own passion is one of the best things you can do in life. There is nothing worse than doing a job that you hate and not following your dreams. Once you get into a creative mindset everything you see...
by Belinda | Sep 11, 2019 | Art, Arts Centre of Christchurch, Awards, Christchurch, Forest, Fujifilm X-T2, Iris Awards, Nature Photography, XF35mm F1.4
Nature Photography As well as child fine at portraiture, I also love taking photos of nature especially when on holiday with my children. Photos on camping trips and picnics As a family we often go camping or going on holiday at Kaikoura. Give me the simple life every...
by Belinda | Aug 22, 2019 | Art, Arts Centre of Christchurch, Awards, Child Photography, Exhibitions, Fine Art Child Portraits, Fine Art Portraiture, Forest, Fujifilm X-T2, Iris Awards, Landscapes, NZIPP
Tips from my own experience! An exceptional local exhibition Two years ago I attended an exhibition by Johannes van Kan who took photos of the Art’s Centre of Christchurch being restored after the Christchurch Earthquakes. He took amazing black and white photos...
by Belinda | May 26, 2019 | Awards, Fine Art Portraiture, Fujifilm X-T2, Fujifilm XT-1, Photography Tutorials, XF56mm F1.2
I have recently read a post on the Fujifilm X Series page from a member wondering if people shoot manual mode. He said he didn’t want to run before he could walk and wondered if he should try the less scary settings or “shock horror, M” for manual...
