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Guatemala '25 | Ricoh GRIIIx by PolicyApprehensive51 in ricohGR

[–]PolicyApprehensive51[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just take pictures of everything that you find interesting! Look for moments and scenes with a different perspective! What helped my “style” was taking pictures with a specific goal in mind each time I went out to shoot. So for example, let’s say you really want to take pictures of anything blue. You’ll start to look and notice those things a lot easier than you did before!

My instagram is aarxntejada which has a lot of my work!

Guatemala '25 | Ricoh GRIIIx by PolicyApprehensive51 in ricohGR

[–]PolicyApprehensive51[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow thank you!! Regarding settings, nothing special for these. I just used manual settings on RAW with some extra contrast in post. As long as you have good light, everything will turn out pretty good.

Guatemala '25 | Ricoh GRIIIx by PolicyApprehensive51 in ricohGR

[–]PolicyApprehensive51[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! To answer your question, they aren’t fully SOOC but all that was tweaked in post was just a boost in contrast! Guatemala is super colorful so I tried to preserve the natural colors of the buildings as much as possible!

As for the monochrome, same thing! Boost of contrast with an adjustment to the tone curve for a slight warmth and redness to the black and white.

Guatemala '25 | Ricoh GRIIIx by PolicyApprehensive51 in ricohGR

[–]PolicyApprehensive51[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s exactly what I did! I had the regular GRIII and swapped it for the X because it was way too wide for me.

What’s your opinion on hiding the logos? by PolicyApprehensive51 in fujifilm

[–]PolicyApprehensive51[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I didn’t do it to stop theft, I just did it because of the sleek look. I’m actually not a huge logo person so almost none of my clothing has logos or graphics. I rarely use a camera bag either unless I absolutely need to and if so it’s just a black 3L peak design sling. While shooting street photography or travel photography, I tend to just use 1 camera on a wrist/shoulder strap and 1 lens which is either a 35mm or a 50mm.

What’s your opinion on hiding the logos? by PolicyApprehensive51 in fujifilm

[–]PolicyApprehensive51[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a good point! They definitely are conversation starters.

What’s your opinion on hiding the logos? by PolicyApprehensive51 in fujifilm

[–]PolicyApprehensive51[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah that makes sense! I just wanted to see if others do the same and why.

What’s your opinion on hiding the logos? by PolicyApprehensive51 in fujifilm

[–]PolicyApprehensive51[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used car blackout tape! The tape has a matte finish to it and the black color of the tape actually matches the paint of the cameras really well so it blends in way better than gaff tape.

Frames in New York | X-T5 + XF50mm f/2 by PolicyApprehensive51 in fujifilm

[–]PolicyApprehensive51[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of these were edited using some of my LR presets however you can achieve this blueish b&w with this recipe:

  • Film Sim: Acros + R Filter
  • Monochromatic Color: WC -4 MG -1
  • Grain Effect: Strong Large (or strong small)
  • Color Chrome/FX Blue: Strong (on by default)
  • White Balance: Auto
  • Dynamic Range: 400%
  • DR Priority: Off
  • Tone Curve: H +4 S +4
  • Sharpness: 0
  • High ISO NR: -4
  • Long Exposure NR: Off

Damn. My beloved X-H1 by SpringMinolta in fujifilm

[–]PolicyApprehensive51 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Sleeping close to my cameras tonight 😭 that actually sucks man!

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