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Staycation at QT Hotel in Perth

QT Perth, one of the newest hotels on the block in Perth city

A couple of months ago, we decided to do a 1-night staycation at QT Perth. It was a public holiday long weekend and rather than travelling interstate or join the bustle of driving down south to the wine region, we decided to make QT Perth our home away from home. Since my last visit to QT Perth as a volunteer photographer for Open House Perth, I’ve been interested in actually staying at QT Perth. I was attracted to it’s modern and whimsical architecture and interior. The hotel experience didn’t disappoint.

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The Fujifilm Simulation Challenge Accepted

Perth City, Forrest Chase. Fujinon 14mm f2.8

Last week, after the sunrise shoot in Applecross with James, I grabbed a much needed coffee and got chatting about all things the art of photography. One of the many things discussed was the idea of shooting in JPEG only using custom film simulation settings on Fujifilm cameras. It’s an intriguing idea and to be honest the film simulations was what converted me from a Canon DSLR shooter to the Fujifilm X series cameras. When I first got the X-T10, I was still using Lightroom 4 and it wasn’t able to read .RAF files. That meant I was shooting JPEGs only using the in-built film simulations and was rather pleased with my images back in the day. As the months went by, I decided to jump onto Lightroom CC and had access to editing the raw files. I haven’t really gone back to shooting just JPEGs since for the most part.

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Shooting sunrise over Perth City in Applecross

Sunrise over Perth City near Raffles Hotel — Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f2.8-4 lens at 9sec, f11, ISO 200

Last weekend I braved the cold morning and headed out to shoot the sunrise near Raffles Hotel in Applecross with the talented landscape photographer James (you should check out his work if you don’t know him!). The last time I woke up before the sun rose was probably during last year’s FXA Landscape Photography Workshop down south. As it’s currently winter in Perth, sunrise is generally closer to 7am in the morning. So waking up a bit before 6am to head out doesn’t seem too bad if I can brave the chilly morning.

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Photo Live Expo Perth 2019

Dan Avila gathering and chatting to the group of Fujifilm Photo Walkers

Last weekend Perth experienced one of the largest photo events of the year, Photo Live Expo. This year was my third year in a row that I have attended the ever growing event. There were a large variety of exhibitors in the main hall. All your big camera brands were present (Fujifilm had a nice central location in the hall). Photographic associations, education centres and photo accessory businesses were also on hand. Tripods, bags, filters etc. It was a great show floor. I was there was the morning and it was full of energy. For the first time this year they had a whole section dedicated to videography gear too.

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Street photography in Little India with Singapore’s Fujifilm X Photographer Ivan Joshua Loh

On a recent long weekend trip to Singapore, I met up with Singaporean Fujifilm X Photographer Ivan for a morning photowalk around Little India. He may be a Fujifilm X Photographer, but more importantly he’s a fuji fanboy who has a quirky and fun approach to photography. It was such a fun and insightful morning of photographing around little India.

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