Reboot - part 2

As if the trip, the book and the revamped web presence wasn't enough -

Yes, I bought a new camera. In fact after ten years I have ditched my Nikon DSLRs and moved over to the Fuji mirrorless system.

In addition to the body I got a 23mm f2 lens for everyday walking around, a 50mm f2 for portraits and a 55-200mm f3.5-4.8 for those occasions where a zoom is needed.

Why the change. Essentially it was the result of seeing the Fuji X-T3 in action while in Iran. Size and weight were considerations as was ease of use. Most important, however, were the benefits of the mirrorless system and the EVF in shooting at night. The ability to see what you are going to get in advance was so superior to the clumsy number of 'test' shots required with the DSLR.

It will also be fun. and challenging, to shoot with prime lenses after years of only using zooms.

Reboot

Our recent trip to Iran was like pushing the reboot button on my photography.

First there was the trip itself. The first ten days were spent on a dedicated photography tour organised by Pics of Asia. Following that we spent another ten days on our own travelling through this amazing country.

I returned home energised. In addition to the usual photo book I produce for each of our trips I completely revamped my website. Previously using Zenfolio I switched to using Adobe Portfolio. While some design aspects are more limited its integration with Lightroom made it an easy choice. While the site itself can not incorporate a blog, a link to this site doesn't seem to be too big a problem.

I also decided to use Adobe Spark to tell the photographic story of some aspects of our recent trip -

• Facesof Iran
• Dasht-eLut
• Arba’een
• Light and Shadow

A more complete selection of photos can be seen on my website.