Comments on: Single Shot Stories No. 008 – Jarrod Hills, Asian Wok

By: Mike Skelton

Mike Skelton — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:52:22 +0000

A brilliant photo and fantastic article. What time of day did you take the photo? The light and shadows look to me like the day was towards its end? which is fitting for the subject. I would love to see a follow up if and when anything happens to this place. I have a pizza place near me that is the only surviving shop on the street. The others around it have all closed to make way for the extension of a football (soccer) stadium but I guess they are just refusing…

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 18:17:55 +0000

Jess Hobbs posted a very good video on her YouTube channel recently about an old local building that was being demolished. It was quite an intimate and emotional storytelling. Don’t let interesting old structures sit around without photographing them because they’ll be gone before you know it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0jPeOrF4I

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:28:13 +0000

I like this shot. The colors are great, and it reminds of the many other similar buildings we sometimes don’t notice, but unconsciously inform our understanding of a place. Sadly I’ve seen several dozen of them disappear recently – shops, diners, old industrial properties, and anything with enough land for apartments. I wish I had documented them before they were gone, regardless of image quality. Sometimes waiting to get a nice shot like yours meant I missed it entirely. Nice work capturing the atmosphere of this unique little landmark.

By: eric

eric — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:35:20 +0000

I return deeply to film when I have changed my Fuji for a Sony 😉 I wanted the full frame. 😉 following Strong Fuji and press marketing about stabilisation system and full frame of Sony, … but this camera bores me, and I have taken my M3 again 😉
What I like with Fuji before:
– easy to use
– we use like a film camera
– JPEG are very good and be used without software processing,
– very good quality of making and extraordinary good lens (who will put a lens made in some places … in this camera).
Yesss I am agree the XPro1 is a fantastic camera and X100V too. I will say all are good, certainly Nikon or Fuji will be maybe, … maybe better for Pro work when it comes to speed, and I am not sure, this is a topic.
By the way, I love film photography, and now I prefer to use my film cameras. I remember the first Single Shot Story No1, it was a great image, I think It was made with a medium format. Impressive, the result is so great that I think it is difficult to get the same with digital. Digital, computer, social networks, … Now you can use the services of some software to control the publishing of the people in the websites, all these technologies delete some freedoms, we have seen in many last democratic process such elections or publication of informations of pandemics, … with film it is clean, the raw are in physical support. But if people want to enjoy this great hobby which is photography I will advice to have a film camera, a Nikon FE2 with a good Nikkor 50mm is enough, and maybe a digital camera, and for digital camera Fuji is now the best to enjoy this hobby, I speak about enjoying something not to have the last top performances WE DONT NEED. I say FE2, but a FE is enough, where is the difference 1000 sec to 4000 sec, is it so important? Yesss, yesss, 50mm, 1.4, lot of light, 4000 sec are better, … OK OK OK.
I have been impressed by the JPEG of Fuji, when I try to process the raw from my Sony it is so boring, the Sony software is so boring and it become very heavy files. ….. Thank you for these comments about Fuji

By: lasousa2015

lasousa2015 — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 05:57:27 +0000

Well done. I enjoy the colors from the Fuji sensor, including my own X100V. My town is changing rapidly. What was once a hard scrabble working waterfront is now a boardwalk. Some fishing boats still call the waterfront home. The factory that made textiles during the war effort and seat belts for automobiles is now a waterfront condominium for privileged use in summer. A huge waterfront braided rug factory inexplicably held out for decades. It is now on the chopping block, slated to become luxury residences. The building is run down and needs a new life, so on balance the change will be good. I can’t say I would rather my town had remained as it once was. It is an enjoyable place to live. But I do miss the gritty character of first and second generation European immigrants (e.g. my own family) who worked hard and forged a good life. I miss the grounded nature of this ilk, and its prideful determination and lack of pretentiousness. Buildings are symbols, but people are definers. Louis.

By: Jarrod Hills

Jarrod Hills — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 21:54:01 +0000

In reply to eric. I do enjoy it. I searched specifically for an X Pro 1 for that sensor. Many photos remind me of Kodak Gold 200 when I look at their files. That is not to say that it is the best though. I use Nikon for the motorsports and bike racing events I enjoy shooting. And then for film, I have a few other makes as well. Use what works well for you. This day and age, there is no such thing as a terrible camera. Everything has progressed to a point where the camera can capture so much that it is up to the user to mess it up. That being said, I am enjoying the camera. It really does produce a special look.