Fujifilm X100F & Monochrome Street Photography

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A lot has been said about using the Fujifilm X100F for street photography. Some have even called it the perfect street photography tool. It does seem like a good camera for the genre.

I’m not necessarily a street photographer. I do dabble in it sometimes and enjoy it whenever the opportunity presents itself. I would never call myself a street photography expert.

For those that don’t know what street photography is, it can be typically defined as “candid photographs in public places” (most often urban locations). I say typically because there are always exceptions to the rule. Some street photographers pose their subjects. Some street pictures aren’t captured in public places. Some don’t even include people. Some are in suburban or rural locations. The line is grey. I stray outside the definition regularly.

I simply like capturing the quickly-gone moments. Things move fast and you’re trying to be completely inconspicuous. It’s very challenging. There is a little bit of a rush to it, since people don’t typically care for strangers taking their pictures. You have so little control over the elements. But it is also very rewarding, and some of my favorite pictures that I’ve captured are street images.

The Fujifilm X100F is a great street photography tool, but it isn’t perfect. I actually prefer ultra-wide-angle for my style, and the 35mm (equivalent) focal-length is nowhere near wide enough. I work around this, no big deal. It alters my approach significantly, but perhaps the good is that it pushes my comfort zone, which can only make me better. Sometimes the auto-focus misses, but this has become less of a problem the more that I’ve used the camera. I’ve tried zone-focus (which is a manual-focus strategy), but I haven’t done it enough to be good at it with this camera.

For my black-and-white street photographs I use my Acros Film Simulation recipe. I just love the way it looks and very rarely do I edit anything. The camera just makes fantastic-looking pictures! I don’t even shoot RAW anymore. I cannot tell you just how much time this has saved me, but it’s a lot!

The twenty pictures below are my favorite street photographs that I’ve captured with the Fujifilm X100F during the first two months of use. I hope you enjoy them!

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Train Watching – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Man In The Straw Hat – South Weber, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Coffee & Wifi – Orem, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Walking Man – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Skateboarding – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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One Step At A Time – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Departures – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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The Tortilla Maker – Layton, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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McWaiting – Farmington, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Library Stairs – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Smoke And A Coffee – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Never Too Old To Learn – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Ack! – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Bike & Rider Shadow – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Multitasking – Riverdale, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Creative Minds – Ogden, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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Girl By The Escalator – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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The Baggage We Carry – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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City Creek Directory – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

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The Lonely Internet – Orem, UT – Fujifilm X100F

See also: Fujifilm X100F & Color Street Photography

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