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Weekly Photo Project, Week 1

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Ritchie Roesch

A Fuji X Weekly reader shared with me his Photo-A-Day project, which is a personal challenge to capture at least one picture each day. This is a great way to photographically exercise. Athletes practice daily. Musicians practice daily. If you want to be great at something and stay great at it, you need to regularly challenge yourself. This is just as true with your camera as it is with everything else.

I’ve wanted to do a photo-a-day project for many years, but life has a way of getting in the way of such things. I did start one once and made it about three months into it before missing a day. There are times when capturing just one picture is impractical. That’s why I haven’t even attempted this kind of project for several years.

What I’m doing different this time is taking things one week at a time, which is perfect for this blog because of the name, Fuji X Weekly. My goal is to capture at least one picture each day for seven days. Then, the next week, begin again. I hope to string 52 consecutive weeks together, but, if I can’t do that and I miss a day during the week, I will try again the following week. So it might take longer than one year to complete this 52 week series. How long it ends up taking depends on how much life gets in the way between now and then. Still, I’m challenging myself to not miss any days and capture at least one photography every day for a year.

I hope that you enjoy the pictures and that this series inspires you to try your own photo-a-day project.

Monday, July 23, 2018

Apple Tree Fence – South Weber, UT – Fujifilm X100F

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Succulent Spiderweb – South Weber, UT – Fujifilm X-Pro2 & 60mm

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Sunset Boy – Montrose, CO – Fujifilm X-Pro2 & 60mm

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Great Sand Dunes – Great Sand Dunes NP, CO – Fujifilm X-Pro2 & 60mm

Friday, July 27, 2018

San Geronimo de Taos – Taos, NM – Fujifilm X-Pro2 & 60mm

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Semi & Dinosaur – Santa Rosa, NM – Fujifilm X100F

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Truck Stop – Bowie, TX – Fujifilm X100F

Week 2

Photoessay: Street Feet

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Ritchie Roesch

Stepping – SLC, UT – Fujifilm X100F

There are certain photo series that I’m actively working on, such as abandoned businesses in color (entitled Space Available), that are purposeful personal projects. Then there certain photo series that are more by happenstance, not created on purpose, where I notice a common thread among images. This series, Street Feet, falls into the latter category.

I had no intentions of this becoming a project. I didn’t try to make a series. It just sort of happened. I just subconsciously did it, and didn’t even notice that I had done so until reviewing my street photography images. I saw a pattern. I realized that I was creating these related pictures.

Street Feet is pretty straight forward: street-style black-and-white photographs of people’s feet. You can’t see the full body because I was photographing the lower extremities. Sometimes it’s a closeup of someone’s shoes, while other times the view is broader.

I used a Fujifilm X100F to capture these images. My Acros Film Simulation recipe was used for every picture, and the Digital Teleconverter was utilized for many. These are all out-of-camera JPEGs. Enjoy!