Earlier this year I decided to turn my Fujifilm X100T into a film camera.
OK, I know what you’re thinking… “That’s impossible!”
Well, yes and no. I couldn’t actually load a roll of film into the camera, but I could set it up and use it exactly how I used my Canonet QL17 rangefinder in college… looks familiar, doesn’t it?

36 exposures or less per day, manual exposure, optical viewfinder, single frame, fixed lens (35mm equivalent), no image review, no deleting, everything gets published in the contact sheet whether I like it or not.

A lot of near misses today… I seem to be in that strange, unsettled place where photos aren’t quite working the way I want them to. That usually means I’m about to push through to […]

I managed to get out and shoot while the light was good this evening, which made for some interesting photos. I feel like I’m hitting a point in this project where I’ve shot all of […]

36 exposures or less per day, manual exposure, optical viewfinder, single frame, fixed lens (35mm equivalent), no image review, no deleting, everything gets published in the contact sheet whether I like it or not. 

Today felt like a creative struggle and I really didn’t feel like anything I shot was interesting. In reality, I think a few of the photos came out better than I expected. 

This evening I was finishing up my 36 exposures by photographing the crowds in the market near the Damascus Gate of the Old City. Unfortunately there was a shooting incident while I was nearby that left […]

Today’s photos started with Christians at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, moved on to Jews on Jaffa Street and finished with Muslims in the Old City. It made for a pretty good tour of […]

Due to the need for some quality family time and then a last-minute trip to Jordan, it took me three days to shoot this 36exp challenge. The result, though, is a whole lot of photos […]

I went for three walks–morning, noon and night–totaling 9.8 miles today exploring and looking for photos. Jerusalem is an amazing place with something different around every corner.