Omar, I hardly ever react to youtube videos but you sir are one of the funniest, kindest and knowledgeable people around with probably the most important human quality imho: self mockery, just love it. Please keep doing this, it makes me and a whole lot of other people happy. Furthermore, you inspire me to keep practising and having fun with photography. I recently purchased the 23mm f/1.4 and 56mm f/1.2 and I look forward to trying the Acros simulation! P.S. I'll try not to go Bokeh-Ballistic :-)
I doubt you will ever see this - but for what it is worth: as a "Newbie" still in the first year of discovery of my X-T3 and associated lenses (56mm just arrived today!) I do not have the words to tell you how dang grateful I am to have your inspiring, entertaining, and ultimately informative TH-cam work to follow as I go. This is probably the third time I an watching this but now with a little bit of experience with the 10-24 and literally a few hours with the 56, I am watching this with new eyes and a different perspective. I am a native NYer living in CA and lived in NYC, used to visit brokerage clients in Hoboken and have in-laws who have lived there forever. So it is so nice to see the "grunge" of the city as you put it. I miss it. Loved the commentary on the "poor guy" on garbage detail. Moreover, learned so much from this one, as I do with the others. You should be a teacher Omar, you have a wonderful teaching style because you are enthusiastic, funny, and genuine.
I have to say this is one of your best videos. I learned more from hearing your thought process and seeing your outtakes than I ever have from looking at just final photos. Seeing the “fails” and hearing what you were thinking was EXTREMELY useful. Thank you Omar!
Great video as always Omar! I don't own the 16mm but I do shoot on the wide end of the kit 16-55 sometimes. I think that little zoom is underated IMO. But that 56!! Oh, love the special richness that it renders in photos. Whatever your shooting. The point you and Moe made about having to sacrifice and get out there is so true. I'm still working on slowing down so I can see more. Thanks for taking the time to make this video!
I often shoot with two cameras, one with a wide lens and the other with a long lens. This obviously eliminates having to swap lenses constantly, getting dust on your sensor in windy conditions, blowing a shot because you had the wrong lens for the shot, etc.. Weapons of choice for this- My X-T20 and X-T2.
I shoot mainly landscape photography & I often set my Fuji XT-2 to Acros B&W because I find it helps to improve compositional skills as you have no colour. I also have 35mm F2.0 for street at night. Again I shoot in Acros.
I love this channel because of this kind of content where one experiments in street photography. This situation of needing a wide view and a much narrower view is encountered more often than one thinks. Last Saturday I went into a neighbourhood with the Fujifilm X70 with the 28mm FF equivalent and a big 200mm F3.5 Takumar on a Sony A7S. I wanted to shoot candid street portraits and use the X70 when I am in crowded places like the market. Result: the 28mm was great for the crowded places. The real surprise was that I could not take candid street portraits ( people get nervous with a big lens pointed at them) but ended up shooting street scenes with the 200mm lens. The person in focus just seems to float in the bokelicious background. Conclusion the extremes are great for street photography. I would only replace the 200mm as it is too heavy and conspicuous with a 105mm takumar on the fujifilm xm1 with flipping screen to have a more discreet setup.
Enjoy watching your videos. Always learn something while being entertained. Glad to see you back to doing Fuji videos. Have to be honest I was ready to give up on your feed. Really not interested in Sony videos. Keep the Fuji coming.
I love the 16mm f1.4 for street photography. At f8-11 you have a crazy wide flexible area for zone focusing which makes it much easier to get those fleeting moments without missing focus.
That was it!!! JIM CARREY! After watching and folowing your work for quiet a time now I didn't know what was so familiar in your "extrovertido sentido del humor"! thanks for that to. Always enjoy your videos and work.
Mr. Ventura: I really like the 16mm view of the guy cleaning up after the runny stuff, it shows the context of the whole scene, classic street photography man, fantastic. Wouldn't change a thing about it, print it. It's so New York! Well done
Great video Omar. At the risk of appearing pedantic, the windows in the archway shot (around 9:00) didn't move from inside the arch thing to above it when you changed focal lengths, you are actually comparing different arches - the near arch in the 56mm shot is the second arch in the 16mm shot (i.e. windows above both). A change in focal length doesn't change perspective (assuming the same shooting position).
OMG, after so many videos of yours I finally got where your expressions are coming from. I do the same, nobody seems to understand 😉 Ace Ventura is one of my all-time favorite characters. Peace ✌️
thanks for the comparison - was lookin for that! - Jim C. voice is awesome - I have got rarely a laugh all alone - but I like your videos a lot - keep up the good work
Great video as usual, just a small observation, it doesn´t even change anything but around min: 9:00 you mention that due to the lens compression the windows appear inside the arch thingy instead of outside, but it´s a different arch, you can see by the darker patch on the corridor. Great video.
THANK-YOU!! Finally someone who supports my stance. I am always getting asked why the hell I shoot at ISO's much higher than is required at times. The fuji processor signal/noise has a remarkably film like grain. It is superior to their low/high grain setting.
I'll totally try the ACROS simulation from now, luckily I shooted raw on my last trip to Glasgow so I'll experiment with those! great video, I'm thinking about getting a new fuji lens, now I loved the 35 mm f/2 and I'll probably get the 56 mm but depends on my budget the f/N. As always, great video!
Great job! I love the honest review of the ones that do and don’t work. I’m from nyc , always cool seeing things I would see everyday from a different perspective! Love that Acros
I love your channel! Everytime I meet a Fuji user, i tell them to check it out. You taught me so much about my xt20. I traveled South East Asia for 1 year with it and moved to the Lumix 100ii for South America (smaller and no lenses to carry around..easy to hide etc), but i came back to the xt20 as soon as I could. I'm back in Asia now and still loves it. Usually put the 18mmF2 on it. Keeps it small and in Bangkok the lense was 200 USD. I have an insta if you have spare time (like i can dream 🤣). Polynatingtheworld. Keep on the videos, they are great!!!
Omar, you got me. Finally I fall in love with a prime lens. I had the 56 1.2 but I didn't like the speed of the focus. So I changed to this combination: Viltrox Canon EF adapter + Canon 50 mm 1.8 = 35,5 mm 1.3. The combination ist just 120 $ + 90 $. Love it !
Ha! You got this New Yorker...I can't help offering my opinion (since you asked) I love the B & W. I really think it adds to the mysterious, raw and brings me into some timeless dimension of weird culture when we love sneakers ;)
Very nice vid. It takes guts to show also the pictures which fail, and it’s actually quite helpful to see which thought process you were going through at the time. Generally, I way preferred the b&w over the color shots. Also, it was inspiring to see the use of the 56mm. For these kind of pictures I would usually pickup a wide lens, but the tele really worked for some shots. Thanks!
Thanks, I feel like I learned a lot. The photo at 17:02 definitely has something pleasing about it. I think the light is well balanced. My first impression was wow! And there were interesting details and people to look at, but going back and looking again, I see why maybe you didn't think it was sucessful.
I'm sorry Omar that I am late to respond to this video. But this is just such a lovely video Omar. Thanks for ALL your videos man. Your insights and input are always very good. That street corner photo with the sun-star is unbelievably good. I have an XE1 but would love access to acros film simulation. Tossing up between XPro3 and GFX 50R. Might depend on whether I win lotto or not! Ha ha. Love the way you fought to get that 16mm photo to work with the umbrellas man.
“Alrighty Then...”, great post. Have always struggled with which lenses to take out, so bring ‘everything’. PS the phone guy was great in B&W but really popped in colour. This is hard for me to admit as I tend to only shot in B&W.
Great video as always Omar. Super insightful. Thanks for taking us on your journey into NYC. Phone dude definitely color. Umbrella girl definitely B&W.
Great video - I love the idea of shooting primes and also choosing B&W up front. If you don't mind I'd like to correct one technical comment you made. At 9:00 you say that the switching to the 56mm lens caused the windows to move above the awning. That can't be true. You must have moved between shots. If you'd stayed still and switched from the 16mm to the 56mm lens the composition would have been the same as cropping the 16mm image. The composition and relative positioning of the subjects doesn't change at all - a longer lens shot from the same location looks the same as cropping the shorter lens image. The image quality goes up of course and the depth of field will likely be different.
So great. I shoot street with the 56 and it’s such a fun challenge. Would definitely sign up for a street photo Fuji walkabout day in NYC if you ever decide to try that. Learn a lot keep it up.
I think this ended up in my recommendations, if I remember correctly, as I watch a lot of videos in street photography. I love your creativity and ideas. As others have said, you also have a quirky sense of humour. Keep up the great work.
I just received the Fuji 16 2.8 lens and I have the viltrox 56mm.i am using the xt3 and when I get to enough, I will be getting the xt 2 that I am so curious about because of your videos. Thank you for sharing your content.
Hi Omar you are a good and right reference on photography. I have been watching you again and again. I enjoyed your videos very much. I hope a great life for your family.
I have been going back and watching some of your older Fuji videos. More like this would be great. Just out of curiosity why didn’t you use F8 or F11 more? Thx.
Excellent teaching video. We need more photographers like yourself who can give lessons and show how they approach a photo. And yes, showing the bad with the good really does show how a you approach a picture. Me, I would have taken my 27mm and either the 16mm or the 50mm but not both extremes. Just goes to show how different photographers will approach a project.
I really enjoyed that! Also some of the shots that may not be amazing as standalone photos could work extremely well as editorial shots for stock photography or press/social media IMO. The newspaper and also the sushi place had a great amount of negative space for article headlines etc I would imagine, they'd fit lllllike a glovvvve 😁 Keep on being awesome Omar!
Great video Omar! got a NYC trip coming up would love a video on some great spots you like to shoot at in the city, maybe spots that aren’t as obvious - I love exploring places off the beaten path .
Enjoyed your video...I find the 16 much too wide - you confirmed this for me in this video. I’ve never taken my 56 out for street but I will give it whirl now...you got lots of great shots. My 23 1.4 is my all time fav street photography lens. ❤️
I keep my X-T2 with the 23mm 2.0 in my bag daily, but when you are talking about the best Fuji lens well that has to be the 16mm...or maybe the 90mm..yeah yeah the 90mm...but I don't know the 10-24 for landscapes works well...but really the 16mm 1.4 ...it looks...oh forget it ...this is too hard.
@Omar Gonzalez Photography Thank you very much for another great video. An unrelated question please. I ordered a brand new 56mm f1.2 from Amazon sold by Adorama. I received a box that looks like it has been opened before. The lens itself doesn't look damaged and functions normally but you may suspect that it has been mounted once on a camera before. Should I return it back? Sorry to bother you with my questions.
That's funny, I was watching Ace Ventura last night. But I thought it was watching an Omar video, man I was so confused. Hahaha :) - Great video Omar!! You should do this challenge again but with different lenses, like zooms! Like the the 10-24 and a telephoto zoom. I know a few who really love the 10-24 + 56 combo for street photography. I can see why.
Omar! Pleeeeease can you make your settings graphics bigger!! On this and other vids they are set very small top left and on a phone even with a big phone screen they are just too small. But it's important stuff to understand how you arrived at the shot. The rest of your presentation is superb. Many thanks for your work 😊😊
"Manny, you know the difference between you and me? I make this look good" as Omar pulls the camera out of his bag and puts the camera strap around his neck. You got a vibe going on in your thumbnail.
Omar, I enjoy watching your videos. Did you ever consider having meet-up's in NJ so others can share there ideas. Besides, it's a lot more fun when you have others around you that share the same interest. Thanks, Bob
Focus with your feet! ( and watch out for that bus! ).. Acros and PanX - used to shoot with both - Acros a bit more crunchy for the shadows and PanX what TriX would be without the grain liked them both....( ie PanX more graduated and Acros more contrast - both great depending on what you wanted...)
I had been looking for videos on how to take photographs with 15mm lens and your video talks exactly about it. There are lot of photographers who give technical reviews of the 15 or 16 mm lens but very few talk about how to take photos and thought process behind it. I would request you share any photo gallery of pictures taken with 16mm lens which would very useful to learn photography with this lens. Thanks a lot for your video.
I love Fuji colors... Specially how dark skin tones are rendered, no other camera can do that! Also pale skin tones without making people look like tomatoes..... My Fuji xt3 arrives this week, can wait to use it
Hi, it's not the compression, wich brings the windows above or below the wooden gates at min 9:03, there is just one gate less in the frame of the 56. Just count or look for the darker tile at the floor. The compression of background changes if you change your distance to the subject in the foreground in order to fit it into the frame at the same size with different focal lengths. I know my english isn't the best. Thank you very much for your great videos. Greetings from Germany Roman
Thanks for another fun informative video. Purists may hate me but, I'm sure the new 16-80mm would have opened up so many more opportunities for you if you had it! I have the new 16-80 on pre-order and can hardly wait! Will Fuji send you one to test? I hope so! I agree with you about bokeh, I have the 56mm f1/2 and love it but more often than not, I stop down to get a little bit of story in the background.
You could probably use the standard BW profile with highlights set to -1. In my opinion, one of the characteristics of acros is that it hangs out more in the midtones than it does the highlights or shadows. Save the highlights and then expose for them and your histogram should be mostly midtones. The big thing that you can't replicate is the grain profile. The in camera grain of acros can't even be replicated on the computer. It's ISO dependent and affects highlights/midtones/shadows differently.
I think the vertical shot of the seated woman works better, at least in B&W, because this emphasises the emptiness of the chairs juxtaposed against the singular seated individual. In this portrait format, the conflict between the verticals and horizontals elements seems to create some tension, especially by the two chairs in the mid-foreground on the left and the tables which mimic the umbrellas. The interplay of lines and tones works well creating a subtle circular movement in the composition. The eye enters at the top left, meeting vertical lines directing the gaze downward with the top-left umbrella awnings also pointing subtly down. The eye is also being drawn down the picture with the vertical umbrella stands leading the eye to the highlighted chairs in the mid-foreground combined with the visual weight of the chair in the foreground. There is a suggestion of a diagonal from top left to bottom right, implied in the arrangement of chairs and tables. The eye is then being drawn horizontally by the plethora of horizontal lines in the mid-foreground, whilst the chair in the foreground that the eye is led to is angled so that the eye is being turned to point back up the picture. The two areas of blank pavement also have visual weight, creating a slightly upward horizontal line moving the eye across and upwards. This movement is then enforced by the dark table leg verticals against a pale tone being replaced by the light umbrella stand verticals against a dark tone. Finally, the eye follows the angle of the dark background and the light umbrellas awnings running, subtly angled, drawing the eye back to the starting point, slightly below its original entry point. The seated subject has a less-grounded, floating feeling within this image. In the landscape format, this tension and the mirroring of the tables and umbrellas is somewhat lost and the verticals are somewhat subdued by the strong line of geometric shapes in a horizontal plane in the top part of the picture, wheres the bottom part of the picture comes across as more chaotic. Still works, but is less visually dynamic with the eye staying more centred within the picture frame - looking mainly within a horizontal range across the middle third. The seated subject seems more grounded in the landscape format - possibly also because her feet-legs are more easily definable and because of the seated figure on the far left. The second image with the 16 is also very strong, with interesting play of shapes, lines, tone and dimension. Nice one. Have yourself a good day.
a very informative and enjoyable vid. and the acros really looks sweet. thank you for the effort and the sharing. i am a very appreciative subscriber. thumbs up.
Omar, I hardly ever react to youtube videos but you sir are one of the funniest, kindest and knowledgeable people around with probably the most important human quality imho: self mockery, just love it. Please keep doing this, it makes me and a whole lot of other people happy. Furthermore, you inspire me to keep practising and having fun with photography. I recently purchased the 23mm f/1.4 and 56mm f/1.2 and I look forward to trying the Acros simulation!
P.S. I'll try not to go Bokeh-Ballistic :-)
agreed. fantastic work.
Interesting to know how you find the 23/56 combo as I’m seriously considering a move to Fuji and going with this pair.
@@danielmcilroy7089 if it helps I have this very pair - x100f and a 56mm 1.2 and im more than happy - pretty much covers everything for me
I doubt you will ever see this - but for what it is worth: as a "Newbie" still in the first year of discovery of my X-T3 and associated lenses (56mm just arrived today!) I do not have the words to tell you how dang grateful I am to have your inspiring, entertaining, and ultimately informative TH-cam work to follow as I go. This is probably the third time I an watching this but now with a little bit of experience with the 10-24 and literally a few hours with the 56, I am watching this with new eyes and a different perspective. I am a native NYer living in CA and lived in NYC, used to visit brokerage clients in Hoboken and have in-laws who have lived there forever. So it is so nice to see the "grunge" of the city as you put it. I miss it. Loved the commentary on the "poor guy" on garbage detail. Moreover, learned so much from this one, as I do with the others. You should be a teacher Omar, you have a wonderful teaching style because you are enthusiastic, funny, and genuine.
I have to say this is one of your best videos. I learned more from hearing your thought process and seeing your outtakes than I ever have from looking at just final photos. Seeing the “fails” and hearing what you were thinking was EXTREMELY useful. Thank you Omar!
Great video as always Omar! I don't own the 16mm but I do shoot on the wide end of the kit 16-55 sometimes. I think that little zoom is underated IMO. But that 56!! Oh, love the special richness that it renders in photos. Whatever your shooting. The point you and Moe made about having to sacrifice and get out there is so true. I'm still working on slowing down so I can see more. Thanks for taking the time to make this video!
The last photo, the 16mm with the women sitting down and the umbrellas for me was the money shot.
Yes. Great shot I agree.
I often shoot with two cameras, one with a wide lens and the other with a long lens. This obviously eliminates having to swap lenses constantly, getting dust on your sensor in windy conditions, blowing a shot because you had the wrong lens for the shot, etc.. Weapons of choice for this- My X-T20 and X-T2.
Baruch Cohen I do the same.
Thats my MO. Works well for me
I shoot mainly landscape photography & I often set my Fuji XT-2 to Acros B&W because I find it helps to improve compositional skills as you have no colour. I also have 35mm F2.0 for street at night. Again I shoot in Acros.
I love this channel because of this kind of content where one experiments in street photography. This situation of needing a wide view and a much narrower view is encountered more often than one thinks. Last Saturday I went into a neighbourhood with the Fujifilm X70 with the 28mm FF equivalent and a big 200mm F3.5 Takumar on a Sony A7S. I wanted to shoot candid street portraits and use the X70 when I am in crowded places like the market. Result: the 28mm was great for the crowded places. The real surprise was that I could not take candid street portraits ( people get nervous with a big lens pointed at them) but ended up shooting street scenes with the 200mm lens. The person in focus just seems to float in the bokelicious background. Conclusion the extremes are great for street photography. I would only replace the 200mm as it is too heavy and conspicuous with a 105mm takumar on the fujifilm xm1 with flipping screen to have a more discreet setup.
« And she’s also BREAKING THE LAW » 😂 You’re so interesting, relevant, natural and funny (and thanks for XT3 therapy, my case became clinical).
Enjoy watching your videos. Always learn something while being entertained. Glad to see you back to doing Fuji videos. Have to be honest I was ready to give up on your feed. Really not interested in Sony videos. Keep the Fuji coming.
I love the 16mm f1.4 for street photography. At f8-11 you have a crazy wide flexible area for zone focusing which makes it much easier to get those fleeting moments without missing focus.
That was it!!! JIM CARREY! After watching and folowing your work for quiet a time now I didn't know what was so familiar in your "extrovertido sentido del humor"! thanks for that to. Always enjoy your videos and work.
Mr. Ventura: I really like the 16mm view of the guy cleaning up after the runny stuff, it shows the context of the whole scene, classic street photography man, fantastic. Wouldn't change a thing about it, print it. It's so New York! Well done
Great video Omar. At the risk of appearing pedantic, the windows in the archway shot (around 9:00) didn't move from inside the arch thing to above it when you changed focal lengths, you are actually comparing different arches - the near arch in the 56mm shot is the second arch in the 16mm shot (i.e. windows above both). A change in focal length doesn't change perspective (assuming the same shooting position).
OMG, after so many videos of yours I finally got where your expressions are coming from. I do the same, nobody seems to understand 😉 Ace Ventura is one of my all-time favorite characters. Peace ✌️
thanks for the comparison - was lookin for that! - Jim C. voice is awesome - I have got rarely a laugh all alone - but I like your videos a lot - keep up the good work
Great video as usual, just a small observation, it doesn´t even change anything but around min: 9:00 you mention that due to the lens compression the windows appear inside the arch thingy instead of outside, but it´s a different arch, you can see by the darker patch on the corridor. Great video.
THANK-YOU!! Finally someone who supports my stance. I am always getting asked why the hell I shoot at ISO's much higher than is required at times. The fuji processor signal/noise has a remarkably film like grain. It is superior to their low/high grain setting.
Hahahah love how you kept coming back to the Jim Carrey impression!! Alllllllriiightyyyy theeeeeenn 🤪
I like how you break down all that went into taking the photo. It helps me be more aware of what I should be looking for.
I'll totally try the ACROS simulation from now, luckily I shooted raw on my last trip to Glasgow so I'll experiment with those! great video, I'm thinking about getting a new fuji lens, now I loved the 35 mm f/2 and I'll probably get the 56 mm but depends on my budget the f/N. As always, great video!
Great job! I love the honest review of the ones that do and don’t work. I’m from nyc , always cool seeing things I would see everyday from a different perspective! Love that Acros
I really enjoyed hearing your thought process behind the photos. Thanks. Enjoyed this.
That looked fun. I love the road crossings forming a square at 6:07, reminds me of that famous Japanese one.
I loved this! Thank you for letting us in on your thought process and sharing your photos. Super informative!
Great video, great photos. I just ordered the soon-to-be-available 16-80. Should have the best of both worlds. Like your channel!
I love Acros. Sometimes, I use high ISO to intentionally add grain.
Great video Omar. Love when your out on the street explaining your process.
I love these videos where you make us THINK photography. Thanks Omar !
I love your channel! Everytime I meet a Fuji user, i tell them to check it out. You taught me so much about my xt20.
I traveled South East Asia for 1 year with it and moved to the Lumix 100ii for South America (smaller and no lenses to carry around..easy to hide etc), but i came back to the xt20 as soon as I could. I'm back in Asia now and still loves it. Usually put the 18mmF2 on it. Keeps it small and in Bangkok the lense was 200 USD.
I have an insta if you have spare time (like i can dream 🤣). Polynatingtheworld.
Keep on the videos, they are great!!!
Omar, you got me. Finally I fall in love with a prime lens. I had the 56 1.2 but I didn't like the speed of the focus. So I changed to this combination: Viltrox Canon EF adapter + Canon 50 mm 1.8 = 35,5 mm 1.3. The combination ist just 120 $ + 90 $. Love it !
Dude you are so nutty( in a good way). Love your spirit and energy. Keep up the good work. You are a piece of work :).
nice shots Sir Omar...looking forward to watch another video of yours.
Ha! You got this New Yorker...I can't help offering my opinion (since you asked) I love the B & W. I really think it adds to the mysterious, raw and brings me into some timeless dimension of weird culture when we love sneakers ;)
Hi Omar. I watch all your videos. They are fun, educational, honest and down to earth. Thank you
I appreciate your funny and laid back way of delivering interesting content. You deserve a new Fuji loving follower. 😉👍
Lately i ve travelled with my Samsung phone S20's 13mm and 26mm FL lens and a Fuji xe3 with sigma 56mm attached. So you re quite spot on. Thanks.
Very nice vid. It takes guts to show also the pictures which fail, and it’s actually quite helpful to see which thought process you were going through at the time. Generally, I way preferred the b&w over the color shots. Also, it was inspiring to see the use of the 56mm. For these kind of pictures I would usually pickup a wide lens, but the tele really worked for some shots. Thanks!
“Chancla” 😂 Classic!!! The newspaper shot was my fav! Nice work Omar!
Thanks, I feel like I learned a lot. The photo at 17:02 definitely has something pleasing about it. I think the light is well balanced. My first impression was wow! And there were interesting details and people to look at, but going back and looking again, I see why maybe you didn't think it was sucessful.
I'm sorry Omar that I am late to respond to this video. But this is just such a lovely video Omar. Thanks for ALL your videos man. Your insights and input are always very good. That street corner photo with the sun-star is unbelievably good. I have an XE1 but would love access to acros film simulation. Tossing up between XPro3 and GFX 50R. Might depend on whether I win lotto or not! Ha ha. Love the way you fought to get that 16mm photo to work with the umbrellas man.
“Alrighty Then...”, great post. Have always struggled with which lenses to take out, so bring ‘everything’. PS the phone guy was great in B&W but really popped in colour. This is hard for me to admit as I tend to only shot in B&W.
Great video as always Omar. Super insightful. Thanks for taking us on your journey into NYC. Phone dude definitely color. Umbrella girl definitely B&W.
Great video - I love the idea of shooting primes and also choosing B&W up front. If you don't mind I'd like to correct one technical comment you made. At 9:00 you say that the switching to the 56mm lens caused the windows to move above the awning. That can't be true. You must have moved between shots. If you'd stayed still and switched from the 16mm to the 56mm lens the composition would have been the same as cropping the 16mm image. The composition and relative positioning of the subjects doesn't change at all - a longer lens shot from the same location looks the same as cropping the shorter lens image. The image quality goes up of course and the depth of field will likely be different.
waw...this is finally the channel i was looking for... human photography with great camera/lens....👌🏻
So great. I shoot street with the 56 and it’s such a fun challenge. Would definitely sign up for a street photo Fuji walkabout day in NYC if you ever decide to try that. Learn a lot keep it up.
Now I need a 16mm. Thanks. I got a Fuji 18-55mm, meke 35mm prime lens and a Fuji 27mm pancake (which I love)
I think this ended up in my recommendations, if I remember correctly, as I watch a lot of videos in street photography. I love your creativity and ideas. As others have said, you also have a quirky sense of humour. Keep up the great work.
I just received the Fuji 16 2.8 lens and I have the viltrox 56mm.i am using the xt3 and when I get to enough, I will be getting the xt 2 that I am so curious about because of your videos. Thank you for sharing your content.
Throwupy juice. The NYC Information Center might want to use that in their brochures! Nice pics. I was using the 16mm around Paris today love it.
Hi Omar you are a good and right reference on photography. I have been watching you again and again. I enjoyed your videos very much. I hope a great life for your family.
the cool guy with headphones was very good in colour no doubt about that! the reds and blues tells additional story !
I have been going back and watching some of your older Fuji videos. More like this would be great. Just out of curiosity why didn’t you use F8 or F11 more? Thx.
Omar, another great vid! Thanks for posting.
Excellent teaching video. We need more photographers like yourself who can give lessons and show how they approach a photo. And yes, showing the bad with the good really does show how a you approach a picture.
Me, I would have taken my 27mm and either the 16mm or the 50mm but not both extremes. Just goes to show how different photographers will approach a project.
I really enjoyed that!
Also some of the shots that may not be amazing as standalone photos could work extremely well as editorial shots for stock photography or press/social media IMO. The newspaper and also the sushi place had a great amount of negative space for article headlines etc I would imagine, they'd fit lllllike a glovvvve 😁
Keep on being awesome Omar!
Great video Omar! got a NYC trip coming up would love a video on some great spots you like to shoot at in the city, maybe spots that aren’t as obvious - I love exploring places off the beaten path .
Very nice video. These focals are my favourite choice on a X-Pro2 though I usually fill the gap between them with a X100F.
I really enjoy learning from you..Great sense of humor man. Please keep it up.
15:43 that got me laughing! 😂😂😂 I think I love your channel! Your enthusiasm is awesome 🙌🏻 subbing 😎
Enjoyed your video...I find the 16 much too wide - you confirmed this for me in this video. I’ve never taken my 56 out for street but I will give it whirl now...you got lots of great shots. My 23 1.4 is my all time fav street photography lens. ❤️
I keep my X-T2 with the 23mm 2.0 in my bag daily, but when you are talking about the best Fuji lens well that has to be the 16mm...or maybe the 90mm..yeah yeah the 90mm...but I don't know the 10-24 for landscapes works well...but really the 16mm 1.4 ...it looks...oh forget it ...this is too hard.
@Omar Gonzalez Photography Thank you very much for another great video. An unrelated question please. I ordered a brand new 56mm f1.2 from Amazon sold by Adorama. I received a box that looks like it has been opened before. The lens itself doesn't look damaged and functions normally but you may suspect that it has been mounted once on a camera before. Should I return it back? Sorry to bother you with my questions.
The shot at 16:39 has very interesting lighting and the clouds really add a unique visual impact.
The color shot of the lady sitting under the umbrellas definitely works better than the black and white. The shot looks amazing in color
That's funny, I was watching Ace Ventura last night. But I thought it was watching an Omar video, man I was so confused. Hahaha :) - Great video Omar!! You should do this challenge again but with different lenses, like zooms! Like the the 10-24 and a telephoto zoom. I know a few who really love the 10-24 + 56 combo for street photography. I can see why.
You are hilariously funny and informative😀👍🏻 i have been your sub for a while now. Cheers mate 🍺 I absolutely agree with your choice of lenses 🙌🏻📸
Thanks, a really great video for us Black and White enthusiasts.
Hi Omar, could you do a desktop review, have you put it together? Or did you buy it in a store?
I have the 16 1.4. I love it. I get 1.4 happy all the time and ruin shots. I can't help it
Omar! Pleeeeease can you make your settings graphics bigger!! On this and other vids they are set very small top left and on a phone even with a big phone screen they are just too small. But it's important stuff to understand how you arrived at the shot. The rest of your presentation is superb. Many thanks for your work 😊😊
can you do a comparison between 27mm f2.8 and 35mm f2?
“Throw-uppy Juice!!” - legendary!
A Fuji video. Yaaay! Welcome back!
Another inspiring video Omar. Many thanks 🙏😊
"Manny, you know the difference between you and me? I make this look good" as Omar pulls the camera out of his bag and puts the camera strap around his neck.
You got a vibe going on in your thumbnail.
Good job man! I know it’s hard at first but it does work ;) I use the 56 and 16 combo for my event photography
Omar, I enjoy watching your videos. Did you ever consider having meet-up's in NJ so others can share there ideas. Besides, it's a lot more fun when you have others around you that share the same interest. Thanks, Bob
This is a great educational video. Really helpful!
Omar,
When is the best time to shoot street photography. I’ve notice on some of your other vids that you usually go out early in the morning.
Hey Omar your friend that is in a pic at 15.40 his camerbag looks really nice. Do you know which bag that is?
Focus with your feet! ( and watch out for that bus! ).. Acros and PanX - used to shoot with both - Acros a bit more crunchy for the shadows and PanX what TriX would be without the grain liked them both....( ie PanX more graduated and Acros more contrast - both great depending on what you wanted...)
Always good for a laugh …. I think I watched Pet Detective a 1000 times as well ..lol Great vid btw..
Subbed from this vid! Absolutely love your work. Reignited my love of photography. Currently rocking an XT-20 =)
Max Szeto damn, you already made my day. I rarely love anything I make in the streets so thanks.
I had been looking for videos on how to take photographs with 15mm lens and your video talks exactly about it. There are lot of photographers who give technical reviews of the 15 or 16 mm lens but very few talk about how to take photos and thought process behind it. I would request you share any photo gallery of pictures taken with 16mm lens which would very useful to learn photography with this lens. Thanks a lot for your video.
I love Fuji colors... Specially how dark skin tones are rendered, no other camera can do that! Also pale skin tones without making people look like tomatoes..... My Fuji xt3 arrives this week, can wait to use it
I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!!! i wrote you months ago that you must have seen Ace Ventura too many times... like i did!😂😂😂
Hi, it's not the compression, wich brings the windows above or below the wooden gates at min 9:03, there is just one gate less in the frame of the 56. Just count or look for the darker tile at the floor. The compression of background changes if you change your distance to the subject in the foreground in order to fit it into the frame at the same size with different focal lengths. I know my english isn't the best.
Thank you very much for your great videos.
Greetings from Germany
Roman
I agree. 16 1.4 is the King. 56 1.2 is the hand of the King.
The guy cleaning the street on the morning..... I think it does work! It tells something about time, space, culture. It does work!
I always look forward to seeing your new vids and I am so stoked when you replied to my photography query on Instagram! Thanks!
Thanks for another fun informative video. Purists may hate me but, I'm sure the new 16-80mm would have opened up so many more opportunities for you if you had it!
I have the new 16-80 on pre-order and can hardly wait! Will Fuji send you one to test? I hope so! I agree with you about bokeh, I have the 56mm f1/2 and love it but more often than not, I stop down to get a little bit of story in the background.
Excellent vid and images. thank you
Hey! Omar Thank you. What do you think about the new fujifilm 16-80mm f4
"Arguably, that means you'll argue" HA you got me there
Great video! Do you know a b/w setting that has a similar look to Acros? I have an XT1 and it doesn't have the Acros simulation. Unfortunately.
You could probably use the standard BW profile with highlights set to -1. In my opinion, one of the characteristics of acros is that it hangs out more in the midtones than it does the highlights or shadows. Save the highlights and then expose for them and your histogram should be mostly midtones. The big thing that you can't replicate is the grain profile. The in camera grain of acros can't even be replicated on the computer. It's ISO dependent and affects highlights/midtones/shadows differently.
@@zach.hanford Thanks for your suggestion! I will try that out.
I think the vertical shot of the seated woman works better, at least in B&W, because this emphasises the emptiness of the chairs juxtaposed against the singular seated individual. In this portrait format, the conflict between the verticals and horizontals elements seems to create some tension, especially by the two chairs in the mid-foreground on the left and the tables which mimic the umbrellas. The interplay of lines and tones works well creating a subtle circular movement in the composition. The eye enters at the top left, meeting vertical lines directing the gaze downward with the top-left umbrella awnings also pointing subtly down. The eye is also being drawn down the picture with the vertical umbrella stands leading the eye to the highlighted chairs in the mid-foreground combined with the visual weight of the chair in the foreground. There is a suggestion of a diagonal from top left to bottom right, implied in the arrangement of chairs and tables. The eye is then being drawn horizontally by the plethora of horizontal lines in the mid-foreground, whilst the chair in the foreground that the eye is led to is angled so that the eye is being turned to point back up the picture. The two areas of blank pavement also have visual weight, creating a slightly upward horizontal line moving the eye across and upwards. This movement is then enforced by the dark table leg verticals against a pale tone being replaced by the light umbrella stand verticals against a dark tone. Finally, the eye follows the angle of the dark background and the light umbrellas awnings running, subtly angled, drawing the eye back to the starting point, slightly below its original entry point. The seated subject has a less-grounded, floating feeling within this image.
In the landscape format, this tension and the mirroring of the tables and umbrellas is somewhat lost and the verticals are somewhat subdued by the strong line of geometric shapes in a horizontal plane in the top part of the picture, wheres the bottom part of the picture comes across as more chaotic. Still works, but is less visually dynamic with the eye staying more centred within the picture frame - looking mainly within a horizontal range across the middle third. The seated subject seems more grounded in the landscape format - possibly also because her feet-legs are more easily definable and because of the seated figure on the far left.
The second image with the 16 is also very strong, with interesting play of shapes, lines, tone and dimension.
Nice one. Have yourself a good day.
I have both 16 and 56mm lenses for quite some time now, and I adore both of them.
And recently I got the 16-55mm too, just to be on the safe side 🤣🤣🤣
Excellent Omar! Thank you.
a very informative and enjoyable vid. and the acros really looks sweet. thank you for the effort and the sharing. i am a very appreciative subscriber. thumbs up.