Tuesday 30 June 2015

Day 13.

Mugen Vision 365 Project, Fuji X100s, St. Paul's, London
Day 13. X100s, f8, 1/1000s, ISO1600
Unlucky thirteen. If it isn't happening, it just isn't happening.

St. Paul's area, London.

Monday 29 June 2015

Sunday 28 June 2015

Day 11.

Kentaro
Right, forgetting about the angles, light and compositions today. It was all about my son celebrating his first birthday. 

Saturday 27 June 2015

Day 10.

Mugen Vision 365 Project, Fuji X100s, Canary Wharf, London
Day 10. X100s, f8, 1/640s, ISO1600
Day 10, and we are into two digits. A tiny milestone to celebrate.

Canary Wharf, London.

Friday 26 June 2015

Day 9.

Mugen Vision 365 Project, Fuji X100s, Tower of London
Day 9. X100s, f8, 1/125s, ISO3200
Day 9 and it is Friday! It was a tough week with a lot of overtime at work but I'm glad that I carried on with the project. I can already feel that my attention to compositions around me is improving. 

Tower of London neighbourhood. 

Thursday 25 June 2015

Wednesday 24 June 2015

Tuesday 23 June 2015

Monday 22 June 2015

Day 5.

Mugen Vision 365 Project, Fuji X100s, St. Paul's, London
Day 5. X100s, f2.8, 1/60s, ISO6400
After 15 hours shift at work there was not much time, light or focus (pardon the pun). Still, every little helps.

St. Paul's, London

Sunday 21 June 2015

Day 4,

Mugen Vision 365 Project, Fuji X100s, Redbridge, London
Day 4. X100s, f8, 1/500s, ISO1600
From the post-breakfast walk today. Some run, some ride bicycles, I walk.

Redbridge, London

Saturday 20 June 2015

Day 3.

Mugen Vision 365 Project, Fuji X100s, Southbank, London
Day 3. Fujifilm X100s, f8, 1/500, ISO800


The sun decided not to come out today. Still, it was fun to visit Southbank after a while. In terms of shooting, it was rather a disappointing day but I knew that there will be some of those when I took up this project.

My little one did have some fun exploring the X100s though.

Southbank, London.


Friday 19 June 2015

Day 2.

Mugen Vision 365 Project, Fuji X100s, Bank, London
Day 2. ? Fujifilm X100s, f8, 1/500s, ISO400
Did I mention that I love harsh light that so many preach to avoid? I have visited this location many times but only today the light was just oh so good :) Typically of London, I got questioned by security... She didn't seem to share my view on shapes and forms.

Bank of England, London

Thursday 18 June 2015

Day 1.

Mugen Vision 365 Project, Fuji X100s, Barbican, London
Day 1. X100s, f8, 1/60s, ISO400
There's something about harsh sunlight that I like. Most of people dismiss it as bad light but I believe it can be put to good use with shapes it creates.

Barbican, London.

Wednesday 17 June 2015

Welcome

Welcome to my new project, a 365 days photography project to be exact. It came to existence quite spontaneously even though I gave it some thought in the past. There is few reasons why I decided to go ahead with it. One of them being the fact that it WILL get in the way of many other things and projects going on in my life at present. Another is that I am struggling to find myself in photography (and no, I will not be heading to Thailand as it seems to be a poplar thing nowadays as a way to "find yourself"). Also, I just read an excellent article, where Steve McCurry wholeheartedly recommends it. Cannot really question such legend... But enough about that.

There are some requirements and limitations that I am putting onto myself (and I do love limitations and simplicity).


  1. Fixed focal length - 35mm
    I will not limit myself to one camera and one lens as I expect different circumstances to arise along the way, where I might require some extra "horsepower". Mostly however, for those interested, I will be using a Fujifilm X100s as it just "feels right" for this sort of thing. As I expect to travel to Japan amongst other places over the course of next year, I will probably bring a Nikon D800 along with my all time favourite Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35, as there are other projects on my list (as I previously mentioned). I will also post the metadata with all of the images.
  2. One "look".
    Simple Lightroom post processing, black and white conversion with yellow filter (my favourite) with minimal adjustments and cropping. Why black and white? That's why.
  3. Fully manual controls.
    No AE, AF-S, AF-C ABS or any other abbreviations. Call me a masochist. You can look at it as another limitation or gaining more control over the results. It is fully open for interpretation. 


Well, that's that then. I expect many challenges on the way but then again I am not looking to produce masterpieces every single day (not even expecting one in the whole project) but that is not to say that I will not put thought and effort into each shot. See you at the post no. 365.