Image Review: Paris and London with the Fuji X-Pro2
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The first half of this video is an image review and discussion of the photographs I took on my most recent trip to Paris and London. The second half is a story about the worst 24 hours of my life, which involved an 11-hour flight and multiple destroyed bathrooms. Good times.
I originally planned to exclusively shoot analog film on my Europe trip. I was going to bring my Fujifilm GA645Zi medium format rangefinder camera and a big ol' bag of color negative film. It was going to be romantic, nostalgic, unique. But then I didn't do it. As I got closer to the trip, I realized how impractical it would be.
Now don't get me wrong, if practicality was my primary motivation in life, I wouldn't be a photographer - and I especially wouldn't be one who shoots film. But everyone has a threshold. Five x-ray machine security checkpoints and dim winter light were going to be more than I wanted to deal with while also carting around too much luggage in frigid temps.
So I traded my Fujifilm for a Fujifilm. That is, I traded my GA645Zi for an X-Pro2.
Generally speaking, I don't get excited about digital cameras. All cameras are good now. They're all basically the same. And most of them are boring as hell. But the X-Pro2 touches me in a special way (not that way). For some reason, the X-Pro2 gets me excited to take pictures. Maybe it's the external control dials or the vintage-camera aesthetics or the film simulation modes, but whatever it is, I just dig it.
I've been drooling over the graphite X-Pro2 for a couple years now but never had a good enough reason to spring for it. So I took this trip as the golden opportunity to justify dropping the dough. Along with it I bought the matching 23mm f/2 lens and an 18-55mm f/2.8-4 zoom. I love that 23mm. It's compact, fast, and most importantly it matches the graphite camera body!
The X-Pro2 was the perfect tool for this job and I'm happy to say that I'm very pleased with my purchase. But this trip wasn't all about this new mirrorless digital camera craze everyone's talking about. I did actually shoot some film on this trip. I brought my Mint SLR 670-S Polaroid camera and a few packs of film to capture those analog VIBES I'm always chasing.
These two compact cameras were packed in my Tenba DNA Messenger 15 Slim bag which, I must say, I am absolutely smitten with. It's my new favorite bag. Silent velcro, top zipper access, tons of pockets, and damn-good waterproofing...yeah it's a good product.
Enjoy the images, enjoy the story, and thanks for watching!
Equipment Discussed:
- Fujifilm GA645Zi
- Fujifilm X-Pro2 with 23mm f/2: bhpho.to/2FZd6uV
- Fujifilm 18-55mm f/2.8-4: bhpho.to/2G2ijCe
- Mint SLR 670-S: bhpho.to/2G2gkOl
- Tenba DNA Messenger 15: bhpho.to/2G0fstp
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Nick Carver; fine art photographer and fine art storyteller.
@neildewestelinck6639
4 жыл бұрын
lol
Man, those dress/window shots. So good.
@mfiorentino
5 жыл бұрын
Agree. Would love to see that in plexiglass as said.
@Caracalaba
5 жыл бұрын
I thought for a while you were the same person
@MadebyEdgar
5 жыл бұрын
Matt Day and Nick Carver two of my favorite KZreadrs/Photographers!
@bifcake
5 жыл бұрын
They may have been separated at birth.
@nickcarverphoto
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Matt. Means a lot coming from you.
This went from being a good photo blog to a GREAT comedy performance in a flash.Marvellous .
Great video Nick! Love the story telling and the images as well! 👌 Can’t wait for the next one!
Those are memories that can’t be made up. The details made me feel like I was there. Thanks for sharing. Love the videos, and photos. Keep up the great work 🙏.
Those dress shots are incredible! I love those moments when just by chance, you happen to be at the right place, at the right time, with a camera in hand. You just know before you've even snapped, that your walking away with some incredible images. All I can do is smile in moments like that.
Nick, I loved your shattered glass Paris shots. They are amazing.
HOLY COW! Those window shots are amazing!
Love in the background of the unboxing a green bottle of golden goodness!! Laga is amazing!!
Love all the images, especially the "window" images. They are truly unique. Would love to see one framed up the way you mentioned. Nothing worse than getting sick on a trip, sorry to hear how bad it was.
@nickcarverphoto
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
im glad you enjoyed London so much Nick.....i love you video's ,,from London
So glad I found your channel today, these photos and the stories behind them are so interesting that it reminds me of some of my travelling and makes me looking forward to summer even more, I just don't take many photos in the winter.
Awesome plexiglass pics and so nice seeing Yoshino’s off Piccadilly....love that restaurant.
Wow! Great!!! Wonderful images of broken glass. Def. def print them!!!
brilliant video Nick! can't wait to see those prints
I don't know how I missed this video! What a tale of air travel gone bad. I was dying during the telling, having been there and experience a similar 24 hours of hell. Those images of the shattered glass are brilliant and I would love to see them hanging on a wall as described. Great half hour Nick!
Nick, The shots of the dresses through the shattered glass are spectacular. I love the results and the statements they make. Very inspiring.
Another great episode from the awesome nick carver. Thanks
Great photo's, and a great story Nick!
I have always enjoyed your stories. Thank you!
Nick your video's are brilliant. Thats story, deserves to be told in a pub with a couple of nice beers, glad your feeling better. All the best from Ireland.
Absolutely gorgeous photos through the glass. Exquisitely done. Bravo! Fashion and politics beautifully and perfectly documented through your art.
Wonderful window shots Nick and a great narrative. The storytelling was brill, anyone jumping this bit is missing out!
Brillaint photographs!!!
Agree. Your shattered window photos are wonderful!
@nickcarverphoto
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
You're right, those shattered glass shots are awesome! And they come with an interesting story to back them up.
Those shattered glass images are beautiful! Wow. Great work.
I really enjoy your story in Paris. Make me laugh a lot during this difficult time. Thank you
Love the dress pics. Liked the window/rain pics in London even better. AS always, fun to watch too!
LOL oh man!!! what a marathon that was pretty funny!
Nick those cracked glass images are so special, very nice work.
That was a damned amazing and miserable story. I'm sorry you and your fiances suffered so, but it sure as hell made for a great, if not, gross story. Having made that long trip several times, this will always provide me a perspective that regardless of how long or uncomfortable it may feel, it could be a hell of a lot worse. Thanks for sharing. PS, love the pictures behind the broken glass. Worth the whole trip.
I feel the same way about mine! I love the Graphite model! Aside from the way it looks (which is non-essential), I love everything about it. I brought it to Japan with me on two trips and didn't regret not bringing my larger work DSLRs. Welcome to the "club"! Thanks for the video. Great photos :)
Hi Nick - great story. Loving your work.
This has to be the best image/camera/barfing video out there. So awesome.
@nickcarverphoto
4 жыл бұрын
That's some steep competition. Thank you!
excellent blog! Loved those broken window pics.
Nick, this was a great video. Loved the first part, but the delivery and story telling in the second part was just fabulous! Recent subscriber. Love your content and presentation. Thx for the hard work.
Hi Nick, really great image review thank you ! Your story, you are the most awesome story teller ever! Thank you again, Don
@nickcarverphoto
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
Damn that was a fine story. I was in tears when you acted out puking in the airport. Great story telling. As a Londoner you're welcome back anytime... oh and great pics too. I'm sub'ing and ring that bell. ding ding.
Greetings from London! Nick, you are a great storyteller. I’m glad I watched this video till the very end:)
Phenomenal story!!!!! IMDB 11/10. :))) Thank you man!!
That was an epic unboxing. Well done sir.
Yes another Nick Carver Video! Awesome Polaroids!
@nickcarverphoto
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Wow Nick! So happy you finally pulled the trigger and went to London and Paris (my favorite city). The photos are mind blowing (especially the dresses through shattered glass). I’ve always said you make magic with a camera. Also, was cringing the whole time you described being ill 😷 at the end. OMG!!! Nothing worse.
I don’t know how I missed this video man great pictures as usual with a standup comedy style story nice twist sir! Traveling is where it’s at. Glad you both made it home ok
Love your street photography shots Nick. Some really creative stuff!
thank you for sharing, great images as usual. I have been looking for a new messenger bag for 8 months now...that Tenba recommendation was really helpful :)
Great Nick. Great.
... and man, that story was hilarious! Thanks for such a great post!
Now *this* is fantastic photography content.
A great story and great images. That's what makes a trip.
Great story told well. Pictures are good too!
Really like your videos I always get so inspired by your work
Wow, those photos are amazing!
window shots- great!
Loved the Image of those Phone booths and the Image of the Dinner wagon. But the overall gorgeous shots, was those with the broken windows....wow, that was not ordinary Images. So damn beautiful.
Inspiring shots!
Outstanding video Nick. Sorry it ended that way. Glad you enjoyed London, and the British nosh. Haste ye back, mate!
Nick, great photos in France of the glass etc. I actually enjoyed the second half as I have been there plus all things scatological are funny, great job.
I really love your passion and your style! ❤️Scattered windows and beautiful dresses blew my mind. Being a fujilover from the first time I held one in my mind 📷This cam also triggered and still triggers my "shoot more because it feels so good" gene. Thx for your vids!
Hey Nick, I like the window pictures. Real Art !
The crazed window dress shots are superb 👍🏻
Wow man..Great great story..you have a gifted talent of storytelling..thanks for sharing
A nice opportunity that presented itself... good job. Yes, go Big!
Wonderful video, gorgeous images!!!
Those dress shop images are just beautiful Nick.
Great story teller. Very amusing. Great photos but the story made this video for me.
Nick... seriously dude... this is one hell of a video. 1) Amazing pictures. 2) Good gear review. 3) That story... and your way of telling it... kept me laughing out loud non stop. I'm so sorry for your plight. But damn, you're just as great a storyteller as you are a photographer. Bravo sir.
love your videos and your photography!
Those images through the shattered glass are simply stunning.
Amazing pictures
You are a good story teller, both with your images and your words!!. :)
Oh man, i'm feeling sorry for you! But that second part of the video was probably one of the funniest stories i've heard in a long time. You're a hell of a storyteller by the way!
Fabulous images and enjoyable content thanks. Please make available one of your three images sets of the smashed Paris shop windows.
Wow those shattered glass fashion photos are amazing !!!
I was only looking for an Xpro 2 review, but omg, that was a rollercoaster lol.
I love my Tenba DNA Messenger! Those window shots are awesome!
love this picture
Great images man, love those dress shots, and the story was a trip down memory lane for me, did the same sort of thing in Egypt. So I feel for ya.
Great shots! Great story. And fun :-)
Best story EVER !! Oh man I felt it !
it's really great to see this dude again .. especially with the fujifilm Xpro 2
Great video. Stuck around for the whole thing. Glad I did. I feel your pain, I don't take being sick well either. On the other hand those were some fantastic photos. I shoot Fuji as well and love it.
I'm sorry for that miserable 24 hours of sickness and flight BUT... That's was the funniest travel story I've heard in a long time and I can laugh about it now because something similar happened to me a long time ago. On another note... I loved those cracked window photos, too! Freaking amazing!
Nick, incredible work! Absolutely love those dress shots. Sorry that you got sick! The river is called "La Seine". Glad you got a great time in Paris!
Man Nick, that was quite a story. I’ve been through something like that as well but on a long road trip from LA to SF. I think we stopped every 20 miles for most of the way. Love your window shots, those will make for an awesome series of prints.
Great photos. Great story. Another great video!
@nickcarverphoto
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Welcome to the Fujifilm Fan Club !!
Огонь! 🔥Especially the second part! hehe
YES!!! A NEW NICK VID!
Loved the photo's in Paris of the stores with shattered glass...an artistic photographers dream .Well done!
Really enjoyed this video.
great job man !!
Hi, first time I've seen one of your videos and I've got to say I loved it. Great shots and as a Londoner not a bad accent. Can't wait for your next one.👍
I'm glad u made it!
Great photos of the fragmented shattered glass windows.
I injured my ankle - badly - in a small French village back in 2015. Seemingly, the whole town came together to help us get the care I needed -- quickly and for free -- and catch the late train back to Paris. The cab driver stopped the fare and helped me into the pharmacy to explain what I needed, and we had to beg him to take a tip. Two days later (on crutches), the folks at the airport were also super helpful getting us and our luggage to our gate. When we landed in the US...we were on our own. I'm really enjoying your channel even though I don't shoot film and only shoot landscapes. Good stuff. The shattered glass photos in this one are excellent.
Love those window shots! Sorry about your trip home, rough stuff!
@juanpatricio9204
5 жыл бұрын
I just looked at the window shots again! Even better. Love them.
Hi Nick, Greetings from London, I just discovered your channel through Thomas Heaton's interview. I Love it.