Fun family shots with the Helios 58mm f2.0 and the Fuji X-Pro1

I received my new little toy an old russian lens earlier on this week. I thought I give it a go during our sunday afternoon family gathering, which turned into a painting competition thanks to my little girl. Obviously we couldn't stop just creating 'art' on paper, we dropped into the magic world of body and face painting, where Hanna got her first 'tattoos'.

So, back to the lens, this is a Helios 58mm f2.0 M42 screw mount piece which becomes a great portrait lens on an X-Pro1 and capable of producing amazing photos even wide open. The focus ring on my copy is a bit stiff, but I was still able to catch my fast moving child by using manual focus. So looking forward to try this lens on the streets.

All images were shot in black&white and tweaked a little bit Lightroom.

Hanna

Earlier this week we were playing "no more monkeys jumping on the bed" with my daughter Hanna when I captured her destroying the bed and few more snapshots I've just made today while she was watching tv from a cardboard box. She is a little cheeky monkey, so beautiful and full with energy.

All images were made with the Fuji X-Pro1 and the 18mm f2.0 lens.

An old gentleman and his birds

I was going through my photo library today and I found these shots I made in Galway last year october, but never posted them anywhere. We only stopped there for an hour or so and spent most of the time at the beach, where my daughter were collecting pebbles and shells. Galway and its bay is usually full with tourists, but there were not too many that day, it was rainy, windy and cold, we even had to take shelter in a nearby church from a small storm. But when the sky cleared up again I found an old gentleman surrounded by birds and swans. I took the opportunity and made a few shots of him while he was feeding the birds and we also had a little chat after. So here are a few shots of him and some other images around the bay.
All photos were taken with the Fuji X-Pro1 and the 35mm f1.4 lens.

Long Exposure Photography with the Fuji X-Pro 1

Check out the results of my first dive into Long Exposure Photography. All photos were taken at the HSQ Building Dublin with my little friend, the Fuji X-Pro 1 using the 18mm f2.0 lens and processed in Lightroom.

Coffee harvesting

2 weeks ago we visited our friends  Edita and Mindo to have a little chat and check out their coffe tree. It's not common to see a 2m tall 8 years old coffee tree in an irish home. Most of the cherries were ripe and ready to harvest. We started to pick the cherries by hand and we ended up having a handful of deep red ripe coffee cherries. Straight there we squeezed the cherries out and two green beans appeared in our palms which we washed and let it fermented in water. Since then the coffee beans are drying and soon they will be ready to be roasted. I'll keep you updated.

All images were made with the Fuji X-Pro 1 and the 35mm 1.4 lens using off camera flash.