Vivid and Sydney Night Street Photography

Well it's that time of the year again ! The lights are out because the Vivid Light Spectacular is on display in Sydney. For those non Sydney folk, this means light displays are on pretty much every major Sydney landmark in town.

I went out with the (real) work crew to see what we could come up with, and I locked myself with the Fuji X Pro 1 and the 35mm f/1.4 bolted on. One of my mates, Carlo came with his X100s. Check his site out as he has some great samples from his new camera.

Here are some of the Vivid displays

Opera House lit up by Vivid Lights

Master Yoda with young Jedi Luke

After roaming the lights, it was time to get a feed and off the trail we went. Back in to street photography mode

From Napa Valley to Hunter Valley

After being inspired by my recent California vineyard trip at Napa, I decided to go for a 2.5 hour cruise up to the Hunter Valley in my local state. The weather held up and it was a perfect weather to have a few sips of the good 'ol red. Unfortunately today I was the designated driver ... a big sigh as in the Hunter, you don't have to pay $25 US to have a few samplers. ​

Anyways back to shooting with the light weight Fuji X Pro 1 again and just using the 35mm lens to get the 50mm equivalent. ​Need to practice my street shooting and composition skills more. Sometimes I wonder if I ever will pull out the 7D again for such trips.

​Enjoy some of the snaps, we went to a couple of vineyards, and had a great lunch at Margan's then headed to the Hunter Valley Gardens to burn off some calories.

Aiden @ Centennial Park

Took some pics of young Aiden at Cetnennial Park in Sydney. The weather was kind to us and Aiden seemed to have his smiley and curious face on through out the shoot which made it all the more entertaining and easy.​

​Again I went out with the Fuji X-Pro 1 and some Yong Nuo triggers with a Canon 430EX II flash