100 Days of the X100

[Tommo224]

So I bought a Fuji X100 just over a week ago, and thought I'd give another photography project a go.

I did 134 days in a row on my last one, before I ended it due to personal reasons.
http://daily.omgtom.net

So here is my next one. No particular theme, and I'm not putting as much pressure on myself and those around me with this next one! It ended up driving me in to the ground by the end of it, because of all the stresses of other things going on around me.

This is a much more casual project, to teach myself how to use this camera in different circumstances and get used to it's funny habits it seems to have. Also, I've allowed myself to miss days if need be in this project (I didn't miss a beat in the last one).


I'll post the photos in this thread each week, but you can watch the daily progress here:
http://www.creativebytommy.com.au/x100/

[Tommo224]

Day 1
Fry :: 11-04-2012
Starting off this new project with a photo of my beloved dog Fry!




Day 2
Rain Drops on the Sunroof :: 12.04.2012
Rain drops through the sunroof of my car




Day 3
Anonymous :: 13.04.2012
Anonymous driving an MR2 (Tristan). Taken over 8 seconds using a suction cap mount on the back of the car through the back window.




Day 4
Cocktail :: 14.04.2012
Behind this cocktail glass is a beautiful, yet camera shy girl Monica.




Day 5
Kung Fu :: 15.04.2012
Joe flying through the air in a kung fu kick




Day 6
Miro :: 16.04.2012
My new wheels arrived today! Miro Type 111 in 19×9.5. Photo is a light painted 30 second exposure.




Day 7
Paris :: 17.04.2012
Paris the cat being a cat

[Mary Anne]

Hello Tommo, congrats on your new camera, thats an interesting assortment of images there.
Fry is gorgeous , Rain Drops on the Sunroof look great and I like your new wheels
Seeing you put this in Not for Critique I wont comment on the others
Keep up the good work.. I will try and remember to pop in every week and see what else you have posted..

[Tommo224]

Haha yeah there isn't such artistic merit going in to these, more of a medium for me to do something, than a "try to impress the world every time" type thing!

Trying to impress the world every time will just end up resulting in me appealing to nobody at all!

Thanks Maryanne, I do recall you following my other project too, thank you again

[Tommo224]

Day 8
6400 :: 18.04.2012
Testing out ISO 6400 on two wonderful ladies!



Day 9
Morning Dew :: 19.04.2012
A close up of a drop on a plant. Hand held while standing awkwardly trying to capture it with the wind blowing it.



Day 10
Like a Boss :: 20.04.2012
May being a boss in the city. Lego Forest being packed up in the background.



Day 11
Flying Bowl :: 21.04.2012
Seconds before I was covered in fried rice at teppanyaki.



Day 12
The Balcony :: 22.04.2012
Mandy playing in her orchestra at Callan Park, Rozelle.



Day 13
Thinking :: 23.04.2012
A couple of things weighing on my mind lately..



Day 14
Falling :: 25.04.2012
Tristan clinging on, don’t fall!

[Mary Anne]

Day 9 love it Tommo and Day 12 nice light and great colours..

[Tommo224]

Also Day 9 involved me standing in dog poo, so glad you love it!

Day 12 I actually had to tone the blue a little bit further down, the camera picked it up SO vividly!!

[Tommo224]

Day 15 :: 26.04.2012
Shadow Trooper off for a casual drive after a busy day at work.
Extra: Camera mounted on a suction cap tripod, long exposure and a slow cruise down a quiet street.




Day 16 :: 27.04.2012
Squeegee tuning a Les Paul Custom just before giving May a quick lesson.




Day 17 :: 28.04.2012
Shadow Trooper doing some reading before bed. It's actually quite a brilliant book "City Of God", about the slums, drugs and gangs in Rio.




Day 18 :: 29.04.2012
Shadow Trooper cooking up some Grantaloupe Tacos, working from a recipe book “Cooking for Wookies”. Exotic tastes!




Day 19 :: 30.04.2012
Low key self portrait, much harder to do on this camera! Used my DSLR to set off the flash, having to time it perfectly with the shutter on the x100.




Day 20 :: 01.05.2012
The creature that lurks beneath your house.
Extra: Took many attempts to get this, I had LEDs set up to give a coloured glow of things in the room. However, since it took me so long the batteries in the LEDs were fading to just a spot instead of brightness. The light shining on me was a torch that I squeezed in to a tight spot between the camera and an adjusting arm on the tripod. Balanced!




Day 21 :: 03.05.2012
The creature back from a long night at the disco.
Extra: Two strobes behind me to brighten up the room. Being set off by my DSLR, which again was being set off by my wireless remote in sync with the X100.

[Mary Anne]

Cantaloupe tacos so what did they taste like.
Were they sweet at all and could you taste the Cantaloupes in them
Day 16 really appeals to me, and day 19 the low key of your self is great too.

[Tommo224]

Thanks for the comments

It was an interesting taste! Not highly recommended. I think stick to beef!

Grantaloupe meat is quite tough and tasteless, I don't know how those little wookies survive on them =/
"The grantaloupe was a four-legged creature that lived on Kashyyyk and was often hunted and eaten by the local Wookiees."

[Tommo224]

Another project ended early. I'm selling the X100, so obviously can't continue this!

I have a Sony NEX-5N on it's way though, but I don't know if I'll do another project. I think I'll just keep doing my random photos scenes that I have been doing pre-and-during this project!


Here are the last 4 photos, thanks for listening:

Day 22 :: 04.05.2012
May the fourth be with you.




Day 23 :: 05.05.2012
Make a wish!




Day 24 :: 06.05.2012
Shining down on Buddha




Day 25 :: 07.05.2012
Fry lit from above

[Mary Anne]

Sorry to read that you are giving up Tommo, though good to see that you settled on the Sony NEX-5N
I will look forward to seeing your photos on the other Forums.. #1 and #2 this time I guess I like the lights.
Grantaloupe hey I looked at that wrong That's not much info on them either is it for real ?

[chaosboi]

Why did you give up the x100?

[Tommo224]

Slow focusing issues driving me insane!