Honeymoon is over - which means after you bought a new camera, and or a new lens - the enthusiasm starts to fade. Or go back to "normal levels". You sort of wake up.

No, I don't know. I just noticed that after carrying around my Fujifilm GFX 100s II camera together with the Fujinon GF 500/5.6 OIS during my 7 hour work duty - after I often went home without having taken a single photo. So, this has happened quite often.

Now I have to add, that walking around with a 500mm lens, isn't exactly like you can aim it at any motive. I mean it is after all a super telephoto lens... Sometimes the weather wasn't really in favor. Other time, I notice that my mind was occupied of being hungry (after work), and rather would want to go home, eating something.

So, these are the funny, strange and boring perks in photography - the way I execute them *LOL* I am a near-field photographer. Just doing photography in my imminent surrounding, whether it is prior, during or after work. With a 500mm lens you are, let's face it - quite a bit restricted.

Or it is my mind which can't fully grasp the potential of using a 500 mm telephoto lens *grin* I mean yeah... who walks around with a 500mm lens all the time ? I never really did that before.

I do however LOVE the thought of doing things a bit different from time to time. It is also a little bit of a challenge.

Honey moon is over

Yeah, for sure.

At the same time, i love being able to put both camera and 500mm lens into a little, almost tiny backpack, and (sometimes) exploring the world of supertele photography. Even if it is just one photo - like the one above, aiming towards the Baltic Sea region to the East, as the sun was rising.

I had to turn around my metro train on top of the Bridge at Gullmarsplan. Strong orange light seeping into the train cabin. Not much time left really, once I exited the train cabin. and i have to mount the lens on the camera first (since they are separated and protected in the little backpack).

So, it has to go fast to take a photo or two very early in the morning - because I have to drive the empty train to it's destination - whether it is Skarpnäck or Hökarängen. Other trains will soon arrive, wanting to use the same "turn-around rail" at Gullmarsplan, in order to go to their individual destinations.

I could perhaps in the near future, look for a backpack that is slightly larger, and keep the lens mounted onto the Fujifilm GFX 100s II camera. Then i don't need to fiddle around with it so much before each photo !

I'll give it a search among many of my backpacks in the bedroom *grin*

That "Darkroom", oh boy, oh boy...

Boy, our bedroom has become a sort of parking space for everything we want to have out of sight in our apartment. Our bedroom is also my analogue darkroom; albeit i have not used it for darkroom work in a very long time - nor loaded any films in darkness there, for later development). Nevertheless, the potential to use it as a darkroom still remains).

On the darkroom table, two big enlargers standing - covered with plastic. And on top, many other things have piled up on top over time.

Not exactly your classic analogue darkroom. Hahaha.

1 August • Pride Train

So, today is Gay Pride in Stockholm - with the annual parade train starting at 13.00 beyond the City hall of Stockholm. My thinking is to go to Slussen, where the carnival / parade train ends, around 3 hours later. If I go there let's say 15.00 - and the people are starting to roll in - where they dissolve - I can perhaps take portraits there. Since I am using the GFX 100s II + GF 500mm ƒ 5.6 lens - my idea is to aim at people who are standing around, having good times, and linger in the area.

Which I am sure will be many !

Thinking of doing .... sort of situational, relaxed type of people portraits. A bit from afar.

I will still try to take a second lens with me, likely the bright GF 110/2 lens - which is a classic for portraits. And maybe even a third lens; the Fujinon GF 30mm, acting like a 24mm wide angle lens. Hopefully i have a backpack - and it all isn't too heavy.

Reality always turns out slightly different anyway...

So, this time, I will not stand somewhere along the Pride train like I always used to do in the past. But more of being an end-point photographer, standing further away. Like an observer, and less in the face or in interaction with people next to the Pride train.