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Towards the end of 2017 Fujilove asked me to become a regular contributer to the Fujilove.com website writing a minimum of one article per month. In January 2017 I wrote an article comparing the X100F to the new Fujifilm XE3 that I used on a trip to the Christmas Markets in Dusseldorf and in and around my home here in Dunbar.  This was to compare the two cameras as a small but flexible travel camera. What was the conclusion?  Well if you CLICK HERE you'll be able to read the article and see what I thought was the best 'bang-for-buck'. Let me know what you thought about the two cameras in the comments below or on the article page on the Fujilove.com website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. ...

On Thursday 15 February 2018 Fujifilm announced the brand new X-H1 compact system camera with simultaneous launches around the globe.   As an official Fujifilm X-Photographer Jeff Carter was asked in November 2017 to be part of the test team for the new camera. He took the X-H1 to the WEC event in Bahrain and to the Scotland v Australia international test at Murrayfield.  This gave the X-H1 the hardest of tests and there was plenty of feedback for the Fujifilm development team back in Japan, almost all positive.  He has had to keep the camera under wraps for three months but Jeff can now give his thoughts on the latest addition to the Fujifilm X-Series family. The X-H1 is the third camera I have tested for Fujifilm, I was involved in the development of the X-Pro2 and X-T2.  It is a great feeling as a working photographer to be asked by a camera manufacturer to give your input.  I am part of a large team of photographers from around the world b...

First of all may I apologise for the lack of activity on this blog in the past six weeks, it has been a hectic month renewing contracts and changing over to a new website.  I also have some exciting stuff coming up in the next few weeks and I will be posting again on a regular basis. One of the main reasons I have been absent for a while is... (drumroll) .... MacLean Photographic is now a dot com and I have a new, completely refreshed website. There is a holding page at macleanphotographic.co.uk with a redirection to the new site, so that will still work for now. The new macleanphotographic.com website is hosted by SquareSpace and I have used a clean and simple to use layout for the various pages.  There is even a better and easier to use online shop, which has allowed me for the first time to sell prints. While the website is up and running I will still be tweaking it over the next few weeks and I would be grateful for anyone reading this to give their feedback in t...

It has been a busy few weeks here at MacLean Photographic getting the new website built and ready for public viewing.   I have also been out with the DJI Mavic Pro drone shooting a series of videos to show the locations that we will visit on the MacLean Photographic workshops.  This has also proven to be problematic due to the almost constant windy weather since December, so the windows of opportunity to get out and fly have been limited. The above video was shot last week at one of my favourite locations at Fast Castle along the coast in the Scottish Borders. The folded rock formations are really dramatic and the aerial view point from out at sea really captures the nature of the geology in this part of the world. When I have completed my visits to all of the locations that feature on the MacLean Photographic workshops I will be editing a video that includes a selection of locations.  That will be coming soon. The image at the top of the page was taken on...

Football is undeniably the world’s favourite sport as it is watched and played in every corner of the globe. The English Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world. The premiership is shown on TV in 212 territories with a potential audience of 4.7 billion people. All the major news outlets cover the matches each weekend on TV and in print, with revenues generated accordingly. This popularity has filtered down to the lower professional leagues as well. This has made media passes highly sought after and the prospect of amateur sports photographers getting decent pictures from the spectator areas in the all seater stadiums almost impossible, even if you were allowed to take a camera and telephoto lens into the ground in the first place. Shooting Sport as a Spectator Part 10 - Football from MacLean Photographic on Vimeo . However there is an alternative for the aspiring football photographer and this is going along to your local non-league club. The ac...

Whichever direction you choose may we wish you all the best for 2018 and may you wishes come true. Thank you for following MacLean Photographic in 2017 and I look froward to seeing you all next year. The image is of the weather cock at Eyemouth Harbour framed by the moon rising this evening on the last day of 2017. The image was taken on a Fujifilm X-T2 with the XF50-140mm f2.8 lens fitted with the Fujinon 2x teleconverter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Carter is an Official Fujifilm X Photographer and was named as a Fujifilm brand ambass...

More Horse Power (Published 7th December 2017) Sports photography is a genre that ignites a lot of interest from photographers because, no matter what the sport, it can provide a rich source of material for any photographer wanting to capture action or human interest images. I travel the world with the FIA World Endurance Championship capturing the action happening during the nine race global sports car series that includes the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans.   However in 2017 I have photographed two different sports that also feature plenty of horse power – eventing and horse racing. CLICK HERE  to read this article Power Converters (Published 26 December 2017) Having access to a lens with a long focal length is really important for sport and wildlife photographers and Fujifilm make two of the best long zooms on the market, the Fujinon XF50-140mm f2.8R OIS WR and the XF100-400mm f4.5/5.6R OIS WR. The longest focal length gives an equiv...