Sunrise with the FUJIFILM GFX 50R

May 19, 2019

For some time now I’ve been wanting to drive to a magnificent view point located on Mt. Saul (Israel) but always had excuses no to. Whether it’s the absent of time or the long time it takes to get there, I’ve missed a lot of opportunities.
The view for Mt. Saul is facing east, so if you’re planning on shooting the sunrise, that’s an excellent spot. Just beneath it lies a vast and beautiful valley near the city of Beit-She’an.
I had to drive about 100 km and wake 3 hours before the sunrise itself to position myself just in time for a several minutes to take the shots that I needed. But that’s landscape photography, I guess.

The sunrise from Mt. Saul, Israel. A perfect viewpoint for landscape photographers.

While I was up there, I’ve made a short clip (in Hebrew) about my photo process. You’re invited to watch and follow me on YouTube for more videos.

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Shooting Landscapes with the FUJIFILM GFX 50R

April 22, 2019

It’s been almost a week since I got my new medium-format camera, the FUJIFILM GFX 50R, and just had to give it a test-run shooting the sunset. So, I had to wait for the right weather (took a few days) and headed to Israel’s Pora national reserve (just north to Be’er Sheva).

This time of year you can find a lot of fields of golden wheat. As most of them are harvested by now, some are still intact, and lucky me just found one.
I’ve done a short video of the way I photographed it. My apologise for it’s in Hebrew.

Here’s the final result.

Landscape photography in Eilat

April 14, 2019

It’s been a few days now that I’ve been in Eilat, Israel for a resort and decided to make the most out of my stay here and do a lot of landscape photography. I always travel with my camera, recently the FUJIFILM X-T3. Combining it with the XF10-24mmF4 R OIS makes it a perfect system on the go that can deliver awesome image quality in a light package.

A lot can be said about landscape photography guidelines, but perhaps the most important one is HARD WORK, in my honest opinion. Like everything else in life where you want to succeed, landscape photography requires a lot of effort and investment. Most of it is physical, actually. I had to scout, drive, climb, endure uncomfortable conditions and wait for the right moment.

Eilat Mountains, Israel. Shot with the FUJIFILM X-T3 | XF10-24mmF4 R OIS

This was an amazing trip for me as I was visiting great locations that most people would normally just drive by. Of course I had to climb a couple of mountains along the way to get to the spot that had the best view and composition potential. Sometimes the sun wasn’t exactly where I wanted it, and sometimes there where not enough clouds to create a dramatic effect, but still there where some great moments that I was able to capture thanks to my FUJIFILM X-T3 that was light enough so I could carry it around. The 26 mega-pixels sensor with no low-pass filter that allowed me to more details compared to other conventional DSLRs.