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Personal | Vancouver | Fujifilm X100S

Two weeks ago I was in Vancouver for the Canada Photo Convention and knowing I was going to be there with a bunch of other photographers I found myself in a dilemma of what gear to bring.

Do I bring some of my wedding gear, Nikon D4 and a prime or two or do I just bring something small. I was planning to do a lot of walking in Vancouver and not wanting to lug heavy gear all the way from Toronto I decided to save my back and brought my Fujifilm X100S.

For me the Fuji X100S is the perfect travel camera if you are not specifically there to shoot something. It gives you the image quality of an professional DSLR system but it’s compact and unobtrusive. What more can you really ask for?

Below are some of my favorite frames from my walks around downtown Vancouver.

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Fujifilm X100S Vancouver City Centre

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Fujifilm X100S Vancouver Grandville

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Fujifilm X100S Vancouver China Town

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Fujifilm X100S Vancouver China Town

Fujifilm X100S Vancouver Dominion Barber

Fujifilm X100S Vancouver Gastown

Toronto Wedding | Elissa & Rick

I’m writing this from my hotel room in Vancouver, sick but excited to be here for the Canada Photo Convention. It is Canadian in every sense, run by a Canadian and takes place in Canada but a more accurate name would be the World Wedding Photographer Convention. The speakers, some of the best in the industry are from all over the world. Jonas Peterson and Samm Blake are from Australia, Jeff Newsom is from California, Fer Juaristi from Mexico and several others.

So before this week’s festivities start I wanted to post the follow up to Elissa and Rick’s sneak peek.

I met Elissa and Rick by chance over the Christmas holidays. They were at our house with mutual friends who were visiting from Australia and mentioned that they were headed to Scotland in a week to get married. Well hey congratulations I said and then they mentioned they were also having a second wedding in Toronto. Naturally I asked who was shooting their wedding and they said they don’t have a photographer yet. “I’m available”….and that was that.

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Check back later as I will be updating this post with a blurb about Rick and Elissa.

Christian - Awesome, Sam! I love the great storytelling all day, and the panorama during the ceremony is fantastic! Great idea! I also love the black & white portraits…such a good fit for their style/wedding.

Pamela Séguin - Amazing photos! You looked amazing Elissa! Congrats again!

Barb Sutherland - beautiful wedding, awesome photos, thanks for sharing.

Kathy Salazar - Those are absolutely fantastic pictures E&R! You can see the love and feel just how happy everyone was on your day part deux. Love it!

Dale Lempa - You have a wonderfully developed sense of style, perfectly executed in this wedding photography. Well done.

Elissa Schmidt - We bribed everyone with lots of food & booze, hence the happy pictures! ;)

Melissa Craig - You look so beautiful! Congrats to the 2 of you.

Tracy Hope - Awesome pictures. I am so happy for you. Congratulations!

Jackie Caille - Amazing pictures! Congratualtions to both of you! Elissa, we haven’t met but Rick spoke very fondly of you while he was on assignment at Spectra Energy. I can see when I look at your wedding pictures how much you love each other and have fun together. I can almost hear Rick’s laughter through many of the pictures. All the best in your married life ahead!

Jackie