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Thypoch Simera 35mm F1.4 Review
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 9/17/24 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 9/17/24

Thypoch Simera 35mm F1.4 Review

Thypoch is a relative newcomer to the lens market but I’ve been wanting to test out one of their lenses ever since I saw the first samples. Now I got my chance.

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Fast Prime Lenses on a Budget - Sirui Sniper Series
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 11/28/23 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 11/28/23

Fast Prime Lenses on a Budget - Sirui Sniper Series

Is a set of budget fast primes good enough? Find out in this video.

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Freewell K2 filter system with Jill
Archive Bert Stephani 9/14/23 Archive Bert Stephani 9/14/23

Freewell K2 filter system with Jill

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Change the lens on your X100V - WCL-X100 & TCL-X100 converter lenses
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 6/20/23 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 6/20/23

Change the lens on your X100V - WCL-X100 & TCL-X100 converter lenses

The X100-series has a fixed lens but what if you’d like some variation or, like me, doesn’t click with the 35mm field of view?

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Test: Fujifilm X-S20 and XF 8mm
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 6/6/23 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 6/6/23

Test: Fujifilm X-S20 and XF 8mm

I usually work with the higher end Fujifilm cameras and stay away from ultra wide lenses. But it’s also good to mix it up so when Fujifilm approached me to test this camera and lens, I took up the challenge.

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Slow Portraits with Fast Lenses
Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 1/30/23 Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 1/30/23

Slow Portraits with Fast Lenses

Let me show you how I use fast manual lenses to slow down.

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FreeFlow Portraits
Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 1/30/23 Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 1/30/23

FreeFlow Portraits

My favorite way to do portrait shoots, keep it simple and let it flow. In this video I explain how I work and why.

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The Big X-T5 post
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 11/22/22 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 11/22/22

The Big X-T5 post

I was part of the launch campaign of the Fujifilm X-T5. Here’s my project, a review and a bunch of pictures.

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NYC with 3 new cameras
Archive Bert Stephani 9/13/22 Archive Bert Stephani 9/13/22

NYC with 3 new cameras

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Gravel - Testing the Fujifilm X-H2s
Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 7/13/22 Tools in Practice Bert Stephani 7/13/22

Gravel - Testing the Fujifilm X-H2s

Did Fujifilm make the perfect photo/video hybrid camera? Let’s find out.

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2022
Archive Bert Stephani 1/1/22 Archive Bert Stephani 1/1/22

2022

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One out of Two
Archive Bert Stephani 6/17/21 Archive Bert Stephani 6/17/21

One out of Two

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Slow portraits with Elle
Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 6/7/21 Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 6/7/21

Slow portraits with Elle

A career in professional portrait photography has made me fast and efficiënt but it also makes it hard to slow down when there’s space for more intimate portraits.

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Life in 2021 so far
Archive Bert Stephani 5/31/21 Archive Bert Stephani 5/31/21

Life in 2021 so far

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Free flow Annabel
Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 5/25/21 Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 5/25/21

Free flow Annabel

Keep it simple, one camera, one lens, one subject. And just let it free flow.

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Dion Trip
Archive Bert Stephani 5/24/21 Archive Bert Stephani 5/24/21

Dion Trip

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Let it Glow - Charity Shoot
Archive Bert Stephani 5/6/21 Archive Bert Stephani 5/6/21

Let it Glow - Charity Shoot

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Coast and the Power of Imperfect Glass
Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 4/17/21 Process & Philosophy Bert Stephani 4/17/21

Coast and the Power of Imperfect Glass

Why you would make it difficult on yourself by using vintage manual lenses? The answer is authenticity and imperfection.

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