In this post, I am going to share one of the most interesting sessions I had at the last Pitti Immagine Uomo. I had the idea that it would be nice to go shoot outside the usual, and much-photographed, place of the Fortezza da Basso. So we set a session in the streets of Florence, staying close to Piazza della Repubblica.
Technically speaking, the shooting was a bit of a challenge and also a test for my new Fujifilm X-T2. The most important thing was to be able to shoot correctly with continuous focusing in a quite dark situation, with also light distractions from the cars driving around the square. I am very pleased with the results — I was able to get almost all the shots right when there was slow movement.
One of the most fun parts of the shooting was the carousel parade. Yes, we all went together to the carousel, and everyone had a lot of fun. Salomon could hardly stay calm while riding his horse, and the other guys were also enjoying the ride. I had so much fun photographing this moment.
Let’s talk about the ISO performance of the camera, since that was another point of concern. I didn’t want to use any additional light or flash; I wanted to keep all the beauty of the light available at that moment. I already had one great advantage: the possibility to use the f/1.2 aperture of the Fujifilm 56mm. In this way, with my safety shutter speed set at 1/250th of a second (to be sure to get sharp shots), I could keep the ISO in a reasonable range.
A nice group of friends. From the left: Omer, Salomon, Eric and Defustel. Can’t wait to meet them all again at the next edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo in Florence.
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