30 Days with the Fuji x100s: Day 1

I promised myself that if I bought this camera, I would do a 30 days series. Which means I will take (at least) one picture a day, every day for 30 days. It will help me learn how to use this camera and hopefully make me fall in love with it.

I figured the first picture should be a selfie — of the camera, of course. I did a little mirror and self timer action to get this shot. For lighting, I have a black towel wrapped around a Smith Vector light to get the black background. I could do that easier in my studio, but at home I have to improvise quite a bit. (My Mom gave me an old Smith Victor light she found at my Uncle's house a while ago and now I use it for all my home lighting.)

I did very little processing, just some removal of light spots from the black background and a crop and flip. I first did a custom white balance in camera which I think works well. I hope I remember to turn it off.

I don't love it yet. Quite a lot to learn since I'm used to my Canon menus. And while I don't mind reading manuals, this one is a lot to read!