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April 3, 2020

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by: Jacques Gaines

My New York city tourist routine   I recently went to New York city with my family. It has now become a ritual for us. I love to go there and take advantage of the fact that I have a daughter and a wife that are addicted to shopping in the big city. When they [...]

January 12, 2020

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by: Jacques Gaines

Here is a little story about how I left my job and why. As I go on in life I realize that what impact an event has on your life depends really on your way of interpreting that event’s importance. This is the story of why I left a job a while back and how […]

January 12, 2020

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by: Jacques Gaines

Any of you who happened to own a Fujifilm X-T3 and would like to make your mark in either wedding or event photography might want to check out this article. I am about to show you what settings I put the X-T3 in before I take off for a wedding photography photoshoot.   A small [...]

December 20, 2019

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by: Jacques Gaines

Photoshop becomes more and more important   A while back I made a video on how I thought that Photoshop post-processing skills are now becoming as important as photo shooting skills. This video confirms some of my ideas that Photoshop editing skills are not only as important but, at times, more important than actual shooting [...]

November 4, 2019

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by: Jacques Gaines

Recently I had the chance to work with a circus artist called Thula. Thula specializes in aerial hoop and a bit of contorsion. She had contacted me about 2 years ago to do a shoot but schedules never worked out. It had a great deal to do with the fact that most circus artists get […]

May 7, 2019

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by: Jacques Gaines

The Fujifilm X-T3 and the X-T30     Anyone who is familiar with the relationship between the Fujifilm X-T2 and the Fujifilm X-T20 will realize that Fuji's philosophy is to always come up with a flagship model and offer a less filled package with a smaller form factor and feature set (What I like to [...]

September 17, 2018

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by: Jacques Gaines

Is the Fujifilm X-T2 and the Fujifilm X-T3 different? When you decide to actually do a video about the fujifilm X-T2 vs the Fujifilm X-T3 and you see the two camera bodies, you have to start wondering, or at least hoping, that your first impressions are wrong. They are both look so similar. Photo taken [...]

December 18, 2017

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by: Jacques Gaines

Who is Florence? Almost five years ago I met Florence Amar. She was part of the recreational center program for promising circus artists. She developed into an amazing and accomplished circus athlete and artist. Not only in her beauty and shape but also in her professionalism and discipline that is, still to this day, second [...]