Anyone want to shoot in Chile?

[David_Manning]

I'll be arriving in Santiago, Chile tomorrow morning (Sunday) for two days, and I'm planning on catching a bus to Valparaiso for an afternoon of photography. I'll be shooting my Fuji X100. I was considering taking a 5DmkII and three lenses, and then decided to shoot in the style of the great rangefinder traditionalists...one lens, 35mm FOV.

Since I've never been to Valparaiso and will be a gringo traveling alone, I was wondering if there are any RFF members or other shooters who are local in Santiago who would like to go on my day-long adventure and enjoy shooting, wandering, and some food and drink.

Posts here are fine, but also email me at david.manning@me.com, because of the short notice. I leave the states tonight and arrive Santiago tomorrow morning. I'll be checking my email in the hotel lobby tomorrow morning before I depart.

Hope to hear from someone.

----David.

 

[David_Manning]

Well, I knew it was a very short lead time...I was just hoping that I'd catch an RFFer down south with no plans.

Please email if you catch this post.

 

[David_Manning]

To continue my personal diary post 🙂 I ended up meeting a local photographer in Santiago who responded to an email on Flickr. He shoots a 5DmkII so I brought mine down too. I'll take the X100 next time.

Valparaiso is a great city, and I walked around all day. I spent the majority of the shooting with a 28mm lens, though I used the 50mm a few times for people portraits. I took a few detail shots with my 85, but I could've left it at home. I don't think I would've missed much with the X100 option at all, except for a few times when the streets are really tight and I couldn't back up...in those cases, the 28 was almost too tight.

Since this is a RFF, I'll only include two shots as an example of what I saw there...so I don't offend anyone. It was a great short day-trip from Santiago in any case.

As an aside, I shot a selfie in a mirrored window with my new Chilean friend who shoots a 5DmkII with a grip and a 16-35 zoom. My mkII and single prime looks nice and compact next to it. So, I'm not sure small and nondescript has to be solely the purview of RF camera bodies. I guess I'll include that shot too for comparison...it gives me confidence that I can shoot quickly and travel light with a dSLR too.

 

[David_Manning]

Well, I'm leaving for Santiago Chile again tonight (February 13th), and I'll be there Tuesday and Wednesday. If anyone wants to get together to shoot, I'll have my X100 and my email address is david.manning@me.com