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Carpinteria

Got some cool beach scenes for you today! Yesterday I spent pretty much the whole day in Carpinteria, CA. I had to go do some paperwork towards the evening for my upcoming employment in the area. So I thought it would be good if I brought my camera and see if I can capture some beach scenes. I'm bringing back an old favorite of mine, the Fujifilm S1 Pro paired with a Nikkor 28-200mm. I haven't shot with this combo in a while so I thought it was time to dust it off and remember why I fell in love with this camera.

So to start things off I meandered my way over to Jellybowl in Carp and made my way over to the campgrounds. I was walking around earlier in the day and wasn't really feeling the pictures I got, so I came back during sunset. 

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Originally my idea was to go take pictures of the surfers, there wasn't really many guys out there yesterday so I only got a couple pictures that I thought were standouts. I was really happy with what I was able to get.

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Walking up and down the beach, you are basically in the campgrounds. Right along the edge of the campgrounds is where I really stayed because I didn't really want to bother anyone there who was camping. It's a really cool place to camp since it's right along the beach and the main street is just a 5 minute walk away. 

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro - Nikkor 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 D

Overall, I'm really happy with what I got. I shot this camera like I was shooting a film camera, I didn't want to be worrying about my compositions the whole time so I made the effort to not look at any of the pictures in the moment. A very fun day with that camera, I'm sure I'll be using it more and more.

One more thing, my birthday is coming up and I think I'm going to be making changes to my Instagram @m_kinghorn_ , but we will see when that time comes.

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