On my recent trip to Italy to shoot the wedding of Robert & Mariam, I got a little extra solo time to do some traveling around on my own.  My goal during this time was to shoot mostly, if not exclusively, with my new Fuji X100S and leave all my Nikon gear in the hotel room while I went out exploring.   Part of me loved the fact that it was so unobtrusive and lightweight compared to a DSLR, and part of me just liked the artistic challenge of shooting my entire travels with one camera and one lens, a fixed 35mm focal length. Having never owned a 35mm lens before, "seeing in 35" took some getting used to but once I got into it...I was in love.   Hands down, this will be my go-to travel cam for some time.

Not having a 35mm lens in my bag for work was another reason this camera was so attractive to me.  (The great reviews of this camera by stellar photogs Zack Arias, David Hobby and Bryan Kraft also had a lot to do with it.)   I often found myself in moments during a wedding where the 24 was too wide and the 50 was too tight.   As I hoped it would, the image quality of the Fuji X100S impressed me so much that I have now worn it on my hip during my last three weddings with the nifty Peak Design belt clip and have gotten some of my favorite shots of the day from it.

Most of the images below are straight out of camera jpeg's. Some, mostly the black and whites, were RAW's seasoned to taste in Lightroom.

Locations (in order): Copenhagen Airport, Milan, Cinque Terre (Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola), Florence, Siena, Tuscan hills south of Siena, San Gimignano, back to Milan, and eventually home to San Francisco. 

Hope you enjoy my journey in Italy with the Fuji X100S...

Photography by Eric James Leffler of Eric James Photography