Hasselblad X1D @ PhotoNext

I want to address something that I hear quite often regarding this camera.  I hear a lot of people saying this camera is somewhat of a novelty item, an accessory best coupled with a pair of bermuda shorts and a Tommy Bahama shirt, a rich mans travel camera.  

SAMURAI CHALLENGE 12 APRIL – 5 MAY 2017

I occasionally get to photograph in some really incredible places. This isn’t a problem as long as the subject is just as incredible as the background as you are creating a visual similar by juxtaposing the two together. Yesterday, April 26th, 2017, I was photographing the Tokyo leg of the Samurai Challenge rally.

Instead of a photographing next to some bucolic lake with Mt. Fuji in the background, I found myself in the