Del Mar Light — With the Fuji X-Pro2

Del Mar Light — A Day with the Fuji X-Pro2

Working on a new print for the website — this one from Del Mar, a few weeks back. The waves were firing that morning, with clean 10–12 foot faces rolling through, and I decided it was a good excuse to take the day off and head down to the beach with the Fuji X-Pro2 and the 35mm f/2.

There’s something endlessly fun about working with this camera. It’s compact, solid, and completely unassuming — a perfect balance of analog feel and digital precision. And those Fuji film profiles still get me every time. They bring back that sense of anticipation from the chrome days, when color had character and light had texture.

Lately, I’ve been leaning toward the Astia film simulation. It has a gentle softness to it — a subtle, cooler tone that pairs beautifully with coastal light. It captures that quiet space between brightness and shadow that defines mornings like this one.

From the bluffs overlooking Del Mar, you get this wide, elevated view of the ocean — waves rolling in rhythm, surfers scattered below, the coastline stretching endlessly south. It’s one of those perspectives that makes you slow down and just watch for a while.

This image will be part of the new Sports Prints section on my site — focused not so much on pure action, but on the atmosphere around it. The spaces, light, and still moments that define the energy of sport in a more subtle way.