This all changed last year when I played with my friends’ cameras. The main difference (at the time) was how much more having a standalone camera makes me want to take photos. It was a point where I still didn’t understand the technical differences in the output of a phone vs. camera.

And so I went ahead to buy myself a Fujifilm X-T30 II, with a 15–45mm kit lens. Here are some of my initial works, trying to work everything on auto mode, and taking shots of urban landscapes simply because it felt less stressful and intimidating compared to human subjects.