Pablo Wilson

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I’m Pablo Wilson, a portrait, fashion, and advertising photographer. I became interested in photography at a very early age when my parents gave me my first camera, a Polaroid 1000. It’s the one where Instagram got its first logo.

Since that day, I’ve always been into photography, and my professional photographic life started about twenty years ago, so it has been a really long time!

Mostly I like working with people, and I don’t really care about what kind of photography I find myself shooting. What I really enjoy are impromptu portraits or really simple setups.

I can safely say that I’m one of those people who love their job and will probably never retire. Just like Elliott Erwitt said, “I’m a photographer with a considerable hobby, which is photography.”

A few years ago now, I was unfortunately robbed, and the thieves broke into my studio and stole well over thirty grand of gear that I had accumulated over the years.

I could not stop crying over this loss, and I decided to buy only enough gear for shoots that I was commissioned for. I’ve purchased about one-eighth of the gear that I had, and I’m sincerely happier with this less.

I hated having all that stuff, and it was probably getting in the way of making pictures.

Presently I’m continuing on this minimal approach to gear. Less is more, and you can check out my series of portraits that I did in under thirty minutes with one camera, one light, and one modifier https://www.pwlphoto.com/menos-de-30-minutos-con, great results!

My first professional camera was a Mamiya RZ67 ProIID, then I went to the Nikon full frame system (D2, D3, D4, D810), and then along came Fuji!

Fuji kindly loaned me a camera (Xpro2) for an assignment that I had traveling through South East Asia and Australia in 2017. It was a month-long trip, and I took the chance with this system that I had never used before, with a body and three lenses.

When I returned, it was like, “Ok, where do I sign.” I’ve been using Fuji cameras ever since.

Cameras

Fujifilm X-T3 – this is my main professional camera that is a very intuitive system with knobs :) I just love the old-school controls on my cameras.

Fujifilm X-Pro2 – this is probably my favorite camera and the one that’s actually with me all of the time. It was my first Fuji camera after being a long-time Nikon user. Absolutely love it!

Fujifilm X-S10 – this is my video camera. It has great AF, stabilization, a flip-out screen, a small form factor, and great colors like all Fuji cameras.

Lenses

These are my go-to lenses, and they are small and light, with super fast AF, and they have great color rendition.

Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR

Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR

Fujifilm XF 50mm f/2 R WR

Fuji 80mm macro lens 10-24mm f/4

I have always used Profoto for lighting, they are great lights, albeit a little expensive, but they have always proven their value over and over again. They just work and have a great user interface.

I use a Profoto Air Remote Trigger that is designed for Fujifilm and has some outstanding features. I also have all sorts of Profoto monolights and modifiers – D1 500ws, B1x, B10, and D2.

I only use a strap on my everyday camera, the X-Pro2, which is an Amunche, as I don’t like straps on my studio cameras. My gear is all carried in either a Lowepro or Thinktank bag.

My work with photos is all done out of my Macbook Pro , and I edit with Lightroom Classic and Photoshop CC. I tend to shoot while connected to my Macbook with Tether Tools cables, where no dongles or adaptors are required.

I always carry masking tape, lots of AAA and AA batteries, headache and stomach ache medicine (nothing worse than feeling terrible on a shoot), water, and a scrubs hat for my hair.

I’ve enjoyed my journey far more than I could ever have imagined as I have traveled all over the world working on this beautiful craft, and I’m super thankful for that.

I feel that all of what I used to know is changing very quickly and unexpectedly, so I’m kind of a little anxious about it all. I hope that I can have the ability and humility to accept these changes and go to great new places with this job that I truly and sincerely love.

Presently I have my YouTube channel, which has been a great outlet and a way to teach photography to anyone who’ll listen.

Hope you like the photos, and I’ll see you around!

Best to all of you.

www.pwlphoto.com | @pablowilsonphoto