As mentioned previously, I’ve been exploring the wonders of Shutter Priority mode and looking at Yusuf Sevincli’s work (which reminds me some of Daido Moriyama, for likely obvious reasons). The former is fun to play with—and I can foresee some possibilities for exploration—and the latter leads me to think about aesthetic, in particular the aesthetic particular to a certain …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
30@60 (a teaser set…)
As mentioned previously, I spent the week in Shutter Priority mode. I started out at 1/60th with the Sigma 30mm f/1.4, but the thumbwheel got spun accidentally, so the first one of these was shot at 1/100. When I uploaded these and started playing around, I had just been looking at Yusuf Sevincli’s Good Dog, …
the invitation
50@60
I’m coming up on 3 years with the D7000, and for the vast majority of that time—from about week 2, almost all the way through 2012’s 365 project and 2013’s 7/52, up through last week—I’ve shot in Aperture Priority mode, where I choose the Aperture, ISO, Exposure Compensation, focus on what I want, and leave …
the doors… after a week with stripper
I haven’t shared anything about this project yet, but it’s much bigger than I expected: Alhamdulillah Also, the video doesn’t quite capture all that I hoped, and I’m not as steady as I could be, but maybe it points toward the seemingly Sisyphean nature of this task…
Memorial Day Marathon Work Session
So this is how I spent my Memorial Day weekend… It was a bit soul-crushing, and I still haven’t quite recovered (as of May 31, day 4 of an extra-long weekend, thanks largely to the 32 hours I worked over Memorial Day long weekend). It’s an interesting idea to post something after I’ve mentioned it twice… …
Off my game a bit, part 2
I think I explained things well-enough on Monday, so I leave you with this:
