Its about time for a new avatar, methinks. The current one on almost all social media is from 2012, and I’ve lost a bit of weight and gained a few grey hairs in the interim. This one isn’t really in the running, as it’s just a mashup of the current one (from 2012) and a …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Hipstabstractions
Enjoy 20 pictures of the same (no)thing, shot with the iPhone 5 and Hipstamatic app, and using some of my favorite lens/film combos. If I was a better person, I’d post all the recipes, but…
7/52-50 Phoning it in, poorly
Well, I just didn’t even try this week. Too busy with other stuff. Makes me wonder if I should give up this photography hobby altogether. I’m ashamed to even be posting these, and I have no plans to post these pictures to G+ or anywhere else. If you clicked this far, apologies, but maybe this …
7/52-49 LensBaby Week!!!2!
Unlike the first LensBaby week for this 7/52, I started this one intending to use the LensBaby. And as you might notice, I got some somewhat better results (to my eye, anyway). I still wonder what I might be able to accomplish if I had the time and the leisure to really focus on photography: …
Ice Last Night
Actually continues today… While many others get a snow day, I get to work from home. What a good worker I am!
7/52-48 Thanksgiving!
Happy (belated) Thanksgiving! I am thankful for so much this year, I can barely begin to express it all. At the risk of incensing some readers, and with full knowledge that I’ll leave out innumerable blessings, here’s a short list: Allah azza wa jal, the clear guidance that He sent down to us through His …
7/52-47 housplants, weeds, bouquets
I had no idea what to shoot this week (as usual) and so decided that this would be a good opportunity to for a macro week. GoGo. But what lens to use? My first thought was to use the Vivitar 50mm f/1.8, but when I went to the the shelf with all the film cameras …
