Over on G+, this week’s #macromonday theme-within-a-theme is Texture, and I think this is well on its way to becoming a frame/texture for a square-format iPhoneography app. Do you see it too? This is the top of one of the legs for the fancy desk I inherited from my stepdad. I think it looks really pretty. I …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
365.270 the mystery (part 1)
Interviews with neighbors and witnesses confirmed that he lived alone and had few visitors, but investigators were puzzled by certain details at the scene. D7000. Nikkor 50mm 1.8G. HDR composed of 6 bracketed images, using Photoshop Merge to HDR Pro. ISO100, 1/50th – 1/3200th (AP mode), f/1.8, -2EV. Note: I have an idea for a …
the Hot Air Photowalk
Plano, TX held a Hot Air Balloon festival today, and the Dallas Photo Walk MeetUp group was there in force, snapping away left and right, and shooting everything in sight! (In truth, and in the interest of full disclosure, I only saw one other MeetUper, and we ended up shooting together for awhile—me with my …
365.269 fascination
Before I get too far into this, let me just say that this is maybe the best picture I’ve made this year. And if it’s not, it’s definitely in the top 5 of all pictures I’ve ever made. I really like this shot (but I think it needs a better title…). Anyway. I went to …
365.268 time it was
time it was and what a time it was it was I just returned from a funeral for a friend I had purposely not seen in many years. At the funeral (as at the wake on Wednesday) there were very many other friends, whom I had also not seen in many years, mostly on purpose. …
365.267 ghostly multiselfy
Yesterday, on the way to the wake, I dropped into a JoAnn’s and picked up two yards of black stretch-velvet to serve as a cheap backdrop. FYI: it wasn’t particularly cheap at $14.99/yard, but it makes a better backdrop than the one yard of cheap woven cotton I had before: just look at how black …
365.266 a vista I haven’t seen in awhile
I’ve not set foot in a bar in many months. Don’t worry, I’m not drinking, and I’ll give the cigarettes away before I leave. But this seems like as good a place as any to wait for a wake to begin. An old friend passed away last Saturday. The world is much poorer for his …
