So last night I was out shooting the Fort Worth skyline with the DFW Photography Club of Texas MeetUp Group, and I set the white balance to florescent to give the sky a nice blue color and generally brighten everything else up (a nice trick, as long as there’s not too much tungsten or acid-based …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
365.24 Bokeh Bulb
From the Bishop Arts PhotoWalk… Sigma 30mm 1.4, ISO100, 1/2000, f/1.4
Fort Worth Skyline MeetUp
The DFW Photography Club of Texas MeetUp Group met up last night to shoot the Fort Worth Skyline. I managed to make it out, despite my agoraphobia, and chitchatted with a few shooters while I was there. I experimented a bit with deliberately defocusing, white balance, and wide/narrow aperture vs. shutter speed comparisons. I wish …
365.23 Deliberately Defocused
Deliberately Defocused (and deliberately uploaded a day late because I got back from the meetup way after my bedtime…) During the ‘shoot Fort Worth’s skyline’ Meetup, I accidentally took an completely out-of-focus shot. I liked the results, so I deliberately defocused the 50mm, and shot away. Good times! 50mm 1.8G, ISO100, 1/5, f/3.5.
365.22 The Spy Who Loved Me
Nikkor 50mm 1.8G, ISO100, 0.6 seconds, f/11.
365.21 Ohne Titel
I was looking for some sort of nice surrealistic title, something from a de Chirico painting or something, or maybe a nice Fire Marshall Bill quote, but I couldn’t find anything that fit. Today’s 365 was brought to you by the 75-150mm E Series (not reversed, and not on 49mm of extensions), zoomed in to …
365.20 Ivan vs. the LensBaby
I was feeling a bit worn out, creatively speaking, and had no idea what I wanted to shoot for the 365, so I strapped on the LensBaby and forced myself to shoot around. And I ended up with this nice shot of Ivan, and it marks two firsts for the 365! 1) it’s the first …
