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OCOLOY Week 13
Tuesday 14th of April 2015
As I mentioned previously , I’ve decided to try colour, as I felt that it’s a better fit for both the season and my mood lately. It’s harder than I thought it’d be. Shooting just in black and white for so long, I’ve become used to looking for shapes, patterns and tones, but now I have to do all of that plus ensure the colours are good too. I’m not sure I’ve been entirely successful so far, but it…
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Find the Colour
Wednesday 8th of April 2015
For my One Camera One Lens One Year project so far I’ve used a single Capture One preset, intended to emulate Tri-X film pushed 2 stops. I’ve been happy with the look, and have become used to pre-visualising scenes with it in mind, with some success I think. But spring is here now: in the past few days the weather has improved markedly, and along with it a kind of nostalgia mixed with a longing to…
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OCOLOY Week 12
Tuesday 7th of April 2015
This week was a nice change of pace as we went up to see Zoe’s parents for Easter. It’s been just about a year since we were last in the North West, and although I don’t really miss it, it was interesting to go back and see what, if anything, had changed (not much, it turns out). I also finally got my bike, which I’d left in the old house in Liverpool and had been meaning to get back ever since we…
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OCOLOY Week 11
Wednesday 1st of April 2015
I’m really starting to enjoy using this camera and lens combo now, and more importantly it feels just as comfortable and familiar as my X100 did after a year of use. I no longer feel constrained by the 50mm-e field of view; instead I’m simply accustomed to it and am able to recognise or dismiss potential scenes accordingly. The lens itself is not much of an issue either: for the type of shooting I…
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OCOLOY Week 10
Friday 27th of March 2015
A little late posting this week, as I’ve been very busy at work, on top of needing to get my car fixed. Anyway, week ten! One fifth of the way through, and I feel like I’m really starting to get comfortable with the 50mm-e focal length now. I’m finding it much easier to pre-visualise framing, so I’m able to move to a position, bring the camera up to my eye and have things more or less look how I e…
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Oulton Broad
Saturday 21st of March 2015
I recently went to nearby Oulton Broad , a large lake and marshland west of Lowestoft. Luckily the weather was shiny, and although a little chilly, by the time I’d done a fair amount of walking I was plenty warm. Hopefully when the weather warms up a bit more Zoe and I will go out here for a picnic, and have a walk around the local town. Oulton Broad looking east from Bridge Road The view east …
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OCOLOY Week 9
Wednesday 18th of March 2015
There are clearly not enough pictures of cats on the internet so this week I took some more. flag texture flag texture shed roof shed roof coin jar coin jar ornate shadow ornate shadow the junction The Junction playground wobbler playground wobbler dry flower buds dry flower buds
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OCOLOY Week 8
Tuesday 10th of March 2015
I confess I was quite slack this week, not taking any photos at all until the weekend, and even then only getting out for an hour or so on a dull, cloudy evening. Still, it was good to get out for a walk over to the beach again – with the bad weather it’s not really been worth it very often. I also had some more thoughts on the ‘dishonesty’ of adding grain to my photos even though practically spea…
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OCOLOY Week 7
Wednesday 4th of March 2015
After a bit of a slow start Wednesday to Friday, the weekend was really productive for me: each day I went on a nice long walk up Lowestoft’s main shopping precinct and high street, then back along the seafront. On Sunday the weather was cold and grey and windy whereas Saturday was bright and sunny (but still pretty cold and windy). Surprisingly though I feel like the pictures I took on the dull g…
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OCOLOY Week 6
Monday 23rd of February 2015
This weekend Zoe and I paid a visit to Beccles, an old town a short drive away. Unfortunately the weather was rather dull, and being Sunday all the shops were shut. On the other hand, this meant the place was very quiet and peaceful. I’ve also been very busy at work lately, too, which has meant I’ve not always had the energy for making a good effort to get out and take pictures. Still, the short t…
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OCOLOY Week 5
Tuesday 17th of February 2015
Bit of a lazy start to the week, but by Sunday I was much more active, and went on a nice walk. Sadly the weather was flat and grey, but I saw that as a challenge. Morrisons Morrisons shower scrub shower scrub litter bin and signal box 6P29 fragile bench fragile bench wood’s edge wood’s edge curvy hangout curvy hangout flags flags
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OCOLOY Week 4
Tuesday 10th of February 2015
For this week I’ve gone with the suggestion to stick with just one processing preset in Capture One – Robert Boyer’s Tri-X +2 , which is a grainy, contrasty and ‘vintage’ look that I really like. Admittedly, it’s a bit… dishonest, perhpas? I mean, the output from the X-E1 is nowhere near as coarse-grained – the picture below shows a 100% crop comparing the normal Tri-X preset (with grain amou…
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OCOLOY Week 3
Tuesday 3rd of February 2015
Gosh what an uninspiring week! Perhaps it’s just the initial excitement of starting a New Project wearing off, or perhaps lack of sleep, but this week I really struggled to find motiviation, and on a couple of days didn’t even bother to get out of the house for a walk. Sidenote: I’m still using Capture One 8 for my pictures, but I’m trying out Robert Boyer’s B&W film presets , specifically Tri-X …
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One Camera, One Lens, One Year: The Beginning
Tuesday 20th of January 2015
I’ve previously written about the use of my Fuji X-E1 and XF 35mm f/1.4 lens, and how it still doesn’t feel completely natural. This project is, in part, an attempt to overcome that. Mike Johnston of The Online Photographer wrote a post last year specifying the details of the project, and I’m going to stick to it with one exception: instead of printing the photos, I’m going to choose one photo…
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Winter Sun
Tuesday 16th of December 2014
In case it’s not obvious from previous posts, I really like the photographic opportunities winter provides. At a latitude of around 52°, by mid-December there’s a mere 7 hours and 45 minutes of daylight, and the sun barely reaches 14° above the horizon, so shadows are long throughout the day. tree shadows on a footpath Lowestoft south beach promenad 12:30, and the sun is at its highest point of th…
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