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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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OCOLOY Week 2
Tuesday 27th of January 2015
This week was a mix of clear skies and bright winter sun, and dull overcast days where it was a struggle to find anything interesting to shoot. I’m quite pleased with my efforts to consistently go for reasonably long walks (at least 30 minutes) every day, one of which was after sunset – I think in the future I’ll try to get more pictures at night, to explore the possibilities. abandoned delivery …
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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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