Death of the 365

Yesterday marked the 62nd day of my project 365, and I'm afraid to say I've fallen by the wayside. I contemplated making a photograph a day late and carrying on but it just didn't feel right- I can't live that lie!

So there it is. 61 days. Virtually 1/6th of the projected completed, but it is no more.

Honestly, it's been a bit of a struggle to keep it up, and inspiration has been severely lacking for quite a while, to the point where making photographs was becoming a bit of a pain. Although I'm sad that I didn't keep going for longer, I didn't want it to feel like a chore.

I plan to have another go at some point but want to make sure I'm in the right place first. I want to love making photographs.

Day 43 through 61 of 365 Catchup.

Day 61 of 365: White beer



Day 60 of 365: Lightning bolt



Day 59 of 365: The hat that keeps you going



Day 58 of 365: Chandelier



Day 57 of 365: The little details



Day 56 of 365: Manmade landscape



Day 55 of 365: No almonds here!



Day 54 of 365: Poor, ugly, grumpy



Day 53 of 365: Green bay



Day 52 of 365: Johnny 5 is alive!



Day 51 of 365: Red arrow



Day 50 of 365: Hopper



Day 49 of 365: Room with a view



Day 48 of 365: Crawl space



Day 47 of 365: View through



Day 46 of 365: Flow



Day 45 of 365: House on the hill



Day 44 of 365: No stopping



Day 43 of 365: Coffee and nut cake

Day 25 through 42 of 365 Catchup.

I was without internet for a while and have since had issues with my computer so I have decided to do a bulk catchup of my Project 365:

Day 42 of 365: Carapace





Day 41 of 365: Georgie





Day 40 of 365: Light Industry





Day 39 of 365: Wista VX





Day 38 of 365: Fading Apple





Day 37 of 365: Joseph Joseph





Day 36 of 365: Relax





Day 35 of 365: Genius





Day 34 of 365: Noah's Hot Air Balloon





Day 33 of 365: Land Ho!





Day 32 of 365: Eruption





Day 31 of 365: Tarbert





Day 30 of 365: Refraction





Day 29 of 365: Connect Four





Day 28 of 365: Chimes





Day 27 of 365: Splashback





Day 26 of 365: Church Yard





Day 25 of 365: Tools of the trade

Day 24 of 365: Frequencies

This evening I visited the site of a radio transmitter approximately 25 miles from home. On arrival, the sheep dispersed and I had to sit through a ten minute shower before getting to work.

This was shot on a Canon EOS 5D with a Sigma 12-24mm lens and was cropped to a ratio of 5:4 in post process. I also amended the colour temperature to get rid of some of the nasty orange cast on the grass from the nearby streetlamp, while trying to retain a nice colour through the sky.

Day 23 of 365: Serriform

Today I played around with some knives and a flashgun. I ended up using a breadknife because of the serration of the blade.

Day 22 of 365: Angel of Darkness

A little urban exploration after dark this evening brought me to this site.

I'm interested in exploring the limits of the stills camera, in particular the limits of exposure, and spaces like this are perfect for making interesting, aesthetically pleasing photographs. I'm considering making a series of similar images exploring spaces where light and dark collide.

The execution is fairly simple- just take a light reading of the area you want to expose for (in this instance the area of brickwork directly below the light source), set your camera to Manual and dial in your settings. Compose and shoot. You might want to bracket one stop either side too.

Day 21 of 365: You scratch my back...

This is the back of my iPhone. It's got a million tiny scratches all over it, but I love the way it looks.

Shot "dirty-macro" using extension tubes (48mm extension total).

Day 20 of 365: No Place Like Home

I made a visit to an abandoned house today and did an exterior study. It's a nice location and the building itself looks in pretty good condition which got me thinking about why it might have been left in the first place. Scattered around the grounds are some possessions which start to tell a story. The interior was virtually impossible to access so I concentrated on exploring the exterior.



As an aside, I've started to really like the look of the portrait format when shooting buildings/urbans. It's a different direction, but I really like the aesthetic of it, and it gets me thinking about different angles.

Day 19 of 365: Rays

Day 19 is a continuation of what the image Ocular started. I feel that there's something interesting to be explored here and am working on building a series.

Day 18 of 365: Boneless Chicken Dinner

Day 18 and I had a few ideas- I played around with a couple of things, but didn't get them quite right, but they'll come for another day. Ended up with this shot of an egg on a dinner plate.

Ideally I'd want to get the check of the tablecloth more uniform.

Day 17 of 365: Below

Today again I struggled for time. I had a few things to do as well as the return 250 mile journey from yesterday. Got home, grabbed camera and tripod and headed out to this car park.

Day 16 of 365: Barbs

Day 16 was certainly a bit of a rush. I had a lot of things to do and had a 250 mile drive to contend with too. I ended up taking this snatched image of some barbed wire.

Day 15 of 365: Ocular

To the casual observer, day 15 might look like a rush job, but this image really excites me. There is a concept and a pattern of thought behind this that has been missing from my photography for a while, and this feels like a breakthrough for me.

Day 14 of 365: Tea's Made

I love a nice brew. I like my tea strong, with a splash of milk and a little sugar.

I've heard stories about people who dry out their tea bags and use them again but I'm a firm believer that you should use all of the flavour in the first brew.

This photograph is inspired by stories of those people who choose to desecrate the beauty of this wonderful leaf.

Strobist:
1 x 580 EX II @ 1/64 power fired at white background angled slightly to give a graduation to the background.
1 x 580 EX II @ 1/128 power, snooted toward tea bag for detail.

Post production:
Slight adjustment to WB, brightness and contrast. Addition of text (although I think it might be better without).

Day 13 of 365: Hockey Night

Saturday 28th August saw the first ice hockey pre-season game for the Cardiff Devils, so today's shot was inspired by them.

This is the tag on my hockey jersey "dirty macro'd" using a Canon 24-105mm IS L with 24mm extension tube.

I think the weave of the fabric and the embroidery looks like pixels when you get in this close to it.

Dat 12 of 365: Used Auto Parts

Visited some old derelict buildings that used to house an auto parts business this evening. There's a lot of buildings there stretching over quite an area, all pretty overgrown. I didn't explore too much because of the fading light but I do plan on going back in the daylight to see what delights are lurking.