Groucho

52Frames - Week 35 - Edited By Someone Else

EC: Self-Portrait

Shot some wacky selfies with a fisheye lens.  Sid Friedman (@photofinishsid) did a wacky edit with AnalogFX.

Sony A7 IV @ f5.6 1/1000 16mm (equiv) ISO 100

Nikkor Fisheye 10.5mm F2.8 G ED (adapted)

Photographed 08/29/23

Sprint

52Frames - Week 35 - Edited By Someone Else

Old Orchard

Skokie, IL

I captured and selected this photo for editing because I liked the horizontal motion of the reflection against the vertical mullions.  In keeping with the challenge, I never touched the Develop module.

My editor did an outstanding job of emphasizing the vision. Many thanks to Phil Olson (@Phil_O on Vero)!

Sony A7C @ f4 1/125 85mm ISO 100

Rokinon AF 85mm F1.4

Photographed 8/30/22

Gear Test

52Frames - Week 16 - Edited By Someone Else

Extra Credit: Shoot in RAW

Went to a physical store to check out a full frame camera and some lenses I've been considering.  I love the form factor of my Sony a6600 and wanted to hold and shoot with the a7C which is slightly thicker. Also checked out some full frame Tamron lenses on both the a6600 and a7C.

While I could not save any of the shots from the a7C (no SD card), I was able to save those made with the a6600.  I sent 4 of them off to a 52Frames & C.London 52 Weeks photographer friend, Phil Olson, for selection and editing.

Phil describes his editing as follows: "On the camera shot, I did a 16 x 9 crop and really just brightened up the background to make the camera pop.  Gave it a touch of color grading and tone curve."  Since, Phil shoots Sony also and has the Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens I'm considering, I picked this image as the most appropriate for this week's challenge.  Great job...thanks Phil!

Sony A6600 @ f2.8 1/125 171mm (256.5mm equiv) ISO 1600

Tamron E 70-180mm f2.8 A056 

Photographed 4/14/21

Esquire Motel

52Frames - Week 28 - Edited By Someone Else

With the freedom to shoot any subject this week, and have someone else edit, I wanted to shoot my favorite genre, Street Photography.  However, with Covid, I also had to avoid mingling amongst strangers.

Out on a drive, camera at the ready, I saw this old, non-descript motel; one of those likely frequented by truckers back in the day when Milwaukee Avenue was a major truck route before the advent of interstates and superhighways.  Today, who knows...hourly rates maybe?

I shot about a dozen frames (none of them stellar), selected 3 of them and sent off to a super-creative photographer in my 52Frames Mini-Group, Anna Hylton.  Anna described her creative process as follows:
"I loved the old timey hotel marquee - I can just picture it lit up with neon - very Route 66! so I decided to focus on it with a severe crop.  Similarly, I chose the b&w because the inherent colors do nothing for the scene (that's the rule I use: do the colors add anything? if not, ditch 'em!).  I added a 50px white border to bring some support to the whole thing AND to give it an old-timey, polaroidy feel..."

IMHO, Anna did an amazing job!  I am very grateful for her excellent work and the lessons I learned from her process.

Taken 7/8/20