Cooks In The Kitchen

52 Frames - Week 10 - Chaos

EC:  Composite

Vacationing in a very "chill" location this week making it difficult to find chaos.  I felt forced to create my own sense of chaos via photographic technique.  Then we went to Culinary Dropout in Scottsdale Quarter where I saw actual organized chaos (and had a great dinner).

Image is a composite of 3 photos.  How many people can you pick out?

Sony A7Cii @ f1.4 | 1/125 | 40mm | ISO 1600

Voigtlander 40mm F1.4 Nokton Classic  (adapted)

Photographed 3/5/26

Alternate shots are below.

Visual Chaos 1

Visual Chaos 2

Bokehlicious

52Frames - Week 52 - Redo

I chose to do completely different takes on a combination of Week 24 - Abstract and Week 32 - Night Photography.

After recently watching a Sean Tucker video, I became inspired by the bokeh in his night street photography.  In this image I leaned entirely into creating bokeh utilizing holiday decoration lighting across the street from my residence.  With the lens wide open and camera on manual focus, I experimented with out-of-focus settings to get these transparent and colorful forms.

Sony A7IV @ f1.8 | 1/400 | 35mm | ISO 800

Samyang AF 35mm F1.8

Photographed 12/26/24

Culvers

52Frames - Week 45 - Bokeh

EC: F1.4

Running out of time this week, I took my camera and 85mm f1.4 to dinner with the grandkids on Saturday night. Was fortunate to catch a shot of my grandson entertaining his baby sister...with some bokeh emanating from the street in the background.

For the challenge, I'd put it in the streak-saver category.

Sony A7 IV @ f1.4 1/125 85mm ISO 1600

Rokinon AF 85mm F1.4

Photographed 11/11/23

On The Way Out

52 Assignments BW42 - Big Bokeh (alternate)

Fading flowers as an alternate for the Landscape bokeh assignment.

Sony A7 IV @ f5.6 1/125 166mm ISO 160

Tamron E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071

Photographed 10/7/23

52 Assignments BW 42 - Big Bokeh

 A series of photographs for the 52 Assignments-Black & White Photography project (#42).

1.  Portrait

My buddy and I took simultaneous portraits of each other to satisfy the Portrait bokeh assignment.

Dueling Portraits

Sony A7 IV @ f4 1/640 55mm  ISO 100

Tamron E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071

Photographed 10/7/23

2.  Landscape

Bands of leaves & logs  for the Landscape bokeh assignment.


Leaves and Logs

Sony A7 IV @ f1.4 1/2000 85mm  ISO 100

Rokinon AF 85mm F1.4

Photographed 10/7/23

3.  Nighttime Street

Through the windshield on a rainy evening for the Nighttime Street bokeh assignment.

Night Scope

Sony A7 IV @ f3.5 1/125 48mm  ISO 400

Tamron E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071

Photographed 10/11/23

4.  Abstract

Through the windshield on a rainy evening for the Abstract bokeh assignment.

Rain and Lights

Sony A7 IV @ f4 1/125 65mm  ISO 3200

Tamron E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071

Photographed 10/11/23

Winter Berries

Visual Notes 12

[a page out of the @aarondigruccio playbook]

Lincolnshire, IL

Not my usual style for the Visual Notes series.  In this image, rather than emphasis on horizontal, vertical or diagonal pattern, I chose to emphasize the third dimension, depth.

Ricoh GRIIIx @ f2.8 1/1000 40mm equiv ISO 200

Photographed 1/16/22

Circles

Visual Notes 8

[a page out of the @aarondigruccio playbook]

Lincolnshire, IL

Ricoh GRIIIx @ f4 1/250 40mm equiv ISO 320

Photographed 12/19/21

Under the Microscope?

52Frames - Week 25 - Make a Background [alternate]

Actually a deeply cropped and heavily processed shot of flowers taken while trying out a new lens.

Taken 6/18/20