Nigel Cooke Photography

Cambridge – Black and White

monkeyleader — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:23:39 +0000

Got a chance to wander the streets last night … despite the dropping temperature a really enjoyable evening.

Cote Brasserie

Cambridge at Night

iPhone Street Photography

monkeyleader — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:45:29 +0000

I went out over the weekend with the new Holga – have to say loved shooting with it. Really can’t wait to see what it’s created. I guess they could all be total rubbish, a bit crazy, or I may even find something in there that works.

At the same time I was also shooting with the iPhone – yip left the 1D at home! All photos taken and edited on the iPhone. I’ll probably put a few posts together in the future discussing my favourite iPhone photo apps.

The Lady Loves Red

The King

Phone Home

A Few Cool Things (7th Jan 2012)

monkeyleader — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:19:29 +0000

My Russian bride Holga has turned up … time to hang her round my neck and push her buttons ….

Adventurers of a travelling photographer
Errol Morris Interview
Mastering Depth of Field (DoF)
I may live here one day
Are we under attack ?
Baby Chameleons are cute

Play nice kids ….

The Holga Arrives

monkeyleader — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:40:00 +0000

The Holga showed up today. Goodness me it just feels wonderful. Yes it’s plastic. Yes it’s light. However, loading the film (went for the B+W 400ISO) was such a magical feeling. Over the next week I’m going try and complete all 16 shots and then get ready for the Collaborative project.

Holga Goodness

After the Storm

monkeyleader — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:43:31 +0000

We had a pretty impressive storm pass through Cambridge today (and I like a fool decided to run during it)

As it passed it was amazing to watch the blue sky be unveiled like pulling back the duvet on the big old bed in the sky.

Pretty impressive – just wish now I’d have waited another hour before starting my run.

After the Storm

Another Hipstamatic Album

monkeyleader — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:25:09 +0000

You will have read in an earlier blog post my review of the Hipstamatic-D app on the iPhone. Well I’ve just finished another 24 shots, this time using the Dreamy film. I really love some of these – such a fabulous little app. If you own an iPhone, and are into photography, you really need to pick this up.

Power

2012 – Photography Projects A Go-Go

monkeyleader — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:11:21 +0000

Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about possible photography projects for the incoming year. I find that having a few projects in mind can help the creative juices, especially if, like me, your working life can limit the amount of quality time you get behind the lens.

Below are just a few Ive been considering, not sure how many of these will actually get of the ground in 2012 – we will see. (I’ll go into more detail on these in subsequent blog posts.

Documenting the River Cam; It’s Wildlife, People and Seasons
The Big [Photography] Issue
Free Saturday Portraits
The Holga Project
52 Weeks of Self Portraits
The Mini Adventures of ….
Project 365
The Lonely Tree
Through the Seasons
A Day in the Life
Through the Window
You Are What You Eat
Water Drops
Smoke Art
My Day in 90 Seconds
Long Exposure
Light Painting
Time-Lapse

Got any other ideas ? Put them in the comments section …

Portal 3 ?

monkeyleader — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:15:27 +0000

Life is indeed a game

Portal 3

Black and White

monkeyleader — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:32:32 +0000

A few shots in B+W which I’m quite pleased with over the Christmas period ..

In a Row

The Master and his Dog

Holga Collaboration Project

monkeyleader — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:18:21 +0000

I’m always interested in exploring new and interesting (and of course fun) ways to enjoy photography. As I mentioned a few posts ago I love pretty much everything about photography.

A big part of that love involves sharing photography with others. After watching one of my many photography related podcasts a while ago I thought I’d borrow their idea of a collaborative shooting experience using Holga Cameras.

Back in December I sent an email out to a bunch of people who I thought would be interested in taking part and I’m pleased to say got quite a good response.

So what is this Holga Collaboration Project?

Well the idea is that I’m going to pickup a Holga – 120CFN to be precise. This along with some film and instructions will be posted to one of the interested parties. They then have a week to shoot 3 exposures, before posting to the next person on the list. We will be using a format that allows 16 exposures, which means we should be able to get 6 (including myself taking the first exposure)

The last person on the list then posts it back to me for developing. Initially I’m probably going to get the film developed by someone else, but I’d really like to develop my own film as well later.

Hopefully we will be left with 16 shots, taken by 6 different people, from various parts of the country. I’ll get them scanned in and posted for review.

I’ll keep you updated with the results