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Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by maroonblazer »

throw0101b wrote: post #37
Brajeshwar wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have seen several others, such as the girl whose father took her photos growing up from age 0 to 20. Another has a video every day on her birthdays, or was it her first day of school? I wanted to do something but realized I could not do that for various reasons (travel, work, etc). However, I take enough photos regularly, and I think by the time my kids grow up, there will be good enough or even way better technolo…

Every birtday 0 to 22: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ng9ykEtwS0 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Lotte * http://www.franshofmeester.nl

Wow, I'd never seen that before. Really well done. As a father of a 17 year old this hits home in a powerful way. It lends credence to the notion that the idea of a 'self' is an illusion.

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by neom »

coolandsmartrr wrote: post #10

Interesting that he chose to photograph in (1) vertical on (2) a wide lens. (1) Sceneries in general tend to feel horizontal. But I suppose you can still find vertical perspectives with street photography given that buildings are rather vertical as well. (2) Wide angle means more coverage, showing more people in the shot, which tends to make composition difficult. Typically a good photo focuses on a subject. However,…

Says on his website he shot everything with a Leica Q2, if he shot with the Original Q before the Q2 came out in '19, then he shot the whole project 28mm f1.7 as that's the lens glued to the Q series.

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by exegete »

From the about page on his site [1], this seems like it was intended to be a 365-day project that kept going! Pretty cool!

The intro page [2] as some more info:

>There is nothing didactic in the photographs; they have a relaxed tone, are often sympathetic, often celebratory, often funny, never malicious. They are as careful as they are spontaneous, as observant as they are generous – there is no general theme, no general point being made except that their very specificity and variety points to the universal business of being alive. All together, they show us that however beautiful Cambridge is, however ancient its gatehouses, however medieval its lanes, or still and green its courts, it is also a place where students and strangers, tourists and locals, vault and dance and play.

1. https://www.acambridgediary.co.uk/about-a-cambridge-diary-2/ 2. https://www.acambridgediary.co.uk/about-a-cambridge-diary/

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by definitelyhuman »

hasoleju wrote: post #24

The consistency and quality of this project is impressive. This shows how much can be achieved if one just puts a little effort into a project every day. At first I thought it was a project like this taking a photo of the same scene every day and making the changes of it over the years visible. But the variety of scenes is impressive and I can almost feel the pressure he must have felt every day to deliver his photo…

Incredible quality! I also expected a time lapse, but the variety and consistency while maintaining beautiful composition & colour is truly impressive.

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by stevenwoo »

gorgoiler wrote: post #17
stevenwoo wrote: post #14

Does anyone know what the two women in the last photo are eating? It looks sort of like a hot dog bun but slightly longer and wider.

They are sold in England with the French name baton : https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/256122878 It’s possible this is derived from an actual French name for this kind of short baguette, but it might also just be that someone thought it sounded French-ish, and that French people use no such word. They are usually made to order from tubs of mayonnaise based fillings and pre-chopped salad. Here’s a closeu…

Very helpful photo there. The ladies appear to have nearly empty baguettes from the angle of the photo. This reminds me of the French derived Banh Mi that is available in areas of California and Texas that I have lived due to the expat Vietnamese populations.

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by stevenwoo »

jemmyw wrote: post #15
stevenwoo wrote: post #14

Does anyone know what the two women in the last photo are eating? It looks sort of like a hot dog bun but slightly longer and wider.

Looks like hot dogs given the sauce selection. I didn't know there was a set length for hot dog buns.

There are two lengths I'm familiar with though I'm not an expert, the short for regular hot dogs one commonly sees on supermarket shelves in the USA and the long for foot long hot dogs and those breads in the photograph appear longer than the long or maybe just much wider than the long ones I've seen. Also, having a hot dog at a sit down restaurant would be slightly unusual for two adults in my experience, it's more a street/fair food or sports audience vendor food for people on the go that is easily eaten without a plate and utensils for the most part.

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by marbs »

bb123 wrote: post #30
marbs wrote: post #26

In 2019, after six years living in Cambridge, I moved to Seattle. A few weeks before the move I stumbled across these pictures as postcards in a local shop. They perfectly captured life in Cambridge, everything from punts on the Cam watching fireworks to jogging past cows on the green. I bought a dozen, and kept them on my desk in Seattle for a while as a reminder. Thanks for the memories!

How have you found the the transition from Cambridge to Seattle? I’m considering a similar move.

There's a lot I could say, but for now I need to keep it brief. The practical side of the transition (visa, bank account, social security number, renting, etc.) was a lot of work, but it was worth it. The area around Seattle is vastly different to Cambridge (for starters, it's not flat), and there's so many outdoor activities to do, such as hiking and skiing. It's not as wet as people make it out to be, but you'll want to layer up, and it is wetter than Cambridge. It's generally quite cyclable within the city, and there are good cycle trails further afield. The bike lanes are improving, but it helps to have an ebike for the hills. There's more board game shops, and surprisingly it's easier to get a good cup of tea. I'm actually back in Cambridge now, but feel free to reach out if you have any more questions.

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by pixelfarmer »

BOOSTERHIDROGEN wrote: post #22

Really like the color, would like to copy the preset. Any suggestions?

Both the framing and the colors were the first two things that immediately struck me. The colors reminded me a bit of Leica glass that I use on my A7s, and on his site he mentions Leica Q2, so bingo.

Leica glass is generally on the "cold" side; e.g. I use also Zeiss lenses and they show much warmer tones and also have a different tonal reproduction (i.e. darker / brighter parts) where the Leica stuff seems to be less "dramatic". Maybe that helps already as a general idea what to try out.

Re: Photographer captured one image of Cambridge every day for 13 years

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Post by xwolfi »

gorgoiler wrote: post #17
stevenwoo wrote: post #14

Does anyone know what the two women in the last photo are eating? It looks sort of like a hot dog bun but slightly longer and wider.

They are sold in England with the French name baton : https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/256122878 It’s possible this is derived from an actual French name for this kind of short baguette, but it might also just be that someone thought it sounded French-ish, and that French people use no such word. They are usually made to order from tubs of mayonnaise based fillings and pre-chopped salad. Here’s a closeu…

A baton is a "stick" in French. We do not use it for food, and the british are often using random French words to sound fancy.
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