With a 365 the photographer publicly takes the responsibility of taking and publishing one shot each of the 365 days which make a year. It’s a tough project, which forces consistency and dedication.
I wanted my 365 to be like a diary of my life and my ideas, so I needed a camera to always bring along, wherever I had to go, whatever I had to do. It wasn’t easy since quality and compactness are not exactly synonymous in digital photography.
Finally, for my thirty-third birthday I bought myself a Sony NEX-7, a great little professional system. With it I started my own 365 project (actually a 365+1 project, since 2012 is a leap year), which will end when I turn 34. I made the rule that every picture in the project must be taken with the NEX-7. Each photo gets published along with a short story on the project blog.
46/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Voigtlander color-skopar 35mm f2.5Camera: NEX-7, ISO800, f2.5, 1/40, raw I’m thirty-three, and when I walk out of the shower, with my white bathrobe on, and look at the steamed mirror, I can see the messianic version of myself. The beard is the icing on the cake. […]
45/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Voigtlander color-skopar 35mm f2.5Camera: NEX-7, ISO1600, f2.5, 1/10, raw Since the beginning of the project my sight has changed. I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s like it was before set on Standard Definition while now feels more on High Definition. I see more […]
44/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Voigtlander color-skopar 35mm f2.5Camera: NEX-7, ISO500, f4, 1/60, raw Last weekend DST (Daylight Saving Time) came in. It didn’t make much of a difference on Sunday, but today it gave me a luminous evening when I left work. Sunset was just at its very beginning, and […]
43/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Voigtlander color-skopar 35mm f2.5Camera: NEX-7, ISO400, f2.5, 1/60, raw This was a productive day, at least photographically speaking. I have at least four good shots I wouldn’t mind using for the project. But I have to choose one. And this is the one I chose. But, […]
42/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Voigtlander color-skopar 35mm f2.5Camera: NEX-7, ISO400, f11, 1/10, raw Here’s the thing. I am working non stop on setting things up, setting my life up, up to something. I am putting many pieces together, and many others I am taking apart. I am trying to follow […]
41/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Voigtlander color-skopar 35mm f2.5Camera: NEX-7, ISO100, f2.5, 1/8, raw Today was one of those days in which I find myself at 11.30 pm without a valid shot. So I left home for the night walk with my dog Lucy. What is nice about dog walking at […]
40/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Voigtlander color-skopar 35mm f2.5Camera: NEX-7, ISO1600, f3.5, 1/25, raw Elevators are good. Lighting condition in elevators is always interesting, and it usually falls-out pretty quickly and dramatically if you step out a bit. So, if you are at someone’s place and you can’t find any interesting […]
39/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Minolta 10mm f2.8 macroCamera: NEX-7, ISO100, f22, 1/160, raw Today I bumped into a couple of boxes which I brought to this house when we first moved in, I think it was 2004. I moved in from my parents’ house, hence from my former youth, and […]
38/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Carl Zeiss 24.70mm f2.8Camera: NEX-7, ISO400, f3.5, 1/160, raw In the last days I’m getting really nervous. The fear to be flushing my few (i’m good, but who isn’t) and last (I’m 33 years OLD) chances to be a successful photographer is getting stronger and stronger. […]
37/365(+1), a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Lens: Voigtlander color-skopar 35mm f2.5Camera: NEX-7, ISO1600, f3.5, 1/250, raw Today is Father’s Day. At least, it is in Italy. I typed it in Wikipedia and I found out that Father’s Day happens in a different day depending on the country. And, in some cases, on the […]