60 at 60 click here for 50 at 50
When I was 50, I carried out a small project to explore my relationship with my home town, where I have lived longer than anywhere else in my adult life. I took 50 photos at 50m intervals, all at f5.0 with a 50mm lens at exactly 50cm away from the subject.
This made me look for more abstract photos of subjects that I will have passed hundreds of times, but never really 'seen'.
Well, I turn 60 this year (2025), so I thought I would replicate this - upping all the numbers. So this time, I took 60 photos at 60m intervals, with a 60mm lens (Sigma - bought for this sole purpose), exactly 60cm away from the subject. As there is no f6.0 setting, I chose to take them all at 1/60 second instead. And with an A6600 camera - which is two 60s in there somewhere!
I also made sure I walked a different route (in the main anyway) to avoid replication. As it was an extra 10 photos and an extra 1.1km it took me quite a bit longer than I thought it would, especially as I had to explain to quite a few people why I was walking round with a tape measure! I was late for tea....
70 photos at 70 will mean a 4.9km walk - hopefully I'll be fit enough to do so!
When I was 50, I carried out a small project to explore my relationship with my home town, where I have lived longer than anywhere else in my adult life. I took 50 photos at 50m intervals, all at f5.0 with a 50mm lens at exactly 50cm away from the subject.
This made me look for more abstract photos of subjects that I will have passed hundreds of times, but never really 'seen'.
Well, I turn 60 this year (2025), so I thought I would replicate this - upping all the numbers. So this time, I took 60 photos at 60m intervals, with a 60mm lens (Sigma - bought for this sole purpose), exactly 60cm away from the subject. As there is no f6.0 setting, I chose to take them all at 1/60 second instead. And with an A6600 camera - which is two 60s in there somewhere!
I also made sure I walked a different route (in the main anyway) to avoid replication. As it was an extra 10 photos and an extra 1.1km it took me quite a bit longer than I thought it would, especially as I had to explain to quite a few people why I was walking round with a tape measure! I was late for tea....
70 photos at 70 will mean a 4.9km walk - hopefully I'll be fit enough to do so!
A slideshow of all the originals - in a fairly random order.
