Frame 0101 / 06
See.
Before a single line of code, a long look. The frame is chosen, never just found.
OBSERVE · f/2.0 · ISO 200
← DesignTrier · 2026
Scroll studies · ten of them
The darkroom
for motion.
Ten experiments in scroll, each pulled through the same chemistry as the rest of the site. Keep scrolling to develop them.
Lab — The long exposure
The long exposure.
Pin the frame, then let one long scroll pull the whole roll past. See, frame, build, ship, repeat.
Frame 0202 / 06
Frame.
One lens, one crop, no zoom. Constraint is what makes the picture, and the product.
COMPOSE · 35MM · 3:2
Frame 0303 / 06
Build.
In the darkroom of the editor the latent image resolves, edge by edge, into something real.
DEVELOP · GRADE 3 · 90s
Frame 0404 / 06
Refine.
Hold back here, push there. The last ten percent is where the photograph actually lives.
DODGE · BURN · 1/3 STOP
Frame 0505 / 06
Ship.
Fixed, washed, pegged to the line. A finished print is one you can hand to another person.
FIX · WASH · DRY
Frame 0606 / 06
Repeat.
Then the next roll goes in and the counter clicks back to one. The work was never the point, the seeing is.
REWIND · RELOAD · +1
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PAN 000%
FRAME 01/06
Draggable · InertiaPlugin
The Lightbox.
Loupe down, prints loose. Throw them, they drift and settle.
Drag · throw the prints
Light table · 5000K
▸ 12
Night bus, upper deck
1/60 · f/2 · ISO 3200X100V
▸ 18
Shibuya, blue hour
1/125 · f/2 · ISO 800X100V
▸ 07
Porta Nigra, fog
1/250 · f/5.6 · ISO 400X100V
▸ 24
Fushimi, empty gate
1/180 · f/2.8 · ISO 640X100V
▸ 31
Métro, last train
1/60 · f/2 · ISO 1600X100V
▸ 05
Rooftop, 04:00
1/40 · f/2 · ISO 6400X100V
▸ 22
Moselle, low water
1/500 · f/8 · ISO 200X100V
Momentum is real here, edge resistance and all. Fling a print and it keeps going, then eases to a stop against the frame.
MorphSVGPlugin · F/1.4 → F/16
The Aperture.
Stop it down, watch the light close to a point.
f/2.8 · 12 BLADES
OPEN
LIGHT 72%
Lab · DrawSVG
First Light.
Before a single line of code, learning to see the way light falls.
Optical diagram · ray traceSheet 01 — f/2.8 · 35mm
Fujifilm X100V · 23mm ƒ2Draft — light before code
Photography taught me optics before any framework did. A lens is just a function, light in, an inverted world out, and focus is only ever a choice about where to place the plane.
MotionPathPlugin · Flight Log
In the Skies.
A single 35mm lens, and a route it keeps flying
ALT 38,000 FT
GS 470 KT · HDG 067°
LAT 35.68° N
LON 139.65° E
Scroll to fly ↓@joel.intheskies ↗
05 — Scroll studies · Master Timeline
The Develop.
One tray, one scrubbed timeline, seven stages of chemistry.
- ▣BLANK PAPERclean sheet
- ▣EXPOSEenlarger · 8s
- ▣DEVELOPER20.0°C · agitate
- ▣STOPacid bath
- ▣FIX5 min · clear
- ▣WASHrunning water
- ▣DONEhang to dry
Timer
06:30
Developer Temp
20.0°C
Agitation
STILL
Chemistry · Frame 05DONE
05 — Flip / Layout
Enlargement.
From the contact sheet to the print under the lamp.
Contact sheet · Roll 01 · 36 expFujifilm X100V · 23mm · click a frame to enlarge
Trierf/5.6
Moself/8
Tokyof/2
Kyotof/4
Luxembourgf/11
Moself/8
Trierf/5.6
Nachtzugf/2
Rooftopf/2.8
Motion / Momentum
Velocity.
How fast can you move and still keep the frame sharp?
Move fast.See clearly.
the frame still has to hold.
Scroll Vel0px/s•
Shear0°
Loop — always running
The reel.
The kit, the stack, the frames, forever passing the gate.
Repeat ∞ · velocity reactive · drag to scrub
FUJIFILM X100V23MM f/2.0TYPESCRIPTGSAPREACT 1935MMNEXT.JSLIGHTROOMLLMUNITYCLASSIC CHROMEPYTHONFUJIFILM X100V23MM f/2.0TYPESCRIPTGSAPREACT 1935MMNEXT.JSLIGHTROOMLLMUNITYCLASSIC CHROMEPYTHON
ISO 4001/125sf/2.0TRIER@JOEL.INTHESKIESFRAME 24TAILWINDJETBRAINS MONO日本語WEB & AI DEVDARKROOMCORMORANTISO 4001/125sf/2.0TRIER@JOEL.INTHESKIESFRAME 24TAILWINDJETBRAINS MONO日本語WEB & AI DEVDARKROOMCORMORANT
Lab — Physics2D · counters
By the Numbers.
A small kit. A long look.
Readout · counting up00 → live
1lens, that's it
The whole kit
35mm
One focal length
f/2.0wide open
Max aperture
3DE · EN · JP
Languages spoken
6+years
Behind the camera
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