pentax love no. 1
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hello! i hope your long weekend was a good one. what did you do? i did a bit of traveling and got to hang out with good friends. and then last night, i floated above NY in an airplane as the may sun set, casting an orange glow on the buildings and hills below me. i was listening to the new grizzly bear album and it felt so still and quiet. what a nice end to the weekend.
during this short week, i am going to share some film photos from my first roll of 35mm film. i got my hands on a pentax k1000 and shot a roll of fujipro 400H in about 2 days, so that i could check to make sure it was in good working condition. i got the roll back on friday, and i can safely say that (a) it works, and (b) i am in love with it. that top shot is my favorite one of the roll, i think. film really captures something that you don’t see in digital images, and i’m so excited about it.
i hope your tuesday is nice. it is a gorgeous morning in brooklyn!
i agree. film is so different than digital. i really love it. these are wonderful photos. the top is my fave as well.
floating over the clouds in the quiet sounds so nice. it’s cold here this morning!
I really love the bottom one -but dark blue green tones are always my favorites. oh, and bokeh of course:)
woooooo woooo woooo!!! this made my day brian! it’s hard not to fall in love with those old pentax :) shoot more!
my favorite is the one with the roses in cellophane… .
your first roll!? it looks like you and that pentax were made for each other!
Film can be a pain, but the images are far superior to digital, I think, particularly for photos like the first one you posted. Love the bunches of flowers, too, and the wall covered with ivy…well, all of them. I think you must have a truly tranquil spirit, Brian. It shows in the things you see through your lens.
I agree with you about film. Completely. I wish I could take so many pictures in 35mm as I can with the digital… Sigh.
Anyway, I am getting to scan some of my film photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/sets/72157617779503892/
i love the third picture!
i love those herbs.
did you buy some of those beautiful roses?
oh brian. i knew you would be a good match. prepare yourself for a long long love affair.
I’m learning how to load the film on my new (to me) Pentax today. These images inspire me, so much.
totally lovely!
Was so great seeing you this weekend! Wish we had a beautiful morning here – instead it’s raining, making it that much harder to get back to work. Your photos are lovely, as always!
don’t you just love how every shot becomes just a little bit more intentional. also, just wondering, what you are using to scan? it’s serving you well.
wonderful pictures, my favourite is the top one as well. — love film, too, and often wish i could go to film entirely. still feels though as if the small digital camera is my little sketchbook i have to have with me at all times – it’s kind of like loving my black dress but still not giving up on jeans.
will be back to see more of your film experiments!
brian, you and film look like you’re going to be great friends. more pentax shots please!
…now I know my next project…getting out my old Pentax SP II and seeing how it still works…I got that camera in 1972! Great pictures…
these make me so happy. the pentax is a lifetime camera!
i think my fave is the second to last shot… wonderful composition.