This is mainly a photo blog of my black and white and colour film photography, and now it also features my digital photography. Click the photos to see the bigger version.
About Me
- FlannelVolkswagen
- Washington, United States
- I shoot with Pentax film (and digital) SLRs.
Monday, December 20, 2010
My *new* Pentax Spotmatic F
It needs some work. I plan to clean it up and recover it blue or red. It came with a 85-205mm Vivitar lens. Bought it to get into M42 lenses with a camera from the era. Will probably buy the M42 adapter for my K-mounts anyways.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Shots from a Jaunt in Seattle
I took this on a trip the photo club of my school had to Seattle. I mostly did it to get out of a day of school. I believe it was in February or March of 2010...
Friday, November 19, 2010
Shaped Bokeh DIY Project
I was introduced to the idea of shaped apertures while researching Lensbabies. I then found this link almost six months ago. Tonight I finally made some shaped aperture cover things. The shapes of the little covers turns anything bright and out-of-focus in your image into the shape cut out. Most people do hearts.
The size of the shape/hole you cut out is dependant on the lens you use. The way to determine the size is to take your focal length and divide it by your maximum aperture. In my case I have a 50mm lens with an max. aperture of 1.7, so the hole can be no bigger than 24.4mm.
You will need black cardstock (I only had colored...), scissors, a lens, a compass, a ruler, and a pencil. |
My first shape is a square, inspired by a 80s Volkswagen Jetta ad. The front of your shaped aperture cover has to be big enough to fit over your lens. |
This is the square one completed and "mounted." The ugly black was my attempt to prevent light coming in the sides and ghosting. My later covers have "hoods" to cover the gap. |
This is my triangle cover. As you can see the "hood" looks a lot better. This size of the "hood" is the perfect length as too long and you loose the shaped bokeh effect. |
This is my asterisk cover, inspired by the meter-lock indicator of the camera it is on. The "hood" on this one is a tad too deep. |
Here they are all together. |
Thursday, November 18, 2010
The Coast in Color
I believe these photos are on Rite-Aid 400 film, or the lab made my Kodak super contrasty. Taken on the Oregon coast at a turnout.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Time for Some Color
I am not a fan of having to get color processed. It costs a lot more to me than developing black and white as I use my school's darkroom for b&w. I also only have used consumer color film, Kodak Ultramax 400 and Rite-Aid 400. Kodak Ektar 100 is on my wishlist of film to try/use.
I missed the focus a bit and this is a third-party zoom so it is soft anyways... |
I love the bokeh on this lens. SMC-K 55mm f1.8 |
Vacation Snaps
I am slowly developing and printing all my black and white. These are all scans of prints as I am too poor for a real film scanner.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
New Camera! Pentax ZX-5n
I got a sweet deal on this camera, it was only $40. It is an auto-focus film SLR. Because I cannot afford a digital SLR...
Night Shots
To The Lighthouse
Excuse me for being really lame lately and not updating this, although no one really looks at this... Here is a shot from my summer vacation to the Oregon\California Coast.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Award-winning Photo
Somehow this got "select" at the Washington State High School photo contest thing. The contrast is good, but the composition is not that great...
1992 Volkswagen GTI 16v
Camera Teardown.
A beat-up SuperProgram is donating its good parts to my camera. Sort of stuck on removing the top plate and ISO knob...
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Hella Fresh
I'm Max and this is my first time blogging. I am a teen in a suburb 15 minutes north of Seattle. I shoot black and white film photography on vintage Pentax cameras. I buy vinyl records. I have a 1992 Volkswagen GTI with a red and black flannel plaid headliner, shift boot, and emergency brake boot. I am making this more of a photo blog than anything else...
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