Hunting for beauty and balance, camera in hand
Recently in my Lens Love series, I wrote about the Jupiter-37A 135/3.5 and why it's been one of my favourite vintage lenses. There, I featured a few colour images made with the Jupiter and my Pentax K-30. With this camera, I have settled on two outputs, and saved them in the two custom user modes… Continue reading Vintage Black And Whites With The Jupiter-37A
I needed a new direction with my Pentax K-30, the camera I love to overanalyse. So I decided to do what I often do when things get over complicated. Go back to basics. And with a DSLR, what could me more basic than using it like a point and shoot? Albeit a point and shoot… Continue reading When Your Camera Knows Best
One of my ongoing quests under the 35hunter umbrella is finding a camera set up that's near invisible. Not literally invisible, but something so simple and instinctive that I can use it without thinking on a conscious level about what I need to adjust shot by shot. Put another way, I want to find cameras… Continue reading 100 Cameras In One Hand
Ah, time for a good old "what are you your favourite cameras" post... I've been photographing with intention since around 2005, first with camera phones, then with a Nikon Coolpix, through hundreds of film cameras, after first stumbling through the entry gate with a humble Holga 120N, and through perhaps as many digital cameras since.… Continue reading My Favourite Cameras – May 2020
If we're going to have multiple cameras, there's little point in having half a dozen that feel and perform essentially the same. Using my Pentax K30 DSLR the last few weeks has reminded of this once more. Here's the story of how. Back in July I used my new (to me) Pentax K30 for the whole month,… Continue reading How To Find Your Camera’s Unique Place And Purpose
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