ASAHI PENTAX K1000 TWO PLANTS

This is just a short post to let you know I am still around and working on the blog! Its been a few weeks since my last post and I just wanted to share an older photo I took back in college that never saw the light of day. I don’t know why I never developed it in the darkroom back then, but I have grown to love this image for its simplicity, repeating shapes, and contrast. I think it would be a nice photo to hang on a wall some day! This was taken with my Pentax K1000 using Kodak Professional 400Tmax black and white film, which I developed in the darkroom!

ASAHI PENTAX K1000 PAINTING WITH PINK AND PURPLE LIGHT

I know, I know, I have been posting a lot of these photos lately, but I promise this is the last set. I just like the idea of having all of the matching colors together in their own post! Anyway again these were taken with the SLR Asahi Pentax K1000 using 35mm slide film to get really amazing color. The top image with the pink and purple has to be my favorite photo from the whole roll. It has so much movement and such depth, and not to mention stunning colors!

ASAHI PENTAX K1000 PAINTING WITH YELLOW ORANGE AND RED

Here are some more examples of the painting with light project I did with my Asahi Pentax k1000 35mm film camera. If you want more details about how to make your own painting with light photos please see my previous post. I chose to post these together because they were my fiery red, orange, and yellow photos! Using slide film really is great if you want your images to have intense colors, although that being said, there is a smaller latitude for error in exposure times when using slide film. You might want to bracket your exposures, or play around with your shutter speeds, especially for this project!

ASAHI PENTAX K1000 PAINTING WITH BLUE AND GREEN LIGHT

Painting with light is a really fun project to do when you have a dark room and some lights handy! All you need to do is set your camera to a very slow shutter speed or even on the B setting. Focus your camera while the lights are still on. It is helpful to have your camera on a tripod and use a cable release if you are alone. Once you have your focus set, turn the lights out and release the shutter while you move your light source in front of the camera. If you have a friend to help you, they can move the lights in front of the camera while you take the photo without a tripod! I shot these photos with 35mm color slide film so I could get really nice colors!

For this project I used the Asahi Pentax K1000. This camera is completely manual allowing you to set your aperture and shutter speeds to fit your creative needs. It is an SLR, so what you see in the viewfinder window is what you get. The Pentax k1000 also has a light meter built in which is very helpful. This camera is the first film camera I ever owned and I got it back in high school for a photography class. It takes wonderful pictures and is very reliable. A great camera to start with if you have never shot film before! It shoots 35mm film and has a shutter speed range from 1-1000, also including a B (bulb) setting.

OKTOMAT CAMERA – SIMPLICITY WILL SET YOU FREE

As I said in the previous post, you never know what you are going to get with the Oktomat camera. Truth be told, I love minimalistic photos. They really have a calming effect on me and I love the mood they create. There is no real subject matter in these, so just enjoy them for what they are. Try not to think about what they could be. Just let them be. It’s so freeing.