I still have 2 1975 vintage Olympus OM-1’s that still work, and found a guy that will refurbish the innards this year. All it has is a built in light meter. Much better than having to walk around with a light meter around my neck unlike my 1st 35mm SLR a Russian Zenit.
Back then with two sinks in my bathroom I’d develop and print my own B&W’s, color was way too fiddly with temperatures and only did a couple rolls. And that’s where dodge and burn came from, used in Photshop.
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Yeah, that stuffs too advanced for me… I’m all digital. I don’t even know what a light meter is…
That’s really cool though. Would be awesome to see some photos!
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Of them or from them?
By learning how to use all those features can make you a better technical digital photographer.
IMHO the top 2 things would be can you actually imagine and see a photo before you take it, and it’s all about the light.
Did you realize light/white actually has a temperature? Warm whites have more red, cool whites more blue. Natural/sunlight more neutral. You might see dudes on a movie set with a small handheld unit with a white circular ball, that’s to measure the temp of the light, so whites look white.
Y’ever seen a poor photo taken under fluorescent light, they look greenish.
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Some photos of the photos! Or scans. Whichever.
As far as having more control over the outcome, it sounds like it would be great, but I’m a simpleton when it comes to this stuff. I like the way the Konica Minolta takes the pictures for me, rather then me setting it up. I usually only take pictures under natural light, I actually like the fact sometimes I have no control over it. It gives me such drastically different results depending on what angle, and where I am.
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I loved developing film and printing photos. It’s been 40 years since I’ve done it, but I had a blast.
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You should do it! Grant’s pass is a beautiful area and if you wanna get frisky it’s close enough to Cali 
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Messing around with drawing again. I have some trouble shading with color. The only way to learn is to practice though. It’s not really finished yet… I also suck at drawing tires for some reason
When I draw these I don’t intentionally model them after any specific car… It’s from memory. When I see a car I like or something about a car I like I guess it just comes out on screen. I will draw some lines and kind of mold the shape out of hower my mind perceives those lines as looking “right.” I twist perspective a little bit though and I hope to get better at that at some point.
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I did a knife making course at Black Dragon Forge. It was my B-Day present form the fiancé. I think I am hooked. Can’t wait to get my own tools to start doing this at home.
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That’s awesome!!!
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That looks fantastic for your first go at it.
We had a knife making show here in N. America called Forged In Fire that I really enjoyed. 4 contestants would start with different materials each show and had to build a knife to specific parameters. Great show.
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I know the show well.
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That is super cool!
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Just alittle share from my last mountain trip.
One photo at the tail end of sunset and the other about one hour after with just a crack of light in the horizon.
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Looks beautiful, but very cold.
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Ever honing my kayak camp pack; what’s essential, what’s not, and what’s going to make the trip more memorable.
Today was an all around, excellent day for that run at getting it perfect!
… a pause for sustenance.
… and a pause for beauty!
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It wasn’t to bad…the temp showed 36 degrees at the end of the night and dressed for the weather but opted to not stay for sunrise sadly. When I got done with night photos I double check melting snow spots and the corresponding puddles were starting to refreeze.
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36 degrees I would be in my sleeping bag and never want to come back out.
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