RetroCamera » Linktip http://www.retrocamera.net Old retrocamera equipment in a digital photography world. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:00:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Drawings and paintings http://www.retrocamera.net/drawings-and-paintings.html http://www.retrocamera.net/drawings-and-paintings.html#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:59:20 +0000 Mattias http://www.retrocamera.net/?p=955 I’ve started a group at Ipernity for Drawings and paintings – welcome to join if you want. I know – a bit outside the scope of this site about photography and cameras, but this work is a big thing for my photography. From the beginning I am a painter and I get a lot of my ideas, composition, feeling, inspiration from the history of art and from my own work. I think it is a good thing – an image is an image and people have been creating them since long before the photography of today.

Here you see a slideshow of my album with drawings and paintings.

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A while back a got a mail from Brian where he told me about a new blog, a film photography blog. I think it looks god, but overwhelmed with work I have not had time to check it out thouroughly. A task for this weekend. Hope you’ll pay Feeling Negative? a visit too.

And more…
I have a new site in production myself, a place where you’ll be able to create a blog of your own :) But it’s not quite finished for viewing yet.

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If you have tips, please post a comment with the link :)

masters-of-photography

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wallpaper-fog-lake-tree-300x196

Don’t forget to check out the wallpapers here on Retrocamera, with cameras and lenses.

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The Takumar-group and the Yashica-group.

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  • How to de-yellow an old lens
    A youtube film where a guy clears the glass in a yellowed Super-Takumar lens.
  • Retrothing-blog on Voigtländers new medium format cam
    Retrothing is a great blog writing on different retrothings – games, cameras, vehicles, grammophones etc. Here they write about the Voigtkänder Bessa III.
  • Alessandros photoblog
    Lots of food photography, both in italian and english.
  • Free to use Camera Images
    A nice archive which it seems is free to use in webdesign.
  • Masters of photographgy on Youtube
    One of several of these on youtube, good for some quick inspiration I think.
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    • www.agfaforum.com
    • www.voigtlanderforum.com
    • www.mamiyaforum.com
    • www.m42forum.com
    • www.jenaforum.com

    Of course these were ideas just taken on the top of my head, I’m sure you can find even better ones … or why not compete with me and start yashinonforum.com ;) Competition can be healthy.

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    The start of this blog
    24th July – Installation and first post (modest) on Retrocamera.net as an international version of my swedish blog. At the end of the year – 21st December – I reached 4500 unique visitors on my article “5 reasons I love manual lenses”

    Retrocamera article

    Retrocamera article

    Winning a contest
    21st – 27th July I participated in a contest in Sweden which I won. One picture a day from nature, for seven days. Partly using manual gear. I was very proud of this, since the competition was some photographers I respect.

    Set with the 7 images I won with

    Set with the 7 images I won with

    Circle of lenses
    I started cheap last spring trying Pentacon 29mm/2.8 on and ended testing Yashica ML 50mm/1.4 on the same spot in the woods. I have reached a collection of lenses I like, except for long telephoto.

    With Pentacon 29mm in march 2008

    With Pentacon 29mm in march 2008

    With Yashica ML 50mm/1.4 december 2008

    With Yashica ML 50mm/1.4 december 2008

    1000 posts on YashicaForum.com
    During the year two brands in particular caught my attention, Asahi (Takumar) and Yashica. Asahi/Takumar/Pentax sites exists, but I wondered why there was no YashicaForum.com so I decided to start it. Before new year we reached over 1000 posts and 77 members.

    YashicaForum

    YashicaForum

    What does 2009 have in mind?
    Well, looks like I will participate in at least two exhibitions, of which one is my own. Me, me and myself ;)

    Have a good year 2009!

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