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Sitemaps and Seo - First in Google?: #Art Investment?

2012-10-26T00:45:00.001-07:00

#Art Investment?

...the next must have object that will hopefully be an investment

The demand for good affordable art has been spearheaded by an interest from emerging economies. An increasing number of private individuals have been teaming up with 'ART" experts to get advise on the up and coming, emerging artists. Some financial advisers and institutions are encouraging clients to include art in their portfolios. Not only has this created a market for new artists but established, lesser known creators (that have been flying below the radar) are now beginning to ride on the crest of the wave. We read reviews, visit galleries, go shopping and are sometimes captured by cynical marketing. When friends, neighbors and family show off their latest lifestyle purchases, frantic impulse buying (online) begins - we want the lifestyle but we want it cheaper... Read more on Technorati

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The image above was taken with a Pentax K1000 35mm film camera, Artist oil paints, a photo by 35mm_photographs on Flickr. – September 2012.

I cant believe how much oil paints cost – I’m going to have to charge for my paintings by the square inch (or centimeter) from now on...Peter Bright

Sitemaps and Seo - First in Google?: Free #linking – how unreal are these colours?

2012-10-26T00:43:00.001-07:00

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The image above was taken with a Pentax K1000 35mm camera Towards Morte Point in North Devon, a photo by 35mm_photographs on Flickr.

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The Pentax K1000 is an almost all metal, mechanically (springs, gears, levers) controlled, manual-focus SLR with manual exposure control. It was completely operable without batteries. It only needed batteries (one A76 or S76, or LR44 or SR44) for the light metering information system. This consisted of a center-the-needle exposure control system using a galvanometer needle pointer moving between vertically arranged +/– over/underexposure markers at the right side of the viewfinder to indicate the readings of the built-in full-scene averaging, cadmium sulfide (CdS) light meter versus the actual camera settings. The meter did not have a true on/off switch and the lens cap needed to be kept on the lens to prevent draining the battery when the K1000 was not in use.

Pentax K1000. (2012, May 31). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:26, June 8, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pentax_K1000&oldid=495230110

View to Woolacombe Bay from Mortehoe

2012-09-25T03:34:00.001-07:00

View to Woolacombe Bay from Mortehoe
Originally uploaded by 35mm_photographs

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Creating a real vintage looking image is better than creating a fake. This image was taken with a Pentax K1000 35mm camera in July 2012.

This is not #ART

The rise of Instagram, a free photo sharing program that was launched in October 2010 is the best example of this ‘look back' at analogue photography from the 20th century. This service allows users to take a photo and apply a digital retro filter to it and then share it on most social networking services. The distinctive retro feature of this app is that it converts photos, which in contemporary formats are rectangle, to a square shape, like Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images of the 70s. The most common aspect ratios used in still camera photography, are 4:3, 3:2 (more recently in consumer cameras 16:9 is being used). Other used aspect ratios include 5:3, 5:4, and 1:1 which produces the square format. Most mobile devices have a 4:3 aspect ratio.

Grasses - Pentax Espio 120mi

2012-09-25T03:33:00.001-07:00

Grasses - Pentax Espio 120mi
Originally uploaded by 35mm_photographs

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The photograph above was taken on Morte Point using a Pentax Espio 120mi and Ilford HP5 Plus a 35mm black and white film. More on HP5 here?

The Pentax Espio 120mi is point-and-shoot, mid-range, 35mm film camera (also called a compact camera) and is a still camera designed for simplicity. The Espio is an autofocus unit, having automatic exposure settings options and a built in flash unit.

Design initiatives make this a small and flexible camera – notably the physical size and overall quality of finish make this camera a stylish baby. It houses a good quality zoom lens (38-120mm), with plenty of features that enable a variety of picture taking settings.

The focus and exposure system on this easy to use camera is an improvement on earlier Pentax compacts, giving sharp results and a decent contrast of tones. One of the most useful applications available on this model is ‘backlight compensation’ setting, which enables you to take a photograph using natural light in the background and flash in the foreground, giving an even tone across the image. Panorama mode is included in this little package which gives a different aspect ratio from most other cameras.

Still Life with knife and fork

2012-08-16T11:48:00.001-07:00

Still Life with knife and fork
Originally uploaded by 35mm_photographs

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This image was taken with another vintage Pentax camera that I purchased of ebay on the 15th July 2012. The Pentax Spotmatic takes M42 screw-thread lenses and was introduced by Asahi in 1964, it was the first SLR camera to sell well with a through-the-lens (TTL) exposure metering system. The light meter is activated by pushing a small switch (which is on the left side of the lens housing) upwards.

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Tias - Lanzarote

2012-08-13T11:36:00.001-07:00

Reflection - Tias in Lanzarote
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Tias, Lanzarote - August 2012

This image was taken using a Pentax P30, 35mm film camera, which uses manual focus lenses with the K-mount bayonet fitting. The lens used to take this photograph was a Rikenon 1:2 50mm, which was originally off a Richo KR-10 (super). At about 510 grams, the Pentax P30 (no. 3702885) is easy to carry and handle and has shutter speeds from 1/1000 of a second to 1 second. The automatic mode on this film camera chooses the best shutter speed and aperture setting to give the novice photographer a better chance of capturing a good image. It also has a semi-automatic mode as well, which chooses most of the settings but allows for more creativity. There is also a totally manual setting for the brave.

The film used was Fujicolor C200, a budget-priced film (expire date April 2014) processed by Jessops in Barnstaple. The negatives were scanned using an Ion Pics 2 SD.
Using old film stock in a Pentax P30

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Looking For God

2012-08-12T00:45:00.001-07:00

Looking For God
Originally uploaded by This Window

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Screen print on canvas. (Feb. 2012)

Rediscovering the printing process after nearly 40 years has been an interesting process ~ disappointingly modern inks are not as rich in color (earthy colours are very plastic like) and modern water-based inks don’t become part of the surface, they sit on it, which is incredibly frustrating ~ the reason I took up printing in the first place was because of the absorbed flatness of the pigments.

Printing is a process for reproducing text and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing.

The development of printing was preceded by the use of cylinder seals in Mesopotamia developed in 3500 B.C., and other related stamp seals. The earliest form of printing was woodblock printing, with existing examples from China dating to before 220 A.D. and Egypt to the fourth century. Later developments in printing include the movable type, first developed by Bi Sheng in China, and the printing press, a more efficient printing process for western languages with their more limited alphabets, developed by Johannes Gutenberg in the fifteenth century.

Printing. (2012, February 1). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12:58, February 5, 2012, from en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Printing&oldid=474...

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Ilfracombe Harbour

2012-08-12T00:42:00.001-07:00

Ilfracombe Harbour
Originally uploaded by 35mm_photographs

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Taken with a Pentax Spotmatic 500 - June 2012.

Lens flare and a slightly over cooked vintage feel. scrathes, dust, and fibre strands -35mm film is far more fun than digital.

Pentax Spotmatic – SP500

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Metal Garden Furniture

2012-08-12T00:40:00.001-07:00

Metal Garden Furniture
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The photograph above ‘Metal Garden Furniture’ was taken using a Pentax SP500 35mm camera using ‘old stock’ (March 2000) Agfacolor HDC 200. July 2012.

Pentax Spotmatic – SP500

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Metal Garden Furniture

2012-08-12T00:39:00.003-07:00

Metal Garden Furniture
Originally uploaded by 35mm_photographs

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Taken using a Pentax SP500 35mm camera using ‘old stock’ (March 2000) Agfacolor HDC 200. July 2012.

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Flowering Hedge

2012-08-12T00:39:00.001-07:00

Flowering Hedge
Originally uploaded by 35mm_photographs

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Taken using a Pentax SP500 35mm camera using ‘old stock’ (March 2000) Agfacolor HDC 200. July 2012.

I have just bought and received via eBay a Pentax SP500 camera. I put a new battery into it and the internal light meter worked straight away. Unlike the Pentax K1000 you need to switch the light meter on using … Continue reading →

Rabbit

2012-08-12T00:37:00.001-07:00

Rabbit
Originally uploaded by 35mm_photographs

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I found a great recipe for Rabbit Pie it sounds really mouth watering and I can’t wait to try it.

The image above was taken using a Pentax P30 35mm camera using ‘old stock’ (March 2000) Agfacolor HDC 200. July 2012. The image was processed in black and white.

I spent the majority of the day yesterday chasing rabbits. The inevitable thing happened – somebody left the cage door open. They had tremendous fun – I swear they were laughing at me. I was at the end of my … Continue reading →

The Pentax P30 is an SLR and uses manual focus lenses with the K-mount bayonet fitting. I shot a roll of film on an old Pentax P30. The results were not as satisfying as those taken with the Pentax SP500. … Continue reading

Still Life - an empty bottle tells a story

2012-08-12T00:35:00.001-07:00

Still Life - an empty bottle tells a story
Originally uploaded by 35mm_photographs

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This image was taken using a Pentax SLR film camera.

The Pentax P30 uses manual focus lenses with the K-mount bayonet fitting. At about 510 grams, the camera is lightweight, with shutter speeds from 1/1000 of a second to 1 second. The automatic mode on this film camera chooses the best shutter speed and aperture setting to give the novice photographer (me) the best possible chance of taking a good photo. It also has a semi-automatic mode as well, which chooses most of the settings but allows for more creativity. There is also a totally manual setting for the brave.

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Using old film stock in a Pentax P30

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Top UK blog in charts

2012-04-11T10:38:00.003-07:00

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2012-02-08T14:47:00.000-08:00

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Sitemaps and Seo - First in Google?: Networks

2012-01-28T04:24:00.000-08:00

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2012-01-28T04:23:00.000-08:00

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2012-01-17T09:55:00.000-08:00

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2012-01-10T01:28:00.000-08:00

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2012-01-02T01:34:00.000-08:00

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Sitemaps and Seo - First in Google?: Art by mail or mail art?

2012-01-02T01:32:00.000-08:00

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2012-01-02T01:30:00.000-08:00

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2012-01-01T12:52:00.000-08:00

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2011-12-31T11:58:00.004-08:00

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