I am back!

Yep back to work, back to not photoshopping all day, not photo taking, just back.  I am sure you all feel this sense of loss.  The vacation is over and we are all through the holiday period and what do you look forward to now?  Spring break on the beach?  No me.  I am actually fascinated with taking photos right now.  As much as I can't fit it in to my day I am constantly looking for opportunities.  Just ask Traci, driving home I spend most of the time looking at the sunlight and clouds trying to figure out if I have time to get home and get a few shots.  But most of the days not.  So I let it go and hope to find some time to work on my pictures.  At this point I feel like work has taken over my life and it is funny how you get home and there is not enough time to get things together that you want.  But I am going to make time.  This weekend is a photography opportunity and I plan to take it.

So moving on in the photo line, I am back to working on negatives.  The conversion is slow and the process is slow.  But I think that this will be one of those processes that I will keep working on when I can't get out and shoot photos.  I can definitely get some time taking pictures from negative to digital.  What I am really hoping for is the old negatives.  My dad told me he has some really old stuff that he is going to give me.  I am so excited about these.  It is all I can think of right now.  How to deal with them it is like how do you give your heritage a boost into the modern day.  Well I am going to try.  I am also hoping to try and do some colouring of the photos.  That is again a very long process.  I am no master painter but I will try.  In the long run it is one of those things I am extremely excited about trying this process on those old negatives.

That said I am hanging out on eBay looking at other old lenses.  I am not sure I will buy any but I am thinking an old lens for using on the macros.  i want a little longer focal length.  Something in the 200 range.  I found these old vivitar lenses that are a 70-210 mm with macro.  Search them up you can pic them up reasonable about 90 bucks off eBay with an f mount for the nikon.  I am looking at the 67mm front lens diameter (this gets confusing) if they are not 67 they are 62 but look for the f3.5 model.  so if you find a vivitar 1 70-210 macro on eBay with f3.5 and look for the front lens diameter of 67mm or check for kiron in the name as these I think are really great macro lenses or lens period.  But look at the price 90 bucks or so and bam you have an awesome lens that should keep you away from subject should be a critter that may fly away.  Anyhow, have a look and see.  I will keep you posted on the negative conversion stuff.  I am very excited about that.

cheers!