Thanks Lenny, Harman Phoenix is a bit of a marmite film. Some shots suit it, many don't!

Cheers, Kris.

Pentax K1000, Harman Phoenix 200 film, cropped square.



New York discount par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

If I'm in New York, I usually make one trip to the fountain to take a photo. Not quite as many as Gandhi in Tavistock Square though!

Pentax MX, Rollei Infrared film metered at ISO6, SMC Pentax "K" 135mm f/3.5 lens, IR72 filter.



Bethesda in the snow par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

For me, I enjoy the process of making photographs as much as the final result. That is why you'll find me out with a pinhole camera one week and my K-3iii the next. That doesn't mean that I don't aim to take a few nice ones when I can and then, obviously, I like to share them. So...

--- I used to post to Flickr but then they upgraded the site and made it extremely ugly so I moved to Ipernity.

--- Ipernity was great at first as it had lots of Flickr escapees. Now, however, it's user base is relatively small. I stick with it, however, as it is owned by its members not a corp. It is a convenient place to put images for posting on sites such as this one and the US fora.

--- Here: when I first joined 17 years ago it was quite active with lots of members. Now, it is quite quiet. It also has the problem that I cannot share images taken with my pinhole camera, or my medium format folders, or my 5x4 etc. I do post more regularly to the US fora where I can share non-Pentax images.

--- krislockyearphotography.foliopic.com was a website subscription that I initially won. I created a nice site with some of my favourite images as well as a series of pages about cameras in my collection. Then foliopic was closed down so that was a waste of effort.

--- instagram was fun at first. Nearly all photos and had some fun hashtags to follow like #skullsaturday. Then more and longer videos were allowed. It made it more tiktok-esque and had more ads. The timeline became random. "Likes" (just useful to see how many people have seen them) of my images fell from 30-40 to two or three. Now Zuckerberg has announced that unmoderated political comment will be allowed. I'll probably close my account.

As a result I feel like I have put a lot of effort into dead ends. I have no illusions that I'm a great photographer, but it is nice to share.

I'm interested in what you think.

Best wishes, Kris.

Thanks Lenny. K.

Yes, it is more whacky than I bargained for, and a terribly low exposure latitude. Sunny street scenes were definitely not it's forte.

The Mall in the snow. Central Park, NYC. Pentax MX. SMC "K" 135mm f/3.5 lens, Rollei Infrared film rated at ISO 6.



The Mall in the snow par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

Central Park mouse.

Detail from the Alice in Wonderland statue. K1000, Phoenix 200, "K" 135mm f/3.5 lens.



Central Park mouse par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

New York Tower.

Pentax K1000, Harman Pheonix 200, SMC Pentax "K" 135mm f/3.5, polariser.



New York tower par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

Hi folks. Just had a batch of film back from the lab. Unfortunately I cannot share the medium format ones here as they were shot on my 1950s Super Ikonta IV (see my Ipernity pages for those) but I thought I would post some of the 35mm images here. I'll do one or two at a time as I get around to editing them.

Pentax MX, Agfa APX 100.


Crewe station par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity