Carpe PM

This blog’s traffic has increased a decent amount over the last year. Recently, the stats page has stated that the hits are mostly coming from the Google Images web site. I’m even the first image if you search for “at&t death star wallpaper” since I quick threw together a 1680×1050 image based on the silly wallpaper intended for the iphone. This is not important because I want to get hits with the stories I am working on. In the mean time, I have a job until Wednesday. Time seems to be moving more slowly before the end of this week. I will be off the map, out in the middle of nowhere, in just a few days. Just wait until you see what I bring back from the internet dead zone.

Below are some stills of video tests I shot in Arizona during Christmas. The next films I’m making will have the look of 35mm lenses. That’s because I’m going to be shooting through a 35mm lens set I bought. I have some 1970 era nikon lenses that I had to track down since the camera companies in my city carry pretty much only new stuff. These lenses are absolute gems. They’re still sharp and don’t breathe too much, if at all. The bokeh is not necessarily stellar, but I can live with that because story is more important and I can’t afford zeiss lenses with all I’m doing. Keep in mind the only overt bokeh in the tests is from shooting directly into the sun. I bet most lenses don’t look completely pretty when shooting into the sun. Also, the light streak shot on the highway is with the camera’s stock lens and was shot with the shutter wide open.

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