JJP Designs | Photo Ninja

Okay, so I was literally jonesing for some photography... in particular something with vintage glass - and off camera flash... I didn't care what or where - just vintage, flash, NOW! Hmmmm... a few days ago I had another itch... to do some Lego buildin' with my son... Yeeeep... neurons sparking... idea forming... yeeeeeeeeeep... KP... Vintage 50... Transmitter/Receiver... Flash... ... ... ... ... ... Dining Room! Mech Lego thingiemabobs! Honestly, the pink one makes me think of Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony if she were to go full out party Pony Apocalypse on someone. Decided to go for the action shots - and straight out of camera so I let the KP process them to JPG... Oh, by the way... the pink one is the one I built that night so technically I lost this battle... But it's all good 'cause Jr. and I went out for a boyz' Pizza, Ice Cream, and 'Ford vs. Ferrari' night yesterday so I'll concede him this battle (and the two Forza rounds he pummeled me ...

So I was putting my DSLR away and glanced over to my film shelves... There sat my gorgeous little 1980's Pentax-M 1:2 50mm... The KP is a crop sensor so effective is 75mm. I looked at it... I looked at my KP... I looked at it... I looked at... ... ... Okay, so we all know where this is going! I popped it on my KP and went straight down the stairs to my favorite test ground... Say it with me: kitchen table flowers. My beautiful wife discovered years ago that fresh flowers on the kitchen table are something that just gives me a little inside smile no matter what the day brought - and since my rose garden isn't 100% consistent she always tries to have fresh but flowers from the flower shop on the table for me. Sorry, folks, she's taken - lord knows why she puts up with me, but so far looks like she's stick'n around. Brand new body | 40 year old glass | A little sunny 16 math... Break out the sun glasses and black leather jacket 'cause this was Fonzarelli leve...

So I decided to take the KP wearing the smc Pentax-M 1:2 50mm (Nifty 50) out for the day when my wife and I had some free time - Jr. had a party to go to so Mom and Dad got a little grown-up time together so off we went to lunch and an hour or two of conversation and strolling... I did let the 'green button' do some of the maths for me when I needed them fast, but I also tried a little old-school 'sunny 16' on-the-fly when I found myself in a scenario where I could slowdown and think through a scene... I even went full 'ninja' - stealth mode by flipping the LCD up for waist viewing, rigged for silent running via electronic shutter only, and focus preset for anticipated range so as to not be 'fidgeting' with focus as I walked and squeezed off shots... I'm not super fast with adjusting settings with this manual lens on the KP just yet - but getting there... On my film cameras I move a little quicker because I mentally switch to 'film m...