Porchfest

This was my first year attending Skinker DeBalivier’s Porchfest, which this year offered fifty bands across an afternoon and a few dozen porches. Some were teenage bands maybe performing in public for the first time while others had been playing for decades. It was a 70 degree Sunday and just right in sun or shade.

105mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax 6×7 MLU, Portra 400)

I’m still very much a novice at learning this camera and the k1000. When a shot works it makes me want to go back out and keep pressing it. I’ve incorporated a light meter into my regular gear after reading that the Pentax light meters tend to overrepresent available light and the addition has made a significant strides towards properly exposed frames. Also I love this film stock with the Pentax. Just by way of comparison, you can compare this image to the cover image for the post from the blog—that was shot on digital Canon equipment just a couple years old (along with most of the rest below, except where noted).

85mm | f/11 | 1/160 | ISO 640

85mm | f/11 | 1/160 | ISO 640

50mm | f/11 | 1/160 | ISO 640

50mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax K1000, Fuji 400)

50mm | f/13 | 1/160 | ISO 1600

50mm | f/13 | 1/160 | ISO 1250

50mm | f/13 | 1/250 | ISO 2500

50mm | f/??? | 1/??? | ISO 400 (Pentax K1000, Fuji 400)