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Helvetica Blanc

I do some amateur photography as a hobby, and thought I'd share some photos from time to time. These were taken from two trips this month: Cape Disappointment and Olympic National Park.

I anticipate spending a LOT more time in the National Park.

A black and white photo of a cliffside near Cape Disappointment. Waves break on the rocks, and a lighthouse can be seen in the distance.
A black and white shot of the treeline overlooking the road in Olympic National Park.
A black and white closeup of a textured log on the beach near Cape Disappointment.
A black a white photo of the foggy mountainside in Olympic National Park.
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Helvetica Blanc

Some stats for actual photographers to cringe at:

I shoot manual on a Fujifilm X-T100 with a TTArtisan 40mm f/2.8 Macro Lens. I have no idea what I'm doing, and it's ABSOLUTELY the wrong lens for distance shots like this, but I really like the dreamy feel of it.

Rainbow Squid Bullets

@helveticablanc It's the right lens if it makes the pictures you want. :D I shoot with *really* weird lenses.

Rainbow Squid Bullets

@helveticablanc I got really obsessed with soviet lenses. I shoot on a Nikon Z6, and I have a buncha adapters. I've got a Jupiter 37A which is wild and makes very pretty pictures. I also was looking around for like the "best" 50mm vintage lens, and idk if it's best but like the Konika Hexanon 50mm makes spuper pretty stuff (and it's really really cheap) partially cuz I've never had a lens with such a small aperture, but also it looks really good wide open (DOF and boke are so pretty)

Rainbow Squid Bullets

@helveticablanc I have a wishlist a mile long on the soviet lens front, including some enlarger lenses which are supposedly really really nice

Rainbow Squid Bullets

@helveticablanc oh oh i also have one of those old Nikon reflex lenses (which is basically a mirror telescope) and the reviews are always like 'oh no never use these for photo' but idk I've gotten some great shots out of it even tho it has a fixed aperture.

Helvetica Blanc

@transmundane Fascinating! It's super interesting to me when folks use stuff outside of intended parameters. Esp when they get interesting results!

pinterest wife

@helveticablanc no wrong focal length for any genre of photography really! sometimes lesser used focal lengths for certain subjects make for really interesting framing! I really like these

daria björn

@helveticablanc I use 50mm for all photography, I even sold my zoom lens because it has been gathering dust for years. And I never do portraits at all, I generally don't take pictures of people. I just love 50mm. I believe that photography is created by a person, technology is just a tool. I remember reading an article about a homeless man who made himself a camera out of some trash.

daria björn

@helveticablanc And yes! Your pictures are pretty! Amazing use of black and white.

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