John Beran
@czechram.bsky.social
I generally don't shoot people. Nikon z6ii & D5300 digital, Pentax 67 analog, Wild Turkey 101 neat.
Not near the intrigue of"Hangar 18", however, the mystery of "Cabin 13" still remains. Of course, it doesn't help that my cheap-ass negative scanning system leaves the image a bit keystoned. #pentax67 #mediumformat #filmphotography #IlfordHP5
February 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Not near the intrigue of"Hangar 18", however, the mystery of "Cabin 13" still remains. Of course, it doesn't help that my cheap-ass negative scanning system leaves the image a bit keystoned. #pentax67 #mediumformat #filmphotography #IlfordHP5
Gotta find some small towns if you want to shoot clean alleyways. Although, I'll warn ya, the clean ones aren't as interesting. Nicest place to get mugged. Ever. #Pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
January 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Gotta find some small towns if you want to shoot clean alleyways. Although, I'll warn ya, the clean ones aren't as interesting. Nicest place to get mugged. Ever. #Pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
Canyonlands NP before the lightning started. The park this day reminded me so much of the musical/movie/hyperlapse Koyaanisqatsi. If you've never seen it or been to the park, they're both a trip. #nikon #photography #lifeoutofbalance
January 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Canyonlands NP before the lightning started. The park this day reminded me so much of the musical/movie/hyperlapse Koyaanisqatsi. If you've never seen it or been to the park, they're both a trip. #nikon #photography #lifeoutofbalance
The things we entertain ourselves with when we're bored. #flashinafreezer #nikon #photography #Pascal
January 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The things we entertain ourselves with when we're bored. #flashinafreezer #nikon #photography #Pascal
Looks normal when you walk by with its new lock, but what wonders could be hiding behind? A musty, empty warehouse? Antiques covered in sheets? Are those transom windows painted over? Or solid panels? And why the mis-matched brick on the lower right? #Pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford #mediumformat
January 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Looks normal when you walk by with its new lock, but what wonders could be hiding behind? A musty, empty warehouse? Antiques covered in sheets? Are those transom windows painted over? Or solid panels? And why the mis-matched brick on the lower right? #Pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford #mediumformat
My wife and daughter facepalmed in the car as I ran 50m to the edge of the canyon, rolled shutter on 2 cameras trying to catch crazy cloud-to-ground lightning, only to retreat 15 sec later after one hit way too close for comfort. Zero lightning captured. #thatwasdumb #CanyonlandsNP #photography
January 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My wife and daughter facepalmed in the car as I ran 50m to the edge of the canyon, rolled shutter on 2 cameras trying to catch crazy cloud-to-ground lightning, only to retreat 15 sec later after one hit way too close for comfort. Zero lightning captured. #thatwasdumb #CanyonlandsNP #photography
Frozen river at sunrise. A lament. If I wasn't the passenger, had my gear and had time to stop, I would have done things more deliberately. Anyway, here's a phone shot of a gorgeous missed opportunity. I have way too many of these. #digitalphotography #photography #missedopportunity
January 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Frozen river at sunrise. A lament. If I wasn't the passenger, had my gear and had time to stop, I would have done things more deliberately. Anyway, here's a phone shot of a gorgeous missed opportunity. I have way too many of these. #digitalphotography #photography #missedopportunity
Lower case π, standing on a hill. The wind is very still, for the lower case π! Sorry, those of you too young for Sesame Street, probably won't get that reference. Hell, I pull this out only cuz stuff like that is burned into my psyche. #lowercaseN #nikon #photography #digitalphotography
January 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Lower case π, standing on a hill. The wind is very still, for the lower case π! Sorry, those of you too young for Sesame Street, probably won't get that reference. Hell, I pull this out only cuz stuff like that is burned into my psyche. #lowercaseN #nikon #photography #digitalphotography
There's something about back & white film that does it for me. Is it the grain? The nostalgia? The simplicity? I can't put a finger on it. Regardless of how much I desaturate and edit a digital to look black & white, it will never have the same essence. #pentax67 #filmphotography #ilford
January 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
There's something about back & white film that does it for me. Is it the grain? The nostalgia? The simplicity? I can't put a finger on it. Regardless of how much I desaturate and edit a digital to look black & white, it will never have the same essence. #pentax67 #filmphotography #ilford
Naranja in Ames. With all the white currently on the ground here, it's nice to remember a few months back when things were a bit more colorful. #nikon #digitalphotography #autumn
January 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Naranja in Ames. With all the white currently on the ground here, it's nice to remember a few months back when things were a bit more colorful. #nikon #digitalphotography #autumn
Microphone check under ghostlight and partial stage light. Or is that a ghost? #pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
January 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Microphone check under ghostlight and partial stage light. Or is that a ghost? #pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
"Ladybug" beetles and the aphids they feed on. Kinda like me still hanging around the Christmas treats table. Somebody smack my hand away please? #nikon #photography #digitalphotography
January 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Ladybug" beetles and the aphids they feed on. Kinda like me still hanging around the Christmas treats table. Somebody smack my hand away please? #nikon #photography #digitalphotography
You only get 10 exposures per roll of 120 film on the Pentax 67. So if you're a cheapskate like me, you don't bracket. Luckily, in this case, I did. Well, maybe not bracketed, but I shot it twice. Good thing, too, as one of the negatives was damaged. #Just10shots #Pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
January 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
You only get 10 exposures per roll of 120 film on the Pentax 67. So if you're a cheapskate like me, you don't bracket. Luckily, in this case, I did. Well, maybe not bracketed, but I shot it twice. Good thing, too, as one of the negatives was damaged. #Just10shots #Pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
The details of life are often ignored. The last couple of years I've made an effort to slow down and take note of them more. #nikon #photography #details #digitalphotography
January 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The details of life are often ignored. The last couple of years I've made an effort to slow down and take note of them more. #nikon #photography #details #digitalphotography
Anyone else have that strange, illogical feeling that everyone born before color film, movies or television only saw the world in black and white? Like, this how my great-great grandfather saw his new homestead, right? #pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
December 31, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Anyone else have that strange, illogical feeling that everyone born before color film, movies or television only saw the world in black and white? Like, this how my great-great grandfather saw his new homestead, right? #pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -Wayne Gretzky. In photography, that means shooting with whatever ya got. Analog, digital, disposable, polaroid, mirrorless, SLR, DSLR, pinhole, or, in this case, a Moto Z cell phone. #justshootit #photography
December 30, 2024 at 11:08 PM
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." -Wayne Gretzky. In photography, that means shooting with whatever ya got. Analog, digital, disposable, polaroid, mirrorless, SLR, DSLR, pinhole, or, in this case, a Moto Z cell phone. #justshootit #photography
Incomplete theater set under ghostlight. My Pentax67 has the waist-level view finder, so many of my shots with it are from a lower perspective. #pentax67 #filmphotography #mediumformat #Ilford #ghostlight
December 29, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Incomplete theater set under ghostlight. My Pentax67 has the waist-level view finder, so many of my shots with it are from a lower perspective. #pentax67 #filmphotography #mediumformat #Ilford #ghostlight
Desaturated aspens near Lower Cataract Lake Colorado. Unfortunately, you usually have to step well off the trail to find a stand that isn't scarred and carved up with graffiti. #nikon #photography
December 29, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Desaturated aspens near Lower Cataract Lake Colorado. Unfortunately, you usually have to step well off the trail to find a stand that isn't scarred and carved up with graffiti. #nikon #photography
Different angles, different light, different focal lengths, different feels. Some work, some...not so much. How much would color film change things? I'm kinda groovin on the B&W film, so I might not find out soon. #pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
December 27, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Different angles, different light, different focal lengths, different feels. Some work, some...not so much. How much would color film change things? I'm kinda groovin on the B&W film, so I might not find out soon. #pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford
Film photography gives you happy little surprises all the time. You have to wait on processing, only to have a shot come back with unintended 'tilt-shift' focus! The table & chairs look like dollhouse furniture. I need to jot my settings down more. #pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford #ghostlight
December 23, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Film photography gives you happy little surprises all the time. You have to wait on processing, only to have a shot come back with unintended 'tilt-shift' focus! The table & chairs look like dollhouse furniture. I need to jot my settings down more. #pentax67 #filmphotography #Ilford #ghostlight
In our hearts we all want to be another Ansel Adams, but we don't always live near views like Yosemite. So we have to content ourselves with a different muse. #pentax67 #filmphotography #photography
December 22, 2024 at 10:01 PM
In our hearts we all want to be another Ansel Adams, but we don't always live near views like Yosemite. So we have to content ourselves with a different muse. #pentax67 #filmphotography #photography
I got the mirror back in place. I won't use it until I get it checked over professionally as every time the shutter fires, the mirror tries to pop out again. That's now two of Dad's old cameras on the wait list. #analog #notinthebudget #pentax #dadscamera
December 21, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I got the mirror back in place. I won't use it until I get it checked over professionally as every time the shutter fires, the mirror tries to pop out again. That's now two of Dad's old cameras on the wait list. #analog #notinthebudget #pentax #dadscamera
It's not Wild Turkey 101, but like they say, "Any port in a storm." Also, we had pie. #pentax67 #filmphotography #photography #whiskey #ilford
December 20, 2024 at 2:22 PM
It's not Wild Turkey 101, but like they say, "Any port in a storm." Also, we had pie. #pentax67 #filmphotography #photography #whiskey #ilford
Little James and James, Rialto Beach in Olympic NP. Can I go back please? #flatasapancake #photography #nikon #OlympicNP
December 19, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Little James and James, Rialto Beach in Olympic NP. Can I go back please? #flatasapancake #photography #nikon #OlympicNP
Well crap, I'm pretty sure that this mirror is misbehaving. I guess I'll have to put this H1a into timeout and not shoot tonight. Yeah, right. Like my old ass was going out in the cold. #filmphotography #pentax #stoopidcamera #excuses
December 19, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Well crap, I'm pretty sure that this mirror is misbehaving. I guess I'll have to put this H1a into timeout and not shoot tonight. Yeah, right. Like my old ass was going out in the cold. #filmphotography #pentax #stoopidcamera #excuses