There are quite a few cameras in the Pentax Iqzoom line, but this one stood out for me when I found one. It has a fairly compact footprint and shows high quality in manufacture. It is aluminum cased and although a little thick, it will fit in larger shirt pocket. I ran a 1st roll through mine before finding a manual and specs for it, so I was quite pleased when I got what I considered exceptional results for a compact p&s with a zoom.
by Frank Lassak
A Narrative Photo Series on Coming of Age
Inspired by works of Aliki Smith
Produced on location at Chorin Monastery May 2015
Cast: Lena Naomi Krebs
"Bored and Confused"
Fuji GX 680 II, 250 mm, Provia 400 X
"Heureka!"
Fuji GA 645, Provia 400 X
"Tow, Tow, Tow Your Boat"
Fuji GA 645, Provia 400 X
"Enchant Me, Island"
Fuji GA 645, Portra 160, soft focus filter
"Disbelief"
Fuji GA 645, Portra 160, soft focus filter
"Serenity"
Fuji GA 645, Portra 160, soft focus filter
"Unrest"
Fuji GX 680 II, 250 mm, Portra 160
"Sacred Secret"
Fuji GX 680 II, 80 mm, Ektar 100
"Unease"
Fuji GA 645, Provia 400 X, soft focus filter
"Should I Pray Or Should I Go?"
Fuji GX 680 II, 250 mm, Provia 400 X
"Reach Out"
Fuji GA 645, Provia 400 X
"Confession to Self"
Fuji GX 680 II, 250 mm, EPP 100 expired, double exposure
"Can't Hide It"
Fuji GX 680 II, 100 mm, EPP 100 expired
"Self Sacrifice I"
Fuji GA 645, Provia 400 X
"Self Sacrifice II"
Fuji GA 645, Provia 400 X
"A Feeling of Leaving"
Fuji GX 680 II, 80 mm, EPP 100 expired
All pictures were scanned on Imacon 5 and digitally post-processed with Nik Silver Efex.
© Efacts Photography / Frank Lassak; www.efactsphoto.com
by Aliki Smith
This series was inspired by the work of Frank Lassak. In approaching this challenge, I have attempted to integrate a few significant things from Frank's work: conceptual, narrative and cinema. In viewing Frank's imagery to prepare, I was influenced by his conceptual makings, narrative approach and cinematic style. I was both excited and nervous about this challenge as I saw it as an opportunity to move outside my comfort zone and to continue pushing some boundaries in my own work. Initially, I felt dazed by the idea "but how will my work be good enough to reflect something of Frank's work?!", but I pushed past these thoughts and created. And in creating, a narrative emerged.
Dissolve to Awaken
“Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.”
Dissolve
Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros, Self developed in D76
Situate
Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros, Self developed in D76
Annihilate
Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros, Self developed in D76
Resolve
Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros, Self developed in D76
Awaken
Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, Rollei RPX 100, Self developed in D76
Thank you to Frank Lassak for engaging with me in this Film Shooters Challenge. And thank you to the Film Shooters Collective for enabling me to participate in the challenge. Grateful.
