INTRO
Hello Hive Habitants!
My name is Alex (Alexey). I am a Photographer and experienced Software Engineer from Saratov (Russia).
As a Hivean I'm here to share with you my creativity and knowledge. I hope that you will accept my artifacts with pleasure.
I joined the Hive a long time ago, when I was just a good Engineer and young photography hobbyist. Today I am an Advanced Software Engineer and Noob Commercial Photographer.
SOME FACTS ABOUT MYSELF
Age: 38
Living in: Saratov, Russia
Working as:
Chief Software Engineer (.Net / Azure Cloud; Embedded / Inertial Navigation)
Spare time:
- Comercial Photography
- Mobile App Startup
- Gamedev
Energy source:
- poetry
- computer graphics (Krita, Sketchup, Blender)
- music composition (Fruity Loops)
Family:
- wife
- two daughters
- 11 dogs (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Chihuahua)
My Instagram accounts:
Contribution. Photography.
I love to take pictures of Nature. I love shooting the Streets, People, and Animals (pets mostly). I love to see the beauty everywhere and take delicious photos from unusual perspectives. Night and Macro Photography is my passion.
I am using Nikon Z50 now. Previously I was using the Lumix GX-800 and Canon 7D. I prefer to use Cropped Mirrorless cam with Manual Focus Lenses. I have Canon 50mm f/1.8 and Canon 24-105mm f/4L AF lenses but don't use them often, because I don't feel the soul in these modern lenses.
I love to combine things from different times/worlds. The vintage lens on the modern cam body - that's what I like.
My current Favorite Lens is Schneider Super Cinelux 70mm f/2.0 (Focusing Mod). It is the precise Cine Projector Lens modified by adding the Iris diaphragm and focusing mechanism.
Take a look at my recent photos made with this lens. Hope you will enjoy it. Feel free to comment on anything. Critics are welcome as well. I will be glad if you help me to grow.
I love its bokeh features. Old optics has some unique flaws in optical corrections. If you know these flaws, you can use them to increase the art effect and main object/subject separation.
Somewhere bokeh is sharp. Somewhere it is very soft and blurry. How do you do this, Schneider?!
The colors of old ages! 👆 There is no color correction on this photo. Oldie but goldie!
Legendary Planar optic design! Sharp in focus and very soft out of focus. Yes! I am a bokeh guy... sorry 🤷
I often use deformed 🍋 shaped bokeh ellipses as pointers. These lemons guide you to the main subject of the photo.
And of course, I love unusual settings. Heavy industrial constructions, children's parks nearby, and complex lighting make the picture look weird. Settings like this bring many questions into the mind of those who look at this photo.
I have multiple vintage lenses. Below is the picture from a very interesting manual zoom lens: Tamron 80-210mm f/3.8
This lens is not so bright but renders lovely pictures in the evening.
So, I am looking forward to getting the big profit (experience and fun) contributing to HIVE as a creator and I hope you get pleasure from me as a new HIVEan.
Welcome to hive. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
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