Daniel Chanisheff's photostream  

It started out as curiosity, how did this old thing work? Why doesn't he use it anymore? Why am I so attracted to it?

I picked up my fathers Canon AE-1 with the 50mm f/1.4 sometime in 2006. It intrigued me that this camera was one of my fathers more treasured possessions, yet he never really cared that much for photography. I suppose it was because this was his first luxury purchase after leaving communist China.

So I developed a love of imagery. Photography seems to be the way of satisfying my urge to somehow create things that I see, or I feel, and let others see it the way I do. But it's more than that, it makes me happy.

Pursuing a career, a profession, a livelihood, while possibly necessary is rather boring. This takes my mind off things, lets me appreciate art (so I feel cultured I guess) and helps me have some sort of goal I keep working towards.

I must say it's an expensive hobby, but I yearn to travel and record the images and share them with people regardless. Let me live like a bum, but capture the moment.

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My gear
*Canon AE-1
/Canon FD 50mm f/1.4
/Canon FD 28mm f/2.8
/Jena Carl Zeiss FD 70-300 f/4.5-5.6

*Pentax 6x7
*Pentax 67 MLU
*Pentax 67ii + AE Prism
/SMC Pentax 67 45mm f/4
/SMC Pentax 67 55mm f/4
/SMC Pentax 67 75mm f/4.5
/SMC Pentax 67 105mm f/2.4 x2
/SMC Pentax 67 165mm f/2.8
/SMC Pentax 67 200mm f/4
/SMC Pentax 67 300mm f/4

*Leica M6 Classic 0.72x
*Zeiss Ikon ZM
/Cosina Voigtlander 35mm f/1.2 Nokton SE
/Cosina Voigtlander 35mm f/1.4 Nokton MC
/Cosina Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 Nokton

*Rollei 6008 Integral
/Rollei PQS 80mm f/2.8 Planar HFT

*Sony Alpha NEX-5
/Sony E 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
/Sony E 16mm f/2.8
/Metabones Leica M to Sony E converter

SOLD
*Canon EOS 40D
/Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
/Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
/Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM
/Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Ai-S with Nikon to EOS adapter (AF confirming)