AuthorKarthikeya Gautam

Photo Credit: Karthikeya Gautam Most of my photos are shot on the Pentax Spotmatic, which is a 35mm film camera with an M42 screw mount. I like to pair it with a 50mm f/1.4, which is the original lens manufactured for this piece, and one which, in my opinion, works like a charm on it. Before I get into my history with this camera, it would be a disservice not to provide a brief rundown of its own...

Two Amber-stones of sunset glow  Price any for them I’ll pay  For they shimmer as lit ebony so That merchants of seven lands are frayed.  I am enamoured, disturbed such  That I have told of them tales replete  How they are perfumed of misty lavender buds  And reflected in them is Creation complete.  They have burnt for centuries, it is said And will flame on...