Pictures from another $5 camera

Well, yesterday's experiment went so well, I decided to try it again with another $5 camera I bought off of eBay during our trip to the zoo this morning.  This time it was a Kodak Pony 135 Model B.  It was more crude than the Yashika for sure, but it took nice pictures just the same.  Again, I had about 4 or 5 blurry images, but most were passable and these were pretty darn good. 

This is how parker enjoys his snacks at the zoo

'nuff said.

Pictures from a $5 camera

I finally got around to testing the camera a bought on eBay a few years ago for $5.  It is an old Yashica Lynx 14.  It is a rangefinder type camera and has very limited features.  You have to guess at your distance to the subject to set the focal length because the viewfinder is offset and doesn't go through the lens.  Needless to say, there were several blurry images, but I thought these three turned out really well. Actually, I only scrapped four images from the 20 or so that I took.  I like the bokeh this camera has and I think the vibrant color gamut in most of the images is appealing.  Not bad for a vintage camera.

Angry at the fireworks

This is probably my favorite picture that I took in the last several months of Parker.  I mean, I have taken a lot of cute ones, but this one shows his true personality.  He is a little character.  In this picture, Parker is getting mad at the sparkler because he doesn't want it to burn him and some of the little sparks would pop off and hit his arm.  He was letting the sparkler know that he didn't like that one bit.

4th of July parade at school

Parkers school had a 4th of July parade today and I went to see what it was all about. They made decorations and walked around the school grounds. The. They were treated to snow cones. Parker got a cherry one. He had a lot of fun!

Parker loves fireworks!

I have to constantly remind him that fireworks are dangerous and that they can burn little boys, but he really loves them and he mostly listens to me. We have had a good time lighting sparklers and smoke bombs in the backyard this week. Tomorrow should be fun!