A Sam in Motion

@asaminmotion

He/Him. Motorcycle mechanic who spends too much on film & fancy markers. More of my art available at: samwanous.com

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A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· 25d

Slide Film Sunday: A Datsun 260Z at Mickey & Mel's car show in Fulton, Md. I really liked the food we got at the deli who sponsored it because it came with lot of pickles! 📷 Olympus SuperZoom3500 🎞 Agfachrome 🧪 HC-110 (Dillution B 104°, 6.5min) & RA4 #believeinfilm #35mm #slidefilm

A Datsun 260/70/80 z in white with large fender flares at a car show

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· 25d

Waiting..... I've been Scanning my drawings from earlier this year and trying to do more "live action" drawing my surroundings. I drew this at Union Station last January, waiting for the MARC train up to visit my partner when it was too snowy & cold to drive my motorcycle #pencildrawing #wipart

A drawing of one waiting area at DC Union Station for the MARC Commuter/ intercity train. Drew it quickly in the 20ish min I was waiting for the train to start boarding

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· 26d

Meeting new friends We always love walking through Kinder Park. Even on a hot day the animals were friendly and curious. #believeinfilm #35mm

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· 27d

Spotted in the park 4th of July weekend. On a weekend with record heat and severe weather, this art in the park was a nice safe way to reflect on our country and I appreciate whomever put the effort into the flowers & art. 📷 Praktica LB2 🎞 Ilford FP4 🧪 HC-110 (Dillution E, 12min) #believeinfilm

In front of a park bench along a recreational trail sits a small flower arrangement with a card depicting the statue of liberty in front of an American flag. I took the filters off my camera for this shot

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· 29d

Work in Progress Wednesday: Though I enjoy drawing, I generally am scared of sharing them. This is from a refrence picture I took of a Nighthawk 650 I was working on. I took a sm artistic liberity having the engine in the picture spin backwards to make the internals more clear. #wipart #motosky

A cutaway drawing of an air-cooled Honda 4 cyl motorcycle engine. Work in Progress.....

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 14

Brighter version, 1st attempt at putting the image together

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 14

Trichrome Tuesday: Spent some time last week down by the water, listening to it crash over the dam and calm me down. Will also post a brighter version I put together, this one looks closer to real 📷 Praktica LB2 🎞 Ilford FP4 🧪 HC-110 Dillution E #trichrome #trichrometuesday #believeinfilm

A dam in Rock Creek, flanked by large trees with a road in the background. Trichrome marks are everywhere

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 13

I'm back on the Trichrome train. Wonder what this scene looks like in technicolor? Tomorrow you'll find out..... Rock Creek after the rainstorms we've had rolling through #believeinfilm #35mm #fp4

Water rushing over a dam along Rock Creek. Flanked by large trees

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 13

We made some goat friends walking through Kinder Park farm. 📷 Praktica LB2 red filter 🎞 Ilford FP4 🧪 HC-110 Dillution E 66°F 12min #believeinfilm #35mm #Ilford

Several goats in a small pasture. Two stand atop rocks, others lay in the grass

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 12

Slide Film Sunday: The architecture of this church has wonderful proportions. It looks like a jewelry box with a beautiful gold dome on top. One day I may try and get back to trichrome it. 📷 Praktica LB2 (circular polarizer) 🎞 Kodak Ektachrome 🧪 HC-110 & RA4 #slidefilm #believeinfilm #35mm

St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church. The structure has a gold dome atop its spire

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 9

Whimsical view from across the beach of the amusement park rides. Love 50D for this kind of shot, I'm a low speed devotee, what can I say? 📷 Praktica LB2 🎞 Kodak Vison3 50D 🧪 Cinestill ECN-2 #believeinfilm #35mm #oceancitymd

Looking at the amusement park attractions, like a ferris wheel and extreme bungee jumping, across a large beach in Ocean City

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 7

Little Red Corvette Ocean City, Md Car Spotting 📷 Praktica LB2 🎞 Kodak Vison3 50D 🧪 Cinestill ECN-2 #believeinfilm #35mm

A red Corvette Stingray? Drives down one of the main roads in Ocean City. This is one of my favorite iterations of the Corvette nameplate

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 5

Part II: This was earlier in the day before the bridge picture. We went Canoeing on the Shenandoah River, and did a bit of swimming. This was also the end of the tubing route 📷 Praktica LB2 🎞 Flic chrome 100 🧪 HC-110 (Dillution A 106°F, 6.5min) & RA4 #believeinfilm #slidefilm #harpersferrywv

Several Tubers enjoy floating down the river leisurely. The riverbanks are flanked by lush trees

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 5

Slide Film Sunday: A "salvage roll" I rolled one of the FlicFilm Chrome rolls into an empty canister, but didn't line it up well and only got 13 frames out of it. So I shot the rest in my camera till the Scotch Tape let go and I had to open the camera in a dark bag. 🤘 #slidefilm #believeinfilm

The Bridge into the Harper's Ferry area going over I believe the Potomac (or maybe the Shenandoah) river. Seen from the patio at Harper's Ferry Brewing. I get in my own head about doing manual exposure especially when using a Circular Polarizer. So proud of myself for getting it right this time. Since we had such a great day today

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 3

It's rare I get to capture a photo of a bike in motion. Like the way the sun bathed this one. Be careful out there today riding in the heat dome. I'm not in shape to do that anymore, but I see a few people out today. 📷 Praktica LB2 🎞 Kodak Vison3 50D 🧪 Cinestill ECN-2 #believeinfilm #35mm

A motorcyclist rides down one of the main roads in Ocean City during sunset

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 2

It was 110° in the city today on the asphalt. Wishing I was here instead, the cold water would feel amazing. This roll I actually got all the remjet off of. 📷 Praktica LB2 🎞 Kodak Vision3 50D 🧪 Cinestill ECN-2 kit #oceancitymd #believeinfilm #35mm

An entrance to the beach at ocean city, on 11th street. Growing up in Minnesota, the idea of the Atlantic Ocean just over there is wild. I had to jump in

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jul 2

Trying to embrace flaws instead of letting them become a vehicle (some pun intended) for self-doubt. It's been a while since I've done any color negatives, and movie film even longer. So a little remjet stuck around.... now it's "Vintage." 📷 Praktica LB2 🎞 Fuji F-64D 🧪 ECN-2 #believeinfilm #35mm

A yellow ZR2 Chevy Blazer seen through the rearview mirror of my partner's VW Wagon. On the way back from a car meet in Fulton, Md we saw one of the cars from the show on the road.

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 28

Slide Film Sunday: A photorealistic mural in Atlanta, Ga. What's more attention grabbing, the photo or the painting? 📷 Canon Rebel EosG 🎞 Fuji Provia 100F 🧪 HC-110 (Dillution A, 104° 6.5min) & RA4 #believeinfilm #35mm #slidefilm

A photo of a giant wall mural of downtown Atlanta with 50s cars and a Coca-Cola sign

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 23

Not as much photography getting done recently as work's taken up most of my energy. Another peak underneath the sidecover of a 2024 Royal Enfield Bullet 350. A retro design with modern components like a engine balancing shaft & ABS. This one was getting a "hot cam" #motosky #engine

The engine with its right sidecover off showing its clutch, oil pump and balancing shaft

The camshaft and rocker arms. The cam which was fitted has larger loves letting more air into the engine earlier. Theoretically giving more power

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 22

Walking & Drawing this weekend. Challenging myself to draw at least something, even if it's small, everyday so I can make progress on a zine I started a while ago. I find "live action" drawing like this very hard since I struggle with perspective #handdrawing #sketch

A drawing from the pages of my journal I took along with me on a walk yesterday through Rock Creek Park. The top drawing is a bicycle/pedestrian bridge over the creek and the lower drawing is a large bridge that carries Connecticut Ave over the eponymous creek

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 21

Slide Film Sunday: My friends went to an airahow somewhere in the Annapolis area. They captured this shot on Kodak Ektachrome. 📷 Canon Rebel EosG 🎞 Kodak Ektachrome 🧪 HC-110 (Dillution A, 106° 6.5min) & RA4 #slidefilm #believeinfilm #35mm

Four planes fly in formation above a body of water as onlookers view the air stunts

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 17

Walking past this City Hall I got @nogodsnomayors.com vibes. Maybe it's nothing..... 📷 Olympus SuperZoom3500 🎞 Agfa Percisa CT 🧪 HC-110 (Dillution A, 105°, 6.5min) & RA4 #believeinfilm #35mm #slidefilm

Ocean City, Md City Hall with some large potted plants outside

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 15

My @ is A Sam In Motion because I'm fascinated by things that move and momentum. Things that go and take us places have been my lifelong obsession and what I strive to create art about. And I've learned that once I'm in motion, I tend to stay in motion until acted upon by an outside force

A photo of me on one of my first long distance trips from DC to Boston in 2022. Shown here at a pit stop at a friend's house in New Haven, CT. Can't believe this was 4 years and 40,000 ish mi ago my bike was red back then and the bars weren't even rusty!

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 14

Missing the Ocean Already... Enjoying the simplicity & accuracy of a late model point and shoot. I do wish I had the skills to meter light manually this well. Oh well, I'll keep practicing #believeinfilm #35mm #slidefilm #oceancitymd

The Lizzard Tavern on the bay side of Ocean City Md

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 14

Nice, yeah it's always a game of whack-a-mole with electrical issues. Sounds like you're makin all the right moves tho, sending my support from across the Atlantic! As cool as electricity is conceptually, it's equally annoying to deal with in real life.

A drawing of a car alternator and its main components. With a cameo from Ready Killowatt

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 12

Heading into the Weekend! Another great shot by my friends on the trusty Canon Rebel EosG. Is it the Honda Rebel of cameras? Maybe. 🎞 Kodak Ektachrome 🧪 HC-110 (Dillution A, 106°F 6.5min) & RA4 #believeinfilm #slidefilm #35mm

A blue pickup, likely of 70s/80s vintage drives down a highway. A Rav4 can be seen in the distance, hopefully in a merge lane not the ditch.

Taken safely from the passenger side (of my best friend's ride)

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 7

Slide Film Sunday has an Aquatic Theme this week. Risked dropping my Olympus into the Occoquan river while tandem kayaking to get one of my favorite shots of the little historic riverside city. 📷 Olympus SuperZoom3500 🎞 Agfa Percisa CT 🧪 HC-110 & RA4 #believeinfilm #slidefilm #occoquanva #35mm

A row of colorful apartments along the banks of the Occoquan River in Northern Virginia. Seen from the water

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 5

You should totally get one! One of our customers has this one and I love how it looks. If I could buy one/ had the space I totally would. Sorry, had to be a bad influence

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 5

My friends took some amazing pictures with my Canon Rebel on their trip to Atlanta. I would have never thought to capture this shot, but I'm in love with it. Maybe one day I'll learn composition. 📷 Canon Rebel EosG 🎞 Fuji Provia 🧪 HC-110 (Dil. A, 104° 6:30) & RA4 #believeinfilm #slidefilm

An office building looms over a large highway somewhere in the Atlanta, Ga metro area. The shadows on the building and the road captivate me

A Sam in Motion@asaminmotion· Jun 4

City Sized Emergency Vehicles are so wonderful, and an important component of sensible urbanism. Love seeing Kei trucks in the wild! 📷 Olympus SuperZoom3500 🎞 Agfa Percisa CT 🧪 HC-110 & RA4 #believeinfilm #35mm #slidefilm #carsky