Posts on Aki blog

My very first useful Dart script

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This was an interesting Dart programming exercise for me. I recently tried it while writing an Android app and fell in love with it. I want to write more in this language — small scripts and full backend programs.

Distance between two coordinates in kilometers

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

PHP adaptation of the haversine formula for measuring distance between locations

GitLab activity data collection script

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Nothing special — just a small script for collecting GitLab activity history

Meet Beier Precisa IIa

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

New experiments with medium format

New gear: Fujinon XF 50mm F/2

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This is the lens I wanted way before I bought my Fujifilm camera

«October» (13 photos)

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Autumn is my favourite season. Whole this photo album is captured on Fujifilm X-T5

New gear: URTH lens adapter

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Finally, I can use my entire set of Canon FD lenses along with my Fujifilm X-T5

Forest after the rain (7 photo)

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Hanging around the forest lake, searching for mushrooms and interesting compositions

Teika evening walk (6 photo)

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

There is nothing better on your birthday than a good walk with cup of hot chocolate and a great camera along the night streets with beautiful lights, practicing in low light street photography

Fujifilm X-T5: First attempts (8 photo)

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

First experiments with the new camera in stunning resolution. Walking through the city, searching for a suitable composition

Fujifilm X-T5

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I bought a new camera for something interesting

Thoughts about B/W photo

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

After Kodak T100Max I understood, that I don’t want to take pictures in B/W anymore. This collection and next one (ILFORD) would be the last in my current experiments.

These photos looks flat, empty, unreal. I don’t like it, because I returned back to film not for photographing reality – I want tot capture my feelings of the moment. B/W film capture nothing but shape and shadows

«Kodak T100Max» (20 B/W photos)

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A bunch of photos captured on Kodak T100Max, using Canon A-1 and various FD lenses

New lenses for Canon FD bayonet

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

3 new lenses + 2X extender!

«Harman Phoenix 200» (12 photos)

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I bought this film for experiments, but I don’t like the result

Hanging around Rīga, with «Kodak Gold 200» (17 photos)

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A bunch of photos captured on Kodak Gold 200, using Canon A-1 with Canon FD 100mm F/2.8 S.S.C lens

«Kodak UltraMax 400» (21 photos)

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A bunch of photos captured on Kodak UltraMax 400, using Canon A-1 with Canon FD 100mm F/2.8 S.S.C lens

«Little sprout»

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The biggest of the little ones

Window again

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, I’m very inspired by this ugly dirty window

«Birds in the sky»

Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Little dots

«Seagull»

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Chilling birds

«In the middle of the lake»

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Chilling birds

The river double exposure

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Experiments with double exposure

Picturesque river bank

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Hanging around upon the look of interesting things to photo

«The church»

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Rīga Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Cross

«Bar terrace»

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Everything is out of focus, but I like this photo. I haven’t shot on film for over 16 years, so I don’t think experiments and searching the style should be condemned in this case. Ç’mon, I’m still getting used to the camera :)

«Red building»

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Experimenting with street photography

«Evening street»

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Experimenting with street photography

«The lamp»

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Experiments with color film

«Apple tree: the last harvest»

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

My new experiments with 35mm film camera

«After the rain»

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Cute tiny water drops on green leaves I found after the rain. This means I need to practice my macro photography a little

Prefixes for global functions? Why?

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A detailed answer to a popular question that I get asked every time my code is analyzed by co-workers

Gizmo ortholinear keyboard «GK6»

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Review of my very first ortholinear keyboard «Gizmo Engineering GK6 Imperial Panda», after almost 4 months of using

WTF with date format in Go?!

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The real date as a format? Really? My brain is boiling at how unintuitive and unobvious this is implemented

This magnificent photo I found on Tumblr

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I want to assure you that my blog won’t turn into reposts. I just want to share this photo, because for some reason it wasn’t linked to it’s author on Tumblr and I want to fix this injustice

Blog on Hugo

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Recently I migrated this blog from Sphinx to Hugo and I’m really enjoying to customize it

«Evening Rīga»

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Since the previous photo engaged many people in Bluesky Social network, I want to share another one. The perfect photo I ever captured (IMO)

About photography

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

My point of view in photography and why art made in different styles can’t be compared

«Foggy window»

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In brand new blog, I want to show you my hobby: photography. I like to walk around and look for interesting compositions

Morning walk in the forest

Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Walking is another hobby of mine. I really enjoy walking and looking for things and light for good photo