October 12, 2025

Calgary Farmyard

Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Fuji GS645S Professional, half-frame, Kodak Portra 160 VC, medium (120)

These are from a family outing to the Calgary Farmyard. It was a day of mixed blessings. These photos (shot with my Fuji GS645S) turned out nicely, but I discovered that my newly acquired Olympus XA2 was broken.

October 7, 2025

From the Past #11: Seabird Island 1992

35mm, BC, Canada, From the Past, Fuji Super HG 400, Point & Shoot

In July 1992, my friends and I headed back to Seabird Island for another music festival and camping. What had been called the Stein Valley ‘Voices for the Wilderness’ Festival in 1991, was renamed the ‘Earth Voice Festival’. The festival line-up featured many of the biggest bands in Canada at the time: Barenaked Ladies, Blue […]

October 3, 2025

Exiting the Forbidden City

35mm, black & white, China, Lomography Potsdam Kino 100, Olympus Trip 35

I shot these photos while exiting the Forbidden City. On my way out, I discovered a building where visitors could pick up their cigarette lighters which had been confiscated before entering the Forbidden City. Presumably, it isn’t enough to just say “no smoking”. Protecting this UNESCO World Heritage Site from mischief and rule breakers is […]

September 30, 2025

At the Beach

Agfa Ultra 50, C-41, medium (120), New Zealand, square, Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar 518/16

Last December, we spent a family day at Pōrangahau Beach, NZ. I took this photo while everyone else was splashing in the waves.

September 25, 2025

Shelby

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Fujica ST801, Kodak FarbWelt 200

I photographed these Shelby cars – a 1970 Ford Shelby GT350 and an AC Shelby Cobra 427 – at the Traffic Jam Car Show last summer.

September 20, 2025

Marine Parade

35mm, C-41, Lomography Color 100, New Zealand, Olympus XA2

I shot these photos while wandering along Marine Parade in Napier, New Zealand.

September 6, 2025

Pigs & Frogs

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Olympus XA2, Shanghai Light 400

I photographed these pigs and frogs (games called hog hoofers and froggers respectively) at the Calgary Farmyard.

August 31, 2025

Self-Portrait Challenge #7: What You Wore Today

Kodak Ektar 100, Mamiya C220, medium (120), Self-Portrait Challenge, square

The theme for this self-portrait is what you wore today. This is the least creative of the photos I took during my Self-Portrait Challenge, but it wasn’t the worst. In fact, I rather like these photos. Looking back, I managed to get the focus and lighting right, but I should have covered up the white […]

August 24, 2025

Horses #2

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Canada, Kodak Gold Ultra 400, Olympus XA2

I photographed these horses on expired Kodak Gold Ultra 400, which is just an earlier version of UltraMax 400. Kodak’s 8th generation 400 ISO film in the “Gold” line was marketed as Kodak Max Versatility 400 in North America, Gold Ultra 400 in Europe, and Ultra 400 in Latin America. Current UltraMax 400 film is […]

August 13, 2025

GMC Pickup Truck

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Fujica ST801, Kodak Retina 200

I photographed this GMC pickup truck at last year’s European Classic Car Meet.

August 4, 2025

Carifest Parade

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Perutz Primera 100

I took these parade photos a few years ago at Carifest, a three-day festival celebrating Caribbean culture in Calgary. The photos have a slightly warm tone to them because I had just finished shooting a roll of tungsten-balanced film (Kodak Vision3 200T) and forgot to remove the 85B filter from the lens when I loaded […]

July 24, 2025

Film on Film #14

Film on Film, Fuji Instax Mini, instant, Lomography Diana F+, toy camera

This is Kodak Retina 200, a budget-friendly consumer film once sold in Germany. It is the same film as Kodacolor 200, just with a different name. Kodak used the name Retina in the German market, while in Asia, they called it ColorPlus 200. Kodak no longer uses the Retina name on film. Fuji Super G […]

July 10, 2025

De La Terre Winery

C-41, Kodak Portra 160 VC, medium (120), New Zealand, square, Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar 518/16

In January, Sarah & I had a light lunch at De La Terre Winery. It’s a small rustic winery in Hawke’s Bay, NZ. After lunch, I wandered around and snapped a few photos of the sculptures scattered all around the estate.

July 3, 2025

Massey-Harris Tractor

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Fuji Super G 800, Fujica ST801

I photographed this Massey-Harris tractor at the Calgary Farmyard. On a previous visit, it was in a fenced-in field and I couldn’t get close enough to photograph it except from behind. I used a roll of decades-old Fuji Super G 800 film that I had previously tested to determine that it was best shot at […]

June 21, 2025

Inside the Forbidden City

35mm, China, Olympus Trip 35, Perutz Primera 100

This is China’s Forbidden City. It was a perfect day for photography and I was grateful to have a pocketful of film. I was very excited with how these photos turned out. While not as saturated with color as the photos of Tiananmen Square I shot on Ektar, I still got great results from this […]

June 8, 2025

Kiwi Art Trail

35mm, C-41, Fuji Reala 100, Fujica ST801, New Zealand

These days, I rarely get the chance to take a photo walk, so I was quite happy when I had some time to myself in Napier to walk along the beach. These painted kiwis are part of the Kiwi Art Trail, a fundraiser to save the kiwi.

May 31, 2025

Traffic Jam Car Show #2

35mm, Agfa HDC Plus 100, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Fujica ST801

Here are a few more cars (all red Ferraris) from the Traffic Jam Car Show.

May 24, 2025

Traffic Jam Car Show

35mm, Agfa HDC Plus 100, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Fujica ST801

These cars, two different De Tomaso Panteras and a Ford GT40, were part of last summer’s Traffic Jam Car Show, a fundraiser for the National Music Centre.

May 17, 2025

Shooting Fuji Eterna 250D

35mm, ECN-2, Fuji Eterna 250D, Fuji Motion Picture Film, Minolta XG-M, New Zealand

These photos of Havelock North (as viewed from Porters Boutique Hotel) were shot on Fuji Eterna 250D, a motion picture film I purchased from the UK. Introduced in 2006 as Fuji expanded their Eterna motion picture line, Eterna 250D features exceptionally fine grain thanks to the same Super Nano-Structured Σ (Sigma) Grain Technology that Fuji […]

May 11, 2025

Fowl

35mm, C-41, Lomography Color 400, New Zealand, Olympus XA2

We visited Hawkes Bay Farmyard Zoo when we were in New Zealand a few months ago. My daughter had a great time feeding the animals with her cousins and I got to wander around snapping photos.

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