The Historic Village #2
These photos are from the Historic Village in Tauranga, New Zealand. It’s not as cool as Calgary’s Heritage Park, but it was still interesting to visit.
Flower Heads
I photographed these large flower displays in the shape of animals at the Calgary Zoo last year. There’s a crow sitting atop the giraffe’s head in the last photo.
Pearce Estate Park #2
These photos are from a walk through the wetlands at Pearce Estate Park and were shot on Kodak Vision3 200T (5213). As much as I love Kodak’s Vision3 films, I hate dealing with remjet. It can be a pain to remove it and ensure that it is all gone. To the naked eye, it may […]
First Impressions of the Rollei A110
The Rollei A110 is a small, solid, over-engineered 110 camera that is a lot of fun to shoot. It’s compact size and sliding action film-advance will bring out your inner spy. It’s hard not to feel like a covert agent with this camera. Advertised by Rollei as the smallest and most expensive instant-loading camera for […]
Stoney Trail
This photo of Stoney Trail passing over the western end of Bowness Park was shot on Kodak Vision3 250D (5207) hand-rolled by Whatevergraphy from 65mm stock. Since 65mm motion picture film has sprockets and is wider than 120 roll film, trimming the film down to fit 120 does not remove the sprockets. I chose to […]
Film on Film #12
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to acquire four rolls of 35mm film containing Fuji motion picture film stocks that were left over from shooting movies. Fuji stopped manufacturing motion picture film in March 2013, so it is now quite rare to come across any of this film in 35mm. Over the past […]
Wintergardens #3
These photos of flowers are from the Auckland Domain Wintergardens. I had a great time shooting these flowers, but the Olympus Pen EED was not up to the task. The combination of an overcast day and an auto exposure camera that often chose a slow shutter speed meant that many of these photos are not […]
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Here are a few photos shot at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Sadly, there are no birds in the photos, but you can see the historic home of Colonel James Walker in the background.
Shooting Portraits with the Diana Baby 110
One of the only cool things about the Diana Baby 110 camera is that it has a PC Sync port on the top. So, naturally, I connected it to my studio strobes and shot some portraits.
Harvie Passage #2
I was excited this day to photograph a kayaker as well as a group paddling a raft through Harvie Passage.
Indian Char Bagh Garden
Here are more photos from Hamilton Gardens in New Zealand, this time from the Indian Char Bagh Garden. The last photo suffers from “light piping” — a phenomenon where the film leader sucks in light pre-exposing the film. I just love the way it rendered the photo giving the ceiling an orange glow.
Ancient Egyptian Garden Part 2
This is the Ancient Egyptian Garden at Hamilton Gardens. If I hadn’t taken any photographs, I would have completely forgotten about the plants. I was comletely mesmerized by the grandeur of the hieroglyphic covered walls!
Ancient Egyptian Garden Part 1
When Sarah took me to Hamilton Gardens, I wasn’t expecting much. It is easy to assume that a garden is strictly about flowers and plants. Boy, was I wrong! It is also about the architecture and design of a garden. While I absolutely loved the Italian Renaissance Garden, the Ancient Egyptian Garden also captivated my […]
Baoguo Temple
This is Baoguo Temple, a Buddhist temple whose origins date back to the 16th century. It is located on Mount Emei, near Emeishan City. Sarah and I spent a few nights here when we toured China. It was one of the highlights of the trip. Staying at a Buddhist temple was a unique experience. As […]
Sunflowers #2
I learned a few things about photographing flowers when I created my Casablanca Lily photos, and I used that knowledge when making these photos of sunflowers. First, I maximized my depth of field on close-ups by setting the aperture to f/10 and smaller. This helped to keep all parts of the flower in focus. Second, […]
Summer & Winter
When you leave a roll of film in a camera for too long, you can take photos in both summer and winter!
Walk Along the Bow River #5
I shot these photos on an expired roll of Kodak Tri-X 320 that a friend gave me.
Ralph Klein Park #2
These are from the first roll I put through my Fuji GS645S and were all shot at Ralph Klein Park.
Wetland Wonders
These photos were shot in the wetlands at Pearce Estate Park using the new Ferrania Orto 50 film.
