May 30, 2024

Ancient Egyptian Garden Part 2

35mm, C-41, half-frame, New Zealand, Olympus Pen EED, Perutz Primera 100 No Comments

Ancient Egyptian Garden at Hamilton Gardens, NZ

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!

May 26, 2024

Ancient Egyptian Garden Part 1

35mm, C-41, half-frame, New Zealand, Olympus Pen EED, Perutz Primera 100 No Comments

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 […]

February 24, 2024

Fish Creek Park in Winter #2

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Perutz Primera 100 No Comments

Here are a few more photos of Fish Creek Park in winter.

October 14, 2021

Bow Valley Ranch

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This is Bow Valley Ranch in Fish Creek Park. Once the residence of William Roper Hull, who commissioned this two-story gable-roofed mansion in 1896, it is now a restaurant in Fish Creek Park. The other wooden building is Annie’s Cafe which was once the farmhouse of ranch foreman Billy Banister and his eponymous wife Annie. […]

September 2, 2021

River Rafting in Yangshuo

35mm, China, Olympus Trip 35, Perutz Primera 100 No Comments

I shot these in Yangshuo, China while doing some river rafting. This was a very touristy thing to do as I’m sure you can tell from the photos. But it was a lot of fun! There were hundreds of boats on the river. Most of them were of the bamboo raft variety. They each seat […]

October 5, 2019

Random Shots Around Yangshuo

35mm, China, Olympus Trip 35, Perutz Primera 100 No Comments

I picked up 8 rolls of Perutz Primera 100 film on eBay and have been thrilled by how well this expired, discontinued film has stood the test of time. These photos were taken around Yangshuo, China.