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Shanghai GP3
I managed to get my hands on a roll of Shanghai GP3 100 B&W film and shot these in studio with Sarah. My Mamiya C220 is a fully manual TLR that doesn’t have a hotshoe. Instead it has a PC socket with a M-sync / X-sync switch. Using a cable, I can connect the Mamiya to the PC socket on my radio trigger and use it with studio strobes. I was rather pleased with the results.
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Elbow Falls Part 3
Still more photos from my trip to Elbow Falls with Sarah. These were shot on expired (and no longer available) Lomography Redscale 100.
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Lomo Me
I shot this self-portrait with my Diana F+. At the time, I didn’t realize that I had forgotten to remove the Instax insert lens and so that’s why this photo is the way it is. There’s more from this roll of film if you’re interested.
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Diana F+ Mishap
I shot these at Lake Louise one winter with my then new Diana F+. I had been shooting Instax Mini with the Diana F+ and forgot to remove the little insert lens that makes the Instant Back work before loading 120 film. You can see it in the photos. It’s the oddly shaped black frame in each photo.
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Coyote Flats Part 2
These were also shot at Coyote Flats, this time on Rollei RPX 400.
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Grassi Lakes
I shot this 6×12 panorama with my Belair X 6-12 Jetsetter on a hike at Grassi Lakes in Canmore, Alberta.
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Tractors & Wagons
I shot these tractors last winter in a farmer’s field just north of Calgary.
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Hot Air Balloons
I shot these back in Autumn, 2016 at the International Balloon Festival in High River, Alberta. Hot air balloons only fly at dawn, so I had to drive out to High River early that morning to catch the action. There were very few spectators and I was able to set up my tripod in a great spot. It seems like the balloons take forever to inflate, but once they launch they shoot up into the sky quick. I had to be fast with my framing and focusing if I wanted to snap a photo.
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Winter Fashion Shoot
Back in December, I participated in my first model shoot. I’ve never photographed models before so it was a bit of a learning curve. I wasn’t really sure of how to give the models direction or even what I wanted. I felt rather silly so I mostly hung back and watched what the other photographers did and tried to learn from them.
We (the photography club I joined on Meetup) held the winter fashion shoot at Big Hill Springs Provincial Park. It was very, very cold that day! My heart went out to the models who were freezing in their outfits. I brought my Mamiya C220 TLR with me and tried shooting Kodak Portra 400 film. Considering that the light wasn’t the greatest that day, the Portra film performed admirably. Of course, I had to take longer exposures and that meant that when the models moved, I ended up with many blurry photos. These are the only two that really turned out.
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Sad News for the Holga
Sad news this week: the Holga has been discontinued. They won’t be making this iconic camera anymore. Some are happy to see its demise, but they are missing the point. The Holga is beloved because of its light leaks and vignetting. It’s not a DSLR. It’s a plastic toy camera. You can do things with a Holga that would take ages in Photoshop to reproduce. And at the end of the day, who wants to sit inside at a computer when you could be outside developing your photography skills? Not me.
These shots of buildings in downtown Calgary were taken from Central Memorial Park.
