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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.
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First Nations Bronze Statues
These photos of bronze statues of First Nations people were taken in the Artisan Gardens at Bow Valley Ranche in Fish Creek Park. The Artisan Gardens honour the First Nations people who used to live in Fish Creek Valley.
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Fish Creek Library
This is a shot of the Fish Creek Library that I took using a Mamiya C220 TLR (twin-lens reflex). I love my Mamiya TLR! It is a big, beautiful, all-mechanical, medium format TLR that is a lot of fun to shoot.
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Central Memorial Park
I had originally shot these for Holga Week, but never got around to developing the roll in time. These were shot in Calgary’s Central Memorial Park on a roll of expired Lomography Lady Grey B&W 400 film. The park honours all those who served for Canada in various wars. I thought I would share these since today is Remembrance Day.
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Holga Winter
These are from my very first roll of 120 film shot with a Holga 120 CFN. First I watched a YouTube video on how to load a Holga, then I painstakingly loaded my Holga with a roll of Lomography Color 400 film, taped up the body of the Holga to prevent light leaks, and headed to Fish Creek Park. It was a cold and wintery March in 2014. I took three cameras with me that day, so I’ll eventually post similar looking photos of the same things. I love my Holga and its soft focus and vignetting in the corners.
