July 10, 2025

De La Terre Winery

C-41, Kodak Portra 160 VC, medium (120), New Zealand, square, Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar 518/16 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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.

April 26, 2025

The Trouble with Scanning Redscale Film

110, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Kodak Ektralite 500, Lomography Lobster Redscale 200, redscale No Comments

The trouble with scanning redscale film is that the scanning software will try to correct for the red and yellow color cast in the images. The resulting images are often washed out and grainy and require manual correction to get the expected redscale look. I use VueScan and Negative Lab Pro to scan and convert […]

April 18, 2025

Wandering Around Napier

C-41, Kodak Gold 200, medium (120), New Zealand, square, Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar 518/16 No Comments

These are from a photo walk I took wandering the streets of Napier, NZ over Christmas.

April 12, 2025

A’Deane Park

35mm, C-41, Fuji Reala 100, Fujica ST801, New Zealand No Comments

This is A’Deane Park in Waipukurau, New Zealand. Sarah and I took our daughter here when we were visiting family over Christmas. It was my first Christmas in the southern hemisphere and after experiencing a summer barbeque on Christmas Day, I don’t think I can ever go back to a snowy Christmas!

April 6, 2025

High Park

110, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Lomography Tiger Color 200, Rollei A110 No Comments

These photos were taken in Calgary’s High Park, a park located on the 6th floor of a parkade building downtown. The park was undergoing some maintenance while I wandered around and photographed the views of downtown.

March 21, 2025

Union Cemetery #6

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Lomography Diana Mini, Lomography LomoChrome Metropolis XR 100-400, square, toy camera No Comments

These photos from Union Cemetery were shot on LomoChrome Metropolis film.

March 16, 2025

Calgary Tai Chi

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Dubblefilm Apollo 200, Minolta XG-M No Comments

I came across this Tai Chi demonstration as I wandered along Stephen Avenue.

March 2, 2025

Luchadores

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Yashica Ruby 60s 400 No Comments

Every summer, a number of cultural festivals take place in Calgary featuring food stalls and live entertainment. These photos of luchadores were taken at Mexifest, a celebration of Mexico’s cultural heritage. I shot a roll of Yashica Ruby 60s 400 at Mexifest and I have to say, I’m almost always disappointed with films whose selling […]

February 17, 2025

Film on Film #13

Film on Film, Fuji Instax Mini, instant, Lomography Diana F+, toy camera No Comments

Photos taken at night with CineStill 800T are easy to recognize as the film has no anti-halation layer and therefore lights always have a red halo around them. I haven’t shot CineStill 800T in a while, mostly because it’s not cheap, but also because I rarely shoot at night. If I want or need an […]

February 13, 2025

Thursday Doors #3

35mm, Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Lomography Color 800, Olympus XA2 No Comments

It was a bright sunny day in February when I shot this photo of a church door.

February 8, 2025

Shooting Fuji Eterna 400T

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, ECN-2, Fuji Eterna 400T, Fuji Motion Picture Film No Comments

This is Fuji Eterna 400T, the third of four rolls containing Fuji motion picture film I purchased from the UK. Introduced in 2006 as Fuji expanded their Eterna line, this tungsten-balanced motion picture film features natural colors, smooth skin tones, and enhanced shadow detail made possible with Fuji’s Super Nano-Structured Σ (Sigma) Grain Technology. Eterna […]