Calgary Farmyard
These are from a family outing to the Calgary Farmyard. It was a day of mixed blessings. These photos (shot with my Fuji GS645S) turned out nicely, but I discovered that my newly acquired Olympus XA2 was broken.
From the Past #11: Seabird Island 1992
In July 1992, my friends and I headed back to Seabird Island for another music festival and camping. What had been called the Stein Valley ‘Voices for the Wilderness’ Festival in 1991, was renamed the ‘Earth Voice Festival’. The festival line-up featured many of the biggest bands in Canada at the time: Barenaked Ladies, Blue […]
Shelby
I photographed these Shelby cars – a 1970 Ford Shelby GT350 and an AC Shelby Cobra 427 – at the Traffic Jam Car Show last summer.
Pigs & Frogs
I photographed these pigs and frogs (games called hog hoofers and froggers respectively) at the Calgary Farmyard.
Horses #2
I photographed these horses on expired Kodak Gold Ultra 400, which is just an earlier version of UltraMax 400. Kodak’s 8th generation 400 ISO film in the “Gold” line was marketed as Kodak Max Versatility 400 in North America, Gold Ultra 400 in Europe, and Ultra 400 in Latin America. Current UltraMax 400 film is […]
Carifest Parade
I took these parade photos a few years ago at Carifest, a three-day festival celebrating Caribbean culture in Calgary. The photos have a slightly warm tone to them because I had just finished shooting a roll of tungsten-balanced film (Kodak Vision3 200T) and forgot to remove the 85B filter from the lens when I loaded […]
Massey-Harris Tractor
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 […]
Traffic Jam Car Show
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.
The Trouble with Scanning Redscale Film
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 […]
High Park
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.
Luchadores
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 […]
Shooting Fuji Eterna 400T
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 […]
Legs
I came across these leggy mannequins while walking through Olympic Plaza and had to photograph them.
First Impressions of the Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar 518/16
This is my first roll through the Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar 518/16 and I’m impressed! Until I bought this camera, I didn’t think folding cameras were anything special, but I was wrong. The Signal Nettar features a sharp lens, is easy to use, and was a lot of fun to shoot. The Signal Nettar is […]
