February 18, 2021

Guitar Hero #2

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Fuji Instax Mini, instant, Lomography Lomo’Instant San Sebastián, toy camera No Comments

Sarah has been learning to play guitar. A few years ago (when this photo was taken), she rented a guitar for a few months while she saved up to buy her own. She has since purchased a really nice Taylor GS Mini.

January 16, 2021

A Camera for Christmas: the Kodak Six-20 Model C

Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Kodak Six-20 Model C, Kodak Tri-X 400, medium (120), Rodinal No Comments

I received a camera for Christmas this year. My wife gave me the Kodak Six-20 Model C. Made in 1933, it’s a 6×9 folding camera that takes 620 film. 620 film is the same size as 120 film except that the spools holding the film are smaller. This means that you cannot fit 120 film […]

December 3, 2020

Walk Along the Bow River #2

110, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Kodak Ektralite 500, Konica Centuria 200 No Comments

Calgary skyline from Memorial Drive / Bow River

Here are more photos I shot along the Bow River and Memorial Drive while out walking with Sarah, albeit on a different day. That being said, they were taken with the same camera: my mom’s old Kodak Ektralite 500.

November 21, 2020

Union Cemetery #4

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon EOS 3, color shift, Lomography LomoChrome Purple XR 100-400 No Comments

Over the years, I’ve shot a lot of photos at Union Cemetery. Most of the old headstones were made from sandstone and they have not stood the test of time. Sandstone is a very soft sedimentary stone and it is a poor match for Calgary’s climate. These photos were taken with LomoChrome Purple film and […]

November 7, 2020

Holga Week

Alberta, Calgary, camera modification, Canada, Fuji Instax Mini, Holga 120 CFN, instant, toy camera No Comments

With the exception of the very last photo, these were all taken during Holga Week. The first three photos are the ones I submitted to the contest. I used the same homemade mask I described in a previous post (Shooting Instax Mini Film with a Holga) to load my Holga with Instax. Studio strobes were […]

October 11, 2020

Shooting Instax Mini Film with a Holga

Alberta, Calgary, camera modification, Canada, Fuji Instax Mini, Holga 120 CFN, instant, toy camera No Comments

After successfully shooting Instax Mini film in my Mamiya C220 TLR, I attempted to shoot it in my Holga. My first attempt failed miserably. I don’t own the incredibly rare Instax Mini Back designed for the Holga (I found one on eBay once, but they wanted $200 for it), so I had to find a […]

October 3, 2020

Feeding Giraffes

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Lomography Color 800 No Comments

A few years ago, I had the chance to feed the giraffes at the Calgary Zoo and snapped these photos. Who knew their tongues were so long and agile?

September 8, 2020

In and Around Bow Valley Ranch

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, cross-processed, Rollei Digibase CR 200 Pro 2 Comments

I had high hopes for this film. I shot these photos in and around Bow Valley Ranch (in Fish Creek Park) a few years back when I was searching for the perfect slide film to cross-process. Unfortunately, Rollei Digibase CR 200 Pro didn’t live up to my expectations. Looking at these photos now, I’m not […]

May 30, 2020

Shooting Instax Mini Film with a Mamiya C220

Alberta, Calgary, camera modification, Canada, Fuji Instax Mini, instant, Mamiya C220 No Comments

cowboy selfie shot with Mamiya C220 on Instax Mini film

I’ve become a little obsessed with Instax Mini film lately. As I mentioned in a previous post, I am currently working on a project using Instax Mini and so it’s been on my mind a lot. So much, in fact, that I awoke one morning with the idea that I wanted to shoot Instax Mini […]

May 25, 2020

UC Dinos Cheerleaders

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Kodak Ektar 100 No Comments

The 4th Street Lilac Festival always draws a huge crowd here in Calgary. Vendors and food trucks line the streets, there’s live music, and even a parade. It would be a lot of fun, except for the crowds. So many people (and their pets) attend the summmer festival, that sometimes it reaches the tipping point […]

May 21, 2020

Spruce Meadows

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Kodak UltraMax 400 No Comments

These are from a day I spent at Spruce Meadows photographing show jumping. I was quite thrilled by the way these photos turned out, especially #1167 above. It took me a few rolls before I figured out exactly how to get the best out of my Canon EOS 3 that day. I wanted to capture […]

May 7, 2020

Park Fountain

Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Holga 120 CFN, Lomography Lady Grey B&W 400, medium (120), square, toy camera No Comments

This is a photo from Central Memorial Park here in Calgary. I shot this shortly before it was announced that manufacturing of the Holga camera had ceased production. Of course, that decision didn’t last long and the Holga is still being made to this day. I like my Holga and should probably shoot with it […]

April 23, 2020

Lemurs on Kodak Farbwelt 400

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Kodak Farbwelt 400 No Comments

These lemurs were shot using Kodak Farbwelt 400. I’ve shot Kodak Farbwelt before and those photos turned out better. I’ve also photographed these lemurs on Fuji Superia 100. Those photos also turned out well. This is normal with expired film. As I’ve discussed before, the quality of expired film depends largely on how well it […]

April 20, 2020

When Expired Film Goes Bad

35mm, Agfa CT Precisa 200, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, color shift No Comments

I shoot a lot of expired film. Occasionally, I come across old film that has somehow managed to defy aging. This is usually because it was properly stored over its lifetime. Ferrania Solaris FG 100 and Perutz Primera 100 are two films I own that still look good a decade after the expiry date. And […]

April 16, 2020

Shooting Ferrania Solaris FG 100 Part 2

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Ferrania Solaris FG 100 No Comments

portrait shot on Ferrania Solaris FG 100 film

I shot these in Fish Creek Park using discontinued and expired Solaris FG 100 film by Ferrania. I adjusted the ISO to 50 to compensate for the age of the film and I was really excited how the photos turned out. I wish I had more of this film.

April 6, 2020

Star Wars AT-AT

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Fuji Instax Mini, instant, Lomography Diana F+, toy camera No Comments

I own a Diana F+ camera with ‘all the fixins’. I bought the deluxe kit one year and also picked up the Instant Back. The result is that it’s a lot of fun to use all the Diana’s lenses while shooting Instax Mini. I shot this at a friend’s place on Fuji Instax Mini (Star […]

April 2, 2020

Random Shots from Pearce Estate Park

35mm, Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Kodak BW400CN 2 Comments

I shot these on Kodak BW400CN, a chromogenic B&W film, which isn’t a true B&W film as it is designed to be processed in C-41 chemistry. I’m not a fan of this film and wasn’t sad to see Kodak discontinue its production. I shot these while wandering around Pearce Estate Park.

March 30, 2020

Kolor Kode

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Fuji Super HG II 100 No Comments

These photos are of a horse named Kolor Kode that I shot during a show jumping competition at Spruce Meadows one year while attending a photography Meetup. I shot these using expired Fuji Super HG II 100 film that I picked up on eBay.

March 26, 2020

Fish Creek Park in Winter

35mm, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Kodak UltraMax 400, sprockets, Superheadz Blackbird, Fly, toy camera No Comments

old Willans family barn at Fish Creek Park

One winter, I hiked through Fish Creek Park and snapped these photos with my Superheadz Blackbird, Fly TLR. The first photo (#1103) is of the Willans Family barn which was demolished a few years ago. The old log barn was built around 1910 by Norman Willans using white spruce trees that line the banks of […]

March 15, 2020

Breckenridge

35mm, Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Canon Rebel 2000, Svema FN64 No Comments

This is the statue that sits atop the Breckenridge headstone at Union Cemetery.

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