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 7, 2020

Models of Warfare

35mm, Alberta, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Lomography Color 800 No Comments

A few years back, I photographed a Lancaster bomber running its engines. Afterwards, I wandered into the hangar and, to my delight, discovered a model making competition. Rows of tables covered in all sorts of model planes, tanks, cars, and spaceships were set up in the hangar. While the adjudicators were busy judging the models, […]

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 24, 2020

A Boy, A Girl, and Their Dog

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

I took a trip to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park a few years ago with a few other photographers. As we wandered around the ranch, we came upon a dog tied to a fence post. Naturally, we stopped to take photos. Soon after, the the family that owned the dog took notice and two children joined […]

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 28, 2020

Rusty Old Pickup

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

These are from a trip to Lundbreck Falls in southern Alberta. They are from the day I drove down the Cowboy Trail with my photography club. It was a fun day and I would recommend joining (or forming) a photography club if you can. Photography can be a lonely hobby sometimes, so it’s a lot […]

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 11, 2020

Lancaster Bomber

35mm, Alberta, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Imation Scotch Color HP100 No Comments

The Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton, AB is home to a Lancaster bomber (FM-159). On certain days during the year, they take the Lancaster out of the hangar and run the 4 Packard Merlin engines. I was there one summer and snapped these photos on Imation Scotch Color HP100 film. (I also have […]

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 […]

May 4, 2020

Hot Rod

35mm, Alberta, Canada, Canon EOS 3, Lomography Color 400 No Comments

The front end of this hot rod was shot a few years back at the Show ‘n Shine in High River. I was in town photographing hot air balloons when I stumbled onto the Show ‘n Shine. I’m glad I did. It was a perfect way to end an already amazing day of photography: hot […]

April 27, 2020

The Cowboy Trail on Instax Wide

Alberta, Canada, Fuji Instax Wide, instant, Lomography Belair X 6-12 Jetsetter No Comments

These are from a day trip I took with some photographers a few years ago. We drove along the Cowboy Trail through southern Alberta with many stops along the way. I shot mostly 35mm that day, but I also had my Belair X 6-12 Jetsetter & Instant Back with me. The first photo is from […]

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 […]

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