January 19, 2025

First Impressions of the Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar 518/16

Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Camera Reviews, Canada, Kodak Ektar 100, medium (120), square, Zeiss Ikon Signal Nettar 518/16 No Comments

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 […]

September 8, 2024

Flower Heads

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, ECN-2, Fuji GS645S Professional, half-frame, Kodak Vision3 500T (5219), medium (120) No Comments

giraffe necks made of flowers at the Calgary Zoo

I photographed these large flower displays in the shape of animals at the Calgary Zoo last year. There’s a crow sitting atop the giraffe’s head in the last photo.

September 4, 2024

Pearce Estate Park #2

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, ECN-2, Fuji GS645S Professional, half-frame, Kodak Vision3 200T (5213), medium (120) No Comments

adirondack chairs in the wetlands at Pearce Estate Park

These photos are from a walk through the wetlands at Pearce Estate Park and were shot on Kodak Vision3 200T (5213). As much as I love Kodak’s Vision3 films, I hate dealing with remjet. It can be a pain to remove it and ensure that it is all gone. To the naked eye, it may […]

August 22, 2024

Stoney Trail

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, ECN-2, Kodak Vision3 250D (5207), Mamiya C220, medium (120), square No Comments

This photo of Stoney Trail passing over the western end of Bowness Park was shot on Kodak Vision3 250D (5207) hand-rolled by Whatevergraphy from 65mm stock. Since 65mm motion picture film has sprockets and is wider than 120 roll film, trimming the film down to fit 120 does not remove the sprockets. I chose to […]

March 28, 2024

Sunflowers #2

C-41, Kodak Gold 200, Mamiya C220, medium (120), square No Comments

I learned a few things about photographing flowers when I created my Casablanca Lily photos, and I used that knowledge when making these photos of sunflowers. First, I maximized my depth of field on close-ups by setting the aperture to f/10 and smaller. This helped to keep all parts of the flower in focus. Second, […]

March 18, 2024

Walk Along the Bow River #5

Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Fuji GS645S Professional, half-frame, Kodak Tri-X 320, medium (120), Rodinal No Comments

Calgary Parks' Outdoor Resource Centre in Kensington

I shot these photos on an expired roll of Kodak Tri-X 320 that a friend gave me.

March 12, 2024

Ralph Klein Park #2

Alberta, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Fuji GS645S Professional, Fuji Neopan Acros 100, half-frame, medium (120), Rodinal No Comments

Ralph Klein Park Environmental Education Centre

These are from the first roll I put through my Fuji GS645S and were all shot at Ralph Klein Park.

February 14, 2024

Self-Portrait Challenge #10: Exercise

Fuji Velvia 100F, Mamiya C220, medium (120), Self-Portrait Challenge, square No Comments

I made this self-portrait as part of a Self-Portrait Challenge I undertook one summer. I am drawn to self-portraiture because of the technical and creative challenges of creating an image when you have to be both photographer and subject. It’s a great way to learn about photography. The theme of this photo was exercise. Once […]

January 18, 2024

Downtown Photo Walk #3

Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Dubblefilm Bubblegum 200, Fuji GS645S Professional, half-frame, medium (120) No Comments

I’ve decided that I quite like the way Dubblefilm Bubblegum 200 renders color. As the Dubblefilm website says, it’s “tinted with sweet tones” from a “pinkish vibe” to “deep magenta in the shadows”. It’s the subtlety of the tones that I appreciate. I don’t want a large color shift, just a pleasing warmth.

November 25, 2023

Van Gogh Monumental

Alberta, C-41, Calgary, Canada, Dubblefilm Bubblegum 200, Fuji GS645S Professional, half-frame, medium (120) No Comments

This sculpture in downtown Calgary is called Van Gogh Monumental and was created by artist Bruno Catalano.

November 5, 2023

Trio #2

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, E-6, Fuji GS645S Professional, Fuji Provia 100F, half-frame, medium (120) No Comments

'Trio' - kinetic sculptures at the Calgary Public Library

I’ve shared photos of Trio before, but this is the first time I’ve captured all three kinetic sculptures on film.

October 7, 2023

A Pond

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, E-6, Fuji GS645S Professional, Fuji Velvia 100, half-frame, medium (120) No Comments

I’m happy with how these photos turned out given that it was a partially cloudy day. I can see why Velvia is often used for landscape photography. I love the way the light is rendered across the frame.

September 30, 2023

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, E-6, Fuji GS645S Professional, Fuji Provia 100F, half-frame, medium (120) No Comments

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It honours the survivors of residential schools and the thousands of children who never returned home. Outside Calgary’s Municipal Building, at the base of the horse statue, sit hundreds of children’s shoes. The shoes are a temporary memorial representing the Indigenous children who died in residential […]

September 28, 2023

Hey Nerds!

Agfa RSX II 50, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, E-6, Fuji GS645S Professional, half-frame, medium (120) No Comments

I love this clever sign for Fair’s Fair Books.

September 24, 2023

Railroad Tracks #2

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, E-6, Fuji GS645S Professional, Fuji Velvia 100, half-frame, medium (120) No Comments

These photos are from the first roll of Fuji Velvia 100 that I’ve developed in E-6 chemistry. Every other roll has been cross-processed in C-41, including the last time I posted photos of railroad tracks. While I really like cross-processed Velvia, I like normal Velvia even more!

September 14, 2023

Demon Zaza

Agfa RSX II 50, Alberta, Calgary, Canada, E-6, Fuji GS645S Professional, half-frame, medium (120) No Comments

I followed the path that led underneath the railroad bridge and discovered Demon Zaza.

September 5, 2023

Harvie Passage Lookout

Alberta, Balda Baldix, Calgary, Canada, E-6, Kodak Ektachrome E100 VS, medium (120), square No Comments

leading up to the entrance to Harvie Passage

I recently purchased two cameras on eBay at a good price and was pleasantly surprised at their better-than-expected condition. Excited to test them out, I loaded them both with film and headed to Harvie Passage: a man-made series of rapids off the Bow River specifically designed for kayaking. I shot both cameras in and around […]

August 24, 2023

Canada Day 2023

Alberta, Calgary, Canada, E-6, Fuji GS645S Professional, Fuji Provia 100F, half-frame, medium (120) No Comments

A beautiful day, fresh film, and a new camera. I’ve been yearning for a good walkabout medium format camera and I think I found it in the Fuji GS645S Professional. Essentially a half-frame camera, the GS645S is no bigger than a Holga. While it has a light meter, everything is fully manual; ISO, aperture, shutter […]

March 2, 2023

The Holga Week That Wasn’t

Alberta, Arista.EDU Ultra 400, black & white, Calgary, Canada, Holga 120 CFN, medium (120), Rodinal, square, toy camera No Comments

I shot these back in October during Holga Week. I had been planning to submit them, but wasn’t too thrilled with the way they turned out.

September 17, 2022

Casablanca Lily #2

C-41, cross-processed, Fuji CDU II, Mamiya C220, medium (120), square No Comments

I shot these photos on Fuji CDU II that I purchased from Northern Film Lab on eBay. I picked up 3 rolls in 120, however, the film was cut down from wider 70mm film stock and therefore has perforations along one side. Fuji CDU II is duplicating film and is meant to be shot at […]

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